Gillian Chambers

Congratulations

Congratulations to all the entrants to the contest, there were many wonderful stories, one of the best recent contests, in many ways we were all winners. Special congratulations to Emma, a worthy first place, for a lovely story, well scripted, keeping us interested right to the end.

Best wishes to everyone for a happy and healthy 2025, I look forward to many more stories in the coming year.

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An Elf for Christmas

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An Elf for Christmas

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What are you going to be doing during the Christmas break Joey?” my mum asked while I was relaxing with a glass of cider back at home from university for the holidays.



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Circle of Life

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December 2024 Change A Life Christmas Story Contest Entry


Circle of life

Fate can bring many twists and turns as Arthur discovered when his life fell apart, and he discovered the meaning of true friendship.

 



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Switching Sides 5/5

Rhiannon goes out on a limb to try to nail Joe Chapman and get revenge for the murder of her family.



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Switching Sides 4/5

The team have a breakthrough , Megan and Rhiannon come up with a plan to snare Joe Chapman



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Switching Sides 3/5

Andy gets a surprising and challenging proposal that challenges who he is and the purpose of his life.



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Switching Sides 2/5

Andy and Megan come up with a plan to hide him and protect him from the drugs gang while the police decide on immunity for him.



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This story is 26 words long.

“Oh What A Day I’ve had”


“Oh What A Day I’ve had”

I could hardly wait to call my sister Jennie and tell her all my news.

“Hi Jennie, it’s only me, have you got a few minutes to spare? I’ve had an amazing day, and I must tell you all about it.



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Switching Sides 1/5

Any Carmichael grew up in a not particularly pleasant part of town, a run down estate on the outskirts of Nottingham where crime, or at least the presence of the perpetrators of crime, was part of everyday life. It was the sort of place where the police rarely visited, and when they did it was always in large groups to cope with the torrent of abuse that they would encounter. For those that lived there, crime was not a problem, it was a case of ‘don’t mess on your own doorstep’. However events led to the need ro give it all up and completely change his life,



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The Hotspot - Chapter 4 of 4

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Carrie begins to take over Cory's life, and big decisionshave to be made.



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The Hotspot - Chapter 3 of 4

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Becoming Carrie

Cory gets drawn deeper and deeper into his role as Carrie at the Hotspot club, not realising the effect it would have on his life.



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The Hotspot - Chapter 2 of 4

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Cory gets an unexpected offer which could dreatically change his life.



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The Hotspot - Chapter 1 of 4

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University was a financial struggle, my parents money was all tied up in Dad’s business, we were not well off cash-wise, there had been no legacies from my grandparents to subsidise my continuing education. Rather than enjoying the rich social life of the college, I had to work my way through a series of low paid bar and restaurant work to keep my head above water. That is until, on the way back after my early morning fitness run, I saw a sign posted on the door of a local nightclub. ’Bar staff wanted, immediate start, well above average wages plus tips.’



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The Dance Coach- Chapter 6

When Jayne and Kathy arrived home the discussion took a sinister turn as there was an envelope pinned to their door with the words ‘PERVERT TRANNY’ in large capitals written across it,



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The Carer

Glyn is a bit of an outsuder at work and with very little social life, just drifting along . However events conspire to make him reconsider his aims and direction in life.



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The Dance Coach -Chapter 5

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Jayne is surprised to meed someone else who was a cross-dresser and was put in a position where she had to confess her own situation.



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The Dance Coach - Chapter 4

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John, now full-time as Jayne was kept busy organising the design and supervision of the works at Amanda’s, and spending most of what little spare time she had with the Morrisettes, she never really had much chance to consider how she was now living and just got on with things.



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The Dance Coach - Chapter 3

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When they woke in the morning it took a few moments for John to get his mindset back in place and resume life as Jayne, mentally calling the mantra ‘I am Jayne, I am a woman’ adding.’I am her, she is me’.



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The Dopplegänger

My name is Jay Metcalfe and I have very unusual story to tell about how I got convinced to take part in a charade which was to completely change my outlook on life. Perhaps it may be best to tell you a bit about myself and how it all came about.



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The Dance Coach - Chapter 2

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Following his discussion with a potential client, Amanda, realising what he had done and the problem he now had with her believing that he was a woman, Jayne, John’s mind was in turmoil the rest of the day and he could hardly wait for his wife, Kathy, to get back home to tell her what had happened.



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The Dance Coach - Chapter 1

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When Kathy returned home later she was quite chirpy but deep in thought, but later over dinner, she raised the subject that was on her mind.

