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Hi:)
New to this site and while i have found a few lovely stories and great authors so far i find it a little hard to search on this site. So here i am wondering if anyone can recommend some for me.
As for genre I'm not really all that picky, as long as it is transgender themed in some way and good. (i know good is relative but any recommendations is appreciated)
Not that i only read tg stories, and it's by no means a must but it's easy for me to relate to them.
And so far impressed by a couple of the authors i have managed to come across here. My favorites so far is Rebecca Jane, Dawn_Natelle and i enjoy Teddie's story about Tommy.
Even if it seems to go on forever and i can't really relate as much to the crossdressing theme, it is a well written story and pretty interesting in several ways. And it happens to be a great love story.
But searching for other great authors around here seems a little time consuming. So here i am, hoping anyone is willing to help me out a little.
If there is any author you think is particularly talented or if there is anything you think is particularly good, fun, emotional or just worth reading then i would love to know about it.
Hugs to everyone
And love from Elly
at the risk of sounding conceited
my stories tend to be short, even if there are a lot of them ...
Nothing wrong with that
Although I prefer longer stories and series most of the time i will definitely check yours out, a short story is nice inbetween sometimes.
Mine are a bit long, but I
Mine are a bit long, but I break them into parts when I post.
I also seem to have issues with starting projects and waffling on completing them..but I’m working on it.
Good choice
Breaking them into parts is definitely the way to go, can be a little annoying if a large story is a single piece. Not a huge deal but no way to place a bookmark that way.
And things take time, you seem to be doing well as far as i can tell:)
Are you OK with action and
Are you OK with action and suspense or just simple drama with happy endings?
I'm told STFU more times in a day than most people get told in a lifetime
Pretty much ok with anything, tend to say good is good
I do like and prefer happy endings but it's not a must. As for action and suspense, as long as it isn't constant action without much real content i can absolutely enjoy that genre. I'm kind of all eating when it comes to good stories.
Anything by Jessie Wolf,
Anything by Jessie Wolf, Shiraz, and Snowfall are good reads. The action is like an action movie, but not gratuitous. Some of Snowfall's violence is tough to read, particularly in the early "Lyssa Kordonay Missions" and her current "The Puppeteer" stories but they are done with you cheering instead of cringing.
Jessie's "Justice" saga overlaps Snowfall's "Lyssa Kordonay Missions" and "Chrysalis Project" but her other three series and saga, "Death Dealers", "Racing Angels", and "Interview With a Lolita" are standalones with "Death Dealers" being a series of books that are available on Amazon with the two most recent ones "Dreams of Dancing in the Sky" and "Flight of the Claymore" being available here still.
Shiraz is great with dialog and has mastered the art of long, interlocking plots that she is still unravelling four years later.
I'd offer my own stories as recommendations, but mine are nowhere near the top quality as those three authors' stories. Other people will offer you their favorites but I had to give respect to those three ladies for their stories.
I'm told STFU more times in a day than most people get told in a lifetime
vastly underplaying
ef is vastly underplaying, please read ef's series. It's fantastic! Start with Someone Who Cares(Book 1). You're more than welcome to look in my Bookmarks for reading suggestions.
quidquid sum ego, et omnia mea semper; Ego me.
alecia Snowfall
Seconding, or is it now thirding?
I'll definitely agree with Ef's recommendations, but like Alicia said Ef is seriously underplaying their writing. I've read most of it and would highly recommend as well. I just started reading Snowfall's works a few weeks ago and started with The Stations Late Night Princess that's on Amazon... Needless to say I'm hooked on her works as well. lol
Becca C.
I know I’m weird. The fact that I’m trans is probably one of the more normal things about me.
You should have recommended yourself as well:)
I looked at your author page Snowfall, and realized i have read a few of your books already. It's been a while but i particularly enjoyed The Station's Late Nite Princess.
Don't know why you didnt't mention your own stories but i'm glad someone else did!
Thanks a lot, sounds very good:)
Will definitely check those three of out, and your own work.
To me the story element matters more than the pure quality of the writing, to a certain extent at least. Still quality is always nice!
Started writing myself, always wanted to but never managed to get past the first page until fairly recently.
My grammar is pretty terrible, and barely started but it's work in progress. Figure there is only one real way of getting better and that is to keep writing. Being norwegian and writing in english makes it a little harder for me but gradually improving, or at least i like to think so:P
Though none of my own stories are completed yet, my first one feels like a never ending project and i have gotten a bit tired of it after around 100 pages. My second one started out pretty dark and is harder to write but i feel like it has more potential.
Can't brag about quality but it's fun to create my own stories.
