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A Walk in the Wadi

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This story is set in a real place, a real time and is based around a real incident. I have used generic terms such as Militia and Infiltrators as I don’t want readers to be distracted by the politics. Anyone who is familiar with the area will be easily able to identify these groups and even the location of my platoon base. But none of this is important: The story is about the people.

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“A wadi patrol?”



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Weeping Willow. Book 3, Chapter 19 of 23

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Chapter 19

After the announcements, the four of them sat at a table with marker pens. At their right was the store manager to ensure that all products being signed had a correct sales receipt. The line moved slowly, with them learning to answer the questions with enough information but not so much as to slow down the line. They sat and signed and talked until lunch, when the manager asked that the guests be given some time to get refreshments.



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Beacon of Hope - Chapter One

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Beacon of Hope



Chapter One



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Rewriting the Script

Parents-to-be, James and Jennifer give serious consideration to an unorthodox parenting arrangement



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Invoker part 1.5

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Sometimes death isn't the end. Sometimes, people can come back with new lives and new powers. This is one of those times.

This is a serial story with litrpg and gamelit elements.



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Riffletown Girls by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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More "Mostly Happy Endings" by Maryanne!

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Riffletown Girls
by Maryanne Peters
Buy on Kindle


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What In The Heck Was I Thinking?

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What In The Heck Was I Thinking?
by Barbara Lynn Terry

Part I - Angela is born.



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A Turn of the Cards. Chapter 9. Silver

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A Turn of the Cards
Chapter 9.
Silver
by Rebecca Anderson

When we played softball, I’d steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
– Woody Allen



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The small issue with my family.

My name is Vincent J Wiggs. I know it sounds corny for a last name but that is really what it is or was. That's gonna take me a bit to explain. Alrighty then, first off I come from a family of witches. Magic really does exist and I have known about it all my life. There is a problem with that though. Magic comes at a price it is not free.



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Somewhere Else Entirely -68-

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Keren is in a tight spot but there is help at hand... with the immediate danger over Garia begins to make plans for the future. And so do the people of Blackstone, much to everyone's surprise.

Somewhere Else Entirely

by Penny Lane

68 - The Ptuvil's Claw



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Fairyland Trail, Part 11

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McKenzie is now openly presenting herself as a girl around Santa Carla. Will she be accepted in her new identity? Now that the divorce is final Father wants to come to the house to remove his personal stuff. Mrs. Russica publishes a tirade in the local newspaper.
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Seasons of Change - Book 1 - Part 2 of 3

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Seasons of Change
Part 2 of 3

by Joel Lawrence

Copyright © 1989,2012 Joel Lawrence
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Perspectives: 35

Josie

The Journey to Llangollen
Perspectives:
a novel with eight voices

by Louise Anne Smithson

Sue — sister of Karen (Tuesday 9th August 2011)



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My Choice?

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I wanted this to stop, it was going only one way and I was unable to say no anymore.



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Angel - Season One - Pilot (Parts 1-3)

---"Angel" Season One Pilot---

Mission commander Michael Owen is on the verge death after a failed mission in space to save the planet earth. Saved by what he thinks to be an angel, this friend from another world offers Michael the opportunity to save his planet by endowing him with great power, but at a great personal cost.



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The Awakening of a Vengeful Phoenix - Part 2 - Chapter 3 & 4

A man is feminized by his wife and his business partner and framed for embezzlement. Can he survive the humiliations his wife intends to subject him to and start a new life?

Thanks go out to Marina Kelly for her editorial assistance in improving the quality of this story.



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The White Wolf Chapter -19-

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Jesse has inherited his Grandfather's ranch.
Now he must fight his father to keep it while he must
honor his Grandfather's last wish of seeking Coyote.

 

The White Wolf
Chapter 19
by Barbara Allan

Copyright © 2012 Barbara Allan

Thank you Hope for your encouragement and help in editing.
Thanks to all who have commented or left Kudos.


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Rock Me a Little Christmas Baby, Coda - a Blue Moon Drabble

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Is there a perfect time to make a wish? Is there a perfect wish to make? Jo knew the answers.

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Rock Me a Little Christmas Baby
A Blue Moon Drabble


by Donna Lamb



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Tribe of the Mountains Chapter 11 – Dark Plans.

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Tribe of the Mountains Chapter 11 — Dark Plans

“Usually revenge is something stupid, useless, ugly and bad for the formation of a society.
But, depending on the circumstances, …”

Anora the first.
Philosophical musings.



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Beyond Galactic Marshal - Chapter 12

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Beyond Galactic Marshal
by
Hilltopper

Chapter 12

As soon as Tiana left, the shaman walked back in carrying a pair of beaded moccasins that were almost to the knees. He looked at me and smiled big.

“Now you look like my vision. Our people will accept you as our female spiritual leader.”



