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Routes 2

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Our first morning in the UK was brighter, a communal breakfast taken in the conservatory and garden, bunkhouse style in the way everyone clubbed together. I still felt like shit, my usual reaction to long haul flights, but Maz and I had been woken by our daughter at about seven, Maz pretending to be asleep even after a prod from the girl. I understood why when LC finally turned to me for permission.

“Dad?”

“Yes, love?”

The slightest of twitches from her, and then that surge of confidence, or maybe hope, that warmed my heart.

“Can I play with the dogs again?”



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Dragon's Fire Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Forged in Flame

The air outside was cool, imbued with a serene stillness that enveloped the world just before midnight. A delicate layer of frost blanketed the ground, glistening like crushed diamonds under the light of the stars, which sparkled above in a vast expanse of ink-blue sky, sharp and luminous in their tranquility.



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Reborn: A Succubus Tale Chapter 1

I bolted from the scene, propelled not by a plan but by sheer instinct, my heart hammering in my chest. One moment, I was immersed in a discussion with a client about the intricacies of investment portfolios, dissecting market trends over carefully plated teriyaki salmon. The next, chaos erupted—a steel blade sliced through my meal, sending chunks of fish and grains of rice flying across the table like the aftermath of a violent crime. The clinking of silverware ceased abruptly, and my drink cascaded over my lap, a sticky reminder of the tumult around me.



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Romance We Must by Maryanne Peters Ebook Available

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Romance We Must
by Maryanne Peters
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What do you do when your responsibilities mean sacrificing your desires... your dreams... even your gender? In her 34th collection from DopplerPress, Maryanne Peters explores what it means when duty calls, and you're expected to answer with high heels on.



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Destiny's Serendipity -20-

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Destiny's Serendipity

Episode Twenty: Parting of the Ways

A Thriller - Romance - Transgender Serial

From the Limoxian Universe

By Jo Dora Webster

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Masks 9 - Business as UNusual - Now on Kindle

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"Wh-what?!" said the man, scandalized. "That's outrageous! We're not child stalkers! We're agents of the US government, here looking for known lawbreakers you're sheltering!"

Buy Masks 9 on Kindle
Masks 9 on Kindle


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Brandon vs Sarah

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Brandon vs Sarah

Sarah wants to go to a party with her friends but she has been tasked to watch Brandon. The party is a girls only event. The only exception is the brother of party host that Sarah is attracted to. Sarah hopes to get time with him but only if she can get to the party. None of the girls want to stay behind and miss Sarah’s rendezvous with her prospective beau.

Even though Brandon has witnessed many of Sarah’s pranks before he is still caught in off guard.



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On the Flip Side, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

"But I don't want to quit!" I yelled at Mom as she tended to my fat lip and black eye.

"I was afraid this was going to happen," she said to Coach Mills outside of the principal's office.

"Lucas, you should have made me aware you were being teased," Coach Mills said. "I know you were being tough because you're a boy. But you're also in the seventh grade. You are younger and smaller than those boys are."

What happened? One boy pulled a pair of briefs underwear over my head. Another one shoved me in my locker and tried to lock the door.



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The Transformation of Gwri - Part 1 of 10


Part 1 of 10 - Prelude

To subvert your will to vengeance requires you to throw yourself to something with no understanding of mercy. So it will use you, take from you your very being, in the pursuit of its end. And if victory is achieved, then vengeance will toss you aside, unneeded and forgotten.

But first there needs to be something avenged.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 892.

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Wuthering Dormice
(aka Bike)
Part 892
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Skipper! Chapter 9

Skipper! by Beverly Taff

This chapter describes how Sian and Margaret persuade Beverly to agree to let them renovate part of the barn. It also re-introduces Judge Elizabeth Porter with respect to Martin's revealing himself as a transvestite.



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On the Flip Side, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3

"Okay Lacy, 10 more crunches!"

I swear Gina Lenetti missed her calling. Did I mention she should have been a drill sergeant?

She pushed us at field hockey practice.

Now she's pushing us in P.E.

"Push ups next, you know what your goal is," Gina said, holding a clipboard, bracing it with her crutches.

"Mears, who said you were through?" Gina barked. "You've still got 10 more crunches to do, too. So do you, Miss Crue."

Fitness test day, you gotta love it.

Coach Martin sets the goals she wants us to reach. It's part of offseason work for field hockey.



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Sarah Carerra - 1.20 - Lunch with the Prescotts

I’d spent a lot of my childhood over at Emily’s house, but I was never so nervous to enter as I was then.

Sarah Carerra
Chapter 20 - Lunch with the Prescotts
by Megan Campbell
Copyright  ©2010 Megan Campbell
Released: February 1, 2010


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Total Recall 22

The love affair continues……………………………….

Total Recall

Chapter 22
by WannabeGinger

Jenny and Karen had spent the afternoon in the garden, taking in the “rays” and talking about the way their love might go in the future, against the imminent background of Christine’s return.

Andy had done most of the talking, it was true, and he was more than a little concerned that Jenny’s feelings hadn’t been expressed sufficiently. He knew what he wanted but he was unsure how Jenny saw this…….



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Catch Her in Disguise

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CATCH HER IN DISGUISE

This is a follow-up story to Catch Her. William loses his
job. He discovers that he can make a lot of money at a strip
club, but he has to dress as a waitress in a French maid
outfit. Fortunately, he has the necessary physical
attributes. Or will someone see through the disguise?
Originally posted in the summer of 2003 on Fictionmania.

