A word from our sponsor:

The Breast Form Store Little Imperfections Big Rewards Sale Banner Ad (Save up to 50% off)

BigCloset HatBox: Premium Stories

Quick Cuts - Recent Content

Title Name Post date
Erasing Transgender From History 2025/07/12 - 8:43pm
On Monday the 14th of July. 2025/07/12 - 1:16pm
Never wear high heels to the opera!!! 2025/07/12 - 10:20am
“Scotland is on top of England, yes?” 2025/07/12 - 10:06am
So readers what next? 2025/07/10 - 5:14pm
I'm F*@&#D! 2025/07/10 - 1:07pm
Editorial humor 2025/07/10 - 9:27am
New Pete on Patreon for everyone :) 2025/07/10 - 8:21am
some updates 2025/07/09 - 7:58am
Don't give up the day job Maddy 2025/07/09 - 6:32am
Writing Challenge from Erin in 2008 2025/07/09 - 5:31am
Need help with the finer points in MS Word 2025/07/08 - 6:48pm
One day vacation 2025/07/07 - 5:18pm
“Go wake up Donna” 2025/07/06 - 6:14am
Astrid Jorgensen 2025/07/06 - 4:01am
No Ice In Antarctica 2025/07/05 - 8:03pm
Circle in the Sand Final Chapter 2025/07/03 - 8:35pm
Opening Doors 2025/07/03 - 12:56pm
Kern - A little help for patient readers! 2025/07/03 - 6:31am
I am sure most of you know by now 2025/07/02 - 1:32pm
Funds Low - Bills Due 2025/06/02 - 2:38pm
Space and Time for Romance #2 - My New Anthology on Amazon 2024/03/31 - 3:34pm
A Christmas Wish 2024/02/08 - 1:46am
BC Funds and the Hatbox 2022/02/17 - 3:30pm
How to Process Removing Hate Reviews from your Amazon Published Works 2021/11/11 - 8:39am
The Power of the Pen 2020/06/22 - 11:59am
Everybody Wins! 2015 Summer Vacation Getaway Contest Results 2015/07/02 - 7:16am
TopShelf's 2015 Summer Vacation Getaway! Story Contest 2015/03/12 - 10:29am
Edeyn 2013/09/30 - 6:57am
BigCloset TopShelf's 2012 Reconciliation Story Contest Winners 2012/11/29 - 11:41pm
Images 2 2012/09/30 - 3:42pm
Images 1 2012/09/30 - 1:59pm
BigCloset December 2011 Christmas Spirit Contest Voting 2012/01/12 - 6:59pm
BCTS Summer Romance 2011 Contest Results 2011/11/30 - 5:11am
BigCloset TopShelf's October 2011 TG Terror Contest Results 2011/11/07 - 7:39am
TopShelf's December 2010 Santa's Helper Story Contest Results 2011/01/01 - 7:47am
TopShelf's December 2009 Christmas Holidays Contest Results 2010/12/30 - 5:20pm
TopShelf's December 2010 Santa's Helper Story Contest 2010/11/25 - 9:22am
TopShelf's October 2010 All Hallows Eve Contest Results! 2010/11/16 - 6:41am
TopShelf's Summer Romance 2010 Contest Results 2010/07/30 - 3:22pm
October TG Terror Contest Winners 2009/11/30 - 7:44am
Topshelf's Summer Romance 2008 Story Contest Winners 2008/08/28 - 3:54am
Topshelf's Summer Romance 2008 Story Contest 2008/06/24 - 3:05am
BigCloset Retro-Classic Stories 2004/08/11 - 4:16am
S T O R Y    T E A S E R S

The Recoverer 6

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

The Recoverer (6).
by
Angharad.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 4 words long.

The Princess Trap on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

TG Universes & Series: 

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....



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 78 words long.

Ethertravelers 13.1: Chaos World, Part 1/2

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Permission: 

Ethertravel report #2, received February 12, 2417.

I, Johnny Tavaros, am an ethertraveler. I went out in one of the early groups in 2416.

I arrived into the world in a confusion of darkness and pressure. Was I not born yet?

I wanted to be born, and then I was. I burst out of what I realized had been an egg. I looked at myself and was surprised to see that I was myself. That is, I was still the human Johnny Tavaros. I arrived in the world fully clothed, in clothes I had owned on Earth. How was this possible?



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 97 words long.

Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1252.

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1252
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
-Dormouse-001.jpg


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 13 words long.

Weeping Willow. Book 3, Chapter 8 of 23

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Chapter 8

The orchestra started to sort themselves out, get comfortable and tune up. The school choir came in, having stayed to the end of the day and being brought by the two people movers. When Yvonne was heading for her place, she stopped by Willow.

“I just met your driver, Sebastian. He’s quite a hunk, you lucky girl.”

“I’ve never noticed, Yvonne. He is very helpful and could be described as good looking.”

“Says the girl who he takes home at night.”

“But, Miss Yvonne, he has a chaperone in Max. We’re never alone!”



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 97 words long.

