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Alex in Wonderland: Chapter 4

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Chapter 4: Giftsun


Alex had a terminal Cancer diagnosis and thought she would die before she got to be the girl she always was inside. That all changes when she's in the wrong place at the right time and gets transported to another world and into the body of a girl. So what if she's not human, she's alive and a girl. Now if only she had her sister with her to navigate this new world and her new responsibilities. Wait, she's here too? The passage of their souls between worlds may have doomed the Earth to apocalypse, but Alex and Michelle won't be there to see it and they have enough problems on their hands.

 

“I thought that you said that the King and Queen meet all the new pairings, though, so it's not a big deal. I'll still get to meet with them, right?” I asked, a bit confused.


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Unpossible Me from DopplerPress

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Justin’s life took a detour when he tried to use a shortcut...

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Fallout

When Charles Miller received the call on his Pip-Boy that he had been chosen, he could hardly believe it. Finally, his years of work as an engineer had been recognized. He and his wife, Barbara, would finally have a place secured in a vault, safe from the threat of nuclear war.

Brimming with pride and hope for the future, Charles left his home for the orientation meeting, imagining the security that awaited them if war happened. But when he arrived, joining twenty-nine others in a sleek corporate conference room, his hope began to crumble.

The CEO of RobCo stood before them with grim news: nuclear war was not just a possibility… it was hours away. And the vault door was closing.



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Becoming Kara

Becoming Kara

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Routes 5

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Our second evening was almost as good, spent in the Forth, just up Pink Lane from our hotel, because we had a visitor. We had just given our food order at the bar when Maz squealed, LC looking terrified for a few seconds as Ish calmed her, before turning to offer a hand to our new arrival after he had released Maz from his hug and finished wiping his eyes.

“Neil. Be welcome, mate. Be so bloody welcome! Carolyn?”

She started, almost as if slapped.

“Ish?”



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Ma Cherie Amour on Kindle

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Twins Lea and Zack want to spend their last summer before college together, because Lea is going off to an all-girls college. Their mother finds the perfect job for them as nannies at a lake cottage, perfect except the woman is looking to hire two girls.



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Jem...Chapter 119

Angel/Jem
Jem…Chapter 119

by Bailey Summers

Copyright © 2013 Bailey Summers
All Rights Reserved.


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Athena's Wisdom - Issue 7

Here we go again. The return of Athena's Wisdom.



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Life Sucks!


There I was, eleven years old and I had just found a hair on my chest...

Life Sucks!

By Susan Brown



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Twisted Throwback, part 09 of 25

“There’s someone I’m close to who’s Twisted, but my family doesn’t want anything to do with him,” Morgan said, and hurried on: “Not like you’re thinking. He’s not my boyfriend, he’s my cousin. I haven’t seen him since his parents got divorced, which was right after his Twist, and because of it.”



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Sing a Healing Song Chapter 7

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Sing a Healing Song, Chapter 7

I sat in the passenger seat and looked out the window. Had I really asked my mother if she’d take me shopping for feminine clothes? It sounded so unreal - “I’ve just been transformed into a girl, I shall immediately start wearing the most feminine outfits imaginable.” Who would willingly do that?

And yet I could see the mall getting closer and closer.



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Eve - Chapter 39

Eve  

Chapter 39
(Revised)

 

Simon Jones is Eve Jones. But she didn't know.

 



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Not into franchises but I couldn't resist - Dammit!

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Identity Theft

Identity Theft
by Ellie Dauber
© 2000

Author's Note: When I read an article about identity theft some time back, it occurred to me that such thieves better be very careful whose identity they steal.

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T-Jay watched from the shadows while the guy from Apartment 307 tossed his trash into the dumpster. He waited till the old coot ambled back into the building. Sure that nobody was watching, he ran over and grabbed the three loosely tied plastic bags. He turned and ran back into his own apartment, locking his door behind him.



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I Need To Remember. Chapter 16.

Chapter 16.    A walk on the moor; A time to give thanks

--SEPARATOR--



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2452

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2452
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Joey's Joy -- Part 9 (Conclusion)

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Joey learns some unexpected life-lessons and finds out some unexpected things about himself along the way. In this part, Joy has a decision to make….

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The Transit of Venus - Ch 63

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Gaby Book 11 Chapter *7* The Amazing Jess

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Chapter *7*
The Amazing Jess

“Jess.” I wasn't sure if I was happy to see her sat with Josh or not.

“Where you been Gab?”

“Changing?”

“Josh was telling me you got selection, way to go girl!”

Josh gave me a look, ‘who is she?' he mouthed.

“Er thanks.”

“Where's Mand?”

“Right here,” she stated from behind me.



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My DVD Remakes - Collection

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My DVD Remakes - Collection

Movies! What if we could direct the directors and make movies that fit our world? What sort of movies might they be? Given our taste for variety they most likely will be just about anything and that's what I'll put here. I've titled this: My DVD Collection (From 2004)



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Take Three Girls Part 8

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Take Three Girls - Part 8

Take Three Girls. This is about 2 girls and one woman (myself) and their very different route to become the women they knew they should be. It was going to be called Take Two Girls, but an on line friend (she knows who she is) and the girls bullied me into the name change. Some poetic licence has been used to help the flow of the story but not very much.

