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Kern - 25 - Progress and Peril

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“I used to wonder, you know? What I would say, if I ever saw her again. And I’d dream that she’d come back, and there’d be some explanation that would make sense of it all. Make it all right.”



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The Golden Blade by Marianne G from DopplerPress

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The Once and Future ...Queen?
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The Golden Blade
by Marianne G
Now on Kindle from DopplerPress


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Too Hot to Write

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That was the title of blog by Penny Lane a couple of weeks ago. I made a comment about that and was more or less challenged by her to put my pen where my mouth is (did I get that wrong?). However, at the time I was too busy being immersed in the Finnish partitive to do something about it …



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1247.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1247
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Dear God, Who Am I? -25

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Dear God, Who Am I?

by Natasa Jacobs

Chapter 24


College is supposed to be the start of something new. For Riley, it's something else entirely.
Set in the 1990s, this is a quiet, slow-burning coming-of-age story about friendship, identity, and the questions we don't always have words for.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.




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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1141.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1141
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
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Words Of The Witty Twit

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Words Of The Witty Twit
By BillieBob
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WARNING: READING THIS MAY CAUSE MADNESS, BLINDNESS, OR A CASE OF DROPPSY!!!
A poem of love, passion, and pain from a truly demented mind in the wee hours of the morning. Before one's daily medication. (WAAH HOO!) Psst! Beware, of the dark side Luke.



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A Spirited Emergence - Episode 05

Girl in eye
A Spirited Emergence
Episode 5: Bank Heist

by D.L.

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"With great power comes great responsibility". People are going to get hurt, I can't stand by and let that happen!


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Out Of The Frying Pan

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I've just posted the latest Julie O story over on Stardust. It's called "Out Of The Frying Pan". This may have been posted over in Fictionmania already Since an illness prevented me from putting it up on Stardust until now.

Bob Arnold



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Where is the love part one

Where Is The Love

Chapter One: Runaway!

Simon was getting worried, his twelve year old mind churning; the couple that had fostered him had locked him up in this bedroom three days ago. They only let him out to do chores around the house and hardly fed him. He sat on the bed in the room and he listened for the footfalls on the landing outside, this he was beginning to dread as his foster father had beaten him yesterday for dropping a plate the bruises still smarted. There came a knock on the door as Alison, the Rights youngest daughter, voice drifted through the wood.



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To Catch a Thief~2

I heard a bell ringing and the stampeding of feet, and realised straight away that the girls were going to breakfast. I was hungry myself but that would have to wait because I had other matters to attend to first, so I would just have to ignore my grumbling tum.

 
 



By Susan Brown

Copyright © 2010 Susan Brown



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12-String: 4

Scenes from the past and present with impact on the future, a wedding dress is worn, and Keith get's his old job back, in a manner of speaking.



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Moving On - Part 8

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An Old Flame

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Complete

An Old Flame
by Kristina L S

Copyright  © 2009 Kristina L.S.
All Rights Reserved.

The idea grew until it became almost an obsession. A long lost relationship that had seemed perfect... and yet it had ended. Almost twenty years, was it possible?


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La Suite Danse Macabre 1

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La Suite Danse Macabre

Danny Wiseborough is Vanessa Torre’s boyfriend and a gifted violinist. Although his technique and talent are a quantum leap beyond those of everyone else, he tends to suffer from very serious stagefright. Unfortunately, Danny has not been able to overcome his performance anxiety by any conventional therapy. However, the “treatment” that has twice helped him to face it, has not been entirely to his liking.


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1140.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1140
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
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Blue Thunder-1

Courtesy Of D.C. Comics
Blue Thunder-1

A Metastory in the Comics Retcon Universe


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You Have it All Wrong Three - Part 1

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You Have It All Wrong Three
The Story Continues

By SaraUK

 

Part 1
Chapter 1: Telling lies



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Moving On - Part 7

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Sarah Carerra - 2.11 - It's Just a Job

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sc2.jpg Dad looked back down at the folder before turning back to me. "Do you want to go over the endorsements?"

Sarah Carerra
Chapter 2.11 - It's Just a Job
by Megan Campbell
Copyright  ©2010 Megan Campbell
Released: October 11, 2010


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Quillian -Book 1- Teenager from Hell -Page 40- Helluva Rap

The girl has a BIG smile, full of teeth and hellfire!



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A Father's Rebirth - 4 - Alone...and Angry?

A Father's Rebirth
A Venus Cursed! Story
by Saless
Chapter 4 — Alone...and Angry?


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Changing Keys-The Return Of Jillian Tucker - Chapter 4

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Changing Keys-The Return Of Jillian Tucker Chapter 4
By Stanman63


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Moving On - Part 6

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1139.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1139
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
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VIEWPOINTS EPILOGUE
Thank you for staying with the story of John/Laura and her traumas.



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This is the conclusion to this part of the story, There is some nastiness here, but not as bad as has been shown so far.



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Spacetran 7

In this chapter, Ruby is shocked and delighted to learn that Beverly has not commited suicide as she returns to earth with a delightful surprise for Ruby.


NEW SPACETRAN 7

Chapter 7.

Relieved at last I returned to my cottage for a well-earned rest. It was my old family



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On a Hot Summers Night.

On a Hot Summers night.

“On a hot summers night would you offer your throat to the Wolf with the red roses?”
* “Would he offer me his mouth?”
“Yes.”
* “Would he offer me his teeth?”



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Nature or Nurture

Like all inhabitants in the Land of Dalembrine, the Maker created Foulkes to serve a single purpose, to play his role in bringing harmony for all. But in crafting Foulkes, the Maker proved to own a sense of humour. How could a discordant note fit into the symphony of life?

A twist upon a familiar nursery rhyme.



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CHAPTER 17
The next couple of days were very odd, for me, as I Johnned my way to work and Lauraed round the house in the evening. Pete was driving me each day, and I had to concentrate on being appropriate in each phase.



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Moving On - Part 5

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The Center: Smells - Part 6

The Center: Smells
Chapter 6

by Jennifer Sue

Copyright  © 2010 Jennifer Sue
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“Children should be seen and not heard,” was the too often used phrase that was physically hammered into his budding consciousness before he even realized he could think. It became the toddler’s mantra.


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1138.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1138
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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CHAPTER 16
“Laura, darling, may I please speak to Peter?”



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Eve by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Eve, born Evan Nichols, lived a lie for 28 years before finally deciding to do something about it. She knew becoming a woman would cause pain and emotional distress, but you can't prepare for everything...especially not romance.

Eve on KIndle

Eve

by Melanie Brown

Click to buy now on Kindle!



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Misfortune by Maryanne Peters and Joyce Melton on Kindle

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Return now with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear when women were women and men were men — except when they became women!

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Misfortune
and Other Romances of the Old West
by Maryanne Peters with Joyce Melton
Now on Kindle


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Suited For Adventure

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Two teenage boys, working for a super secret R&D lab learn that sometimes accidents happen. The wonderful superhero romp is now available on Kindle.

Suited for Adventure on Kindle

Suited for Adventure

By Catherine Linda Michel



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Friendship and Agony by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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The first published anthology of our own very prolific short story author, Maryanne Peters, is available on Kindle in a new book.

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Friendship and Agony
with 15 other TG romances
by Maryanne Peters
Now on Kindle!

When is a “Friendship” close to being a marriage? Two men discover that being friends is not enough when one of them agrees to be a bride.

What will an estranged father do to keep his family together when they make a “Call for Help?” Break the law and make radical changes? But how will his life be judged?

A man writes an "Agony" column pretending to be a woman, then success demands that SHE step forward into reality…. Can she become a real person?



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