2024-12 December BigCloset TopShelf Change A Life Story Contest

Suicide Survivor Chapter 11

This one's not for the faint of heart. Over the course of the story there will be death, suicide attempts, a fair amount of physical and mental abuse, some egregious torture and a hefty dollop of foul language, but hopefully a happy ending. Actually, the last bit's a given since it's me doing the writing, but between here and the end is a rocky road, so please if any of the above is likely to be triggering for you, please, please think twice about reading.

This is the bit where the CAUTION: Violence applies. When the text changes to dark red or maroon, it means things are about to turn a little rough. When it changes to bright red, then things are about to get a lot worse. Please take care while reading.

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Slight changes to the Christmas Contest

Okay, I have had to change things around, just a little. (1) I am extending the Entry submission dates through December 21, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time! (2) Voting will occur from Sunday December 22, 2024 - Saturday December 28, 2024. (3) The Winner's announcement will be posted on Sunday, December 29, 2024.

This is a much more realistic timetable for everyone involved including myself. It makes more sense to me!

So please use this time for your entries and voting will be here before you know it!

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BigCloset TopShelf's December 2024 Change A Life Story Contest

TopShelf's

December 2024

 

Change A Life

Christmas Story Contest

 

Entry Submission Dates are from now July 31, 2024 through December 21, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time!
Prizes currently are
1 x $200, 2 x $150, and 16 x $100 USD paypalled. Prizes are subject to go up depending on if donations assist :) .

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Last of the Christmas Contest Payouts on Feb 3 - 2 weeks away!

On February 3, I will send out the last of the Christmas contest payouts! I can hardly believe I have made it this far. But I am done, I have a clear conscious that I did things the best way possible and can go.

Thank you all for having me stick around while I could. I am trying real hard to finish posting up for Clara too! She is my last pulled author from elsewhere. Someone else is going to have to take over for me.

Sephrena

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BigCloset TopShelf December 2024 Change a Life Christmas Contest Results

TopShelf's

December 2024

 

Change A Life

Christmas Story Contest
Results!

 

Everyone is standing around and wondering who won....
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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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Tonight is IT! Please, bcts site members VOTE :*(


The time to vote is finally here!

Please click on the story links to read any entries that you haven't yet.

Okay, This SUCKS! The pollmaker thingy will NOT allow me to make a multiple choice vote WITHOUT a pay plan. The first one was free. I used that up in the last contest. YIKES!

I am really irritated it requires a pay plan. I wanted free for everyone. Oh well :*(

Okay for this vote then, simply PM me with a header Christmas Contest and select your 10 favorite stories and PM me, Sephrena Miller.
Voting will occur from Sunday December 22, 2024 - Saturday December 28, 2024. The Winner's announcement will be posted on Sunday, December 29, 2024.

Our current entries stands as follows:

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A Gift From Santa Chapter 15

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


A Gift From Santa Chapter 14

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


A Gift From Santa Chapter 12

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


Current Contestants in Our Contests

Tonight is the last night of the Christmas Contest! You have until tonight, December 21, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to post your entries! I will list all of the current participants in our contest, Here are the totals so far:

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Who Makes Intercession? Part 8 of 8 (Final)

 

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“So, you don’t think he’s got a problem with it all? Girly you, cray-cray me, us, kinda strangely put together lesbians?”

Gabe laughed. “No, I actually think he’s going to be okay with all that weirdness.”

A Gift From Santa Chapter 10

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


Crossing a Bridge

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A slender figure walked out onto the wide bridge. The sun descending in the western sky cast a wide shadow from the west side of the canyon and bathed the east side in a reddish glow.

Who Makes Intercession? Part 7 of 8

 

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“Well, speaking of lesbians,” Haley said.

“Were we?” asked Kiko.

“We were. Anyhow . . . Does your mom know about you and Gabe?”

Alex's First Christmas

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"Mum I can't possibly do this. " Alex she told her quietly, horror evident in his voice. His mother standing next to him in their little combined kitchen and dinning room, snorted in rye amusement.

A Gift From Santa Chapter 9

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


A Gift From Santa Chapter 8

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


Passport to Life


Passport to Life

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It felt, after the initial panic had passed, that his whole world was about to come crashing down around his ears. It was bad enough that he’d left his rucky on the train complete with money, passport and change of clothes, to add to the woe he was in Germany and it was Sunday afternoon but the real issue, the bit that scared him most, was he was dressed as his alter ego, Bianca. What had possessed him to even think it was a remotely good idea to ‘bring’ Bianca on the trip?

A Crumb Free Christmas +2

Charlotte and Michael continue with their lives and now, two years on it is Christmas time once more and change is in the air!

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A Crumb Free Christmas - Two years on

Who Makes Intercession? Part 5 of 8

 

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The door cracked open and Kiko peered in. “Wardrobe malfunction?”

“Zipper’s stuck. I think.”

Kiko smiled, came in and closed the door behind. “It’s what girlfriends are for.”

“I’m also ugly.”

“Yeah, we’re good for that problem too, mostly.”

The Pole Dancer

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Naomi snuffed out her cigarette. She rarely took more than a few drags from one. She just liked holding it. And it allowed her to take breaks outside. She still had a few minutes on her break and she wasn’t going to waste a second of it even if it was a hot, sticky summer night.

