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Arthritis

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Apparently the angry demonstrations are taking place all over America, and who knows where else? I am of two minds about it all and my PTSD is really rearing its head. Not getting much sleep. Arthritis or Fibromyalgia is really being painful.

The Federal Troops are setting off very loud flash bangs

I worry that my legally adopted daughter has or will be deported back to Korea. I have lost track of her.

For those who pray, please do?

Gwen Brown

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Writing For YouTube ???

I spend quite a lot of time watching YouTube videos. Many of them feature a stationary picture with audio narration. Fairly frequently there are errors that are easily spotted. At these times, I've said to myself "I can do better than that". There is an abundance of Crossdressing stories there.

Infrequently, I have encountered tales on YouTube that seem to be lifted right out of the pages of BCTS. I don't remember anything specific right now.

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"Captive" by Melanie Brown

I have no idea why this happens to me. My mind keeps returning to the story in the most troubling way. I like the 3rd chapter rescue the best. I think about reading it again, often. The protagonist gets a reasonably happy outcome. Many of the best, not so much.

Gwen Brown

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Transgender Persons in Sports

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Another boring article on Trans folk in sports.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/health/transgender-athletes-a...

I'm so old that I almost do not care except to say, it all depends. We all have our own opinions. For me, being MtF, I'd say the loss of Testosterone and addition of Estrogen pretty much levels the field. In the pre-pubescent when it is done, I'd say there is probably very little difference at all.

Gwen Brown

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Publishing Stories Again

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In this new manifestation I have a half dozen stories in the rough draft stage. The largest, "Forced 3" keeps changing like a snake with its head cut off.

I do not know what will eventually happen. Is it Dementia? Who knows.

Gwen Brown

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Credible Gender Change

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This is non-transgender...

I just finished viewing a YouTube piece in which a male Administrative Assistant is transformed into a woman for the purpose of being a Surrogate Mother. They promise to turn him back after... but what would be the point?

An interesting concept. I'll be looking for stories like that here...

Gwen Brown

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She Hit Me !!!

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Two men were arguing loudly on the Street Car and I'd had enough. I turned to the one sitting by me, who was the loudest and said to him, "Take it back a notch will you". He turned to me and got right IN my face and said "Why don't you hit me?" So I gave him an elbow in the face and he started squawking like a little girl. The driver said for us to get off the train and I did. The one who caused the problem was fighting with the driver when I left.

You never know...

True story.

Gwen Brown

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If You Dissent, Keep Quiet

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Just saw on CNN, Saturday 4/12/25... They are reporting the disappearance of some of those who disagree with Trump. I know that there are Thousands or even Millions of demonstrators so this seems implausible. I am just waiting to see what develops and keeping my head down for now.

Gwen

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Your Favorite Story

THIS COMMENT IS NOT MEANT TO DISPARAGE THE WORK OF ANY OTHER AUTHOR.

I have been thinking about what my favorite TG might be and my thoughts keep returning to "Captive" by Melanie Brown. In some ways parts of it parallel to parts of my own life. For me, as with the protagonist in the story adapting and accepting is what is available. It is not such a bad life. It got me out of a painful marriage with a drunken abusive woman.

I did not endure the kidnapping and torture in the story, but the end results are much like mine.

Gwen Brown

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Patreon Confusion

There are a number of very good stories that have gone to Patreon. I did try to pay Patreon but for some reason, my bank takes exception to their charges. The people at the main branch are fine but their "Loss Prevention" folk are awful to deal with. I'm on my 4th Debit Card in as many months. I wonder if there is a way to open an account at BCTS to pay for the various stories. OR... if those stories will ever go to Amazon Kindle??? I am not making demands here, just trying to work something out.

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Writing Aids...

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I have been around this site almost from the beginning. Sephrena (hope I got the spelling right), sent me a PM to invite me over. I "think" it was around 2005 or 2007, don't really know. My first story here shows 2008.

