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Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, the warmth of Thanksgiving fills the air as scents of home-cooked food and the hum of conversation create an atmosphere of comfort and tradition. Amid the laughter and togetherness, Emily navigates the quiet ache of belonging, caught between gratitude and the lingering weight of the past. As the evening unfolds, moments of kindness and connection offer gentle reminders that family isn’t just about where you come from—it’s about the people who choose to make space for you.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.


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Sarah book 1 part 10 The beginning

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After witnessing a murder. Young Robbie Dunkirk sees his family also murdered. He calls his mothers estranged twin sister. She comes up with a plan to hide Robbie. He becomes his twin sister Sarah.


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Subject Adam - 01

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“...and that thing people say about being able to leave if your professor is 15 minutes late? Nicole, I’m telling you it is not true. I learned that the hard way.” Adam paused to look down at his burger in a mocked expression of shame. I had only been half-listening to the story, but at least knew that I needed to jump in at this point to make it look like I was paying attention.


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"I don't want to be a superhero!" There was surprising heat, there; some deep emotional mark, most likely.

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Masks 1


by Rodford Edmiston

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Good Enough - 4

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Waiting for the Rain to Fall

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Notification Service 2: M.C.E

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Notification Service 2 - M.C.E.

In every age, in every city, there has been the risk of disaster - fire, flood, or plague, there has always been a chance that many could be injured, killed, or have their lives changed forever. In recent times, there has been an attempt to make plans for such disasters, to cope with them, or even to prevent them if possible. So it is with a new disaster looming, a trio of experts from the group called notification service have been called in to prevent if they can a M.C.E. - a mass casualty event ......


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Thai Pie -- Part 3

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Danny officially becomes Kanya to protect Dao.

Thai Pie

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2213

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2213
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
   
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Education of a Sissy - Ch 8. Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jig

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The magic wand gets all metaphorical.

This is probably the shortest scene in the entire story (if they get any smaller, I'm going to panic), but I think it's a rather climactic one. The rest of the scenes should all be much larger.


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part IV

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Chapter 12

Friday night in Delacroix. Like most middle sized towns, there were
pockets of inactivity. Large swaths of suburban living gone dark for a


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The Angry Mermaid 96 or Y Morforwyn Dicllon 96

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On her way to contact the Celtic peoples of Corgheig in Munster, Drustina encounters a graphic example of monotheist misogyny disenfranchising women. Marag's castle is on the little island at the south western end of Lough Mahon.


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Thai Pie -- Part 2

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Danny starts school and learns more about Dao being a kathoey. Will it influence his relationship with her?

Thai Pie

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Vagrants chapter 2.

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So here we are again...once again I find myself writing 10k words of a story in a few days like a mad (or madder) person. This is chapter 2, standard disclaimers apply, and more science realism than you can shake a stick at incoming.

Also, space Opras....complete with fat ladies.


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part XIII

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Chapter 45

Myka sat quietly in the room, there had been some sound a minute
earlier. The buzz in her ears had started last year, just after the


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part XII

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Chapter 40

Faye was frying potatoes in bacon with onions and heating the oven,
The eggs and zucchini were ready and the bread was ready to go into
the toaster.


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part XI

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hapter 36

Bobbie was fighting the urge to clean Nick's car as they drove.

"So, Bobbie," Nick said, trying to make small talk. "What's your story?


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part X

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Chapter 33

Heather put Kim(the bass guitar) back on the rack. She was still so mad
at Kim, torpedoing the band like that. She was no good at playing the


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part IX

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Chapter 29

The bakery had been open for all of a day before Tim realized the problem
with running a food business. Waste. He kept the ones he didn't sell that


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part VII

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Chapter 23

With school out, Bobbie had been going to Heather's under the guise of
being her model. Heather's mother, Betty; had come home with wild tales of


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part VIII

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Chapter 25

Kim's thoughts were like the internal contents of a food processor,
with said food processor flying through a hurricane. She couldn't


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part VI

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Chapter 19

"Here." Tim said, giving an envelope each to Beth and Bobbie. Looking
inside, there were two crisp hundred dollar bills in each. "It's your


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part V

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Bobbie was a little grumpy, but felt lighter than she had recently.
Despite cramps, she smiled some, happy to see Beth and Amber who had


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part III

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Chapter 8

"WAKE UP, BRO WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO," Kim's voice ripped through the
velvety blanket of sleep. Bobbie thrashed, gasping. It was Kim, pouncing
on her.

