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Gaby Book 27 ~ Smell of the Crowd ~ Chapter *8* Sun Maddy Bell
Julio and Roomiette Solo Erin Halfelven
Demon Stalker (I Wish 4) by Amethyst on Kindle Sat Amethyst
A Daughter Enters, Stage Left - Ch. 5 Sat SammyC
The Twilight of the Gods -- A Story of Mantra, Chapter 10 Sat Christopher Leeson
Exchanged - Chapters 36 and 37 Sat Sofia Hammerstein
The Cruise Chapter 3 Sat Su Shi
Listening to Jekyllase, chapter 17 of 17 Sat Trismegistus Shandy
Triple Dare: Masks 24 by Rodford Edmiston on Kindle Sat Stickmaker
Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 3454 Sat Angharad
Witch Way Sat samquick
MTU - Hard To Look At (part 10 of 10) Sat magicshoppe
Man Overboard Chapter 2 of 9 Sat Marianne G
Mates 46 Fri Cyclist
Twins, part 14 Fri Debbie V
I Was A Porn Star For The FBI By Melanie Brown On Kindle Fri Melanie Brown
Recovering From Trauma Chapter 2 Fri LadyDragon623
The Defeasance Protocol - Chapter 1 Fri Rachel M. Moore
The Chosen - Chapter 5 Fri Maeryn
Royal Performer - Chapter 9 Fri Tiffany Shar
Not For Sale - Part 6 Thu SamanthaMD
The Poise that Josey Found 5 In Pursuit of Finding Herself Thu Jessica C
Dreams Fulfilled by Marianne G on Kindle Thu Marianne G
Parallel Lives Chapter 34 Thu LeftyPosting
Ship of Terror Solo Melanie Brown
A Cold Fey in Hell 2: Chapter 10 Thu Amethyst
Pete's Vagina -57- Moving the Chain Thu Erin Halfelven
Fake It Till You Make It - 16 - Shrunken Treasure. Thu Alyssa Plant
The Wolf, The Owl, and The Cheshire Part 11 Wed LadyDragon623
Romance and Other Crimes Vol. 3 by Maryanne Peters on Kindle Wed Maryanne Peters
The All Mother Oak Wed Jennifer Sue
Demon Queened - Chapter 48 - Tough Talks Wed princesskay
Altered: Chapter 10 Wed Amethyst
Exchanged - Chapters 34 and 35 Tue Sofia Hammerstein
Run, Red, Run: Chapter 20 Tue Amethyst
Katie Ann - Chapter 71: Questions for Later Tue Becky Anne
I Was A Cheerleader For The FBI By Melanie Brown on Kindle Tue Melanie Brown
Kevins Adventure and Beyond Tue New Author, Lisa Charlene
Glamour Photoshoot Transformation Solo Allygirltrek77
Working For A Living Chapter 7 Mon LadyDragon623
Big Book of Heaven and Hell by Maggie Finson on Kindle Mon Bek D. Corbin, E. E. Nalley, Maggie Finson, Rasufelle
Things They Made Me Do - Chapter 3 Mon Michele Nylons
The Rise of a New Empire Chapter 3 Mon Su Shi
Being Samantha Masters - Chapter 4: The Simple Version Mon miriamrobern
A personal history of mutation, or how I spent my teen years.... Mon Nagrij
Switching Sides 3/5 Mon Gillian Chambers
Easy as Falling off a Bike -19- by Angharad on Kindle Sun Angharad
Gaby Book 27 ~ Smell of the Crowd ~ Chapter *7* Sun Maddy Bell
Battle Scars Part 5 Sun Shreya S
Tom, Dick and Harr Solo Bru
Layabout. Part 4 of 4 Sun Marianne G
A Daughter Enters, Stage Left - Ch. 4 Sat SammyC
Leases in Hell, chapter 9. Sat Nagrij
A Whole New Me (Again?) - Part 6 Sat AmyLikesDancing
Betrayal and Forgiveness Solo Noname1
Jane Fri Erin Halfelven
The Ghost of 224 Maple Street Solo Avia Conner
Monkey Business by Melanie Brown on Kindle Thu Melanie Brown
Death in Venice Beach Solo Bru
The Girl in the mirror Solo Julie D Cole
Small Problem by Melanie Brown on Kindle Sat Melanie Brown
Taylor by Leslie Moore on Kindle Fri Leslie Moore
Just... Friends? Fri Melanie Brown
Prometheans by Joyce Melton & Lainie Lee from Doppler Press Fri Joyce Melton, Lainie Lee
The Station's Late Nite Princess Sat Snowfall
Kelly Girl by Wanda Cunningham - New Edition from DopplerPress Tue Wanda Cunningham
Rays of Light by Joyce Melton on Kindle Mon Joyce Melton
Special Someones by Melanie E on Kindle Mon Rasufelle
The Golden Blade by Marianne G on Kindle Sun Marianne G
Shannon's Course by Angela Rasch in Kindle Fri Angela Rasch
Sam and Sam by Joyce Melton - Now on Kindle Wed Joyce Melton
Peaches on Kindle: New Edition! Tue Amelia R., Angela Rasch
Being Invisible by Leslie Moore on Amazon Sat Leslie Moore
Hard Time by Melanie Brown - now on Kindle! Fri Melanie Brown
The Last of the Fey by Denise Anesidora Trask on Kindle Thu Anesidora's Urn
Battleskirts on Kindle by Melanie Brown Thu Melanie Brown
Aria - Book 3 - Bring Down the Curtain by Emma Anne Tate on... Wed Emma Anne Tate
In Bloom by Melanie Brown from Kindle Tue Melanie Brown
Andy and Dawn by Angela Rasch on DopplerPress Sat Angela Rasch
Dreams of Future Past by Kevin McCarthy on Kindle Fri New Author, Kevin McCarthy
Butterscotch by Joyce Melton now on Kindle Thu Joyce Melton
Wednesday Knights Mon Rasufelle
A Summer's Odyssey - Now on Kindle Wed Jennifer Sue
Pink Bear Romance by Melanie Brown - Now on Kindle Thu Melanie Brown
Tales from the Irish by Drea DiMaggio on Kindle Sat Drea DiMaggio
Everything's Sunny with Sarah - Zoe Taylor & Ashly... Fri Dark Kitten, Zoe Taylor
A Modest Proposal by Melanie Brown - on Kindle Tue Melanie Brown
Boys Don't Cry on Kindle Tue Dark Kitten, Zoe Taylor
The Princess Trap on Kindle Thu Tyrone Slothrop, Wanda Cunningham
The Frozen Balance - by Persephone - Kindle Edition Wed Persephone
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Gaby Book 27 ~ Smell of the Crowd ~ Chapter *8*

