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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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Positively Patsy - by Marianne G on Kindle

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Patrick Reece never went to college but ended up paying the bills by working in a diner. But he had a plan to better himself by writing original songs.

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Positively Patsy
by Marianne G
Now on Kindle


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A Spirited Emergence - Episode 14

Girl in eye
A Spirited Emergence
Episode 14: Swimming and spying

by D.L.

Copyright  © 2010 D.L.
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I glance over the river and catch a glint in the corner of my eye, someone is filming us.


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Blue Bug From Outer Space-Part 12

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Blue Bug From Outer Space -
Part Twelve

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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.



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Another Point of View 15

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CHAPTER 15
The next morning, I made a valiant effort to outdo my mother’s breakfasts, but even with Dad’s present of ’decent’ black pudding, I was doomed to failure.



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The Unplanned Adventures Part N/A - Unwise Conjugation

Unwise Conjugation
A vignette in the UG series which may or may not have ever happened.

By Paul Calhoun

Dear reader: The events of the next story will show that this short (which was de-canoned even as I thought of it) could not occur before at least two years from the one previous to it. Much like Unexpected Good's epilogue, this is more of a vague possibility than anything else. For reference, the two following images which don't belong to me were the catalyst if not inspiration for this story:



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Healing a Princess...34 (Finding a lost Princess)

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Healing a Princess 34 . . . (Finding a lost Princess)
by Anistasia Allread



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Marilyn's Impossible Dream, or She's So Pretty -- Chapter 1

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Marilyn's Impossible Dream, or She's So Pretty -- Chapter 1



A mother's affection for her lovely son stems from the circumstances of Merritt Lane's birth. This is the first chapter of a novel about a boy who was born to be raised at a time before the words “crossdresser” and “transgender” were in the vocabulary. Will young Evelyn, Merritt's mother, be able to raise this child the difficult days ahead?



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1161.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1161
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Another Point of View 14

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CHAPTER 14
It got easier. No surprises there, but the day was getting closer when I would be able to walk properly with Pete. Do you know, I had no idea how tall he really was?



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Angel - Part 4

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Angel

By Connie Alexander



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The Omega Unicorn Chronicles Book 2 Summer Vacation Ch. 02

The Summer Vacation
Chapter 2

By Rachel76m
Edited by Don Kaufman


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The Adoption of Little Orphan Danny (Part 7)

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The Adoption Of
 Little Orphan
 Danny

By K.T. Leone

(Little Katie)

Part VII: The Show



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Team Rockette?


TEAM ROCKETTE?



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Blue Bug From Outer Space-Part 11

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Blue Bug From Outer Space -
Part Eleven

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.



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Cold Feet 22

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CHAPTER 22
Enid was waiting for us, as she had house sat for our holiday, and after we had squeezed our luggage into the car we set off for Dover, Jim actually getting excited as he got nearer home.



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The Unplanned Adventures Part 4 - Uncertain Collaboration

Uncertain Collaboration

By Paul Calhoun

Dear reader: Things go in the predictable manner and we have our heroes making good on their previous decision. Not much else to say except that I've recently been told I ought to use paragraphs, and I can reveal that in two more sections, I'll post the PDF, which has all these problems that my poor understanding of HTML (would you believe I moonlight as a pro web designer?) cannot fix, like indentation and the abysmal leading you get on these things.



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Two Letters

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Two Letters

by
Jonelle

Dear Jack,

I know you've always been there for me, to protect me and keep me safe from harm. I do appreciate it, I really do. It's just that I've had enough. I can't take it any more. It's way beyond time for me to have my own life. To seek the kind of happiness you've had so many years to find for yourself.

You've failed miserably, repeatedly.

It's long passed time for me to have a shot.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1160.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1160
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Rising Dawn Chapter 5


Rising Dawn

Chapter 5 - Monsters are real!

 
We arrive back at the mall, it is not that late. Me and sis get out of the car also not forgetting my backpack, the officer winds down the window.