Will probably post something in time, if i ever manage to complete something.
Appreciate the recommendations!
Have to agree with Rebecca and Snowfall.
I just read through your(efin's) 'Someone Who Cares- the complete story' and i'm still crying after the end of the first book. Good tears though:)
An impressive story about struggle, friendship, family and love.
It was just beautilful and I'm starting on book 2 right away!
You are definitely a talented writer in your own right:)
Thank you,
I'm so glad that you've enjoyed my writing so far. I'm still a bit new and learning. Hopefully I'm getting better though. Other than the other authors you mentioned, who I agree write some amazing stories, here are the stories and authors that stick out in my mind the most. I tried to hyperlink most of them to help out.
One of my favorite stories is A Blank Page by Flummox. It's an incredibly sweet story, and moved me to tears many times. Some heart wrenching but most were heartwarming tears.
Maiden By Decree by Maggie Finson. It's a bit of a fantasy story, but its an incredibly fun read.
One of my favorite authors is Bailey Summers Just about anything of hers is definitely worth a look. She doesn't shy away from what transpeople face in real life though, so some of her stories are kind of upsetting in places. That makes them feel so much more real to me when reading. Although my favorite of hers is Sixteen Feet of Steel It's another fantasy story. I'll admit when I was a kid my two favorite authors were CS Lewis and Tolkein so fantasy has always had a special place in my heart.
Another great story that's also fantasy with a bit of sci fi thrown in is Penny Lane's Somewhere Else Entirely It encompasses multiple books and is an extremely long, but worthwhile read.
Some other authors who are on my must click when I see a new story list are, Kat Walker, Morpheus, and Casey Brooks.
I think that's enough for now... Trying to write, and deal with my daily responsibilities, leaves my time to read kind of limited... There are so many incredible authors here, and I've barely made a scratch in finding them.
Thank you again so much for the shout out, it really does mean a lot.
Much love to ya,
Becca C.
I know I’m weird. The fact that I’m trans is probably one of the more normal things about me.
Yey just what i was looking for:) And you are very welcome!
Don't sell yourself short, i can't get enough of your stories! Really excited for the next chapters of Better Than The Alternative, couldn't lay it down for a minute!
Robbie's Revelation is strong, hard at times, real, and just lovely at the same time. And the ending was beautiful.
Not to mention your little piece about The Petulant Muse, probably the cutest little short story i have ever come across:)
Will read the rest of your work very soon! And i have no doubt it's great stuff.
That said, thanks a ton for the recommendations!
I read too much and can't really get enough but this will keep me going for a while:)
Hugs, kisses and much love back at ya:)
I'd steer away from
The Guardians... It was my first attempt at a fantasy/supernatural type story and I got the pacing all wrong and wrote myself into a corner after 4 chapters... It's slated for an overhaul/rewrite when I get the time and the muse cooperates. Also Defining Moments is autobiographical and its not a fun read and I've had to distance myself from it for a bit, I dug up too many memories too quickly so... Yeah its on hiatus...
Reconnecting the Past and the Present isn't quite finished, but its currently stopped at a good place to read though.
Enjoy the recommendations that everyones given you, so far they've all been top notch.
Becca C.
I know I’m weird. The fact that I’m trans is probably one of the more normal things about me.
All in good time
Yeah i kind of figured something like that and put Guardians on hold for now.
Reconnecting the Past and the Present is the only other story of yours i haven't read yet, but i plan to!
Did read Defining Moments and while it was pretty rough reading i think It is a strong piece, and i think it can help others.
Still fully understand if you never complete it. And i won't say too much regarding it, but i thank you for sharing.
You have great taste
I love "A Blank Page" too. I've re-read it and still cry too.
But your stuff is amazing too. I love Jordan and Sam so much.
The problem with BCTS is...
There are so many great authors. It would really help if you mentioned which genres you enjoy.
Here are 'a very few' of my favourites.
There are an awful lot more I could ( and should) mention.
I hope this helps
Persephone
Non sum qualis eram
Genre isn't all the important:)
Think i have read everything of Karin Bishop, and i really love her stories even if a lot of them have a very similar feel they are all pretty good.
But i don't recognize the rest at the moment, nice list!
Thank you:)
I don't think anyone mentioned
Morpheus yet, a great author with a lot of stories here
Sleethr is another one that has some great stories
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Oops
... and Nuuan
Persephone
Non sum qualis eram
and
Nuuan is good too.
Have a good day and enjoy life.
Bring em on!:D
Didn't think i would get this many recommendations so quickly, mark of a good community i guess!
Thanks a lot, appreciate it:)
I will agree Sleethr is a very good writer....