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Gaby

Book 27
Smell of the Crowd

by Maddy Bell
Copyright© 2022 Madeline Bell

Life has some certainties, birth and death of course, but the rest is a mix of Minestrone and Spaghetti, some of which we have no direct influence over. We can however decide whether we want Parmesan or other seasoning, we can give Gnochi a try, doesn't mean we'll like it but at least we'll know. Gaby has reached just such a point in her life, she knows she likes Pizza, she's not averse to Spaghetti or Lasagne but is Gnochi for her? The Gnochi in this case is doing the singing with BlauHase on a more serious level, as a 'hobby' its fine but could this be a change of career? Well you don't find out without trying so that's just what our heroine is about to find out in this, the 27th book of the Gaby saga.

 

*Chapter 8*
Bad Time

The Twilight of the Gods -- A Story of Mantra, Chapter 10

Mantra is cornered into a meeting with the last person she wants to meet in this violent ruin of a planet. But that same person is the one whom Mantra loves most in the world.

Hair Soup by Angela Rasch - Now on Kindle

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Steve is married to Dee Lilah, who is running for the U.S. Senate. The League of Women’s Voters has scheduled a beauty contest for the candidates' spouses. Ironically, the League hadn’t anticipated a female candidate and had made the rules quite stringent in regards to what the spouse must wear and do.


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Hair Soup
by Angela Rasch
Now on Kindle

Rising Dawn Chapter 3


Rising Dawn

Chapter 3 - First Soul, Metal Soul

 
Last Time on Rising Dawn
But then I hear loud bang and turn to look out of the window and see men in robbing gear at the door to the bank, my sister is trapped in there and theres nothing I can do.

"My sister."

"Well I be, I think I never seen this happen here before."

"I want to help."

"The best thing you can do here is to stay here."

But I start to here this voice in my head.

"Do you want the power to help."

"Yes I do."

Then there is a bright flash of light.

Shadowcraft: Aria Blade (Revised) - Issue 4

Issue 4: Changing of the Guard

She glowered, but this time not at me. “I know who’s responsible for this, and I’ll take care of it, but for now we need to put this thing down.”

“Let’s do this,” I responded, taking her hand in mine. Psy floated closer and grinned.

“Can I play too?” she chided. I could feel my cheeks burn.

“Psy this is serious! Get something to lob at its eye sensor. While it’s distracted Raven and I will move in for the-”

Galactic Marshal II - Chapter 4

Galactic Marshal II
by
Hilltopper

CHAPTER 4

As we were approaching Prowhiness, Jeff turned to me.

“I guess I ought to give you a warning about a rumor I heard about this place.”

“OK, what kind of rumor?”

“Well, it sounds crazy but the rumor is that there is an alien presence here.”

Too Good to be True

Too Good to be True
by Maeryn Lamonte

Michael’s new apartment is too good to be true. Immense, beautifully furnished and cheaper than his last place.

Sometimes when fortune smiles you smile back and accept what it offers you. Other times, with Halloween just round the corner and a killer on the loose, it might have been as well to ask a few questions first…

Halloween

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This is a compilation of a chapter story that I submitted last year. I would like to thank Angela Rasch for her help in editing. She was remarkable and I never would have finished it without her help.

