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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1250.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1250
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Demands My Soul -02-

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Demands My Soul

A Transgender Heroine's Journey & Romance Novel

From THE ONE Universe

Chapter 2: Echoes of Before

By Ariel Montine Strickland

Can Delores cope with the final evidence in the will that her parents did not see her or love her enough to let go of their fear?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.



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Routes 1

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I posted in a blog that I was writing this, and I am afraid it will be an exercise in complete self-indulgence. I just fancied letting a collection of my favourite people relax together. Don't expect any dazzling revelations here; then again, as I am still writing it, who knows? For new readers, this story won't make much sense unless you have previously read my novel 'Mates', available on this site and on Kindle.



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Curse of the Fountain by Melanie Brown from DopplerPress

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Neil wanted to be famous in his old age for discovering the Lost City of Zed with the Fountain of Youth, according to legend. Now she wants to discover the perfect nail color to go with her prom gown.

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Curse of the Fountain
by Melanie Brown
Ebook Now Available from DopplerPress



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Weeping Willow. Book 3, Chapter 7 of 23

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Chapter 7

He took them upstairs and showed them the large office that overlooked the car park and the road, with toilets, a storage room and lunchroom. It was all dusty from lack of use.

“If you want to use this and we have closed the office downstairs, we can give you a key and code. The other buildings are open all the time except public holidays.”

Then, they went outside to the back building, where they were told to stand to the edge of the open area in case a forklift came in. It was a large open space with plenty of light.



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Eerie Saloon - High Noon - now on Kindle

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Eerie Saloon - High Noon

by Ellie Dauber and Christopher Leeson

A desperate sheriff resorts to magic to stave off an attack from a vengeful gang of owlhoots. Can the bartender's potion prevent a massacre?

It's a long, dusty trail from the Territorial Prison to Eerie, Arizona.

Now the one-time badmen are faced with a life sentence - starting with being trained to work as saloon girls!

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The Omega Unicorn Chronicles Book 2 Summer Vacation Ch. 42

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The Summer Vacation
Chapter 42

Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman


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Odyssey II Part 17 (the end????)

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Part 17

That evening Krista began researching adaptations to saddles for amputees. Most of what she discovered were to accommodate prosthetic limbs which Freddy would eventually need, but she thought a saddle that accommodated an amputee without prosthetics would be better for those in recovery.



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What a Day! Chapter 2

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Chapter 2
The next time I woke up, about 9 of the 16 girls had woken up. Jane and Claire were among the ones who had woken up, and gave me a warm smile as I sat up, wiping the sleep from my eyes. In about 30 minutes, everybody had woken up, and they were chatting away. I sat there kind of awkwardly, staring at nothing. That’s when a little voice said in my ear,
“Boo!” I jumped straight up, but then slipped and fell on my butt. I turned around and saw Claire. She gave me a smile then giggled.



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Agent of Order 2

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Agent of Order
Chapter Two

by Freya


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At Last ‘A Life’ ~ Chapter 21

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At last ‘A life’
By Julie D Cole
Chapter 21 Girly time.
Kate asked me to sit down on a leather chair whilst she sat on the sofa. I felt a little conspicuous sitting in a skirt and tried to be as feminine as possible. She said to relax and asked how I was feeling in this new role and in the new job. What could I say it was like a dream or a wonderful adventure and I not had time to take it all in. It all seemed like a blurr..



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1299.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1299
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Ride On 42

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CHAPTER 42
Morning light coming into the tent, filtered by the material, and my left arm still asleep where Eric was lying on it, my nighty twisted yet again and our legs somehow tangled up inside the bag.



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Serenity - Part 1


Serenity - Prologue

Take my love, take my land; Take me where I cannot stand; I don't care, I'm still free; You can't take the sky from me...



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Evanescence 13

Evanescence 13

I can’t help but to wobble a bit as the effects of what just happened hit us/me Alecia stares at me her eyes sort of wide with looks so strange on a vampyre, her pupils have expanded until there’s just the pupil surrounded by a ring of the blue/grey that her eyes normally are. She get’s up from her knees and limps over to where I’m sitting on my knees beside Shaun.

“He’s hurt bad.”

She looks at me and there’s fresh tears running down her face making clean tracks in the dirt and the old tears of blood on her face. “I’ll do my best.”



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The Angry Mermaid 21 or Y Morforwyn Dicllon 21

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Our heroine discovers she is pregnant and yet she has a battle to fight and war to win. Interesting times.

The Angry Mermaid 21

Or

Y Morforwyn Dicllon 21.

Mabina. The youngest daughter and twin to ...
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin The twins' grandfather.
Giana The twins' grandmother
Caderyn The twins' father.
Herenoie The twins' wise and beautiful mother.
Morgaran The twins' oldest brother.



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A Loving Family Pt5

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A Loving family
By
Jacquimac

Pt Five

Freedom



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Knowing Yourself - Chap-30

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Knowing Yourself:
Chapter Thirty

by
Lilith Langtree
T. D. Aldoennetti

Adversity, Love, Friends and Family define us.

