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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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Threads of Truth -04-

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Threads of Truth

A Transgender Coming of Age Romance

From the Harmony Aspirant Universe

Chapter 4: Barriers and Boundaries

By Ariel Montine Strickland

How will Kiki and Julian hold up under the attack of Margaret Thornfield from the Historical Preservation Society? Can Kiki and Julian's budding relationship survive her displeasure?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.



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Mission to save: the Stan part 4-to battle

We revisit an old story and get back tot he action of the Twins long after their time at Whateley

I have to ask for some input....what to do next when they go to the CIA headquarters?

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Choosing Change by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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Another volume of romantic stories by Maryanne!

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Choosing Change
by Maryanne Peters
Buy on Amazon



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Drabble Theatre: Mother knows best

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“Gynecomastia can be eliminated!”
A play on an add i see here which just doesn't seem to belong.



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Camp Kumoni : 49



Camp Kumoni
By Anistasia Allread
Edited by Alexis
     
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The Unicorn's Gift - Part 11



When we share our love,
We share our sorrows too
With all those close around us,
And some we never knew.

The path was laid before us.
Its turns already made.
We follow other’s footsteps,
Whatever choice is made.

For those have gone before us,
we share their sorrows too,
Even though the reasons
Are things we never knew.

by
Sarah Lynn Morgan

The Unicorn's Gift
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Part Eleven



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 381.

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Easy As Calling For A Rite (2 of which don't make a rong!)
by: Angharad (>^^< has gone to church)
part: 381

I got into the new car and was impressed by the comfort of the leather seats. I sat and wheezed for a moment. The slightest exertion seemed to leave me breathless.

Simon sat looking concerned, "If ever I meet that bastard again, he is dead meat."

While I understood his feelings, his anger made me even more excited and thus breathless. I took a hit of my inhaler and it slowly eased. "Let the legal process deal with him, he isn't worth the aggro."



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Drabble Theatre: It

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“It is not a girl.. it has boy bits!”

“What the hell? Why are you calling her 'it'?”



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Letters from Sky - Part 12

"... Why do they all want to make me a girl? ... Why do you? Why do they hate me? What was so bad about Jude?


Letters from Sky


By Jan S

Part 12



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The Sight - Chapter 14

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The Sight
By
Nick B

 © Nick B 2008

My God that Gabi works damned quick :)
Don't know what I'd do without her though...

"you can’t know what it’s like to have a child like that…"



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All Things Denied 21 - 'Prue's'

Notes of a Journey Trilogy
Book 1
All Things Denied

Chapter 21 - 'Prue's'

A Gaby FanFic by PB

Will things get any better for Gaby? Can they get any worse?



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Totally Insane 13 - Exception.

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Totally Insane 13– Exception.
by Angharad

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Lost Balls -10- Bippity Boppity Boobies

Thing-a-ma-boobs ...

Lost Balls

by jijillian

10. Bippity Boppity Boobies



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 380.

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Easy As Winning Gold Medals!
by: >^^< the wonder cat.
part: 380

Hospitals are boring at the best of times. I'd read the latest Cycling Weekly, Procycling and Cyclesport several times. Lunch was far from inspiring - hotpot, with a novelty twist, it was cold. The old lady across from me asked me what I had ordered.

"Lancashire hotpot, I don't think it's what I got though."



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All Things Denied 20 - 'Homeroom'

Notes of a Journey Trilogy
Book 1
All Things Denied

Chapter 20 - 'Homeroom'

A Gaby FanFic by PB

It's the last days of the British students' stay in Grottoes,
and Gaby has a statement to make!



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Boys of Summer 1-10

Boys of Summer

By Melanie Ezell

For the Big Closet Transgender Archives Summer Romance Contest 2008

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I can see you,
Your brown skin shining in the sun,
You got your hair combed back,
And your sunglasses on, baby,
I can tell you,
My love for you will still be strong,
After the boys of summer have gone.