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Rock Star: Coda - Part 2 of 3, by Karin Bishop

Rock Star: Coda, by Karin Bishop

A sequel to “Rock Star”, by Jennifer White

Part 2



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My Office Gift - 2- Giving Back the Gift

“We did not come to be modest,” I said, “these kids health has been hit hard; our love needs to be beyond us feeling good. We want to be assured this would benefit both floors and show our caring beyond Tuesday night.” With the knowledge, we will not forget and we will be back, Cheryl seems to be well impressed... Heather spoke, “I don’t think they will allow much of your money to go for others...”
Darla, “Anne has a following in our office, we'll help her do what's right... Holding Tracy in my arms, ready to leave. “You’re an angel and not just an elf, aren’t you?”

My Office Gift
Chapter 2
Giving Back the Gift

by Jessica C

Copyright © 2012,2013 Jessica C
All Rights Reserved.


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1885

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1885
by Angharad

Copyright © 2012 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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A Turn of the Cards. Chapter 8. Tame

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A Turn of the Cards
Chapter 8.
Tame
by Rebecca Anderson

It isn’t fair: the caterpillar does all the work, and the butterfly gets all the glory.
— George Carlin



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The Chalice and the Wand, Part 8

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The Chalice and the Wand

by poetheather
Story ideas by poetheather and Wintermoon3

Chapter Eight



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End of Days 2: Antepenultimate

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Antepenultimate

This is Part 2. Read 'Preantepenultimate' first.



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Scarlet - Part 2

SCARLET by Jessica Drew

Part 2

Agent Sam Fields finds himself trapped. Not only in the body of the beautiful Antoinette, but aboard the luxury yacht of drug baron Carlos Ramirez.

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Becoming Karen - 7

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Becoming Karen — 7


By Katherine Day

(Copyright 2012)


(Kenny spends his first few days at the University trying hard to show his masculine side, but quickly learns it’s not working. Another chapter in the sequel to “To Be Or Not To Be.”)



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Extra Time 44

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CHAPTER 44
Ian lost his job the week after Von took him home. Prolonged sick leave, unsatisfactory attendance, whichever snide form of words they used it came down to the same thing: the companies he dealt with didn’t want a dying man anywhere near their businesses, their premises or their staff. Perhaps they thought he was infectious. I swore when he told me, but the fatigue, the resignation, sat in his voice when he answered me.



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The school.

It was the dead of night as the young catholic schoolgirl skipped across the parking lot. The old asphalt with its many cracks was still giving off heat from the long hot summers day. She carried nothing but what looked to be a small fashionable purse with her. It was very late to see such a schoolgirl out on a Wednesday night. There was not to be a holiday the next day nor on the Friday following. For the few older teen boys hanging out behind the old abandoned theater she was a tempting piece of meat.



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Jake goes for help

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Jake goes for help

For Stef the Cyclist, just cause

Chapter 1 - The first Session



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A Home for the Holidays



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A story of hope...
by Andrea DiMaggio
for Catherine Linda

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Rock Star: Coda - Part 1 of 3, by Karin Bishop

Rock Star: Coda, by Karin Bishop

A sequel to “Rock Star”, by Jennifer White

This is my continuation of the characters and plot created by Jennifer White in "Rock Star". Hopefully you have read the original story with the link provided in my previous post. If not, this Coda will make no sense. “Rock Star: Coda” begins at the end of “Rock Star”.


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Cruiser Lake - Part 5 of 5

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"I'm a laughable failure. Now my screw up has doomed Jocelyn. I've killed her, as good as if I'd shot her..."

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Cruiser Lake
Part 5 of 5

by Sigh
Copyright © 2012 plaintivesigh
All Rights Reserved.


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Star Wars The Old Republic: A Matter of Force

A Matter of Force

by:
Elsbeth
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1884

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1884
by Angharad

Copyright © 2012 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Office Bet by Melanie Brown now on Kindle

Harry thought he was just making a little joke, but the women in the office weren't laughing.
So they made a little bet and Harry would win if he followed the women's dress code for a month.
How hard could it be?

by Melanie Brown

Office Bet by Melanie Brown
Copyright © 2004, 2017 Melanie Brown
From DopplerPress - A BigCloset HatBox Kindle eBook


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Heaven and Hell 3: A Hellmaid's Work is Never Done on Kindle

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Angelique is coming into her own, which involves lascivious dwarves, an amorous angel, and a hellhound or two. Things get complicated but it's not her fault, she's sexy, hot as hell, and inclined to violence as the solution to certain problems. Maybe it comes from being half-succubus and half-hellmaid?

Heaven and Hell 3


Heaven and Hell 3 - Now on Kindle



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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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She Like Me - by Angela Rasch on Kindle

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He had to find out: what do women think?

She Like Me
by Angela Rasch
Now on Kindle
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Faced with the need to pick a thesis topic, amid the turbulent sixties, Gerald looks to solve the mysteries of the female gender by disguising himself as one of them. In a world faced with the assassination of Martin Luther King and the Southeast Asia Conflict, can a man successfully pretend to be a college co-ed and discover the secrets of how women think? Gerald has read all the pertinent sociology textbooks and has a list of questions he will seek to answer, but is he asking the right questions? And, once he understands women, what decisions will he make about himself?



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