There is a current article on CNN about the Mahu ("Third Gender") . The revealed injustice is angering to me because those who try to control the Transgender conversation have got it all wrong, in my opinion.

The Native Americans have something similar (Two Spirit) (Not the LGBT one) In Southern Iraq there was a marsh tribe that treated the gender nonconforming as normal. Children could adopt either gender. No surgeries, or hormones. Can't remember what they were called. In India, I think, they have Hijra.

There is so much good work on this site that I have long been frustrated by my inability to discover it, primarily because of the problem of not being able to see the wood for the trees.

I've spent this evening composing a little tale which I share with you all here.

Brassick, from brassick lint, rhyming slang for skint, ie lacking reasonable funds, moolah or however you wish to describe money, is a tale of reflection with a slight twist. It isn't meant to be deep or a fairy tale but just the lowlights of a life.

Please comment

Mads

If your looking for a NaNoWriMo buddy my username is Elsbeth!

-hugs-

Elsbeth

The fifth part of Call of the Light is up!

Due to a mandatory evacuation at work I was able to sneak in an extra day and a half of editing this week, whee! Next up to get edited is the steam-rolling conclusion to book three; part six is the longest one so may take a bit to get edited. I can't wait to get it done so everyone can read, and then get to work on book four!

Thanks for all the wonderful comments! They really help the motivation to keep plowing through the editing phase! :)

- Erisian

Posting late that is.

Today I've spent some 12 hours pretty much solid, working on a new edit of The Anime Days, which was first released waaaay back in 2003!

I just wanted to announce that my latest story, Federal Astral Transfer Agency is now an open universe, If you have an idea that would work, let me know.

And in other news I have another story ready for a beta test, if anybody wants to be my victim I mean volunteer.

PM me if you're interested in either idea.

Ok, I'm finally breaking down and asking for help.

I'm trying to find a story that I read here before, the problem is I cannot remember the Author, Story Name, or characters.

What I can remember from it is the protagonist get a family (I think) ring that allows them to use a mirror to transport them to a different realm, also giving them power to form crystal buildings and such. I believe there are 3 books in the series but I'm not sure.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Following is a suggested list of courses of study for a new TS.

Skirt Management 101 “Keeping your secrets secret”
Diet Planning 200 “Compliance and avoidance Strategies”
Defensive Dating 312 “?”
Lace Display 402 “When, why and how much”
Feminine Mystique 510 “Preserving the mystery”

Suggestions for additions and revisions are encouraged.

New story up!

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/81682/federal-astral-...

OK I am unsure if my mind is mixing together 2 stories but given its like around 10 years ago since i originally read it, which I think it was then old but was new to me sorta situation

It is set in mid late 1700's or really early 1800's I believe, there was something about a war, I think confederacy was mentioned, I remember something about a bell in a tower.

Boy if memory serves is abused by father for his femininity
Somehow is left to appear the boy is dead, but or is faking death, mother I think assists this fact

I wrote 'Vote For Amy' for the June 2017 UK General Election and now we have a December vote to look forward to ....? This gave me an opportunity to tidy up Vote For Amy.

So I've been having a bit of trouble this week getting the new chapter of Twice Removed to feel right. The words just didn't want to come to me, as sometimes happens when I'm not on my meds and writing. So some of the girls in chat suggested that I try taking my mind off it by writing something short and silly. Since Dottie is the queen of short and silly I naturally took my inspiration from her. I don't think I'll have Twice Removed ready for this week, altough it is coming easier now that I got my mind off it for a bit. So instead I'm posting a little halloween treat.

Sorry about my latest posting 'Beyond the grave'. It's a short story for Halloween but I ran out of time and I haven't had a chance to proofread it as I normally would.
I thought it would be pointless to release it at Christmas though. Oh, and being a Halloween tale it's a bit dark in places with some triggers. It is a ghost story, after all...

Can someone tell me if it's a good story
I'd like a good in depth review of what is good. What isn't and how to make it better

So, after a good night's sleep I'm feeling somewhat better and able to string two sentences together!

that there has been no update today, basically I'm too tired - i'll explain tomorrow when I will post the next chapter of Express.

