It's a parody of the other "Indepence Day" movies. A little of "Star Wars" too.

Not bad...

I am going to throw my proverbial hat into the ring with this year's October contest...
A girl is cast into the nightmare world of a new high school and the terrors within.

Well folks, the editing and proofreading of Hope's Light is going great, thanks to our very own Kimmie going (again!) above and beyond while her Inbox gets filled with updates! One proofreading pass has completed, and we're doing (well, Kimmie is doing!) the second round!!

Yep, its taken a decidedly cool turn!

Since yesterday was my laundry day, and most of my non-winter pants were already in my laundry basket, I pulled out a skirt, and because it was a bit cool, I also put on a pair of pantyhose.

Now, despite what my friend Jaci says about me being a girly girl, I do this far less often than you might think, but yesterday I found myself wondering why that is.

Because I felt good.

Tension I didn't even realize I had left me.

I simply can not say how this happened. All the Medical Provider will indicate to me is that I have a Blood infection of of unspecified origin. What with all the different strains of Covid mucking around it is not surprising. For years doomsayers have been preaching the end of Earth through various means.

This isn't surprising to me. There are three major hospitals near to me and a half dozen others.

It's gotten to the point that any time I go out, I wear a mask. Thankfully, I found some pretty flowery masks that do not look quite as awful as most.

of summer! Farewell September, hello October.

I woke up this morning with needing to deal with SOMEONE, Goofle once (again ???). Perhaps what happened is merely a minor disturbance in the force. Their little ARMY was simply "Being All They Could Be". I'll get over it.

Hi all, can anybody tell me if there is a web archive where I can read stories from long defunct tg story site's for example stardust.
I do hope somebody can help.

HUGS
sim1cats

After sharing some helpful channels for mental health issues, today I received a recommendation for help with gender dysphoria.

Many of us who struggle with gender identity also struggle with many other emotional issues and even neurodivergence. There is PTSD, ADHD, OCD, autism spectrum, depression and anxiety, to name some of the heavies. That list is most definitely not exhaustive, but it contains the issues that are most prevalent and/or that cause the most collateral issues for us.

I was really hoping to have an entry for the Halloween contest, but my brain has decided to douse me in depression, which has cut off my writing spoons.

maybe I will get lucky and it will lift in time for me to finish the story, but I just dont know.

Much of the so-called "News" items being published at the moment is being sourced from The Dailly Mail. You should know that this paper is no friend to the LGBT+ community and is politically extremely right-wing, including backing the UKIP party at recent elections. That is Nigel Farage's organization.

They are posting a lot of "news" about the USA elections. Treat with a very large grain of salt.

I hope this doesn't contravene the site's restrictions.

Community is always important, whether that is our community here, or the broader trans community as a whole, and today we have a chance to help another part of the community in need.

It seems that hardly a week goes by without a request for money.
Come on people, open those purses and wallets. Erin and her team need our support.
I've donated $200 this month. I've had to put off getting a replacement tyre for my bike until next month.
If we don't support the site then it will go away and will be a huge loss to the community.
Dig deep people.

Please...

Samantha

Hey, everyone,

I'm happy to announce that Twice Removed is now available on Kindle and will soon be in paperback as well.

You can get it at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DHV4Q7QG

*big hugs*

Amethyst

If an author has disappeared (i.e. passed away, hasn't posted an entry on the website or any other reasons) who has permission to legally take over another authors' story if a person has ideas to continue a story.

A big thanks to everyone who entered the contest: we got some fantastic stories submitted, and we appreciate every one of you.

Some time over the next couple of days we will be posting a poll on the BCTS Patreon for voting on people's favorite caption story. That poll will run until the end of the month, and we will announce the winners in early October (2024)!

A few years ago, Facebook maintained that my password was not as I remembered it and locked me out of my Facebook page. In order to "prove" that I was who I said I was and entitled to access my page I need to pick four friends from a list of six that Facebook supplied who could be sent a code and forward it to me outside FB. I could then list those codes and regain my FB page.

One of those listed was Wren Phoenix. So meant I needed to get four responses from only five possibles. I could only manage responses from two and so remained locked out of my FB page.

I want to talk about choices for a moment.

See, I dont really trust myself, so when faced with decisions, I tend to turtle and try and avoid the situation. Of course, not choosing is in fact making a choice, and can have consequences.

But there is a more subtle way this works for me, and that happens if someone is offering me advice on the choice.

I find myself wanting to just hand the choice over to them, so I dont have to deal with it.

I just ran into a bunch of Mad Naked Bike Riders. Both genders. I had been asked to join them but am not a STRIPPER. Looking at the news this is almost world wide. They want people to stop using oil from the ground.