Tales from the Irish by Drea DiMaggio on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Four stories, three bonnie lasses, connected through time and spirit -- by blood, and something more.

TaleFromIrish-cov-001.jpg
Tales from the Irish
by Drea DiMaggio
Now on Kindle

Join Drea DiMaggio as she explores faith, faithfulness, and love in this collection of some of her best works.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 45 words long.

Catwalk Confidence - Part 60

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 


Catwalk Confidence

By Connie Alexander



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 5 words long.

Absinthe, Opium and Honor...Chapters 5 & 6.

Absinthe, Opium and Honor…Chapters 5 & 6

Chapter 5

I wake up and feel Tommy moving he’s getting out of bed and trying to do it without waking me. I feel good, actually kind of slutty…but in a good way?

“Hey…what’s up?” I ask as I roll over.

“Bathroom.” He slips off and I see him come back with a cup of coffee after five or six minutes. “Coffee?” I shake my head. “No, You…” I reach over and stroke him until he’d hard again, then apply a condom to him and take him into my mouth again.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 101 words long.

Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1449

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1449
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
-Dormouse-001.jpg


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 13 words long.

Barbara Scott - Fairytale Princess: 6

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Permission: 

Barbara Scott - Fairytale Princess

copyright 2011 Faeriemage

For Donnie, life was about to end. For Dawn life hadn't yet begun.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 20 words long.

Sarah Carerra - 2.50 - Scenic Interview

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Other Keywords: 

Permission: 

sc2.jpg Every day that I stepped out as Sarah brought the risk that the secret would be revealed. The more I interacted with people who knew me, the greater the chance that they would see through my disguise. And there were the missing parts of Sarah's life that people would start to question.

Sarah Carerra
Chapter 2.50 - Scenic Interview
by Megan Campbell
Copyright  ©2011 Megan Campbell
Released: August 22, 2011


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 66 words long.

Making of a Good Housewife Part 7

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Making of a Good Housewife

by

Jacquimac

Part Seven



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 9 words long.

Ladies Companion Pt 5

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 


Ladies Companion

By

Jacquimac

Part Five

It was almost dark when we arrived home, I expected to be in a lot of trouble when I got home but instead I was bathed and put to bed, it had been decided that the clothing I had been wearing were ruined and destined for the bin.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 54 words long.

Starship 13

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Permission: 

Somewhat boring possibly.
Giving us an idea.

And, as usual, short :)



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 11 words long.

'Neath Quicksilver's Moon - 19

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Permission: 

Quicksilver’s Moon
’Neath
Quicksilver’s
Moon

by Jaye Michael
Chapter Nineteen ― Ill Met by Moonlight


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 13 words long.

'Daydreams Can Come True' Chapter 5

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Daydreams can come True ’ Chapter 5
By
Julie Dawn Cole

I remember looking up at the huge arrivals board and still 40 minutes before the flight was expected to arrive and then maybe another 30 minutes at least or even more if it was busy through passport control. So time for me to buy a gift or even to escape.

My tummy was full of butterflies and it was churning so much after a while that I seriously considered whether or not to make a run for it and go back to my apartment. I tried to stay calm and consider the best and worst scenarios.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 103 words long.

Too Little, Too Late? 2

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

CHAPTER 2
She sat there stunned for just a few seconds, in hindsight, but as people bustled past us laden with trays and tripod-mounted telescopes it felt like a month.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 29 words long.

Little Wonder

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 



Little Wonder





by Andrea Lena DiMaggio




If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 6 words long.

Target Practice Part-4

Target Practice-
Part Four

by:
Enemyoffun


With her grandfather gone,Olivia has now inherited Queen Industries. But that's the least of her problems what with dealing with the press, the Board of Directors and trying to find the person who hired the assassin in the first place.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 46 words long.

Melody Blossoms

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

TG Elements: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Melody Blossoms
melody_blossoms_0.jpg
A free sample from my new ebook!
Harriet and her friends are at that age when girls blossom into young ladies. Except for Clarence. Clarence still needs a lot of help to reach his potential. Only Harriet understands his secret — deep down, he’s a girl named Melody. Gradually, Harriet and the girls coax their new friend out of his shell. Can they help Melody to blossom?



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 69 words long.

The Omega Unicorn Chronicles Book 3 Rescue Mission Ch. 18

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

The Rescue Mission
Chapter 18

Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman


two-butterflies05.jpg
Charleston-SC-ferry.jpg
sunset-walk.jpg



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 12 words long.

Starship 12

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Permission: 

I'm sorry, this one is very short.
It will get better, given some time.

But it's at least getting, somewhere?
ahem.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 21 words long.

Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1448

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1448
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
-Dormouse-001.jpg


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 13 words long.

Open Your Heart - Chapter 3

Open Your Heart
by Abigail Drew

Chapter Three

Janet set her burden down on the floor next to the tub and walked back out of the bathroom to the sounds of a rap remix of Canon in D using a keyboard and percussion. “We’re lookin’ on the sunny side,” incongruously sang the female vocalist doing melodic counterpoint. The song couldn’t be more inappropriate.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 65 words long.