CATCH HER IN DISGUISE

by Laurie S. aka l.satori



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Football Girl ~ Chapter 32

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Sitting on the coach to Whitehaven, we had a match the next day–one of those mid-table clashes where no quarter was given or taken–I reflected on the past week...
 
 
Football Girl
Chapter 32

By Susan Brown

Copyright © 2010 Susan Brown



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After All

after all
 
by Andrea Lena Dimaggio

 



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A Summer of Changes - Book 1 Chapter 3

Denise

Denise discovers one secret but is worried in case her friends should give away another

A Summer of Changes
by Louise Anne Smithson

Chapter 3

‘The hen night’



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The Diary chapter 4

Ricky begins to do the things Sandra asked him to do for her.

The Diary -chapter 4

By

Paula Dillon



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Skipper! Chapter 8

Skipper! by Beverly Taff

This chapter dwells upon Sian And Margaret's decision to live at the 'cottage' The logistics prove to be perfect and the 'family' begins to grow. All in all a very sweet chapter with some surprising developments towards the end.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 891.

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Wuthering Dormice
(aka Bike)
Part 891
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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On the Flip Side, Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

I hadn't been to "the barn" since I was about 8-years-old.

"The barn" was what Aunt Paige called the building where she taught gymnastics, cheerleading and tumbling.

She talked Mom into letting me take class when I was in kindergarten and I took lessons for about three years. I never really told anyone, but I could still tumble, do cartwheels and handstands.

That is until I showed I could tumble during gymnastics tryouts.

"My gosh, Janice, it's seems like he's grown!" Aunt Paige said when we walked into the building.



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Tribute to Erin's "Getting Sorted" series

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The original for this is Romantic Marriage comics #23. When I came upon it, I had just finished reading Chapter three of "Getting Sorted", and it seemed a perfect fit; I just changed the hair color. Thanks for what's shaping up to be a great and most unusual story with fun quirky characters. Vaingirls Comics covers 001 - 780 can be found at http://tgcaps.com/caps/modcovers/jezzi/

Hugs, Jezzi
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Time Ceases Meaning

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When Time Ceases To Have Meaning


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Team Meeting - Part 4 - An Unlikely Hero

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Team Meeting
Part 4
An Unlikely Hero

 
by Andrea Lena DiMaggio

Copyright © 2010 Andrea Lena DiMaggio
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Some things are just
more important than football...



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 890.

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Wuthering Dormice
(aka Bike)
Part 890
by Angharad

Copyright © 2010 Angharad
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Skipper! Chapter 7

Skipper! by Beverly Taff

This chapter describes the childrens presents after the certainty of their having accepted Skipper changing permanently to Beverly. Beverly buys Jennifer and Beatrice each a pony then Margaret and Sian decide on buying their children Chennile and Martin each the same.

The second part of the chapter explores Beverly's heterosexuality and the strange exploration of it by Margaret and Sian.

Wi-i-ild horses; couldn't take you from me!



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Once the Hero Part 7

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More of Captain Vroom!



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Crystal Friend — Snip 1

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Crystal Friend

Snip 1

By Mildred Ki'Lya

 

This is a preview of the future of the story, I wrote this short extract on my English exam while I was bored to death just having to write something simple and too technical/real for my liking. It probably won't be included verbatim in the future of the story but it gives you an idea where it is going. Be warned, the style is very raw (no proofreading at all). I hope my teachers will still like it.



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Getting Sorted -3- Storms and Queries

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Getting Sorted

by Erin Halfelven

3. Storms and Queries



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A Summer of Changes - Book 1 Chapter 2

Denise

One of his colleagues did not want
to exclude him from her 'Hen Night',
but now Denis finds that there is more to being a girl
than he had previously imagined


A Summer of Changes

by Louise Anne Smithson

Chapter 2

‘Welcome to our new colleague Denise’



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Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by theTail
A KittyHawk Tail
by Saless


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Another Random, Unfinished Idea... BBC World News

This is yet another Unfinished Idea. I honestly cannot figure out how exactly to end it, but if I don't post it, The world will never have known it had been written.

 

BBC World Service - Outbreak
 
By Allystra Krane



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Maid to be a Man? Chapter 2

The day to day reality of what she has started comes home to Mia. How will she continue to be two people at one time?
Maid to be a Man?
By Maid Joy



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Looking Up To Heaven Through a Papier Maché Mask

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Looking Up To Heaven Through a Papier Maché Mask

by Bobbie Cabot


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Catch Her

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Catch Her

by Laurie S. aka l.satori

 

Novelist J.D. Salinger passed away on January 27, 2010. This tale has a few minor similarities to J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. To tell you the truth, Salinger's novel is absolutely terrific, way better than the story I made up. So maybe you might want to read Salinger's book because Holden Caulfield is an extremely funny character. Catch Her was first posted in the summer of 2003.



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Choosing Romance by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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Twenty more gender-bending tales from Maryanne as her heroes-turned-heroines, in the midst of crisis, choose the romantic option.

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Fighting the Homm eBook from DopplerPress

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Fighting the Homm

by Barbie Lee and Monique S

Now on Kindle



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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

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Lowell's Vacation by Leslie Moore on Kindle

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Lowell has an opportunity he can't pass up—a chance to take a vacation from himself.... A vacation as HERSELF.

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Lowell's Vacation
by Leslie Moore
Now on Kindle


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