“I was talking to some of the girls during the meeting and the conversation got round to Morris dancing and the fact that their husbands seemed to spend more time with the Morris team at practice and in the pub than with their families. Laura suggested that it would be good if some of us joined the Morris team to become more involved in their interests, what do you think?”

“No chance ! There are some mixed teams but most prefer to be traditional and all male and the Mayfield Morrismen is one of those groups, it would send shivers down their spines to let any women join. If you really want to be involved with Morris it would be better if you set up your own women’s team.”

“That’s what I thought you would say. So, how do we go about setting up our own team, we would like to keep it local rather than travel elsewhere to an established group?”

”To start with you need a coach, someone to teach you the routines and lead you in practice, unless any of the girls already have some experience.”

I was thinking that you might be able to give us a helping hand to start us off, you’ve been involved for years and know all the traditional routines. I’ve sort of already volunteered for you to talk to us, teach us the basics and see what can be done.



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The Dance Coach

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John sets up a dance team for his wife Kathy, but doesn't realise where this will lead him.



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The Voice 4/4 The Choir

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Livvy continues to enjoy life as a girl, an amazing singer and an aspiring actress, but things don't always end as you would like, do they?



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The Voice 3/4 Schoolgirl

Oliver decides that to he needs to immerse himself into the mindset of being a girl to successfully carry his role in The Sound of Music, That means that he he needs to live as a girl 24/7, including attending school. This leads to many new experiences but more importantly, many new friends.



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The Voice 2/4 Becoming Livvy

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Ollie gets reluctantly led along the path to girlhood,and makes a commitment.



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The Voice 1/4 Oliver's Change

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Oliver’s Change



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The Voice

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The story of Oliver's transformation to Olivia, Livvy, and his life experiences with his friends Lynne and Marie.



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Jo(si)e -20- A New life

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Joanne sorts out her direction in life and makes some drastic decisions.



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Ally's escape 4/4 Justice at last

Ellie and her family finally make a new life for themselves, safe from any further abuse from their father.



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Ally's escape 3/4 Reunion

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Ellie has an unexpected customer at the café, and once again her life is in confusion.



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Ally's escape 2/4 Ellie emerges

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Other than the fact that I was really Ally Taylor, not Ellie Taylor, I told them about the years of mental abuse in my childhood, constantly being berated and humiliated by my father, and the physical and mental abuse my mother suffered at his hands, particularly when he was full of drink, which was quite often.



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Ally's escape 1/4 Fear and Flight

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Ally suffers verbal and physical abuse from his father and needs to escape. Little did he know how his life would change for the better. Note, abuse is inferred rather than graphically detailed



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Highs and Lows

It had been an eventful year, some very low times, some low times, some high times ,I was now considering what would be the highlight of the year.



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Turnaround.

John's life was in turmoil, his job was in jeopardy, he was miserable and unpopular. his sister Natalie convinced him that he needed to drastically alter the way he treated people.



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The Christmas elf

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Madison's life changes totally when he starts a new job, not knowing what effect it would have on him and his outlook on life



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Jo(si)e -19- Changes

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Chapter 19

Changes

“That’s my next hurdle to be faced Maggie, My family obviously are aware that I am transgender, a few close friends and my bosses at the museum have already been told who I am and what I am doing, you now know, I now just need to find out if it will affect my career prospects.”



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Jo(si)e -18- Coming Out

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Jo makes decisions that will change her life forever, getting near the point of no turning back.



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Jo(si)e -17- Decisions and Dilemmas

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Jo comes to a decision about her future but events cause her to be confused as to whether she had made the right choice.



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Jo(si)e -16- Discoveries

Jo is faced with dilemmas as to how to deal with her problems. Some turn out very well, others leave her confused and thoughtful.



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Jo(si)e -15-Developments

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Josie has a lot to sort out career-wise and in her personal life, and learns a few things on the journey.



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Jo(si)e -14 - Digging Dirt

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Jo takes steps to deal with mother-in-law problems and has a surprise proposition.

“Hi , you must be Sally Walker, thanks for coming to talk with me.” I smiled as we shook hands before sitting down.

“I’m intrigued Jo, Jim Marshall did not tell me much about what you want me to do, other than the fact that you need some confidential investigative work done. The main thing that intrigues me is why use a reporter like me rather than a private investigator?”



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Jo(si)e -13- Decision Time

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I was soon entering Jacqui’s office ready for the worst in response to my coming clean to her about falsifying the job acceptance and about me being really Joey not Josie, but hoping that they had found a way to allow me to stay involved with the Ostia project.



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