Especially his epic WHISPER. He's fixed it since it was posted here originally, so look for the V3 version. A grand read. I've read it more than once.
Some recommendations
Some of my recommendations are: most things by Morpheus, particularly A Piece in the Game of Gods and Kombat Champion, Penny Lane's Somewhere Else Entirely stories, Cassy Bee's Natural Affection, Rebecca Jane's "The Petulant Muse", and Erin Halfelven's "An Irish Tale". The last two are not tg, but are very funny.
Morpheus's Imp stories are superb, but they are Whateley stories, based on an intricate shared universe, and are not the place to start reading Whateley stories. (The Whateley site is http://whateleyacademy.net/)
One piece of advice: If you see a long serial and are interested, take a look at the end of the last entry. If the last three words are "To be continued" and the posting is several years old, try something else.
Nice tip regarding the Whateley stories
And funny is good, doesn't have to be tg to be worth reading even if i prefer that most of the time.
As for incomplete series, sometimes it's good enough to be worth reading even if it will never be complete.
A couple of my favorite amature stories is like that, i don't regret reading those.
But I agree it can be pretty annoying, still been active a lot on other sites so i'm fairly used to it.
Thank you for the recommendations:)
Not always.
"Catwalk Confidence" for example, while technically unfinished stopped at a reasonable point.
The author also wrote "While my guitar gently weeps" which is a stand alone.
Anything from Randalynn
Is going to be excellent. No Obligation is fantastic, and its sequel is ongoing (SLOWLY but she's working on it). Anything by Lilith Langree is going to also be excellent.
Neat
Cute kitty, meow meow:P
And fantastic sounds great! List is getting long but will check it out for sure!
Big hug from me and kiss on the cheek:)
One of my many favorites
Is Sarah UK especially her You Have It All Wrong stories.
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/23412/sara-uk
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Thank you:)
Appreciate the link!
Bailey Summers and Bronwen
Bailey Summers and Bronwen Welsh are another pair of excellent authors with Bailey's Jem one of my favourites. We can't forget Maddy Bell and Angharad for their monster sagas. They will keeep you reading for weeks.
Can't get enough!
This tread will probably keep me going for a several months or more at the rate this is going but it's nice to have a good library of sorts, and maybe it can help other people as well:)
Thanks!
Stories to read
I have few you might be interested. My writing isn't up there with some of the authors that have been mention, however they are good stories. If anything I would recommend Sirens or Abandoned Child first.
Then, if you want some Adveture style Start with never pull on the tail of a wolf.
School life and Nora Midnight are good ones as well. Snow Angel has some interesting characters as well.
WildFire is a nice one as well.
If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
Sounds fun
As i mentioned earlier in the tread the story is more important to me than the quality of the writing so I'm definitely interested:)
And good advice!
Work in progress:D
I'll throw my hat into the ring
I've posted two stories here that have gotten good response, Mystic Godfather and Small Town Boy. Both of them are TG tales, the first a little more fictional while the second is based in reality. Neither is novel length at about 20,000 and 60,000 words apiece.
I hope you find something you like. There are lots of great stories here.
Your contribution is appreciated:)
I got no doubt about it, i don't know why i waited so long with this site.
May be a bit harder to search here than I'm used to. But just from this tread i can tell that the community is a lot better and not to mention a lot more active than I'm used to as well.
And that is a respectable length, long enough to make a decent story and short enough so it won't take forever to read through.
I like a long story, if the writer can keep up it's progression. But that is far from always the case, in those cases i wish the writer would know when to stop.
But i'm not really one to speak about it, my first story just seems to go on and on with no end in sight and it got a little boring. Still want to complete it somehow but i got no idea how at the moment, so i started on a new one instead.
I seem to read too much lately to get much work done on either though:P
Will take a look at your work soon:)
Hi Elly!
Welcome to the Monkey House.
And I hope that one of these days
you might grace this site with some stories of your own ☺
~hugs, Veronica
(who BTW is also an author here. Some good stuff, some real dreck, and a whole lot of unfinished serials...)
What borders on pure insanity?
Canada and Mexico.
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Hello Laika:)
Thank you for the nice welcome:)
Feels good to be a part of this wonderful community, and in time I'm sure i will.
Just want to complete one of my stories first, hopefully i won't start on another before that happens!
Hugs and kisses
Elly
A Few More of Note
Just re-read Sarah Lynn Morgan's Samantha -- one of my longtime favorites -- and 12-part The Unicorn's Gift, also outstanding, last night. And many here named her multi-part Emily in a Best-of-BigCloset discussion five or six years ago when she was still active.
