well, believe it or not, I managed to bang out a third entry in the "Fresh Start" contest!

you can read it here: https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/102626/star-tower

please kudo and comment if you like it!

Well there's a mob of them attacking the bird feeders with some gusto so i presume they're hungry!

I just happened on this while messing with a new tablet.

https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/culture/lifestyle/miss-ma...

A bit of good news for a change.

2:00 AM, going to be hot. Not breathing well. Despite the site rules, are non-TG stories allowed? I think so. Just checking.

Gwinn

I am still only about a third of the way through writing the next Masks story, so I am posting an unconnected short story. This is set in the same world as "The Master of Cuts" and "In the Hollow of the Devil's Hand."

I didn't think I could, but a new story idea came to me last night, and I realized it fit the idea of a fresh start.

here it is, please leave kudos and comments!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/102586/little-bit-his...

That's right folks, we've got less than two weeks left on our 25th Anniversary story contest!

I'll admit, I'm a little disappointed we haven't had more entries so far. For such a big event, and with us wanting to go fairly big for prizes, I was expecting a lot more interest. That said, at least part of that has to be on me, since I haven't been pushing it particularly hard.

THAT BEING SAID!

Diane tries to bond with her new Mom....

with plenty of stuff happening!

I might just be the last person to learn about this and I know the place and people have been mentioned on here before.
This morning I found a BBC video about the wonderful past getaway place for crossdressers in the Catskills. I hope those interested can get to this:

Casa Susanna programme 93 minutes, personal stories, many pictures.

I have been more sick than not, with several hospital stays, and have missed a lot on BC. There seem to have been a number of changes here that I missed out on, which I won't get into. But I've noticed that Ignore User doesn't seem to be working anymore. Has it functionality been discontinued?

Melanie Brown's new serial "Poison" is running on BC Patreon free for everyone.

https://www.patreon.com/collection/562682" title="Poison on Patreon">

Poison
by Melanie Brown
Read on Patreon

It seems transgender children are the easiest target for the self-righteous rightwing parties to target, so it's good to read a positive story for once. It may only be a drop in the ocean of hate that seems to exist these days, but it made me feel glad that someone is trying.Here is a link to the Guardian report:https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/29/tran...

One blink and its gone!

I find it odd that even though I have said repeatedly I am dangerous, almost nobody believes me.
I wonder why?

or, to show my age, Spring Bank Holiday.

So I was having some pain in a tooth that was damaged many years ago by a 2x4 and a truck axel. I went on vacation the beginning of April, and while on vacation, I started having more and more pain, and even started getting daily headaches. To make a long story short, I had an abscess in the gum, and the infection was causing bone loss. Now, I've got a nice 2 tooth gap in my mouth, and I keep sing "all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth."

Home in both senses of the word. Back to BC, that's the main thing.

I have an idea for the 25th anniversary story contest. The problem for me is that it will mean writing twenty or more characters. I don't like writing "spear carriers". I try to have some feeling of every person in the story even if it isn't obvious (Did anyone catch the leather biker's "craft" magazine in The Worst Day?). I'm afraid of having four people and a bunch of cutouts. That's the kind of story I have trouble finishing. How do any of you deal with making secondary characters real?

The contest is now live! You can find the tag above, and I'm excited to see your entries!

For many of us BCTS is a huge part of our lives, or has helped us pull through rough times thanks to the community and stories the site has helped to foster.

Well, what better way to show our appreciation of that than a 25th anniversary contest?

Yep, that's right -- BigCloset turns 25 in June! And to celebrate, we want to give back to the community with some prizes and a contest.

It's just after 3:30 am here, so around 11:30 am in the UK, and I'm thinking about some of the stories I have most enjoyed. Of course, it goes without saying that "Bike" is one. "Twice Removed" was another. "Somewhere Else Entirely" is one... My mind is too foggy this time of day for perfect recall of dozens of others... "Deception Of Choice" came at a time when I needed it and it probably saved my life. Stories of 'Pete' have provided a welcome distraction.

I'm getting confused by the checkbox at the bottom of the new story submission page, I think.

It's labelled 'Ongoing' but it also says "Click to mark as completed story", so is that a 'yes' or a 'no'?

I never submit incomplete stories, but a tick against 'Ongoing' appears to apply a flag called 'Completion'. But there's also a way to toggle 'ongoing' when viewing the story itself, so, uh...?

I certainly looked like i'd been used as a salt pan when i got back from todays excursion!

Hello friends. I am now home from Cobb WellStar Hospital, two tumors and a fair amount of intestine lighter. But the cancer is now out of me and we have some breathing space to plot the battle. From here, it will be 6 months of chemo to be sure anything too small to have been seen is dead and once we're sure of that, a follow up surgery to repair my lightened intestines.

Tired, sore, beat up and sobered.

Almost died on the table, but thanks to the quick thinking and decisiveness of my surgeon, I'm still here and home. And I got news an old college buddy my age died.

is here! Well that's the news over.

Too lazy to dress properly to ride my bike, so I just stayed in my Ankle length A line skirt, a top, with a pretty flowery Jacket, and of course HELMET. Of course my ebike has a drop frame, so my exhibitionistic efforts were not as blatant as I had hoped. I went into a market for some goodies, and a woman told me she had not seen a woman in a skirt on a bike since Amsterdam. :)

So I'm off to the big smoke tomorrow to have some work done in the body shop (on Thursday morning).

