I jumped on the site this evening just to see if there were any new posts I was interested in reading, only to be reminded of a terrible loss. What did I see? Beyond The Pale By Elsbeth.

It has now been some four and one half years since Elsbeth last posted here - and I still miss her. She possessed a unique talent and my world is more than little less bright without her in it.

and less good news!

Hey everyone,

I'm pleased to announce that Twice Removed will soon be published on Kindle. I'm aiming for this weekend for the kindle release with paperback and audiobook versions coming as soon as can be managed. Once the book is on Kindle it will be removed from BCTS. I know some of you have been looking forward to this for a while, and I'm really excited about it.

*big hugs*

Amethyst

Hello, I'm kind of back now. I know I stopped writing there for a hot minute so I'll telll you what happen. While fishing my day was finned by a catfish and well an infiction set in. It was kind of a good thing because that infiction caused him to go the doctor and get admitted to the hospital were they did a lot of test and they found ucles (?) in his belly that are now treated and are healing so yay for that. Now I kept writing all through the nine days he was in the hospital a hundred words here, maybe three hundred here. Not enough for a chapter per say.

I was just sorting through old stories here when I noticed one from around 2016 by Maggie Finson. She was complaining about Women keeping their heels on... Hmmm.

In 2024, I'm perhaps more liberated. These days I have my own list. Never more than 2 inch heels. Dresses and Skirts must have at least 2 side pockets. Wearing pants is sinful, don't do it.

Never wear a bra. They make my Lymph nodes feel like I've been shot. Sometimes a Crop Top.

It is always a struggle to keep my weight out of the Obese Zone. I've been up and down 40 lbs (18 kg) over the years and hate it.

“What is a drawbridge, Merlyn?” I asked.

The Dager of Heaven at the End of Time
Chapter 13
by SammyC
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An arrogant young white man is about to learn a spiritual lesson...

Second Spirit
by Melanie Brown
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Fantastic Mars -15- has been reposted because the earlier post was corrupted and cut off after just a paragraph or two.

I'd really love to see some comments on this one to help me gin up the energy to take this story to a conclusion. :)

Hugs,
Erin

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Time for a nap?

The Dagger of Heaven at the End of Time -12-
by SammyC
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My spouse has been trying to get me to tour the St. Paul Cathedral. I’ve resisted. Fifty years ago, in my twenties, I lived for a year in an eight-plex -- two hundred yards from the Cathedral and never once set foot in it.

I was raised Catholic and seriously considered becoming a monk. I spent a week in an abbey. The older I got, the less I wanted to have anything to do with Catholicism, or any other traditional church.

The St. Paul Cathedral makes me nauseous.

“What gives you the authority to meddle with the course of nature?”

The Dagger of Heaven at the End of Time
Chapter 11
by SammyC
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my entry in the caption contest is up! please leave kudos and comments!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/103539/manikin-man-i-can

An excerpt from The Modern Age, an unfinished novel set in the Thirties of the Masks universe:

"Wow," whispered Dutch, looking over the edge of the roof at the street far below. He glanced back at the Night Master, who was preparing to throw a grapple wrapped in rags across the gap between the buildings. "You've done this before?"

"Many times," the Night Master replied, as he sent the padded hook whistling through the air. It caught on a vent pipe projecting from the roof of the penthouse of the lower, neighboring building.

The whole Transgender "thing" has grown so boring. I know that there are good authors at BCTS that can write the 'good' stuff.

but hopefully not the Walrus, koo koo ka choo!

Hey there, everyone.

I've got a busy week ahead and probably won't have much if any time to write or post, and since my birthday is on Thursday and the long weekend is ahead as well, I'm going to just take the week off and try to reconnect with my muse and recharge my batteries. I will return to my usual posting/writing schedule after Labour Day.

*big hugs*

Amethyst

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“When did you start wearing make-up?”

Poison -20-
by Melanie Brown
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What's YOUR favorite BC metaphor?

These coveralls, though a lovely shade of pink, made me look almost like a boy

I’m beginning to think that I’m evil.

I have finally written a cereal on purpose and not just ad hoc. Not that the readers will be able to tell the difference.

Of course it’s a “Bru” cereal which is why I’m not calling it a serial.

Some will think it will snap, crackle and pop while others will think it’s just soggy. Most who read will find themselves in the shoes of Oliver Twist in the orphanage.

“Conform!” really was a pilot. Depending on the response I’d post the rest (I’m not saying whether the criteria was “below” or “above” a certain limit).

reaches Big Closet!

As I mentioned in my last post Thank you for a blast from the past to Tiffany Shar I am currently re-reading some of the stories posted many “turnings of the seasons” back. Some of these I not read in over a decade. On re-reading them now, I remember having read them in the past. This fact is also confirmed by the fact many of parts have a Kudos registered to my user ID.

This was one of the better stories that I have read; right up there with the masters.

I suppose it is a vain hope that the author will continue it.

Ahabidah, Gwen Brown