Tag Archives: supernatural

Chapter 5 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Jane Harris has spent most of her life in Boston. So when she came to Netherfield, she liked to think of herself as more sophisticated than her classmates. And among the lessons she’s learned is that you should pick your … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherfield Witch | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chapter 4 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Brian Bixby

We live in an era in which information is exploding. Sometimes literally. I wonder if the exploding heads in the movie Scanners were meant to be a deep commentary on that phenomenon. This notion seems much more reasonable at the tail … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherfield Witch | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Chapter 3 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Jane Harris no doubt misses her life in Boston, but willy-nilly, she finds herself taking up the reins of a life in Netherfield. Time to meet new people, make new plans, maybe even make progress on that new diary, Jane … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherfield Witch | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Chapter 2 of Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Brian Bixby

So you’ve met Jane Harris. Come meet her family. They are an ideal family. Mind you, I’m not saying whose ideal. Certainly not Jane’s. Jane probably imagines her ideal family as something closer to the painting below. Still, she must … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherfield Witch | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Beginning a new serial: Summer of the Netherfield Witch

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Brian Bixby

Now that I’ve had a month to rest, it’s time to start up a new story. It’s a comedy. How can it not be a comedy? It’s set in a minor vacation resort, where people are happy at their leisure. … Continue reading →

Posted in Netherfield Witch, Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

This year’s Christmas ghost story: When the ghost came in from the cold

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Brian Bixby

You all know about Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Tiny Tim, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and all that. Whether he started it or not, Dickens supported the tradition of ghost stories at Christmas time for … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

Chapter 41 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Everything is connected. The secret paths linked all the most important places in the lands of the Children of the New Revelation. And now they aren’t working well. They almost killed Emily Fisher. And the problem doesn’t end there . … Continue reading →

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

A Halloween horror story: Death and Professor Appleton

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Brian Bixby

‘Tis the day of innocent trick-or-treaters, candy corn, bobbing for apples, ghosts, witches, and malevolent creatures that will treat your children as hors d’oeuvres before they come to eviscerate you. Yep, it’s Halloween, and time for a short story of … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing fiction | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Review: Vernon Lee, Hauntings

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Brian Bixby

Vernon Lee wrote in an essay that the supernatural and the arts were diametrically opposed to each other. So, of course, she wrote three collections of supernatural stories over the course of her long (1856 – 1935) life. How do … Continue reading →

Posted in Reading fiction, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Chapter 37 of Prophecies and Penalties

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Brian Bixby

The killer has finally been revealed. Now Emily Fisher finds herself in a life-and-death struggle. Too bad she’s tied up! But this is not a battle that will be won with fists, no. It will be waged over stranger terrain, … Continue reading →

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