I am writing this blog to see how others do their writing.
I write on a desktop computer with keyboard elevator. It used to be that PAIN ! was my way of life and I took lots of prescription opiate drugs back then. Nowadays, I rarely take any drugs at all and since I don't work anymore, I hurt less.

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Mein Gott, was für Ein Auto

While taking a break from a story I am working on I saw a photo of a 2025 Corvette Z..... something. 1000 hp, twin turbo V8, claims very good mileage if the driver keeps the foot out. 233 mph. Performance suspiciously like an Audi R8 which they stopped making. The driver of this beast MUST be a very masculine woman or perhaps TG ????

This must be edited into the new story !!!!

Gwen Brown

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Transgender Athlete Ban

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Just reading in the News on KOIN, a CBS affiliated station. It seems that some Oregon politicians are in favor of banning MtF transgender athletes. In this case, I hope that common sense stops laying facedown in a mud filled fox hole.

I'm not a Medical Professional. Over the years my experience has me believing that there could be a workable solution. If a prepubescent male loses the testosterone from their Gonads (Balls) and gets on a suitable source of Estrogen, then perhaps he, now she, could compete in girls sports.

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Looking For A Story

The Protagonist does online investigations for a fee until "they" graduate college. They found a remote cabin in the Rockies and stayed there to do the investigations. They go into town for groceries at times and eventually go to a family gathering where "gramps" offers him the ranch.

I hope this is enough

Ahabidah, Gwen Brown

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Thankyou...

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The "swearing in" is tomorrow. If I don't get the chance, you have my gratitude for all your support. I is not clear how unsafe things will get. My primary medical facility is the VA and I considered calling them tonight. What is the use???

Thank you all so much.

Gwen Brown

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Struggling With Explicit Story

I have been working on a rather kinky story that is not TG, and then I realized that the protagonist is probably a pre-pubescent female. This crosses legal boundaries, I think, so until I rewrite it, the story is just not happening in spite of the fact that the offender gets killed....

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TG But Not Sexually Attracted

Working on a new story to be released, um, sometime. Along the way, working things out for various characters, suddenly it is obvious that I really am "TG", but not sexually attracted to anyone. THANK THE CREATOR !!!!!!!

That is a rather profound realization. Many years ago others told me what I was, and now I realize they did not know much if anything. This admission comes after having sex change surgery years ago and living as a woman.

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Remember WordPerfect?

At one point, back in the late 1970s (????) I was using WordPerfect, and then moved to MS Symphony for a while... I don't remember exactly but somewhere along the line Word was split off of Windows...

I just tried to look at what version of Windows I have (11) I think, but that dumped me into a Gmail killer routine.

Gwen Brown

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Looking for a story

The story is Science Fiction dealing with gender change brought on by some sort of ray gun. I thought that Anon Alsop had written it but I seem to be wrong. The ray gun not only changes a male to a female but makes her pregnant.

An officer on a military space ship is transformed by another officer's daughter who is jealous and vengeful of him. He, now a she, arrives on a distant planet, buck naked. She eventually makes some crude clothing from animal furs and has the baby. She lives in a crude cave.

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Done

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I'm grateful to so many at BCTS. Giving it a try at never returning. I'm not Transgendered.

I've used the names Ahabidah and Gwen Brown. Some of you know my dead name.

Should anyone wish to contact me, my real email is: [email protected]

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"Looking for Story"

Looking for an old story. Young man is selected by a magician to be his apprentice. He is told to 'be prepared' for a quest. He ends up as a female and joins a circus to find a ring. I do not think it was ever completed.

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My Darling Honey - Theme

Please take the time to listen to Tresenella's newest single, My Darling Honey. The theme for our collective works about a bunch of gay and trans bugs living their lives. She does unbelievable work on the art for all of my stories, it'd mean the world to me if you supported her other music too.

You can listen basically everywhere on your preferred store.

Spotify 



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2021-12 Christmas Holidays Story Contest Entries

This blog is just to help people find the story contest entries.

Story contest entries should show up at this link: Click here!