When we finally returned home from our journeys, Tan seemed strangely preoccupied. Oh, we still slept together and we still... well, you probably know anyway, but he just isn’t himself. After a couple of days of my prodding and poking trying to learn what’s wrong without much success, he finally announced shortly after we were dressed to go in to the studio one morning, that we are going to see his sister... again.



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Emma's Story: Chapter 10

Emma’s Story: Chapter 10
Samantha Jenkins


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1298.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1298
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Ride On 41

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CHAPTER 41
As I had expected, once Jimmy had been recognised there was a surge of people wanting to sit near him and play along, or just to listen. Steph asked him how he had managed to keep so many seats together.

“Ah whey, ah just telt them they war fer me band, like. Whey, ne lies there!”



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Silken Silence

for all of us who live in....
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Fresh Bread

What happens when the closest person to you in the whole universe reveals that she's not who you always thought she was?



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Out of the Ashes 2, Chapter 3

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Out of the Ashes, Book 2 Part 3

Out of the Ashes, Book 2
by Misty Meenor
A Comic RetCon Universe Story
The Martian Manhunter and Miss Martian characters are the property of DC Comics. Captain America, the Red Skull and Union Jack are properties of Marvel Comics. American Dream used with the kind permission of Lilith Langtree.

"Ah, that would be Lord Falsworth, ectually." His upperclass accent certainly matched his snotty tone, as he snatched the hand I'd extended for the doctor. "But titles are such a bore, don't you think? Teddibly pleased to meet you both." His eyes swept over me, and then to Court, leaving a greasy stain. "But you can call me Jack. Union Jack."

My eyes narrowed at his rudeness. "How do you do, Jack. I must say, you seem very familiar to me -- you wouldn't happen to own any binoculars, would you?"



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The Prom Statement Chapter 3

THE PROM STATEMENT: Chapter 3
By
Nina Adams

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In the heat of debate, Clarence makes a Prom
Statement that would change his life forever.

In this chapter Claire’s preparations get a kick-start.

------------------------A Foundation For The Future---------------------



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Disney Inspired Drabble

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Disney Drabble

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With humblest apologies to the Disney Corporation (Please don't sue!)



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Ride On 40

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CHAPTER 40
We assembled our little army and headed off back to the music, bundled up with water and instruments. Jimmy was booked to play the smaller stage, where Mark was raving about a band with a girl called Kathryn Tickell following on.



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A Loving Family Pt4

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A Loving family
By
Jacquimac

Pt Four
Childhood and Schooldays Continued

When the laughter and jeering died down, the class teacher told me take my seat,when I went to my usual desk the teacher asked were I was going, when I told him to my desk,he sneered and told me to sit on the other side of the class with rest of girls.



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What a Day! Chapter 1

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I woke up to the buzzing of my alarm clock.



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Science Fiction Fun

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Science Fiction Fun...
 
A short time ago in some studios not all that far away…
Famous Cinematic Sci Fi Moments…




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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1297.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1297
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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A Mississippi River Romance - Part 17

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A Mississippi
River Romance

What Just Happened?

by Andrea Lena DiMaggio
 
What if I told you it was all meant to be
Would you believe me, would you agree?
It's almost that feeling we met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell you love has come here and now



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Catwalk Confidence - Part 52

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Catwalk Confidence

By Connie Alexander



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12-String: 11

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Live from New York, It's Saturday Night; a stalker gets her just deserts; and an ending is brought out from the beginning.



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A Red Pair of Boots

The boots he handed me were. . .well, they were perfect. They were a red leather, with similar tooling to the boots I held in my hands, but they were long and had a zipper up the side. They had a three inch broad heel. They were also obviously women's boots.



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A Loving Family Pt3

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A Loving family
By
Jacquimac
Pt Three

Childhood and Schooldays Continued

School was getting worse everyday,I singled out by the teachers as a troublemaker,I was forced to play netball dressed like a girl in vest and knickers and now I had to wear a dress in dance class, this carried on all through Primary and junior school.



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Easy as Falling Off a Bike 10 - Wuthering Dormice 2 - on Kindle

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The continuing story of Cathy and friends...

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Easy as Falling Off a Bike
10. Wuthering Dormice 2
by Angharad
Now on Kindle


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Home, Alone & Home, Alone 2 by Susan Brown on Kindle

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After a family tragedy, young David decides to live by himself in his home where he can be his true self, Katie. It's almost like a dream as Katie explores her new life.

But it's not easy. Where will she get money? How can an eleven-year-old deal with something as mundane as shopping when at any moment some adult may decide she needs help from police, doctors, teachers or lawyers?

It's lonely, too. Katie needs a friend, but who can she trust with her secret? That she's just a child living in her home, alone?
 

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Home, Alone
by Susan Brown
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Who Do That Hoo Doo?

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George returned back to where he grew up still seeking that one place where he fits in. Never did he expect to find himself in a messy tangle of dark magics, ancient promises, and a power hungry hoodoo doctor. Just maybe if his crazed luck can just stay with him long enough, he'll finally find his place under the sun.

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This DopplerPress Kindle eBook also includes the bonus story "The Glade" by Grover


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