Mads

After I retired, a couple of years ago and move to a small town in the foot hills of the coast range in Oregon, I got bored and decided to drive school bus for the local schools. Now, while I don't make any real effort to hide my trans status, I also don't flaunt it. As such, I generally look pretty androgynous. That means, long hair, past my shoulders and and my full size breast forms in a bra every day. My hair is usually pulled back at the sides and captured at the crown of my head with a simple brown barrette. Even so, most people clock me as male.

Several people have been asking about authors, so I will too.

Does anyone know what has happened to Tas, author of Ilos, Christine Myr, author of Caught in Slips, and Konzill, author of Achievement Unlocked?

Whatever happened to Sleethr, Bailey Summers, and Megan Campbell?

While in the store I saw a beautiful Christmas dress and since the store started playing "Dress you up in my love" I modeled the dress against my body and danced.

Gad I'm SUCH a girl sometimes ...

I have no idea of the story's title, or of the Author.

On another planet far away, men are vying for power, and one of the opposition gets zapped with a mysterious device that sends him far away, to another planet, a primitive one. The man emerges on this planet buck naked, and transformed to a woman. In a few weeks she finds that she is Pregnant. Fortunately, she emerges at a temperate time of the year. She learns to kill her own small game, avoid being eaten by a predator, and learns to catch and cook her own fish.

Yes indeedee, today you can read the first chapter of Gaby Book 20, Express, here on BC for absolutely nothing.

I'm still alive and well at 76 and still work 2 to 6 days a week, as needed. I always said I'd reconsider retirement at 75; now I say I'll reconsider at 80. I love to work, especially in health care, as I can make a real difference to my patients quality of life. I still laugh and sing every day; dance too, though a bit slower.

I remember a story about a ts girl who could fix mowers etc, eventually gets courted by a french geezer i think working out of his old building on a golf course fixing his golf buggies. Any know what it was, cant remember if it was finished

Maybe its a sign

I've apparently been on BC for 14 years 12 months now - so that's 15 years of Gaby, I can't believe you lot aren't bored yet!

Mads

Hey everyone,

Just a quick note to let you all know that I'm finally starting to feel better, I'm merely down to sniffling, coughing and a bit of sinus congestion. So still a bit under the weather, but a far cry better than I was doing at the beginning of the week. I'm hoping that I can be somewhat back on schedule by Wednesday now that my head is somewhat clearer and I can think again, or at the very least manage a chapter of I Wish.

Anyway thanks to everyone for your warm thoughts and patience and I hope to be back in full swing soon.

*big hugs*

Amethyst

At times being out and post operative as a transgender woman can be a "Hard Knock Life", filled with desperate emotions.

A genetic woman I know has been a good friend for nearly a decade, and lately she has started listening to "Candace Owens" and her "Walt Heyer" Videos. She is driving me nuts in trying to use his nuttyness to get me to change my life. In my opinion, Candace is in the video making racket to make money, and he's gone round the bend, perhaps into Dementia?

So I have been asked, about my writing, over the last few years. The most understandingly typical is my original serial.

I have tried to get back into writing, for some time now.

However it appears the fates, are not quite or were not quite in favour of such.

I AM getting my muse back & I have planned and came up with a great deal of story idea’s

Over the last few years, those that have kept in touch and or read a number of my blogs, know my life has been anything but easy, and rather too busy to do anything involving anything solitaire to my enjoyments.

I had writings I was working on, but Hackers & viruses etc, screwed up 2 desktops on me & now 1 Laptop... which thankfully but lass then I desired am paying off a new less satisfactory laptop.

My caretaking days & babysitting has been well vacant from my life, as the grandparents mainly my grandma passed away 2 years ago.

But abuse kept me from myself & I had to flee my home with nothing & spent 4 monthes in a woman’s domestic abuse shelter (under classified contract)

So struggling with poverty, famine etc personally with literally nothing more or less... it has given me more or less any effort for my creativity to flourish or at least put any in any action.

