Tag Archives: Secret Service

Review: The Rook, by Daniel O’Malley

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Brian Bixby

So I’m at my local bookstore and I see a new paperback with the line at the top, “ON HER MAJESTY’S SUPERNATURAL SECRET SERVICE.” Given some of the stories at the heart of the Sillyverse, which feature a magical organization … Continue reading →

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Chapter 10 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and the Peralta-Reavis land fraud

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Energized by finding out that one of the ghosts actually lived, Sanderson decided to take an active role in investigating the ghosts. But ghosts aren’t the only hazard out there. And Sanderson doesn’t yet know what they can do. But … Continue reading →

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A forgotten chapter in the history of the Sillyverse

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Frank Wilson (1886 – 1970), Chief of the Secret Service from 1937 to 1946, decided to write his memoirs in the aftermath of the JFK assassination. They were published as Special Agent: A Quarter Century with the Treasury Department and … Continue reading →

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