Victoria’s life is progressing really well her parents have come to terms with her condition and are giving their daughter all the help and support she needs. Helen and I have a talk and to keep the peace at home Kate stays with me at the weekends. On Kate’s 14th birthday Carl and I share a kiss

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2451

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2451
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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An Invitation to Come Out

An Invitation to Come Out
By Patricia Marie Allen

Even after eight years of marriage, Charles still couldn’t bring himself to tell his wife. He was just too afraid of losing her. It would be different if he had told her before they were married. But who knew this would be a lifetime condition. Oh sure, he knew that by the time he got married, he had given into the urges five or six times a week. Almost daily. He had still thought having a wife would banish the habit.



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Here there be dragons, chapter 4.

Well, it's not my fault I'm late this time! (Site looks great BC staff, no offense intended.) I'm back on track, and writing a new chapter for some story as we speak.

Now, a serious word about this one. It's disjointed; I know it is. Some of you are going to look at it, and ask why. To those people, I advise taking a healthy step back, then re-examining this chapter, and the story in general. While it's true that this is a bit of an experiment, this particular story refuses to be written in a more conventional style. It just does not work, I know, I've tried it.

All that said, enjoy.

Copyright Nagrij, 2014.



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A Longer War 18

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CHAPTER 18
The Ouse was low and slow, murmuring past the moorings as I laid out my tools. Somewhere overhead a lark was singing away, and there was a splash near the far bank as a vole dropped into the water. Dragonflies droned past, and when I looked down past the rail I saw a pair of dead eyes fixed on mine as a pike hung almost motionless, drifting slowly downstream as it waited for something to kill.



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Sisters 29

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CHAPTER 29
He was sitting up in the bed, and the evidence of the attack was clear in his face. Blake busied himself in setting up our recorder while I took the more comfortable seat by the bed.

“You must be Inspector Powell. Pardon me if I don’t get up”



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Among the Val Kyr part 2


Among the Val Kyr part 2
By
Morpheus

After surviving an unexpected and brutal encounter with a monster, a young man is drawn into the world of the Val Kyr.



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Joey's Joy -- Part 8

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Joey learns some unexpected life-lessons and finds out some unexpected things about himself along the way. In this part, Joy finds out how Dad will react to the news….

St. Paul’s


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Sing a Healing Song Chapter 6

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Sing a Healing Song, Chapter 6.

Both my dad and I looked at the woman in the doorway trying to keep our jaws from hitting the floor. In the reality where I was a boy, my mom had died giving birth to me.

Yet, here she was, apparently alive.

But then, gratitude overcame shock, and I ran to her, and hugged her fiercely.

“Whoa, Fiona. Not so hard, you’ll break me.”

I started crying.

“Honey? What’s wrong?” She said.

“I’ve missed you so much!”



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COD4

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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 10

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*Before…

I stare tears starting in the mirror and my hair’s awful and I’m not wearing make-up and thankfully I’m not hairy faced or have like shaving/beard shadow yet so I look like what I guess is what a lot of girls my age might sort of look like before they got their curves.
I look like Sarah, I look like I need a lot of work and getting this yet but just like this right now I’m looking at the right me, the real me.
The girl that can look in the mirror and not have it hurt.
And god oh god does it ever feel amazing for that to just feel like that and not hurt.

*And Now…



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Golden Locks And The Three Bear Sisters

Golden Locks And The Three Bear Sisters
Formally known as Goldilocks and The Three Bears

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Players: Chuck, nicknamed Golden Locks for his curly blond hair; Sam, Chuck’s best friend; Paula Bear, Mona Bear and Brenda Bear also known in wrestling as the Bear Sisters.

Synopsis: Chuck is a huge fan of the huge sisters that wrestle as a tag team known as the Bear Sisters. A big enough fan to throw caution to the wind when he discovers they live near by. He missed a chance one night to get the top Brenda was wearing and tossed into the audience. He had another shot at getting one of those tops and took it. As it happens he also got her bottoms, shoes, socks and a pictures of him wearing them.



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The Transit of Venus - Ch 62

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A Rainy Night

A Rainy Night
by Chayraine
© 2014 M. Stange, All rights Reserved.

On a rainy night after an argument a teenager finds himself not as alone as she thought.



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Champion of Camelot

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Champion of Camelot

The yelling argument had lasted an hour, and King Arthur was starting to regret allowing it to start in the first place. But one of the founding principals of Camelot was the symbolized by the Round Table - that despite being King, Arthur was only to be considered the first among equals, and so he had let his most trustworthy knight Lancelot make his case.

“It cannot be done, Arthur! You cannot give a knighthood to a woman!”

“Why not? She saved my life, any man who had done the same would be welcomed.”



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Joey's Joy -- Part 7

Joey learns some unexpected life-lessons and finds out some unexpected things about himself along the way. In this part, Joy settles in for a while….

St. Paul’s


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My sister's all-girl J-POP band (in Texas?) needs a bass player. No problem, I play bass, but if I take the gig, it won't be an all-girl band.... So, obvious solution and I do look cute, unfortunately....

What do you mean, we're a hit? And we've got a contract!? And we're going to JAPAN?!?!

I can't be most popular girl in the band! My name is Sam...

Texas Belles on Kindle


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Fighting the Homm eBook from DopplerPress

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Fighting the Homm

by Barbie Lee and Monique S

Now on Kindle



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Unpossible Me from DopplerPress

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Justin’s life took a detour when he tried to use a shortcut...

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A Very Melanie Halloween by Mel B, Mel E and J Mel on Kindle

I scream, you scream, we all scream in delight!

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A Very Melanie Halloween
By Mel B, Mel E and J Mel
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