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Stuck in the Middle -42

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Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, Emily brings her family’s donation to school and is moved by the overwhelming response to the Thanksgiving Drive. As the day unfolds, she navigates moments of reflection, quiet support from friends, and the familiar rhythm of school life. Through unexpected emotions and simple acts of kindness, she begins to see the power of small gestures and the quiet strength that comes with feeling part of something bigger.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.



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The Duel Chapter 5 (Ver 2-Experimental)

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Two-Faces

The night air was thick with tension as I stood at the starting line, my heart pounding in my chest. The dim glow of streetlights illuminated the asphalt, casting long shadows that danced like specters around me. The adrenaline coursed through my veins, a fierce reminder of the stakes at hand. We were about to race, not just for glory, but for Juliette’s life.



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Hope's Light - Chapter 35: Doors (complete)

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Hope's Light

Chapter 35 & Epilogue

by Erisian

Book 6

 

If you have yet to read the saga - the tale starts here:

Into The Light

Hope you enjoy!

 

Chapter Thirty-Five - Doors

 

The transit was taking forever.



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Nothing is Routine - Chapter 11 - FIN

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The final chapter... What new normal is on the horizon? Will there be a new routine?



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Pink Bear Romance by Melanie Brown - Now on Kindle

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It's just a new job.... One where Scott wears a pink apron and fuzzy bear ears! But he does need the money....

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Pink Bear Romance
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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Carlie, Part 1

Carlie has sissy predispositions, but overcomes difficulties with love, courage and increasing self-awareness. This chapter outlines his early life.



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Gaby Book 10 Chapter *8* Cheered Up

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Chapter *8*

Cheered Up



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Evolution, Chapter 6

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Jacob seemed like a normal boy growing up with a single mom.
That all changed on one traumatic day.

May 7, 2010. A day that changed everything for him.

He began to evolve!

Evolution
Chapter 6

by Torey

Copyright © 2013 Torey
All Rights Reserved.


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Angels and Demons part 38

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Angels and Demons part 38
By
Morpheus



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Ashley Phoenix Riley - 12 - Moving On

I first ran away from home when I was 10 years old, my mom had left two years earlier because of abuse from my dad, but she soon left me alone with no contact. The first time I ran away, I was caught two weeks later and returned home. The next time I changed my name was when I ran away into New York City... I became what we call a street rat; living on and under the streets... And now I'm a girl with a Mom and going to school. Go figure...

until I followed this woman Bridgette too closely.
Ashley Phoenix Riley
Chapter 12
Moving On

by Jessica C.

Copyright © 2013 Jessica C
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Like a Wind in the Meadow...

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Like a Wind in the Meadow...
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio




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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2162

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2162
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Darkness and Light

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I really don't know much about poetry, but I wrote this at time of darkness in my life. The love and understanding of my partner helped me through it and pulled me out my dark thoughts.



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Bedtime Silliness

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This is a short piece I wrote several years ago but never had the courage to post. Please be gentle with me. :)



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A Small Collection of Rejection Letters

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Rejection letters are not pleasant to receive. Persistence doesn’t always pay off. On the other hand, maybe it does, even if not in the ways you might expect.

Names have been changed to protect the innocent.



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Masks Chapter 13

Masks Chapter 13

*Before…

We’re just packing up when my phone rings.

It’s mom.

“Uhm Hi.”

“How’s the makeover session?”

Oh yeah she sort of…well she thinks I’m playing dress up.

“Good it’s all so different than what I’m used to.”

“Well tell your Aunt and cousin to come over with you we’re doing spaghetti.”

“Okay…. it might take me a few to get changed.” Dammit, just dammit …Yick.

“No come as you are we need to have a family meeting about this anyway.”

Gulp…

*And Now…



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The Angry Mermaid 88 or Y Morforwyn Dicllon 88

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BAD NEWS

Firstly I have to tell of a disastrous situation that has hammered me since Friday the 4th. At 8pm that night after taking my wife into A&E because of some cognitive disorders I learned that she has a large brain tumour. Today I might learn what the prognosis is.
Needless to say, my time on BC will be severely curtailed as I come to terms with this disaster. At present my beloved wife and I are completely at our wit's ends. We cannot plan anything until we get the results of tests that should be commencing some time this week.
This chapter 88 of Angry Mermaid might be the last for some time. I'm living in hope.

Chapter 88 deals with Drustina's continued involvement with the Saxons in Wessex, especially where her and their interests in defeating the Vikings coincide.



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The Dictator

When the people revolt, a dictator and his son use magic to escape to new lives; not the ones they wanted, but the ones that they deserved.



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The Lesson Learned

"What you send forth comes back to thee, so ever mind the law of three. A lesson to be learned, once learned you will be free. Another point of view is what you must see."

These words will change Marks life forever, for better or for worse is yet to be seen.

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Angels and Demons part 37

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Angels and Demons part 37
By
Morpheus



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2161

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2161
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Masks Chapter 12

Masks Chapter 12

*Before…

We hug and right after that is our stop and her mom’s home because Aunt Elsbeth’s jeep is in the driveway and we head inside and it smells like laundry inside and there’s rock music playing. *Shoot to Thrill.* By AC/DC and Aunt Elsbeth is setting up stuff in the kitchen like it’s for like a salon or something and she looks at me and grins.

“Hey girls.”

Yay… (Smiles.)

“Hey!” We both carouse.

“M.J. can you lend your cousin some clothes and stuff to wear after she has a shower?”

“Sure!”

“Steph?” Aunt Els says/asks as she holds up two weaves…not wigs but weaves…. “Which one do you want to try first?”

*And Now...