A Gift From Santa Chapter 7

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


A Gift From Santa Chapter 6

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


Who Makes Intercession? Part 3 of 8

 

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Just ‘cuz she’s got perfect blonde hair and cornflower eyes and big freakin’ bazoombas. AND long legs, the bitch.

Christian: Faith verses Religion

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Christian: Faith versus Religion

By Jennifer Sue

As Rob drove to Church for the Christmas Eve Service he felt torn. For several years the place of comfort and support the Church represented had become increasingly difficult for him to bear. For the vast majority of the congregation, the Religious Dogma was rote, especially the formal prayers and creeds. Rob didn’t see anyone who put any thought into what they said thus missing what the Faith was all about. He understood he was not having a Faith Crisis, but was slowly being consumed by a Religious Crisis. For the last 5 years, He’d been increasingly unable to rouse himself from bed, only attending sporadically. The closer he came to the Church for the Christmas Eve Services, the more anxiety he felt. This brought up the question of how, at age 73, he’d reached this unsettling point in his life. During the past 47 years he’d traveled the 36 mile loop between Church and home well over 3500 times so the route had become rote. His mind switched to auto pilot as he reminisced.

A Gift From Santa Chapter 5

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


A Gift From Santa Chapter 4

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


A Gift From Santa Chapter 3

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


The Lynching Tree

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The lynching tree is the oldest living thing on our farm. It was here when the first white men
came and it’s still here and growing. I guess the black folks around here have always called it that. Back when I was in elementary school Reverend Amos James began calling for the tree to be destroyed as “a symbol of white oppression.” That’s when everyone started calling it the lynching tree. Before that we just called it the big oak.

Who Makes Intercession? Part 1 of 8

 

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Author’s note: I made the mistake of promising a complete Christmas story by December 21, but it kept expanding until I ran out of days. I intend to post a chapter each day for the next eight days, but I will keep the postings a reasonable size. You’ve all got lots of contest stories to read — and other stories, too!

A Gift From Santa - Chapter 2

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A Gift From Santa


A Gift From Santa

Santa tells the story about two abused transgender children and how he was able to help them change their lives.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


One Dress

One Dress

by Holly Snow
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  ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
  Not a creature was sti…. Ooops, wrong story.

  A long time ago, in a state far, far away….

Lights in the Dark

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Lights in the Dark

By Mel E.

Sometimes, when all hope is lost, a light in the dark can guide the way to salvation.

Circle of Life

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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.

 

Suicide Survivor Chapter 12

This one's not for the faint of heart. Over the course of the story there will be death, suicide attempts, a fair amount of physical and mental abuse, some egregious torture and a hefty dollop of foul language, but hopefully a happy ending. Actually, the last bit's a given since it's me doing the writing, but between here and the end is a rocky road, so please if any of the above is likely to be triggering for you, please, please think twice about reading.

Laura recalls some of her experiences in this chapter, and quite graphically. I’ve marked them in red in case you prefer to skip.

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Sacrificial Destiny

Caelan grew up as an orphan in the shadow of Avaloria’s palace, scraping by on the streets and bound by the ruthless thieves’ guild that demanded his loyalty. He never felt right in his own skin, never found his purpose, only his friends kept him from despair: Eira, the beautiful thief he secretly loved and longed to be like; Thorne, the mercenary who pulled him out of crime; and Alric, a healer who gave hope to the hopeless.

When Caelan is wrongly accused of a crime and the palace guards begin hunting him and his friends, his world falls apart. With nowhere to turn, a mysterious stranger offers a way out; a dangerous mission to find the lost princess of Avaloria. With everything to gain and nothing left to lose, Caelan and his friends set off on a journey that will change them, and their kingdom, forever.

Author’s Note: This is a full-length novel of nearly 100,000 words. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I had writing it.

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Sacrificial Destiny

Suicide Survivor Chapter 10

This one's not for the faint of heart. Over the course of the story there will be death, suicide attempts, a fair amount of physical and mental abuse, some egregious torture and a hefty dollop of foul language, but hopefully a happy ending. Actually, the last bit's a given since it's me doing the writing, but between here and the end is a rocky road, so please if any of the above is likely to be triggering for you, please, please think twice about reading.

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Just A Girl

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The Day After Thanksgiving

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“Last call everyone. You no have to go home, but you cannot stay!”

The bartender, Jakob Adamovich, bellowed. He was the sole worker, except for his wife and mother who worked in the back of house to deliver the best cheeseburger with a pretzel crust to ever grace the planet. I was able to try it once, three weeks prior when they had an extra one after someone mouthed off to the six-foot-three Jake who threw him out with absolutely no effort. Jake allowed me to sit at a table at the back of the bar so I could study as it was difficult to do homework by the dashboard light.

Suicide Survivor Chapter 9

This one's not for the faint of heart. Over the course of the story there will be death, suicide attempts, a fair amount of physical and mental abuse, some egregious torture and a hefty dollop of foul language, but hopefully a happy ending. Actually, the last bit's a given since it's me doing the writing, but between here and the end is a rocky road, so please if any of the above is likely to be triggering for you, please, please think twice about reading.

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