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Project Toxin: Chapter 12 Revelations

A young New Yorker finds himself in over his head after finding a symbiote that changes him in unexpected ways.
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Chapter 12

I’m in a city—New York?

But it’s wrong.



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Raven's Blood: Chapter 9

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Chapter 9: Family Secrets

Raven Demarco grew up living a sheltered life. When she starts University to get away from that she is caught up in the world of the paranormal. Secret organizations, magic, creatures from myth and legend, and worst of all, her own legacy and the Demons who want her blood.

 

“There are Demons after me; they put a price on my head. I need you to teach me how to fight,” I admitted.


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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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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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Some Kind of Wonderful Part-18

Some Kind of Wonderful-
Part Eighteen

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Enemyoffun


Charlie Sandsmark and his mother, Helena, travel around the world from one archaeological dig to another, looking for evidence of the ancient Amazonian culture. So far they have found nothing, until Charlie discovers something wonderful about himself on a small island in the Aegean Sea.



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The Omega Unicorn Chronicles Book 2 Summer Vacation Ch. 34

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The Summer Vacation
Chapter 34

Written by rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman


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At Last ‘A Life’ ~ Chapter 1

At Last ‘A Life’
By Julie D Cole
Chapter 1 - The Start

I work in the central office of a large Supermarket Company and mostly my colleagues are girls with the exception of two of us males.



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Odyssey II Part 9

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Part 9

The entire social structure of the school was slowly shifting due to Krista's unrelenting positive attitude and willingness to reach out to others. The spirit of the school steadily shifted to one of cooperation and mutual respect. Those who didn't adapt quickly found themselves losing status. Most were smart enough to ride the wave of change and fit themselves in the new social norm.



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Funny Business - Chapter 13, A warm welcome on a cold day

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Funny Business - Chapter 13, A warm welcome on a cold day

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Samantha Michelle Davies (SamanthaMD)


From here to the end of the story, I am going to need some 'artistic license'. I'm no expert on Native Americans and their lives etc. I fully accept responsibility for factual errors. I hope those that do appear won't affect your reaction to the story
Samantha




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The Three Wishes

The Three Wishes

By Stanman63


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1271.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1271
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Knowing Yourself - Chap-23

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Knowing Yourself:
Chapter Twenty Three

by
Lilith Langtree
T. D. Aldoennetti

I’m a princess and I demand that glass slipper.

Finally! I’ve made a decision. Perhaps that was the problem all along, I couldn’t decide while at lower elevations and simply needed to be at thirty thousand feet in order to do it. I’m going to go for it and become a woman. I may never really be complete but at least I’ll be able to live with and accept my body as a female. Then too, I’ll eventually be married to Tan and go into training to become a spy. At least I think I’ll be a spy.



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Like Mother Like Son 8

Edited by Victor G.
16 year old Darren (Nancy) Peterson and his mom pay a visit to Dr. Girardi, a psychiatrist who specializes in transgender issues. Afterwards, Nancy has dinner alone with her father and asks his advice.



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The School Play

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The Play

It's amazing how over life's courses that you forget many an occurrence that at the time were important to you. This is just such a story and memory, one from a long since forgotten time (but thats what diaries are for right?).



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Football Girl~Season 2~Chapter 7

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The next few months were hard for me–but in a good way. As far as Melchester were concerned, we were finally climbing the table and I was lucky enough to be picked for most games once I had recovered from my injuries…
 
 
Football Girl
Season 2 ~ Chapter 7

By Susan Brown

Copyright © 2011 Susan Brown



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Ride On 11

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CHAPTER 11
“Jessica”

“Yes. He caught me with her when I was about eleven. I was just putting her skirt on when he came into my bedroom.”



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Girl in a Can


Girl in a Can

Maggie Finson

“How can you drink this crap?” I asked Stu after choking down the first swallow of the beer he had brought with him. “Blotz is nasty stuff!”

“Hey, it's cheap, and after the first one you don't notice.” My friend answered almost defensively. Besides they're running this cool contest and if you win you're guaranteed a contract to star in their commercials.”



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Star Date


Star Date



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Switcheroo Issue Zero

What happens when the only candidate available to inherit a superpower is more than a little different than those who have had it before? Louis Phelps is about to find out.

Switcheroo

By Melanie E.



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Seeing the light

Years since I last published anything I wrote. So this is going to be a semi-new thing for me. Let's see if I can give justice to MELANIE EZELL'S BIG CLOSET ULTIMATE WRITER'S CHALLENGE, the first week challenge:

1. In the Blink of an Eye

idea: Write a story with an instantaneous transformation. Aliens, magic, weird nanobots, the method is up to you, but the change is instant. Explore how the change affects the character's views of social situations and day to day activities.