"Kim, wha..."


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part II

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Chapter 4

Robb had drained about $1200 from the bank card that bore his name. He
bought a backpack at a thrift store. He broke the card in half and


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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix

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The Platinum Chef: A Tale of Delacroix by Chefness

Author's Note. I do not own the setting of Delacroix, Delacroix High,
Delacroix Blue Devils. Nor do I own the Characters Faye, Lust, and


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Going There and Back Again 3

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The life of a physicist can be troubling, at times, as the universe doesn't always play well with others.

But even the universe can't break a true promise.


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Can I have some Brown Sugar for my Damper? Chapter 10.

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Can I have some Brown Sugar for my Damper? Chapter 10.

Chapter 10.

*Before…

“Well I find you sexy in your glasses, I find you sexy in your scrubs when you’re at work, I adore you in those ratty old sweats with the holes in them you wear to do the washing and I find you sexy when your hair’s all messy and you haven’t had a cup of coffee yet.”

Oh dammit he made my jaw tremble…that was…just.

………………………………...

We pull into Sutton’s beach and my heart does this OH….This is one of those times that just drives home to me that I’m in a whole new place…and that it’s a really beautiful place.

*And now…


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Call you mommy, are you serious honey part 8

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A dad and husband comes home from the hospital after a chemical accident which transformed him into the body of a little girl. The adventure continues.

Call you mommy, are you serious honey


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A Pirate tale


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Thai Pie -- Part 1

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Young Danny moves to Thailand with his mother after his father's death.
He meets a cute young girl that has a group of guys that is bullying her.
Danny decides to defend her...

Thai Pie

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Education of a Sissy - Ch 7. A Walk In The Park

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Michael is desperate to get home, so having a picnic is the obvious thing to do.


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Church One and Church Two

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"Wouldn't everybody want to go to the FIRST one?" I asked.

"I dunno," Dad replied in a joking tone. "When you're number two, you try harder."


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Somewhere Else Entirely -95-

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After an overnight stop the caravan resumes the journey south. Most have remembered passing through Holville and do not look forward to doing so again, but there are surprises in store for all when they arrive, including Merizel!

Somewhere Else Entirely

by Penny Lane

95 - The Road South


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Come back soon...Part 5

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Come back soon…part five.

It’s so cool what she did.

Mom…and what she shared too it’s likely the most personal mother daughter talk we’ve had. I mean not that we have had that many but still. I can imagine that she’s never really told that many people about the stuff that she had just share with me.

To actually have that for me is a bigger treasure than the things she brought me but I’ll take these things too.


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Cheer's the Thing: Becoming Robin Book 3 on Kindle

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Cheerleading? Piano? Basketball? How does a girl fit so much into so few hours in a day? Will Robin's over-achieving and perfectionism come back to bite her, or will she learn when enough is enough?

All-girl metal band Heedless Despair embark on their first U.S. tour, will Robin and her friends be content to watch their musical mentors from the front row or will they strive for more? On top of this there's a family wedding and a growing love of her own. Robin Smith, now fully immersed in her new life — will her secret remain a secret forever?


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The Arctic Fox by Rosemary Howell - Now on Kindle

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When his family moved to Alaska, Patrick had a new life to begin...in more ways than one.

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The Arctic Fox
by Rosemary
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The new kid is a genius. At thirteen, starting the ninth grade, he just wants to fit in. His Air Force dad moved the family to Alaska and it's a whole new life.

Maybe in a new life he can be his real self, a girl who decides to call herself Marcia to make it more different from her old name.

A new life means new friends, new challenges. Like dealing with bullies and boys who think she's pretty. There is drama—a death in the family, danger in her father's job as a pilot, romantic complications—can Marcia deal with all the changes?


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Poison by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Dave was looking for a pleasant day out touring college campuses with his son. But there was one small problem....


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Poison
by Melanie Brown
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Easy as Falling Off a Bike 8 -- on Kindle

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For the first time in months, Cathy isn't dealing with much drama in her own life, but that's okay because Stella has a whole truckload to share.

In the moments where she's not saving Stella from herself, she has dormice to protect and more opportunities of wildlife documentaries to navigate.

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