Andrew’s Dilemma Part 23

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

--SEPARATOR--

Andrew’s Dilemma

Part 23

By, Cain129

 

Special Thanks to Wren Phoenix for the editing.

--SEPARATOR--

Synopsis:   Things are moving along quite nicely for Jessica. Her first day at school had started a bit shaky and her nerves had gotten the best of her. She managed to push herself and was able to finish the day. Adrian is hot on the trail and had hired some goons to get the schools computer to find whatever information on the drive.   Little does he know the man that he took it to is working against him and Rocco has set a trap for him!, What will happened to Jessica? Will Rocco be able to save her, before Vincent’s men make the connection between Andrew and Jessica?



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 123 words long.

Too Little, Too Late? 1

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

CHAPTER 1
The weather had held fine for once, with just a hint of a drop of rain as I left home and none at all by the time I rode down past the speed humps to the Barnes reserve. The lockers were waiting, steel-mesh cages perfect for locking up the Galaxy complete with panniers, and as I changed shoes I felt almost happy.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 63 words long.

Interview with a Vamp

Interview with a Vamp.
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
UNIFORM_202_tcm4-23584.jpg


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 11 words long.

Healing a Princess...36 (Its about time)

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Healing a Princess Ch. 36

by Anistasia Allread

“It’s okay, Dear. Let the others sing him to the heavens.” Gemma wrapped Monyka in a motherly embrace.
“It hurts so bad.” Monyka sobbed. “why does it have to hurt so bad?”
“The greater the love, the greater the hurt, Dear.”
“Can’t you do something to make it hurt less?” Monyka begged. “Something with the Gift?”
“If I did that it would diminish the person you have lost. It is better that you feel the pain so that you remember him and how much he means to you.”
Monyka answered her with a cry, and held tight to her.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 108 words long.

Evolution 13 of 24

Evolution - 13 of 24

Dara and Susan go out on the town


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 11 words long.

Evanescence 18

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

TG Elements: 

Character Age: 

Other Keywords: 

Permission: 

Evanescence 18

*Jill….

I fell asleep in the back of the escalade and woke when the Fire department’s red flashers showed through my eyelids. I hurt all over but I hurt inside too. Heaven…Molly…but Molly’s voice was coming out of Raine?

I think it was her.
I’m sure it was her.

So did Raine channel her? Was it necromancy? I’m not sure if it was, not with the release of all those souls or spirits. So did Molly come to me through Raine to save me?

“Oh God.….”



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 93 words long.

Through the years: Tracy emerging part 6

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

He walked out of the office, headed for his class with another note in hand. He wasn't setting any record pace today. Most of the kids dodged around him, some not really noticing him, until he got near the fifth grade classes. Then she could hear the whispers start up.

“That's him....”

“I thought he was dead.....”

“I heard he killed four guys in that fight....”

“I heard his thing was cut off....”

“....yeah, he took on Bruce, Frankie and Kenny after they cut him open.....”

“.....fought ten guys and won....yeah him.....”

“...oh?....Well he got shot, that's why he's walking slow....that's what I heard....”

Tracy did her best not to burst into laughter. He moved on down a hall, headed for his class. A familiar figure fell in step next to him. “Hey Peter.”

--SEPARATOR--

And now for that first few days where she comes back to school

And once again, big thanks to DjKauf for the editing

--SEPARATOR--



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 160 words long.

Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1447

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1447
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
-Dormouse-001.jpg


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 13 words long.

Starship 11

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Permission: 

And so we dive, nose deep, if not deeper.
Well, sort of?

And yes, too short again..
A slow writer.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 20 words long.

Trick of the Mind - 49 & 50

Trick of the Mind — 49 & 50

by Maeryn Lamonte

Melanie Ezell's big closet ultimate writer's challenge — Written From The Heart

Thanks to Wren Erendae Phoenix for editing/proofing.


She reached down and kissed me before settling back onto my chest. “I love you,” she said stroking the soft lace of my nightdress.

Could things get better than this?



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 57 words long.

Pages

More DopplerPress

My New Assignment by Melanie Brown on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Captain Granger didn't expect to be rewarded for saving the galaxy. And he wasn't.

Buy on Kindle
My New Assignment
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 23 words long.

Prometheans by Joyce Melton & Lainie Lee from Doppler Press

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

TG Universes & Series: 

Other Keywords: 

Doppler Press's offers a compilation of the Promethean Metaverse stories previously posted on BC.

Prometheans



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 14 words long.

Eerie Saloon 4: Jessie Hanks, Outlaw Queen by Ellie Dauber and Chris Leeson - Now on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Jessie Hanks is on the run from Eerie after the death of Toby Hess, but, as she discovers, there's some things a boy-turned-gal can't escape from. Most of all, from herself.

ES4-jhoq-eps-004.jpg

 



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 44 words long.

No Substitute for Romance by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

If you can't be yourself, be someone else!

nosubs-cov-005a_0.jpg
No Substitute for Romance
by Maryanne Peters
Book 22 in Mostly Happy Endings
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 23 words long.
Subscribe to BigCloset TopShelf RSS