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Lately I have noticed several stories with "AI assist" in the description. Sorry folks, but I will NOT read any story that uses AI. By its very definition, AI is derivative and not original. I want to read material from real people with real ideas, not regurgitated pap.

Please! If you're going to post your stories, make them your stories. That's what being an artist is all about.

I'm looking for someone who's read "My Summer in Pantyhose," by Jeremy Chandler. I've picked up that story and written a fan-fiction completion. I've taken Jamie through the summer and ended the tale in September when Jamie's a freshman in high school.

So, I think I set some kind of record today.

I managed to be both hyper and depressed at once.

I was pretty sure that wasn't possible, but I guess I underestimated my brain's ability to be terrible to itself.

Ah, well, just another adventure.

I'm trying to find a Harry potter fanfic. I'm fairly certain it's called Ayla Black, but my results turned up nothing. It's one where HP goes to the goblins, and they perform a ritual, with permission, to remove magic from HP, cast on them by Dumbles. If it's the one I'm thinking of, she inherits the black family titles, frees sirius, and reforms bella. There wad something about a private island too. Any help appreciated

I will be at a conference all day tomorrow, I'm chairing one of the sessions and will be too tired to write, sorry for any inconvenience to my readers.

Looking for stories about people who didn't help ... but learnt better. A couple of Cyclist stories have that and I'm wanting to find a few more before I write the story that's growing in my head.
Thanks in advance
AP

So today when my brother came over, he told us he has been dealing with serious blockage in his heart, to the point they have given him a nitro pen to inject himself with if needed.

I could use all the hugs you guys can send.

yep, its finally here, the last chapter of my Dad's life.

That the results of today's US election do not presage the disappearance of BCTS. We have been subjected to vile attacks because we do not conform to so-called gender norms promulgated by the winners.

I am not a praying person but I will pray for BCTS, which has been such a comfort to me for the last 17+ years.

This is in response to an honest question someone asked about the differences in men and women sweating, in particular the chest and breast area.

so, two things happened to me last night. the first was I had a dream where I was trying to get back to my apartment, and somehow kept ending up on the wrong floor.

Second was I woke up, my clock said it was 8, and for a second, I couldn't figure out if it was 8 AM or PM.

It could be worse, but a little confusion isnt a fun way to start the day.

 
The Family Girl #098: Rambling About Dad
      - Bobbie Cabot

I've taken a few days to get back. Things are not yet right for me after my dad died. I think I will never be right. This is my first time to lose family. I don't know if things will ever be like it was again, but Mo said something: why did I expect it to, because it can't - the key is to learn to accept it, and move on. That's not easy, of course. But, nevertheless, one has to. I'm afraid I'm not as strong as others who are able to do that, but, as Mo said, I don't have to do it alone. For now, it's about putting some distance, and living with it. And also taking joy from our time with our dad. That may take doing since all I can feel at the moment is the loss. Anyway. This blog is about my dad, and the people I love.

Not been around much due to health issues, so excuse me if I've missed something. I noticed that the duplication of the front page is still happening. What's up with that?

KJT

or Hallow e'en as its more widely known.

“I’ve got to talk to my dad! He’ll get me out of this mess,” I exclaimed.

Second Spirit -11-
by Melanie Brown
Read on Patreon

I joined the server, but don't have permission to post or anything. Is there someone I need to message? I'm very new to Discord and only understand some of it so far.

Thanks :)

Frank
@blackcatsdaddy

So as the headline reads, we are still homeless and living in a 1 room hotel. For those that need a reminder, we prevailed in Family Court a few months back. The judge ruled that our beautiful child should remain in the custody and care of his Mothers.

Now for the latest update. My wife and I just accepted Pre Trial Intervention on a 4th degree (instead of 2nd degree) charge. I’m not going to put the details here but at the end of our probation we will be able to have all the records expunged.

while the term Triggered has been co-opted, I can think of no other word to describe what happened to me today.

I was doing laundry, and reading a book, when a particular passage in it set off memories of what happened to me as a child.

It took me a while, but I managed to get through it.

That said, I am accepting all hugs right now.

but not quite!

There is a link on the side bar to a discord chat. Free to join just read the rules carefully so you can type.

That said there is a common theme, of sorts, lately.

I can’t write….

My stories seem too short
I can’t write longer.
I wanna write longer chapters but they always end up….

I may not be able to help you unjam yourself but I can help you write fuller stories.

DESCRIPTION!

Just painting a picture can take a sentence and make it story all on its own.

Here’s a common sentence used many times in many stories.

