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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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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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A New Direction 8

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A New Direction

Sydney Moya

 © 2013

Chapter 8



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Angels and Demons part 31

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Angels and Demons part 31
By
Morpheus



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2155

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2155
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Ground Control to Major Thom

“Ground Control to Major Thom”
{With kudos to David Bowie}

“Major Thom to Earth Ground Control. Come in Please?”

The scantily clad leggy blonde smiled as she said the words.



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What was lost...9

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What was lost…

copyright 2011 Faeriemage

Treasure is in the eye of the beholder, and no this isn't a D&D reference.



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Debriefings 8

Debriefings

by Anam Chara

Along life’s journey we each encounter those events where all that we know, all that we do, and all that we are may change. But even as we approach such events, we don’t always notice their markers until we look behind us and see them for what they were.

One boy is about to learn that he has already passed such an event, and nothing will ever be quite the same…



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Angels and Demons part 30

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Angels and Demons part 30
By
Morpheus



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2154

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2154
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
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Masks Chapter 6

Masks Chapter 6

*Before…

I’m partly excited and I’m partly bracing myself to be jealous and I go with her upstairs.

I feel better than I did…opening up and helping each other even if it’s not all the way it’s helped, the clothes are helping heck being in an exclusively female home helps.

I’m not into the spiritual stuff that much because I can’t it’s guyboden but there is a female energy to the house.

I…okay M.J. bedroom door has these little tole-painted flowers around the old moulding for the door and she has a dream catcher hanging there in the middle of the door. It’s cool already.

*And Now…



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Jihad 6.01

Jihad
6.1 The World
by Red MacDonald
Copyright © 2013 Red MacDonald
All Rights Reserved.

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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Halloween at the Second Story Store

Halloween at the Second Story Store

Author's note: The Second Story Store is an open universe, so if you like the idea; contribute!



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Edeyn

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Patrick Dale Kaneko (aka Edeyn Hannah Blackeney) of State College, Pennsylvania, formerly of Cassville, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013, in Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College.

He was born in Wichita, Kansas, August 11, 1975, the son of Robert “Bob” and Eupha Rose (Lakey) Kaneko.

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Shade of Night Part 10

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Someone killed Lord Pankov, and it wasn’t the man arrested for the crime. The ghost, Pascal Hunter, is on the trail of the killer. Possessing the body of Simza Gray, she must battle to hang on to her sense of self while also trying to solve the mystery.

She and her partner, the former fey, eternally ten year old Brynn, have accumulated too many suspects. They’ve also made a few too many waves in the normally placid household.



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You Are What You Read Part Two Chapter 4

You Are What You Read Part II Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I do not own the Whateley Universe.



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Mrs. Winston's Cat

It all started Halloween night a year ago. My sister, Lisa, and I were out Trick-or- Treating. We had begged our parents to let us go as Disney Princess characters for our final year, as we had turned 10 and 11 and were getting too old for it. I wanted to be Cinderella and Lisa wanted to be Jasmine. My parents weren't all that thrilled that I wanted to be a girl again, but they had gotten used to the same request since I was 4 years old and Lisa was 5. I knew that I should have been born a girl since I was old enough to talk.



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Julina of Blackstone - 009 - "Round, like a circle in a spiral"

Julina gets the feeling that events are carrying her away.

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Julina of Blackstone
Her Chronicles

by Julia Phillips

009 - “Round, like a circle in a spiral,…”


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Masks Chapter 5

Masks Chapter 5

*Before…

“I…” Part of me is wildly looking for an excuse and the other part is waking up like the real me curled up crying inside just say someone open up the drapes inside the dark room I’ve been trapped in and I…I can maybe…maybe just take a chance…look outside…be me…?

“Okay…okay…”

I can do this right?

“Good the bathroom is upstairs and on the left.”

I head up and I’m shaking…I look at myself in the mirror and I take the wig out of my jacket pocket and shake it loose and try to get it to look okay and I get undressed and stare at myself…not at this stranger that only sort of looks like me in the mirror and then mask falls off and I grab a towel and I start crying into it to muffle the way that everything feels right now.