"You be fine now ladies."

"Yes, I have my keys."

Sis jingles her keys.

"I need to head back to the Station."

We wave him off as he pulls away to head to the station.



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Cold Feet 21

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CHAPTER 21
The departure from Perth was quite emotional, Terry and Kylie fussing over Jim as we waited in the security queue. Finally, we had to let them go, and a short while later were in the air in a DC9 heading for Cairns via Uluru. Jim was asleep in his window seat shortly after take-off; the excitement of being in the air fading quickly as we droned over a continuous waste of red dirt and bush.



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A Spirited Emergence - Episode 13

Girl in eye
A Spirited Emergence
Episode 13: Handcuffed to a dumb blonde

by D.L.

Copyright  © 2010 D.L.
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Laughter is supposed to be the best medicine, unless you have bruised ribs, in which case it’s not such a good idea.


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Blue Bug From Outer Space-Part 10

Blue Bug From Outer Space -
Part Ten

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.



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Spacetran 14

This chapter describes how Bennie, (Beverly's Transgendered son,) Meets Khatia the runaway Muslim girl who become's Bennie's bride.


NEW SPACETRAN 14.

Spacetran 14.

Bennie’s Story.

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.

Ray, Wendy’s husband, (Our son in Law.).

Khatia. Bennie’s secret Muslim wife.



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Sarah Carerra - 2.14 - Wake Up! Redux

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sc2.jpg The last time I was here I had collapsed on stage. That wasn't likely to happen today, but that knowledge didn't make me feel any less nervous.

Sarah Carerra
Chapter 2.14 - Wake Up! Redux
by Megan Campbell
Copyright  ©2010 Megan Campbell
Released: November 1, 2010


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The Unplanned Adventures Part 3 - Unlikely Convergence

Unlikely Convergence
By Paul Calhoun

Dear reader: To describe much of anything about the story's content would be removing what little suspense I can manage to create. Instead, I'll admit to being somewhat influenced by Daria in the previous story and influenced a good bit more for this one and the ones that come after. The only reason why most of my own high school experience was not drawn from is because I'm afraid you'd never believe me unless you've actually seen the inside of the school I went to.



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October 2010 All Hallows Eve Story Contest

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TopShelf's
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Entry Submission Dates are from October 1, 2010 until October 30, 2010.
The Big Spooky Revelation Night to find the lucky ghouls & guys who won is, of course, on Sunday October 31, 2010!
CONTEST CLOSED! Please click on this link and read our entries and Kudo the ones u like best Contest Entries
New! Due to a larger amount of late entries,

I am going to extend voting with Kudos for one extra week after the deadline to give them a chance to gather votes.
Voting deadline ends midnight November 6, 2010 Pacific time. Results posted November 7, 2010.
The Entry deadline is still October 30, 2010 at midnight Pacific time.

 
 

Another Point of View 13

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CHAPTER 13
That was effectively the end of Abi’s crusade against me.



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Cold Feet 20

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CHAPTER 20
We continued along the coast, with the obligatory walk through the Valley of the Giants, until Albany, the oldest European settlement in WA.



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Quillian -Book 1- Teenager from Hell -Page 42- Another Moonset...

Book One comes to an end....just in time for All Souls Day.

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Welcome to Teslaville: Out of Harm (2)

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A Whateley Academy Fanfiction

Welcome to Teslaville!: Out of Harm

by Matt Zenn



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1159.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1159
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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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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Poison by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Dave was looking for a pleasant day out touring college campuses with his son. But there was one small problem....


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Poison
by Melanie Brown
Buy on Kindle


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The Last of the Fey by Denise Anesidora Trask on Kindle

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The Last of the Fey

by Denise Anesidora Trask

Dennis is a stunt man, er... boy, er... young adult. Being of slight build, although muscular, he didn’t get into sports when in middle and high school. No, he was far too deeply involved in the motion picture business by then. It all began when he was less than a year old and snowballed from there.



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