I've done my bit. I do not own a car, nor do I rent or drive one.

My incidental use is minimal...whatever the bus uses.

Come on. Do your part.

Gwen Boucher.

The AACD Caption Story Contest officially ends Saturday! We've already gotten some great entries but we'd love to see even more!

Really getting tired of just surviving; life is there, but I am wondering if health issues are a result of early life HRT use. Maybe, it's just a phase, trying to declutter my life and wondering why I'm not social. Most of the people at work are counting the months till retirement while finding terminal issues that won't let them retire. Sorry just dealing with end of summer duldrums, finding sleep patterns that are not resetting and really thinking taking the second shift was a mistake.

So I finally got to see my doctor about the x-rays I had done on my legs.

The verdict was that my arthritis has gotten worse in my hips and knees, and I now have arthritis in my ankle. I also have several damaged tendons in my right foot.

My doc gave me a subscription for some physio, but beyond that there isnt anything they can do.

Ah, well.

The picture didn't load when I added the story. I added it in now.
Thanks
DD

and less good news!

“Sheila! Listen. I know it’s crazy, but…”

Second Spirit -2-
by Melanie Brown
Read on Patreon

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.

So, I'm a bit late with this update as I wanted to be certain of what I would say and had to verify with the Doc before I did so. Last week, after my normal infusion the Doc had moved up my six month screen to technically three months. So, off I went to the imaging center, I get pumped full of IV Contrast and I get to suck up some more of those sweet, sweet radiation rays.

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.

Here is my latest!
All thanks are due to Joyce and the team at Doppler Press, not the least for Joyce's contribution to the story from the collection that I posted today as a teaser - https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/103687/speak-now
Here is the link to the anthology - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DGRQ5HGG
Maryanne

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

The Dager of Heaven at the End of Time
Chapter 13
by SammyC
Read on Patreon

Didn't there used to be a universe of stories about a machine that changed peoples but was a free sample service? I think the machine was a Morphic Adaptive Unit?

I can't remember the last time I saw a story like that or what the universe was or if it had a home site?

Thanks :)

So apparently, we are not done with repercussions for the Move that Wasn't.

See, back when we were sure we were moving, my mom put a stop on automatic withdrawals from our current landlord, which was supposed to start at the end of September.

Then we didn't move and asked the bank to restart the automatic withdrawals again.

But then, our landlord called us and said they were unable to withdraw September's rent.

So we went to the bank, and discovered that not only had the stop had been applied to September, the restart we had asked for had not happened.

I have no problem accessing BC on my Windows Laptop, but I can't seem to access it on my iPhone. It doesn't matter whether I use
Safari or Chrome, it starts to load, with the bar showing it's begun, but then it simply pauses and eventually times out.
Any suggestions?

so despite not feeling well today, I managed to help mom make an attempt to fix my bed.

I will know if it works after I sleep in it tonight.

So, in today's Kevin and Kell webcomic, an explanation of a set of wedding photos reveals an interesting development The comic is here and is only a one-off on transgenderism, there are cases of other -ism's
Sounds like a great idea for a story!
Diana

Obeying site rules, I won't bring certain issues up

Do you feel safe at your home?

I'm thinking about backup measures. Thinking some hostile things that I am not likely to do.

What say you???

Ahabidah

I had a very interesting video recommended to me by the YouTube algorithm. The video “Top 5 Benefits of Crossdressing in Public 2024” looks at both directions of cross-dressing, It also explores the individual and societal benefits of cross-dressing.

Google is now phasing out Manifest V2 support from Chrome and V3Manifest support will be even less. I am for abandoning Chrome before then forever since it seems to be focused to force ads onto your pc.

All script and ad blockers will cease working before November.

Old Manifest V2 Chrome extensions will be disabled in 2024

I am just letting people know that I have lodged my entry and I think it is the first one.
Being not content with my last adventure doing the silk road by road and rail east to west, I am off again soon and my not be back until late October, so I am getting in now, although Christmas still seems a long way off!
Maryanne

Since the last tranche of chapters are taking longer than expected, I thought I would share a three snippets. Until published things might change but these I'm sure won't

Snippet 1:
As they normally did when about to discuss something private, David ran the bug detector on his special phone. As he walked around the room, the screen turned red.
"Are you sure you want to study in here?" asked Helen, after seeing the warning. "It's such a nice day. Wouldn't it be better to study outside?"

I dunno, but it seems most of those i have left are essentially digital.

Well, it's now just over a month since I left a blog here about Talkie ai and a story I had produced using it. Since then, I've spent a lot of time using and very much enjoying Talkie.