Tag Archives: murder mystery

Chapter 30 of Prophecies and Penalties, and a notice about posts

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Prophecies and Penalties, my serial about a murder on a Vermont religious commune, has hit the thirty chapter mark! Hoorah! Emily Fisher, not-exactly-professional detective of this story, proclaims, “I am a gifted individual” in chapter 30. Oh, but the Trojans … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Chapter 29 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Brian Bixby

After her encounter by moonlight with the spooky Stacia Fletcher, Emily Fisher faces the light of day with new enthusiasm and plans for tracking down Stephen Nash’s killer. She’s going to need that enthusiasm. It’s not just that she’ll have … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Chapter 28 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Alex Bancroft has just told Emily Fisher that she is the Prophesied One of the Children of the New Revelation. As far as Emily’s concerned, that is sheer poppycock, just one more unnecessary complication in her screwed-up investigation into Stephen … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chapter 27 of Prophecies and Penalties, and an apology

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Alex Bancroft is not in a good mood. He dislikes what Hannah Wyatt, the Instrument of the Divine, did to the head of the High Council. And Emily Fisher isn’t contributing to his good humor, not at all. So it … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Chapter 26 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Brian Bixby

An Instrument, the Prophesied One, and the Chairperson of the High Council walk into a bar . . . oh, wait, getting ahead of myself. We left Emily Fisher watching Hannah Priest Wyatt, unofficial Instrument of the Divine, make the … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The trial, Chapter 25 of Prophecies and Penalties, and Queen Caroline’s trial

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Brian Bixby

The trial is on! Defendant: Emily Fisher. Charges: Demonolatry, corrupting the young. Court: the High Council of the Children of the New Revelation. Prosecutor: Harold Lewis, of the High Council. Defender: Sonia Hoopes, Treasurer, Milltown council. In the eyes of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Chapter 24 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Emily Fisher is going to be tried by the Children of the New Revelation for corrupting the young and for being a demonolater. She is confined to her residence, not by the High Council, but by her half-sister to protect … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chapter 23 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Emily Fisher has escaped the spiritual hazards of Sacred Mountain. Now that she’s recovered from her ordeal, it’s time to return to more mundane concerns, such as solving Stephen Nash’s murder. But while she’s been convalescing in Lakeview, new developments … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chapter 22 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Every step she takes, Emily finds her own past curiously intertwined with the murder investigation she is conducting. So she decides to engage in some spadework, to try to understand some of the strange phenomena she’s encountered by retracing her … Continue reading →

Posted in Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Chapter 21 of Prophecies and Penalties, whippings and prisons

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Brian Bixby

A whipping? Emily Fisher has never attended one, and never meant to. But a man is being whipped because he spat on her, and the community expects Emily to witness justice. But it is not just the whipped man who … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Prophecies and Penalties, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments