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The Matinee

Copyright © Tracy Lane, 2013/2025.

The Matinee


Note: this story is set in the Tranziverse; the protagonist is biologically male but looks anatomically female.



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Stuck in the Middle -39

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Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, Emily wakes up to a world transformed by a thick blanket of snow, bringing an unexpected break from school. Excitement fills the house as she, Lily, and Sam embrace the magic of a snow day—building forts, launching snowball fights, and reveling in the winter wonderland. The day is filled with laughter, warmth, and a rare sense of freedom, but just when Emily thinks she’s escaped her responsibilities, a small twist reminds her that even snow days come with their own surprises.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.



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White Balance (3)

Copyright © Tracy Lane, 2013/2021.

White Balance (3)

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Demon Queened - Chapter 61 - Growing Pains

After flubbing a powerful incantation, meant to give newly coronated Demon Queens the wisdom of their ancestors, Devilla Satanne awakens to memories of her past life as Jacob Divington, a human from Earth. Having gained a new perspective on life, she quickly comes to a rather horrifying conclusion: she's been a complete and utter brat! No wonder everyone hates her!

And then there's the fact that she's apparently been reincarnated as the villainess of Tower Conquest, a lesbian porn game with a surprisingly intricate plot. One in which the Heroine conquers Dimona Tower, turning Devilla's people against her in the process. In victory, the Heroine brings about a glorious age of peace between demons and humans for the first time in millennia. ...Which actually sounds pretty good for her people, come to think of it. Devilla knows her terrible behavior is beyond forgiveness, but maybe she can still make up for her past mistakes? She just needs to make sure the events of the game unfold correctly. Though there is one little detail she'd like to change - the part where Devilla herself is killed or enslaved!

The series cover was commissioned from https://twitter.com/HaizeUqei

Demon Queened Cover, featuring Abigail and Lucy grabbing Devilla's arm and hand, respectively, on opposite sides.


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Big Book of Heaven and Hell by Maggie Finson on Kindle

The only thing bigger than Heaven and Hell is The Big Book of Heaven and Hell!

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The Big Book of Heaven and Hell
by Maggie Finson
Bek D. Corbin
E. E. Nalley
Melanie E
Buy on Kindle!


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Princess Warrior by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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John was pissed that he died on the beach at Normandy.

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It was June 6, 1944 and to say Private John Burton was unhappy would be an understatement. Even though he had heard General Eisenhower's speech on the radio, he really wanted to be elsewhere. Not that he wasn't a red-blooded American and not that he didn't grasp the importance of the mission. It's just that he was convinced there was a German bullet with his name on it. It was a feeling he just couldn't shake. All the trouble his parents went through to raise him, scolding him into good behavior, getting onto him to make good grades. And then all the money and effort Uncle Sam went through to prepare and train him for this exact moment, everything his life was moving towards would come to a wasted end on a beach in France he'd never heard of. He just knew it. And he was mightily annoyed about it.

Being annoyed couldn't describe how John felt when not even ten feet from the landing craft onto the sands of the beach before being cut down by German machine gun fire. Talk about being angry as he fell onto the sand...

And then even more angry when he woke up in another time and place as a naked teen girl...
 

Princess Warrior
On Kindle!
by Melanie Brown



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The Taylor Project - Part 17

Scott Taylor Miller is tired of being known as Snotty. On New years Day he resolves to take control of his life and make himself into Taylor. However, Scott is unaware that his new asthma medicine will change him in ways he cannot foresee. Forces both within and without will try to define him. If he doesn't want to be Snotty any longer,
...just who exactly is Taylor?

The Taylor Project
Part 17

by Tracey Willows

Copyright © 2013 Tracey Willows
All Rights Reserved.

 



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id (Part 3)

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id (Part 3)

The most unorthodox of stories continues.



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Walking in Beckys Shoes - Chapter 2

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Walking in Beckys Shoes
By
Julie D Cole

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Pandora's Trunk: 7

 




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Encrypted-17

Encrypted-17

Chapter 17

To me movies were an odd thing for me. I never really got the chance to be into them like other people because mostly growing up all we had was a poor example of a video store and there was the fact that anything fantasy or science fiction was “that foolishness.” And I had my “head in the clouds enough as it is.”

So being with Brandy and just curled up together watching movies that I’ve never seen before is a huge treat and it’s revealing worlds to me that I really just never got a chance to see before.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1962

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1962
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
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Altered Fates: The Boss

This is a VERY dark Altered Fates tale. It contains obscenity, the rape of two girls (males transformed by the Medallion), and the ravings of a very sick mind. (Not me, the narrator, and no wisecracks, please, about not being able to tell the difference.)

This was an experiment; a thought piece to see what would happen if a truly nasty man found the Medallion and decided to use it for his own purposes.



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Touching the Moon part 49

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Touching the Moon part 49
By
Morpheus



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Virginia in Bloom, Chapter 7

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Author's note: This story takes place during the last half of the American Civil War. The war has already turned against the South. The casualty rates have devestated families in many Southern communities. A draft has been instituted. Unless a family held a large number of slaves, every male able to hold a rifle was suddenly called to fight for the Southern cause. As the war drug on, boys as young as 13 and men as old as 65 were expected to fill the already depleted ranks of the Army of Northern Virginia.



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Being Christina Chase | Chapter 49: Crash

On the way back to Nina's room, Christina felt a mechanical rumble from the back pocket of her jeans. She took out her cell phone and saw that Richard was calling. She immediately froze, feeling a slight tightness in her chest. She was transfixed by the name on the tiny screen and was unable to move her fingers on the device before the call went to voice mail. Christina waited for the notification that indicated there was a new voice message, but it never came. Instead, there was a second rumble indicating that she'd just received a text message. She felt her stomach sink and it was though she'd temporarily lost her ability to differentiate up from down. She forced herself to read the message.

It read simply, "We should talk."
 

Being Christina Chase
Chapter 49 - Crash

by Admiral Krunch

Copyright © 2007,2013 Admiral Krunch
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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1961

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1961
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Walking in Beckys Shoes - Chapter 1

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Walking in Beckys Shoes
By: Julie D Cole



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What a good boy...Chapter 20

What A good boy…Chapter 20

Chapter 20

It’s been an odd week with what happened between Frankie and me and learning all about her and her and I having that whole watershed moment together. I really have been thinking a lot about that and we’ve been so tempted I think of hooking up like the first time in the closet again but she looks scared…and lonely and longing.

And thinking about that has sort of cut into some of the sneak away urges that I’ve had with Sophie and Gwen.



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Touching the Moon part 48

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Touching the Moon part 48
By
Morpheus



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Catburglar 2: Seeing Double

Seeing Double
By Paul Calhoun

Kelly and Reg have been dating for awhile, but Ned is starting to worry that the elusive Starling is becoming too notorious. He's also worried that he and Kelly never show up in the same place. He can decrease the number of heists he pulls as Kelly, but she'll need her boyfriend's help to fix the second. The only problem is that she'll have to get him to do it without him knowing why!



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Growing pains - A Jaci and Dottie story

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Growing Pains- a Jaci and Dottie story

Dottie stopped reading her book and scratched her chest again, which she had been doing all day when she thought no one was looking.



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Touching the Moon part 47

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Touching the Moon part 47
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Morpheus



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1960

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1960
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
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Trial and Heiress - 11

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Nathan Poole is ready to become Sarah's Warden, but a long lost family heirloom changes his life and future.

 
 

Trial and Heiress
Chapter 11

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Amethyst


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Virginia in Bloom, Chapter 6

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Vengeance For Hannah Part 04


 © February 2013


Part Four



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Summer with Em - Part 6

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Summer with Em — Chapter 6
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Julie D Cole



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The Angry Mermaid 56 or Y Morforwyn Dicllon 56.

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The Angry Mermaid 56

I would first suggest that any readers read back to Chapter 55 just to pick up any loose threads and recollect the gist of this saga. basically, for any newcomers, The Angry mermaid is a story that describe's Drustina's many adventures as she tries to make her way home and recover her homelands from the Viking Pirates who stole it from her when she was only fourteen and lucky to escape with her/his life.

We pick up the story where Drustina has visited Brendigan to use her testimony to ensure the succession to the throne of Dame-mark and thus ensure a lawful peace amongst the Baltic and Scandinavian countries.



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Wheels and wings 38. (Final Chapter.)

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Wheels and wings 38

This is the final chapter of Wheels and wings. I am retuning to my earlier novel 'The Angry mermaid'

Mermaid is not complete yet but there are 67 chapters written so far, consequently I have decided to resume posting the chapters about one every three or four days.



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Touching the Moon part 46


Touching the Moon part 46
By
Morpheus



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Elves Rule! - 2

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Bran has a lot to sort out with his life.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1959

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1959
by Angharad

Copyright © 2013 Angharad
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Somewhere Else Entirely -76-

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Sukhana is anxious to try out her new saddle and takes a ride around Blackstone with Garia. On their way back Garia discovers that Senidet has hidden talents and makes her a proposition. Later, the steam engine is demonstrated and Master Yarling makes a confession.

Somewhere Else Entirely

by Penny Lane

76 - Revelations



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Eve, born Evan Nichols, lived a lie for 28 years before finally deciding to do something about it. She knew becoming a woman would cause pain and emotional distress, but you can't prepare for everything...especially not romance.

Eve on KIndle

Eve

by Melanie Brown

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Misfortune by Maryanne Peters and Joyce Melton on Kindle

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Return now with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear when women were women and men were men — except when they became women!

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Misfortune
and Other Romances of the Old West
by Maryanne Peters with Joyce Melton
Now on Kindle


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Perfectionists by Angela Rasch - now on Kindle

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Two stories from Angela's extensive work at BigCloset gathered into one volume:
 

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Perfectionists
Angela Rasch
From DopplerPress


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Heaven and Hell 2: Ways of Power on Kindle

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Being a succubus can be fun, but it ain't no walk in the park. Unless the park is in hell.

From insubordinate Hellhounds to Hellish Bureaucracy, Lorelei is learning to deal with The Ways of Infernal Power. It ain't easy, in fact, it can be hard as Hell. And that's just for starters!



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