But, that I think is coming to an end, solitude has messed me up but also provided me more push to write again, just as I was like more or less back when I first began...

Maybe that is the rub, solitude is my muse.

I will no longer give time periods on anything... I hate saying anything that hold no weight... I believe you should always fall back on every word you make.

One of the biggest issues, which may seem small, is all the story details, I had wrote out... It was left behind when I fled, so I have to redo that too

So not sure if smart to do this or not, but I would love your feedback on these idea’s, pretty please

For those who are interested, I have today relocated some considerable distance south - thanks Bev.

Will it work out? I don't know the answer to that one but at least i'm not sofa surfing for a bit.

Thanks to everyone who has shown concern for my welfare over the last weeks and months, I do appreciate it.

Hopefully I can break the downward spiral of both mental state and finances and start recovering my life.

Bye for now
Mads

I have been remiss and wish to apologize to any and all of you who have bought one of my books. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I don't get any money from any of the sales, it all goes to help support Top Shelf. I set it up that way because I live on a very tight budget as I know a lot of you do and I can't afford to contribute money very often, or as often as I'd like to, so this is my way of helping keep Top Shelf online.

Once again, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

Catherine Linda Michel

Yep,

Hey everyone, with my life becoming more hectic by the day, not having a reliable way to create content, my content not having the luster it once did and me not having motivation to write anymore I have decided to retire from writing. I know this may come as a shock to some people but I just think now is my time to retire. If anyone wants to do fan continuations or rewrites of my stories then feel free to do so as long as you credit the original. This wasn’t a decision I wanted to make but it was one I needed to make.

I had posted Chaper34 as the final chapter but I've adjusted the heading. I was easily persuaded to carry the story on and bring it to a proper conclusion.
Thanks to those who prodded me and I hope I don't disappoint.

okay so apparently last week I scared some of the ladies at church. They could tell I was struggling, and so were really concerned for me, to the point they were relieved to see me today still in one piece. I used to be better at hiding my struggles, but I guess I've lost that ability,

That's good, right?

Sorry everyone who is actually reading Feral Saga, but I got pulled into a lot of last minute emergencies for a wedding. I haven’t had much time to polish up chapter 10. I hope to get it up in a couple of days.

For everyone's concern. It's heartwarming and humbling at the same time. And indeed, thank you for the offers of financial and accommodational support, it really is much appreciated.

Friday night really was a low point, my head wasn't exactly firing on all cylinders. I only mentioned the canal as that's where I was sat at the time, it was quiet and the only place I could find a bench to sit on.

I've got a couple of days reprieve and it looks like I may be leaving GOC for a while.

I've contacted both Beverly Taff and Persephone, both live in the U.K. and they are trying to reach out to Maddy. Hopefully they'll get to her in time.

Catherine Linda Michel

National No Bra Day

Over the years and the last few months in particular my life has hit some low points but tonight is the lowest of them all.

You might recall that I was taking a party of fellow archaeology fiends away this week? Well to be honest that went stonkingly well, no disasters and a group of happy people returned home this evening. I returned to my temporary abode of course only to find that my presence was, to say the least, not encouraged, well to put it more correctly, not appreciated at all.

I can neither remember the title or author's credentials

The story is about a transitioning adult MTF, comes out to parents, is rejected, brother molests/gropes at her breasts in front of everyone, she spalshes him with oiling hot water from a mug, I think tea.

Sister and mother all blaming her for what happened calling leaving messages to contact mom, to come back, to apologize, to 'give up this foolishness'. often calling her a psycho.

Meets new neighbour whom is a nontransitional but very passing FTM & practically spark up a relationship

okay so I've been kinda fraying at the edges for a while, and today I took the first steps at fixing that by getting my doctor to refer me to a psych program offered at a local hospital. we'll see how it goes.

So, no really, No Cops banging on my door or any of that BS, OK?

I just started reading (re-reading actually, but I didn't know it) a story by one of my favorite authors. The big issue is that I agree with one of the Characters that I'm not supposed to. Not going into detail here.