I'll keep this blog near the top of the list of blogs on the front page through early January. If you haven't entered the contest yet, please do!

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Erin

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Books on sale

I absolutely hate to advertise or promote my books because in the end I feel as if I’m coming off as annoying.

The following ebook titles are on sale until Friday:
To Be a Different Someone:
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Who I Am

(They are both here on the site, but this could allow you to leave a review)

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One Dozen Roses

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Join a dozen Roses as they attend the SWEET Conference (South Western Exposition for the Embetterment of Transwomen/Transpeople, depending on who you ask.) Rose Gallagher is a registrar for the conference and notices that there are 12 Roses in attendance. On a whim, she contacts them and suggests a meeting of the Roses to share a bit about their choice of the name Rose.

Seven authors collaborate on one story to tell us about

One Dozen Roses



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12 roses test

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Give Me An R…O…S…E
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Ready Reads 1: Grown Ups!

After (almost) a week of suggestions and feedback, it's officially time for the first-ever post of . . .


READY READS

In this, our inaugural posting, we are tackling the weird and wacky world of adults in a theme simply called "Grown Ups."

All of the stories featured below have point of view characters or protagonists aged 19 or older, and as is the premise for Ready Reads, every story is complete on BCTS!

So, without further adieu, let's get into our reader-submitted suggestions!

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Ready Reads

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Welcome to the master list page for Ready Reads!

So, what is Ready Reads? Well, it's a weekly sampling of reader-suggested, complete stories available here on BCTS. Each entry contains a number of stories based around a theme, with the following stipulations:



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Where's the content?

I was going through the Author Directory the other day and I noticed several no longer have any content for them, when there was before. Like StacyInLove for example. Did these Authors request removal and if so are they now up for sale somewhere else or gone for good.

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The Music Celebrates With Me: A TG Mixed Tape

The Music Celebrates With Me: A TG Mixed Tape

A TG MIXED TAPE

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An unfortunate man, lost in a cave, a mysterious voiced calling him deeper. A witch with an acid tongue and an advice column. A travelling showman who is more than the charlatan he appears to be. Hit play on the latest Mixed Tape collection for all these stories AND MORE!



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Helping Doppler Press rise

Doppler Press has had some nice success to start off. Heather O'Malley's 300 Rains, Lana Lee's Suit Yourself and Sue Brown's Soccer Girl have all hit best seller status. Katie Leone just published Worth Fighting For and that is doing okay for us too. But there are things that the Big Closet community can do to really help not only increase our visibility on Amazon, but drive traffic (more readers for all our authors and perhaps a few new authors to post stories to boot) to the site.

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Calamity's Child: A TG Mixed Tape

Calamity's Child

A TG MIXED TAPE

Edited by Trismegistus Shandy and Hutcho

Aliens! Djinns! Secret Agents! Succubi! A mysterious gender-bending ray gun! Hit play on this month’s TG Mixed Tape flash fiction collection for all these stories and more and an interview with Kathryn Mayhew, author of The Call of the Void saga.



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Girls Will Be Boys, and Boys Will Be Girls: A TG Mixed Tape

Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls

A TG MIXED TAPE

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A mysterious diary. An unconventional porn shoot. A night out on the town ends with… a transformation. Read all these stories in this month’s TG Mixed Tape, along with an examination of the filmography of the Wachowski siblings (of The Matrix fame), how the pair incorporate queer themes into their work, and Speed Racer (2008) as an artistic statement and a reflection on Lana Wachowski’s transition; an interview with Jenny North, who talks cosplay and genre-(and gender)-bending; and more!



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Don’t Make Me Wild like You: A TG Mixed Tape

Don’t Make Me Wild like You: A TG Mixed Tape

A TG MIXED TAPE

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An unconventional prison. A world where clandestine services operators have access to body swapping technology. A super-selling record that "effects" all the men who listen to it. Hit play on the sexiest Mixed Tape Collection yet for these stories, an interview with Maggie Finson co-creator of the the Whateley Universe, AND MORE!



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