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Jihad 6.03

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6.3 Iran
by Red MacDonald
Copyright © 2013 Red MacDonald
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The Faithful, North African and Middle Eastern Islamic nations, are plotting to seize the oil resources of the Middle East. By controlling the earth's oil and its major trade routes, they plan to bring the world to its knees. Then, when the entire world is kneeling, the Faithful of Allah will read to them from the Koran, preaching the message of Islam, the True Faith. The Faithful will stop at nothing to achieve their goal. But how far will they go? And how many lives will it cost?



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Dandelion War - 13

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Dandelion War by Jaye Michael and Levanah Greene

Dandelion War

Jaye Michael
&
Levanah Greene

Chapter Thirteen
Preëmptive Strike



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Carla's Journey - Part 3 Chapter 5

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Carla's Journey

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by Roo

Part Three - Chapter Five

Jamie becomes in her words a 'real girl'

Editing by Bronwen



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The Party

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The Party
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
for Giuseppina Elena
(Aunt Chick)





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Sunshine...Part 8.

Sunshine…Part 8.

*Joel…………

I was pretty broken really when I take the time to look at things after all has been sort of said and done with the research and stuff.

I’m actually lucky and thankful for the memory wipe too because without that taking off the edge I’d likely have gone nuts with everything that I’ve lost family wise and that I can’t do that I used to do.

I’m still pretty sure that even as blunted as it all is that alone I’d work myself into a bad place with all of the thinking that I’d do.

That I’d really, really dig myself into a hole with the why’s and what ifs.

That’s why when I roll over most mornings I marvel at where I am and who I’m with.

Sonya.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2160

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2160
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Isn't it about time...

Isn’t it about time...
by
Angharad.

“You’re not on the internet again are you?” asked Janet.



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NewHalf Chapter 3 & 4

Nathanial's life gets turned the wrong way when his new school goals don't go so well and his girlfriend breaks up with him. Things get worse when he encounters a woman with a 'special' gift that completely changes who he was, and is given something he is not prepared to live with. Now he must break the spell in order for things to go back the way they were, when he was a boy. And the only way to do so is to live and develop a life of a beautiful teenage girl, before time runs out.

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Angels and Demons part 36

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Angels and Demons part 36
By
Morpheus



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The Just and the Judges

Brian's tortured past just seems follow him wherever he goes. From abandonment,to foster care, the juvenile system and now to his military service. He was a physical and emotional wreck looking for a place to happen. The few friends he thinks he has are not above tricking him for their own reasons. Danny is the one beacon of hope for him and their time tested partnership will prove to be all Brian needs to put his life back together.



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Somewhere Else Entirely -93-

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The caravan enters the castle... and suspicious are aroused. But Trosanar's information is wrong, so the confrontation which results has an unexpected end. Later, Garia finds a way to educate the count, and discovers an unexpected ally.

Somewhere Else Entirely

by Penny Lane

93 - Castle Tranidor



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Masks Chapter 11

Masks Chapter 11

*Before…

My inner bitch is bigger than hers?

I’m so biting my tongue to keep from saying that.

“I didn’t cow-tow to her Mom and that’s never happened before so she thinks I’m nuts.”

“Well you get that from me.”

I smile. “That’s actually kind of cool Mom.”

She gives me a funny look when we pull in home and I try to give her a smile and then I head inside and upstairs.

Yick…my shirt is literally stuck to me with sugary coffee and caramel and whipped cream.

I go to the bathroom and I turn the shower on really high and I climb in and that’s about as far as my adrenaline takes me before I sit down in the tub and start to hyperventilate.

* And Now…



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Something Disappeared on Flight 919

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‘Something disappeared on Flight 919’

By Julie D Cole

Just a yarn for the competition that is about a flight crew heading out of Florida back to Europe who just happened to stay over and celebrate Halloween in USA. After listening to a tale from the Chief Stewardess Sam and his colleagues are interested to know more about a story that had been told by an old lady and the contents of a letter and a small cask left by someone who disappeared with Flight 19. The flight disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle and maybe the old lady was really the guy who had disappeared. Who knows? Strange things can happen at Halloween and also over the Bermuda Triangle.



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Baseball Annie on Kindle

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Baseball players are the most superstitious of all athletes. Andy has played baseball his entire life and is currently a Minnesota Twin in the twilight of his career. The Twins win a game after Andy shaves his leg for the first time. When the players decide that there is a causal relationship between Andy becoming more feminine and winning games -- all heaven breaks loose.

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Reset Switch by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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The Switcher virus wasn't done with Harry Grant...

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Reset Switch
by Melanie Brown
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Harry Grant at 25 fell victim to the international criminal, Ron Simon, AKA the Switcher. Poor Harry had been mind-swapped with an old man of 65. Forty years of his life stolen in a moment…



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The Last of the Fey by Denise Anesidora Trask on Kindle

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The Last of the Fey

by Denise Anesidora Trask

Dennis is a stunt man, er... boy, er... young adult. Being of slight build, although muscular, he didn’t get into sports when in middle and high school. No, he was far too deeply involved in the motion picture business by then. It all began when he was less than a year old and snowballed from there.



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300 Rains by Heather O'Malley at Amazon

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The first 2015 publication of Doppler Press was Heather O'Malley's

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Geoff Greenfelder's discovery should have changed his life by rocketing him up the ladder of academia . Instead, it changed his life in ways he never could have imagined. After partaking in a sacred ceremony by the Amazonian tribe he discovered, everything in his life changes, including his very own body. What should have been an occasion for joy becomes a trauma Geoff must work through. His only hope for returning his life back to normal is finding the answers that lie in unraveling the mysteries of the tribe before he can return to it.



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