Regrettably I won't be getting the body I want, nor will I have any desirable mods. Just a decoke and some pipework replaced.

I should be back on Monday 20th but I don't know if I'll be in any fit state to login that day. Or maybe even the next, who knows?

Anyhoo, I won't be looking at BC from now on for a while, so I would suggest not adding comments.

Penny

I remember watching the movie Moonstruck starring Nicholas Cage and Cher in 1987 when it first was released, probably by streaming. It remains a very good movie. And a key part of the plot is when after an over-night fling Ronny (Nicholas Cage) promises to never bother Loretta (Cher) again if she attends a performance of La bohème at the Met with him. Loretta is deeply moved by the opera and eventually breaks up with Johnny (Danny Aiello) and accepts Ronny’s proposal.

Ok all will tell what I remember it starts out a boy goes to Florida to stay with friends or family ends up dressing as a girl acts in a Christmas elf meets a rich family and goes out with the son there is a chase and caught on film becomes known back at home stays a girl and goes back home and has to deal with the kids at school as a girl that's all I remember think it was on fiction mania not sure
Charlize

I dropped in to wish everyone a Happy Mother’s Day.

I’ve been on BCTS for just over 8 years now. I’ve been here through the struggles, I’ve seen a lot. I’ve met a lot of people in this community and tried my hand at writing and never really got the feel for it.

This post is one I really didn’t want to ever have to make. But as I sit here typing this up at past 1 am this morning, reminiscing about all the things I tried to do and failed. I’ve made friends and I have my enemies. Newer people probably don’t even know who I am and that’s ok with me. Im from a different era of the site.

Reggie rolls the world-shifting dice!

Randi gets down and dirty!

yes i know its technically still spring but it did reach 20c yesterday!

The most noticeable for me is the fact that clicking on a link used to change the color of the line from an orchid to black (at least on my computer). It made it easy, when scrolling through the teasers to tell when you got down to a story you'd already considered or read and could stop.

It's a very small thing, but I miss it. I'm pretty sure that it's not on my end because Fictionmania's site still does that.

I just don't know how to make my praise of this work any more sincere. It has taken me more than perhaps a fortnight to read this and I just finished it at 04:30 AM PDT on 5/8/2024.

I've often cried at times, even solidly wept... when I've read some works.

This time when it finished I was laughing at the prose, and the artwork was absolutely fabulous and adorable.

Thank you so much Bryony Marsh. I wish I had personally known you, though there is surely a bit of yourself here.

Blessings to you.

Gwen Brown (Boucher)

Not sure where this is going

Lately my rough drafts are XXX, and I am unsure that do do with them. It used to work to edit the porn out of them but somehow that seems to rip their heart out.

I am going to take a look at publishing some stories at Literotica as "Missykateti" to see what happens. This is not me throwing a fit, breaking all the dishes and throwing pots and pans.

I'll see what happens; maybe nothing.

Gwen

but i've got an excuse or two, honest.

I am looking for a story, though all i can remember is that, it is set during WW2, MC is a Military Officer, used as translator by both Germans and allies,

MC, Hides in village house, German/fFrench border???, in wardrobe???

MC, uses the only civilian clothes available, female

This is harder than i ever thought it would be im in New Mexico at the hospital .My Uncle is on his death bed .im the last relative he has so its my duty to be here even though he never accepted me. My knee jerk action was not to come but the more i thought about it i decided that i needed to be here for closure if for nothing else . Just please send hugs good thoughts and prayers that i get through this . As always I care about all of you sisters and friends thank you for allowing me into your lives through bc .

Well, I'm back. On April 28th I was unable to login. Then I was informed by the login that my account was locked down. There doesn't seem to be a way to inform anyone at BC about a login problem unless you can login to tell them.

Today I was allowed access to change my password--which I wasn't before, because the account was locked.

So I'm back.

I hope the problems at the site get sorted out.
Otherwise, I am going to miss this place.

charlie.

For the last several weeks, I've been here, but not really here. I have fallen behind on responding to comments and giving comments to those wonderful ladies who stories bring me so much joy and happyness. I feel like I owe the whole community an apology and I must explain why. Well to start I was sick on Easter Sunday, and so I went to the local clinic and tested postived for streph throat. Again. So that was ten more days on the antibotic train. I was barely over strep when my father woke up one morning peeing blood.

Well after a long dry spell I got one new chapter up and now we find out the Lab made Pixie's fate....we all know the Drow hate her for even existing. so what planes do they have for her and keeping her alive....for now

go forth and read...comment PLEASE!
have fun all!

There are two things that make this insane fantasy excursion into girlhood worth it. 1. I have my own self grown boobs. 2. I no longer have to endure the sweating and itching from that sack of shit between my legs.

Gwen

but Spring still feels more like winter!

I don't know if I am unique, but I am not keen on books being issued a chapter at a time. I want a good read, not having to wait for hours or days for the next installment. I know that there are some stories where there is no ending and like Soap Operas go on for ever and ever; and I know that Charles Dickens published many of his books in parts, and I am sure that many people enjoy this format, but when a story really is finished; I would love it if the author would repost it as a complete story.

Anyone else feel the same way?

Columbine