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Pickles: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure: Page 23

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Pickles: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure

By Melanie E.

Page 23

"You search the boxes in the storehouse..."

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1270.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1270
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Funny Business - Chapter 12, The Happy Day and a new Beginning

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Funny Business - Chapter 12, The Happy Day and a new Beginning

by

Samantha Michelle Davies (SamanthaMD)

Fully refreshed & relaxed, Liz & Charlie flew back to New York a week later.

They arrived home only to find that Charlie’s Mother was still on the warpath. For the time being, his Father was managing to keep her under control but not until she had fly posted their rented home with flyers exposing Liz to all their neighbours.

This single event only made it more imperative that they get out of town as soon as possible.



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Knowing Yourself - Chap-22

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Knowing Yourself:
Chapter Twenty Two

by
Lilith Langtree
T. D. Aldoennetti

How I wonder What You Are

I spent at least an hour laying there in bed thinking about all this before Pam returned finding my eyes closed as I contemplated my fate. Some of the lights were on so she began preparing for bed and finally shut off the lights going to her own bed. I guess she thought I was asleep as she didn’t say anything and had only whispered my name a couple of times when she first came in.



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Mission Impossible? Part 5

Mission Impossible?

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Chapter 9

Amber woke slowly; her mouth felt like an aspirin bottle–dry and stuffed with cotton. She moaned, sat up, and pushed her hair out of her face. She wanted to retch. She moved to the edge of the bed, forced herself to stand and stumbled her way into the bathroom where she splashed cold water on her face to help her focus.



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Ride On 10

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CHAPTER 10
It was the first night in a long time that had passed the right way and I was awake with Ginny as she slathered her toast with some repulsive brown sludge.



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The School Trip

The School Trip

by Maeryn Lamonte

Melanie Ezell's Big Closet Ultimate Writer's Challenge — 19th Feb - In The Blink Of An Eye



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The Soul Does Not Perish (part 7)

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The Soul Does Not Perish (Part 7)
by:
Lilith Langtree


Chase Moynihan boarded the flight to Hawaii with his four friends with the intention to spend the summer at his parents beach house, just like every other year. When the storm diverted their flight fate, or something else, stepped in and made the experience a fight for his life.



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(Black) Beauty Is Skin Deep

No one with any sense of curiosity could have ignored the three journals in the old chest, which Tim came across whilst helping to clear out his aunt's house. So why did Aunt Mickey want him to destroy them?



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New School: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure, Part 6

New School: A TG Choose Your Own Adventure, Part 6
By Krista

“Explain you’re a boy and you don’t need a top.”



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Psylocke: A State of Mind, Chapter 1

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Psylocke: A State of Mind, Chapter One


Author's note:
Thank you to Lillith Langtree and Enemyoffun for their generous help. I am one grateful little girl. Thank you also to Marvel Comics for the creation of some of the wonderful characters used in this story.

I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off. I got up this morning, and had a feeling that I couldn’t explain. Sort of the same feeling that I got when I was about to compete in a full contact kumite. It was a nervous, light feeling in the pit of my stomach.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1269.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1269
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Catwalk Confidence - Part 48

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Catwalk Confidence

By Connie Alexander



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The Summer of Bailey: Part 2

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Zachary's punishment stirs up some very confusing questions in his own mind.
His stepfather forces him to stay in Tiffany's clothes for the rest of the night.
As he trudges through the morning the next day,
he finds even more questions waiting to be answered...

The Summer of Bailey
by Taylor Ryan
Title image and story Copyright © 2010-2020 Taylor Ryan
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Fighting the Homm

by Barbie Lee and Monique S

Now on Kindle



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What If?

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What If on Kindle

A story of heartache and pain, sins, misadventures, curses, a gods wrath and finally redemption.

What If?

by Monique S.

What if even an ordinary mortal could alter history? There are so many theories as to what time is and what it would mean if you could alter history and create an alternate timeline in a parallel universe.

Being interested in extreme Astrology and a technician I have always rejected such theories, just until I woke up in HER bed and found myself changed ...



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Amadeus Irina - The Runaway by Shauna Rousseau on Kindle

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An orphan boy who loves music and dance...and can easily be mistaken for a girl?

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Amadeus Irina - Book 1
The Runaway
by Shauna J. Rousseau
Now on Kindle


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Uncivil by Angela Rasch Now on Kindle

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Originally posted on BigCloset as "Frank, My Dear" now on Kindle from DopplerPress

Uncivil by Angela Rasch

 

Uncivil
by Angela Rasch


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