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Chapter 7 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and an old acquaintance

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Three women, one of them dead, a lonely ravine . . . what could go wrong? No, no, this isn’t a slasher flick. Sanderson might be happier confronting a slasher. At least she’d understand what she was dealing with, instead … Continue reading →

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Chapter 6 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Sanderson isn’t really the outdoors type. She’s never set foot in the ravine in the more than two years she’s lived in Farnham. That omission gets rectified in chapter 6 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “In the ravine,” as this affair with ghosts … Continue reading →

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Chapter 5 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and the new background

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Brian Bixby

There’s a lot of things one can lose. A cat, say. Or maybe a friend. Or, if one wants to get philosophical about things, one’s self. A cat, unless it’s Schrödinger’s, is either found or lost, there’s no in-between. Not … Continue reading →

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Chapter 4 of Nightfeather: Ghosts

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Brian Bixby

In chapter 4, “Nightfeathers,” Sanderson explains a bit about her odd right hand, and sets off on what begins as a search for a missing cat. If you’re not reading Nightfeather: Ghosts, my serialized Christmastime ghost story, you can start here. … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, and Joseph Rodes Buchanan

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Brian Bixby

If you’re going to take on an impossible task, then you need to develop impossible skills. Or so Sanderson seems to think in chapter 3 of Nightfeather: Ghosts, “In which Sanderson multiplies her regrets.” Because taking on the impossible isn’t the … Continue reading →

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Chapter 2 of Nightfeather:Ghosts, and Tarot

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Telling fortunes is easy, no? There are so many rich fortune tellers. Yeah, right, in your dreams. Sanderson plays Madame Fortuna to earn a few bucks. But it’s not always easy money. Find out how it can go wrong in chapter … Continue reading →

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A Christmas ghost story

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Brian Bixby

Nightfeather: Ghosts is the title of this year’s Christmas ghost story, which I begin telling today and will finish on or before December 24. What’s it about? Well, ghosts, of course. And a strange young woman named Sanderson, who has … Continue reading →

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A Halloween short story: Dead Cellphone

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Brian Bixby

According to WordPress, I just hit 200 people following this blog on the 25th. So, between that and Halloween, it’s time to celebrate with an original horror story. And here’s the link to it: it is called “Dead Cellphone.” “Dead … Continue reading →

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Review: William Hope Hodgson, The Ghost Pirates (1909)

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Brian Bixby

William Hope Hodgson (1877 – 1918) was a modestly successful English writer in his day, until he joined up in World War I and was killed on the battlefields of France. His reputation, never great, languished for several decades. In … Continue reading →

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The conclusion to Martha’s Children

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Brian Bixby

The struggle between Martha Fokker and Edward Cross is over. But what does that mean for Ned O’Donnell’s vampire police? And what of Martha and Cross, for that matter? And who’s going to tell us all this, anyhow? Find out … Continue reading →

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