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Title Code Author(s)
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
S T O R Y    T E A S E R S

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.

The Center: Taking Wing, Chapter 6

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Chapter 6
 
Jack was just an ordinary high school student, trying to get by the bullies and through his classes. But, all of that is about to change as a result of something that happened a long time ago.

Princess For Hire Part 15: The End Of Book One

Princess for Hire

By Melanie Ezell

Daniel Henderson has managed to beat the odds and been accepted into Kingston Academy, one of the best private high schools in the country. However, when Daniel is invited to take part in a special program, he learns that there's more to the school than he had thought...

NOTE: This story is loosely -- as in VERY loosely -- based on the manga/anime "Princess Princess." After the initial concept, any similarities are mostly coincidental, unless they aren't. (Puzzle that out why don't ya.)

Snakes and Ladders-5

Snakes and Ladders 5

Chapter 5

I couldn’t help but to hold her tightly and to kiss her, to try to do something anything to keep her together. I’ve known people like Shaya, she’s tough and capable and strong and amazing and like a lot of things that are tempered to be strong if you hit them the right way…

They shatter.

Bear was a lot of things but one thing I was very good at being was the professional tough guy. There’s a lot of f-ed up hurt little children in us tough guys. And from what I’m seeing with Shaya there’s a lot of the same pains there.

Demon of the Fallen Angels

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Demon of the Fallen Angels
by Charlotte Dickles

Copyright  © 2010 Charlotte Dickles
All Rights Reserved.

Why did most people stay away from Great-Aunt Selma's funeral? Was she a witch - or worse? Could her soul have taken over the virginal Hayley? Of course not - such things don't happen in real life. Unless it's Halloween!

 

The Summer of Love of Linda Piontak Part 8

The Summer of Love
of Linda Piontak

Part Eight
Coffee for Two!

 by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

For My Dear Sweet Alison Mary

Tell me, tell me how you knew about my heart
You see, see the things that no one else could see
I thought, I was doing fine until you turn my life around
With everything you'd find
Deep inside I thought that I had died

Out of the Ashes, Part 8

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.

The first one reached out to grab me. I wanted to kill them -- kill somebody -- so badly I could taste it, but I couldn’t afford the luxury. Not yet. I broke his arm and smashed his knee, putting him down with a gratifying scream. The second guy I just tossed over the bar into the wall, hard. He slid down and didn’t move. I slapped Ramon’s knife out of his hand and bent him backwards over the bar, fist bunched in his shirt, my now-broken beer bottle pressed into his cheek. “The bartender touches that gun, you lose the fuckin’ eye, kay? You choose.”

A Special Time in a Boy's Life - Chapter 1

A Special Time in a Boy's Life - Chapter 1
by Anastasio Luminos

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This is a story about what it might be like if the world was a bit different and if something that's often considered shameful or embarrassing is treated as more of a rite of passage to be celebrated.
--v--

Sarah Carerra - 2.10 - The Woman behind the Wig

sc2.jpg It was the presence of the band that was the real issue. The idea of not wearing the wig in front of them almost felt like I would be standing naked in front of them. It felt like I was being exposed more than I ever had before.

Sarah Carerra
Chapter 2.10 - The Woman behind the Wig
by Megan Campbell
Copyright  ©2010 Megan Campbell
Released: October 4, 2010

Fangs Ain’t What They Used To Be

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‘Paul…oh Paulie, come in here, sweetie.’

It was Ellie, sounding a bit weird, all sort of enticing and come and get me...



Fangs Ain’t What They Used To Be

By Susan Brown

Quillian -Book 1- Teenager from Hell -Page 39- Beasts, Do Your Stuff!

Ydde can't escape, can he? Q and I seem to have him -- right where he wants to be!
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Switching Tracks

Switching tracks
by Maeryn Lamonte

Chris Bradley hates his life. Ever since he can remember he’s wanted to dress like a girl, but boys just don’t do that do they? So far, whether it be fear of discovery or concern for the way his friends and family might react, he’s managed to behave in the way a normal guy is supposed to, but it’s getting harder. Right now he’s reacting like any teenager would — with angry rebellion.

Last night he had a dream though. He can’t remember it but it was significant, that much he knows. Now there is something subtly different with the world around him, if only he can figure out what…

The Center: Meet The Enhancer-8

The Center-Meet The Enhancer-8
by:
Stanman63


Thanks To JennaFL For Proofing And Nora Adrienne for editing!
Synopsis: A Center Fan Fiction where a new student's dream comes true and the Center gains a most valuable ally.

Sangria: This is Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 3)

Sangria: This is Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Part 3)
by:
Lilith Langtree


"You really should tell me what the heck it is I'm sensing. You know, just in case it goes into overdrive and you're about to get your soul sucked into oblivion or something."

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Spacetran 5

Where Ruby gets to meet beverly's favourite aliens and learns a thing or two about trust and compassion.

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NEW SPACETRAN 5

Part 5.

We started to dematerialise out of hypertime in front of a spectacular rainbow coloured

To Ascend the Peak: 1

To Ascend the Peak

by Faeriemage

Copyright  © 2010 Faeriemage
All Rights Reserved.

"It is within each of us to ascent the peak to that Crystal Throne. Who among you dares?"
His Imperial Majesty, Raoul Steven Andrew Southerland
Fifth Emperor of the Crystaline Empire.

Time of Renewal: Locus Guardian Teaser

ToR: Locus Guardian, Teaser.
Copyright 2010, by Arianrhod.

The Time of Renewal approaches, and the stirrings of magic long buried cracks the doorway to unimaginable horrors. A Guardian is needed to protect the lines of reality, but who will dare undertake such a task?

TGL - Book 1: Through Death, Rebirth: Chapter 18

Gateway to Life
-:Book 1:-
Through Death, Rebirth

by Faeriemage

Copyright  © 2010 Faeriemage
All Rights Reserved.

Sometimes, it is what you do that matters. Sometimes, it is who you are. Usually it is just being in the proper place at the proper moment in time with the will to act.

Chapter 18:
Not just any body, reprise

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Esperanza - A Halloween Tale - On Kindle

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Almost Halloween, on a rainy day near Buttonwillow she stole a ride...

Esperanza

by Lainie Lee

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The stowaway hitchhiker called herself Kelly, or maybe Esperanza. She seemed to be haunted by the ghost of an old man…but was the true story even stranger?

Masks 19 - Keeping the Peace - A Disturbance of the Peace on Kindle

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The world turned upside down!? Famous superheroine accused of murder! Lawrence Hawthorne and his lovely, talented, and dangerous assistant/bodyguard, Sally, must use their skills, powers and experience to track down and stop the real murderers (and the people who hired them) before a mysterious doomsday weapon can be unleashed.

All this amid a backstory of alien invasions, political, corruption, and corporate wrongdoing at the highest levels.

This latest in Rodford Edmiston's intriguing Masks saga combines science fiction, superheroes, swords, noir detectives, cyber sleuthing, and transgender shapeshifting with intricate plotting and tense action!

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Keeping the Peace
Masks 19 - A Disturbance in the Peace
By Rodford Edmiston
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