“I used to wonder, you know? What I would say, if I ever saw her again. And I’d dream that she’d come back, and there’d be some explanation that would make sense of it all. Make it all right.”

That was the title of blog by Penny Lane a couple of weeks ago. I made a comment about that and was more or less challenged by her to put my pen where my mouth is (did I get that wrong?). However, at the time I was too busy being immersed in the Finnish partitive to do something about it …

Threads of Truth

A Transgender Coming of Age Romance

From the Harmony Aspirant Universe

Chapter 4: Barriers and Boundaries

By Ariel Montine Strickland

How will Kiki and Julian hold up under the attack of Margaret Thornfield from the Historical Preservation Society? Can Kiki and Julian's budding relationship survive her displeasure?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.

The Lucky One: Luck be a Lady Part 2

Last time: Fluke, Sarah, and Yaddie have gone into an alternate reality to deal with a chaos wave. They met a girl named Jean Grey who also was a superhero called the Phoenix. Now, they’re dealing with an alien invasion and the arrival of another Phoenix from yet another alternate reality . . .

The paramedics and police arrived shortly, along with three-quarters of the neighborhood. I stood with Mrs Pratt, who tearfully looked to Hank, once again in handcuff. Mr Pratt was once agin spitting in anger with his rage directed at his son. My dad stepped out of the house along with another officer. He scanned the crowd, saw me, and made a beeline to my position.

“Are you okay, Jeff?”

The Recoverer (5).
by
Angharad.
I had been asked to do a talk to a woman's club about my job. I hadn't agreed because I wasn't sure that I had enough anecdotes to keep them entertained. When I'd asked the organiser why she wanted me, she said," Well, we like to see women running their own businesses successfully and I'm told you are successful."

"I'm doing okay, I suppose, but much of my work is boring research or long hours of watching people we suspect. It's like watching paint dry."

Chronicles Of Ashley Elizabeth Fisherman
By
Rebecca Anna Coleman

-7-
When one door closes, another opens.

Slowly I opened my eyes. My body did not feel as hot, and I was no longer seeing pastel unicorns floating around my head, also those pastel colored unicorns were no longer being preyed upon by the neon glowing dinosaurs. The room though was full of shadows, lots of shadows.

Chapter Four

Between the two options Sarah was pushing on him, one was obviously better than the other. She had thoroughly trapped him, too. It wasn’t just a matter of doing what he was told in order to keep those pictures from being shared; now he had to worry about Anna getting a confusing phone call about how he was absent from daycare. Considering how his sister and her friends had fully taken advantage of something as simple as him needing a ride to school, he couldn’t imagine how she’d react to all this.

Chapter Three – The Right Kind Of Victim

Alexandra Plessy's truce with The Karens remains intact despite her growing popularity. Mitch is comfortable with Alex's gender identity and their romance blossoms as they take the lead roles in the school play. As graduation approaches, The Karens plot and scheme, determined to ruin Alex's special night with Mitch at the senior prom.

Being Samantha Masters

an homage-sequel to Being Christina Chase