Don't believe anyone has mentioned Casey Brooke: top-quality longer stories, mostly in the fantasy and space opera genres. Ones I'vs re-read relatively recently include The Fae, The Cauldron and The Curse of O'Braonain's Gold.
A story I like to spotlight here -- it gets overlooked a lot, possibly because the author was one-and-done -- is Thliwent's 10-part Going There and Back Again, a clever time-travel story.
DarkKitten and Zoe Taylor wrote a delightful series -- Magic of the Kingdom, two ten-part serials -- taking place at and around Disney World in Florida. There's a reason that Zoe's called Queen of Sweetness around here, as this series and their other serials demonstrate.
Sounds like lovely and interesting suggestions
Old time besties, magic, faires and timetravel!
Think i will have a lot of fun with these, thanks:)
Further Recommendations:
BCTS is a wellspring of excellent amateur fiction, usually with a side of TG, and I wanted to share some of my own favorites that I have yet to see these suggestions.
Admiral Krunch with his Opus "Being Christina Chase" - https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/title-page/3034/being-christi...
Lilith Langtree, the creater of the The Center and the Ret Con Universes.as well as many stories, with some unfinished, of excellent caliber.
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/tg-universes-series/center-li...
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/tg-universes-series/comics-re...
EnemyofFun is another excellent author with multiple story themes and is the creator of the Dark Realms Universe.
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/31791/darkrealms-universe
Mark MacDonald, wonderful tale, Walking on Daddy's Shoes, which is posted here on BCTS but is best remembered for his highly entertaining "Skin Deep" Trilogy, which is available over on FM.
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/5211/dancing-daddys-shoes
http://www.fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyI...
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned her yet, but Maddy Bell and her Gaby series, now going into it's 24th published book.
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book-page/55116/gaby-book-1-a...
Let's not forget T.D. Aldoennetti, who may no longer be with us but has left us her treasure of Works.
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/14459/t-d-aldoennetti-pr...
We all know who Angharad (and Bonzi) is with her huge monster Saga, "Easy As Falling Off A Bike" among other works she has penned.
https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book/3683/easy-falling-bike
While these may not be completely on BCTS, I have to add them to my Library of Faves. Ellen Hayes of the legendary Tuck Saga and probably forgotten DarkSide, who penned the Fury Saga.
http://www.barkingduck.net/ehayes/writings.htm
http://www.fictionmania.tv/stories/readtextstory.html?storyI...
One last author who was a founding contributor to the Whately Universe and now prolific author of Fan Fiction, predominately BTVS, Diane Castle with a personal TG favorite "Xendra"
https://www.tthfanfic.org/story.php?no=28404
I'm sure I have others, but I love long and engaging Story Sagas. The excellent Authors list above are just some that I have read many times over and wish they will never stop writing. (Hopefully finish a couple or three of their stories also)
Beverly Colleen
**********
I am a leaf on the wind, but someone turned the fan off.
Thank you for a long detailed list:)
I really enjoyed 'Easy As Falling Off A Bike', just a really cute lovely story. May have to re read that one soon, at least when the new book is out:) Amazed it is here for free, will still buy it when it get's released though.
But the rest of these are new to me, and sharing your favorites is exactly what i wanted this tread to be about!
Doesn't look like i will run out of reading material anytime soon.
Love it!
Hugs
Sue Brown
Try anything by Sue Brown.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Thanks:)
I will do just that, thank you for contributing to the tread!
I'll suggest...
... adding SaraUK, Paula Dillon, Katie Leone, Julie O and Tigger to the list of writers already mentioned. ALL the others are great reads as well.
Yet another nice list
I did read Katie Leone's 'Unreachable' and it is a beautiful story:)
Looking forward to checking out the rest, thanks!
Unreachable
There are a few books after "Unreachable" that continue that story. They are just as good as the 1st one.
Also Daring Diane has the Lee Corcoran series. Starts with Boy for the Cheer if I'm not mistaken.
Even though it is not TG
BarbieLee's "The Huntress" is a must read and her Warrior pincess and other stories are as good and have TG-Heroines. As for the rest Casey Brooke cannot be mentioned enough here and I certainly second mentioning Angela Rasch, Wolfjess and Teddie. I also recommend to always look at the recent comment section and the random solos, lots of treasures to be found that way :-)
Monique.
Monique S
Yey i found you again!
Hi Monique:)
I used to read your stories on tgstorytime, and i was sad when i came back one day and found you gone.
Nice to see they are still around! You were missed, but i think i can understand why you are here instead:)
And i will certainly look at your suggestions, thank you:)
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