That’s not me looking back at me.

*And Now…



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"Think Like A Woman"

“Think Like A woman “
By Julie D Cole



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Angels and Demons part 29

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Angels and Demons part 29
By
Morpheus



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Walking in Becky's Shoes - Chapter 11

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Walking in Becky’s Shoes — Chapter 11
By
Julie D Cole

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Get A Life!~Chapter 5

Ma McTavish was standing at the door of her delightful (not) B&B. She didn’t look very happy.

She was holding a heavy wooden rolling pin and it looked like she meant business...



Get A Life!

By Susan Brown

--SEPARATOR--



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Karen's Magnificent Obsession - 19

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Karen’s Magnificent Obsession — 19


By Katherine Day


(Karen has become one of the prettiest girls on campus. Her beauty and talent bring her into the spotlight. It’s an exciting and scary time for this onetime boy, as she wonders if she’ll ever find true love.)



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Halloween

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Halloween

by Lisa M.

Copyright © 2009 Lisa M.
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When the pain of being different separates someone from their family, a mask is put on.
Where lies the truth of one's soul when the mask falls away?

Who is underneath?



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One Ugly Broad

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One Ugly Broad

By Portia Bennett



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A Wonderful Halloween



A Wonderful Halloween
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
for Alison Mary




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You Said Seven

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YOU SAID SEVEN

By Nicki Benson

The first in a series of stories set in a multiverse of my own creation. They will all feature the same protagonist.



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Can Dreams Come True?...Part 7

Can Dreams Come True?…Part 7

I’m still trying to figure things out.

How he is, how that must feel.

I sort of get it but.

He’s a girl that’s never been a girl but she…he’s not transgendered?

Okay one thing’s pretty clear and that Ryan seems way, way more together than me.

It’s actually kind of nice in that way.

I lean back in the chair I’m in and sort of hug myself and think and I’m still doing that when he comes back and he looks at me.

“Josie? You okay?”



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Covered Bridges-10.

Covered Bridges-10.

I like Frank’s old Crown Vic, back when I was a kid we had a coupe of police officers are neighbors and all the cop cars were the big old Crown Victoria’s. It’s as clean inside as out and the there’s this smell of one of those coconut air fresheners lingering there.

He spends a good deal of time in his car too. I see a small double picture frame of Robyn and Frank and his late wife Mary on the dash. The one concession is a newish stereo in the car with the satellite radio in it.

We drive down to the canal and it’s absolutely pleasant. I love these big old cars they have this feeling when you ride in them like you’re just kind of floating and honestly they’re just nicer.



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Angels and Demons part 28

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Angels and Demons part 28
By
Morpheus



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Lashes Chapter 7

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The pictures of me in the dress finally appeared. Even I wasn’t ready for what I saw. Mom and I both gasped as the first picture was seen. It was a shot from my waist to my head; I’m looking toward the sky and am slightly backlit, creating a halo around my head. It was the most beautiful picture I had ever seen and it would have been so with any other model. Mom’s eyes had filled with tears.



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Texas Belles at Amazon

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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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The Princess Trap on Kindle

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Teenage identical twins Allie and Cissy started swapping places just for the fun of it when they were small. It worked better than you might think, considering that Allie is a boy named Alan. Cissy loves sports and Alan loves fashion and the still enjoy playing games and fooling the grown-ups.

But things have turned serious and it looks like someone is setting up a trap....



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Arctic Fox Book 2 by Rosemary Howell now on Kindle

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A whole new adventure begins for Marcia, the Arctic Fox, and her family!

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The Arctic Fox
Book 2
by Rosemary Howell
Now on KIndle


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Book 4 - The Reluctant Prom Date

Chrissy is no different then any other High School girl - except that she's a BOY!
But she has the same concerns, classes, cheerleading - and now the PROM!
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The Reluctant Prom Date
by Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2004 Melanie Brown


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