The contest officially ended on Friday morning Eastern time at 3 am / midnight Thursday Pacific time. I went ahead and added Su Shi's and Marianne G's Late entries to the list and voting module, but a ton of people have already voted :/ I am hoping that for my Christmas contest you will enter earlier perhaps? To let people vote on your entries? I thought I had written the rules clearly :(

I am crossing my fingers and hoping for both of you.

Sephrena

So I've been asked and because its not on either here or Kindle anymore, I decided to do a little treat for Halloween.

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book-page/32478/fairest

Enjoy some good old fashioned Werewolf fun in a small town called Ravencrest :D.

I only just go back on the weekend so I hope that the story I have just posted gets into the contest - does it close tomorrow?

I know that the stories are supposed to be horror tales, but "Planter's Moon" is really only a horror to the lead character.

Please post any thoughts under the story.

Maryanne

And other crap

I bought some expensive supposedly indestructible tights - I got a run in them putting them on the first time.

I just cant wear pretty things.

sighs, hugs appreciated.

The world turns upside down again!

The Dagger of Heaven at the End of Time -17
by SammyC
Read on Patreon

Erin and the other loverly fairies that manage this site, with regards to the In Memoriam block on the home page is it possible to add the year they passed?

but its neither Pontoon or summer!

Because of Patreon Rules on certain sorts of content, this chapter is behind the membership paywall.

Second Spirit -9-
by Melanie Brown
Read on Patreon for paid members

To date, in October, the Trump campaign has spent about $60 million on ads, a full third of which has been spent on anti-trans ads.

The ads largely accuse Harris of supporting the US constitution when she was an attorney general by supporting inmates' rights to needed surgery. The ads fail to mention that gender-affirming surgery was performed for federal inmates during the TRUMP administration's time in Washington.

Okay so for some reason I have noticed a change in my dreams, in terms of where they take place.

See a lot of my dreams have taken place at or near my old high school in Calgary, but lately, I have been having dreams set on my grandparent's farm, which was just north of a little town called Redwater, which was itself just north of Edmonton. I dont know if this means anything, but it is kind of interesting.

I grew up in the Imperial Valley, the southeast corner of California. Big farming area in a desert.

My dad worked for the Imperial Irrigation District as a zanjero, a ditch rider. Farmers and other water-users like cities and industries buy water, which is delivered through a series of canals, originating in the Colorado River 70 to 100 miles away. They have done this for about 100 years.

I was perusing some older stories this evening - as I often do. A comment by another reader at the end of a current story got me started looking at an older story I had not seen before, which in turn led me to going through an author’s previous works. As a coincidence, it was an author whose work I had read quite a lot of before, but I decided to go through some of her solo work I had not previously read. I tend to be attracted more to multi-part stories or serials rather than solo stories, and as such I had ignored her solo works for the most part, much to my loss.

PB, whom way back in 2008 posted Notes of a Journey Trilogy over on Maddy Belle's site, has had their pages here on BCTS recently updated to reflect that their sales, no longer with LULU.com, are now with Amazon.com! I had to redo every page! ><

Should be ready sometime this week.

Considering the complexity of this saga, readers earlier requested a listing of characters. So here's an update for Book 6! Thanks all!

Warning!

If you have not read Books 1-5 (Into The Light, Light's Promise, Call of the Light, Light and Shadow, and The Light Between) then the list below will contain spoilers!!

The tale starts here: Into The Light. Hope you enjoy!

I'm grateful to so many at BCTS. Giving it a try at never returning. I'm not Transgendered.

I've used the names Ahabidah and Gwen Brown. Some of you know my dead name.

Should anyone wish to contact me, my real email is: [email protected]

"You're writing a book?

"Many newspeople do. Most don't get published."

"I doubt there's much about me you don't already know."

"What about your time in the First World War?"

"That didn't last very long, and in most ways was unremarkable."

"You did fight in the trenches, though."

"For a short period."

"What do you remember about that? Does anything stand out?"

and a drop in temperature

Many members here say they are compelled to Cross dress. How many surgeries does it take. If you live as the "other" gender long enough, does one ever get accustomed to it?

Hey everyone, the paperback version of Twice removed is now live and available on Amazon. Order your copies here: Twice Removed paperback version.

*big hugs*

Amethyst

There were some statements made a few days ago that require some context.

Sugar, people are fighting to survive with inflation taking everything and more than they make.

there has not been an official announcement of the winners of the caption contest. I know I didnt win, but maybe there should be a shout out to the ones who did?

Comments and feedback.

I want to ask a question:

Commenters, guests, authors. What are the things that make you WANT to comment on a story? What kinds of things do you need to see, need to be able to talk about, to make commenting worthwhile?

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.