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Halloween - Chapter 1
October 31, 1970

“So what are you boys going to be for Halloween this year?” Mother asked looking directly at me while I was eating breakfast with my brothers.

“Are you asking Steven and Billy or are you asking me, Mom?” I replied.

Blue Bug From Outer Space-Part 8

Blue Bug From Outer Space -
Part Eight

by:
Enemyoffun

Jaime Reyes is kid out of his element, who dreams of a life better than his own. He finds such a life when he stumbles about a strange blue stone in the garbage and his whole world changes.

Rising Dawn Chapter 2


Rising Dawn

Chapter 2 - Soul Syncho, A new Superhero is born

 
We arrived at the local mall's carpark, I am nervous as hell as this is the first time that I am outside the house in my Dawn persona.

I Can See Clearly Now 3rd & Final Song of the Kylie Warren Saga Part 2

I think I can make it now the pain is gone,
And all of the bad feelings have disappeared,
Here is the rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sunshiny day.

Part 2

Heather went to school Thursday until 11:00 am when Linda picked her up to go to the hospital for the MRI and CT scans. DJ, Billy and Kylie were delighted to learn that the initial tests showed Heather was intersexed. Of course, Kylie had already known that from their astral chats.

Teacher's Pets

Boring! That is how I would describe the school days at Harriet Miller High School. I swear my teacher's had taken their teaching style from watching Ben Stein's character on "The Wonder Years" My girlfriend Liza and I would spend our time passing notes to each other and still managed to get every single thing our teacher said. It was like this in nearly every class. We both decided that we needed to liven things up, so we would pull out a Fart machine and start letting it go off at different times.

Spacetran 13

This chapter addresses Beverly's concerns about 'The Sucession'. Which of her children are to run the family firm of 'Taff Spaceships' after she is gone? How is she to protect those powerful secrets that could enable a megalomaniac to try and rule the earth or even the universe.

 

Spacetran 13.

List of our children and their friends.

Girls,

Wendy, William’s twin.

Jessica and Charlotte, Ben’s (AKA Bennie’s,) twin sisters.

Dave and Eddie , Sherriff Jack Johnson’s boys.

Linda and Sandra, Sherriff Jack Johnson’s daughters.

Cold Feet 13

CHAPTER 13
I make my crackling the old-fashioned way. Ish. After scoring and soaking the skin, I pat it dry and then rub it with olive oil. Sea salt is then rubbed into it, and the oven turned up high for the last twenty minutes of cooking. The result is a lovely brown crispness that rises clear away from the meat and just screams “Eat me!”

Blue Bug From Outer Space-Part 7

Blue Bug From Outer Space -
Part Seven

by:
Enemyoffun

Jaime Reyes is kid out of his element, who dreams of a life better than his own. He finds such a life when he stumbles about a strange blue stone in the garbage and his whole world changes.

Healing Mishap -13-

Healing Mishap -13-
By Lanzaq

The group stayed as quiet as possible as they trudged quietly down the path and eventually they came upon a landmark, however it shocked everyone, instead of a rock, or a tree or even an odd animal it was a town. Hands flew up in both excitement and horror. “A town! Yay!” Kate cried pulling the robe out and handing it to Cael before sprinting toward the town at full steam.

Out of the Ashes, Part 9

Out of the Ashes, Part 9

Out of the Ashes
by Misty Meenor
A Comic RetCon Universe Story
The Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian characters are the property of DC Comics.

"We were hoping to work out an arrangement where we might occasionally call upon your skills, in a consulting role. We'd benefit from your experience on the street and your impressive metahuman abilities, and in return, you'd get to call upon our resources -- intel, financial, manpower, equipment. The ability to run interference with the law. Plus, of course, we'll pay you. An annual retainer, paid immediately, plus a fee for each job, half in advance."

This is much too sweet a deal. I shook my head slowly, sliding the badge back to her. "I'm sorry. It sounds very interesting, but I've got other things on my mind at the moment. Perhaps in a couple of weeks, we could talk again." I got the feeling Merrick was sincere, but I didn't trust the motives of the people behind her. I stood up, ending the discussion.

"Wait. Before you decide, you should hear what the first two jobs are."

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Swifter, Higher, Stronger on Kindle

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When Tony's attempt to follow in his father's footsteps on the football field comes to nothing he gives his undivided attention to a different sport - gymnastics.

His unorthodox training leaves judges bemused but coaches impressed enough to give him an opportunity. With the Olympics in his sights a twist of fate has him seeing things from a whole new perspective, one that will affect the rest of his life.

Book Cover artwork for Swifter Higher Stronger rendered as virtual Paperback and Tablet editions - Cover art is girl, doing a gymnastics move, on her toes, with one arm in the air, and the wording Swifter Higher Stronger at an angle on a black background slightly overlapping the girl

Monkey Business by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Randy loves nothing more in life than motorcycles. When his friend Nick gives him the opportunity to join in as monkey during a sidecar race, he jumps at the chance -- even if it means wearing pink leathers.

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Monkey Business
by Melanie Brown
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