Don Henley- Boys of Summer



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Pigtails Are for Girls -- Part 5

Pigtails Are For Girls — Part 05
Chapters 11-12
 
By Katherine Day
 
Jarod loves wearing his longish hair in pigtails as he grows more and more convinced he should have been born a girl. He finds an unusual friend in Wanda, an athletic 12-year-old girl who lives next door and accepts him for who he is. His mother, who truly loves her only child, is concerned for his safety if he continues to adopt feminine ways. And, his girlish behavior has an impact on others, too. Thus, the conflict continues as Jarod prepares to enter middle school.



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Drabble Theatre: Reflecting

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“So what’s wrong with being a boy?”

“Nothing, but I’m not a boy!”



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Jason's Story - Part 9

Jason's Story

by Kristine Roland

Chapters 29 - 31. The continuing story of Jason, a young boy that is coming to terms with his transgendered nature, and his mostly supportive family.

"Gentlemen, is there a problem here?" Officer Dowling asked.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 379.

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Easy As Falling Down A Category 4.
by: Angharad
part: 379.

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"When do I get to see the new phallic symbol, then?"

"What?" asked Simon.

"The Jag."



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The Threat Chapter 5

The Threat

Chapter 5

By Christine



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Letters from Sky - Part 11

"And it seems like everybody likes me lots better when I'm a girl, huh? Even Daddy. And do you too, Marsha?"


Letters from Sky


By Jan S

Part 11



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Barb: Another Look at Love

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Barb

Another Look at Love

by Liobhan

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
  ― Ralph Waldo Emerson



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Drabble Theatre: Body Work

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Lightning McQueen turned his back on fame & glory to be with the woman
he loved, but there was something she had been hesitant to tell him...
BODY WORK
a 100-word tale of romance based on Pixar's CARS
by LAIKA PUPKINO



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Drabble Theatre: Like mist between my fingers

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*TRRRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNGGGG*

My hand swung out to shut up the alarm clock.



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Sorority Boy : 6

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Once again the coffee was incredible. I so loved her, as she could make about anything turn out to be tasty, probably even mud. I was wondering about what happy goodness we would be having for breakfast as I walked out into the backyard. I stood there looking at the garden with a faint smile, life was good.



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Maiden by Decree Chapter 9

Maiden by Decree
Chapter Nine
 By Maggie Finson
 
The Royal Grand Ball

or, “The Things I do just to Keep People Happy.”



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 378.

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Easy As Swimming Up Hill
by Angharad (>^^< is out with the boys)
part:378

"You nearly lost everything? What you mean the car and your wallet?"

Simon looked at me? "What? No. Cars and wallets can be replaced, people can't–especially someone as special as you."



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Letters from Sky - Part 10

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"...when she saw my room she said it was never to late to have a girlhood, or at least the mementos...."


Letters from Sky


By Jan S

Part 10



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Royal Sissy

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.Royal Sissy

Written by Dauphin
A boy is asked to pretend that he is a princess when the real princess is kidnapped. Of course he can do this, he is a real sissy. Or can he do this
"Inspired by an old tale, This story will keep you on the edge of your seats." Diana
"This is a trading places story, but I wanted to do it my way. It is quite sweet" Dauphin

Being re-written, to correct the spelling and grammer mistakes



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Scenes Of Hope : 2

There was the music, there was her feet, there was nothing else...

Scenes Of Hope
(Glimpse 2)

by Edeyn Hannah Blackeney



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Marcie And The Amazons: 27. The Beauty Parlor

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"I'm not going to put cooking oil on my head," Donkey said. "I'll break out in a thousand zits and smell like french fries."

"The boys will love that," Ding-Dong joked. "They'll all be sniffing after you."

Marcie And The Amazons by Kaleigh Way


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Drabble Theatre: Lord of the Fries

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Edwin wiped the countertop down quickly, not so much removing the grease as bringing it to a more even shine.

He had been working at the Mondo Burger for a couple of years, barely making enough to stay in college, and yet...

"Order up!"

He grabbed the tray and took it out to one of his many corpulent customers, his ponytail bouncing on behind him.



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Romance and Other Crimes by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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This Collection Is So Romantic It's Criminal!

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Romance and Other Crimes
16 Tales of Transgender Skullduggery!
by Maryanne Peters
Now on Kindle


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Romance and Other Crimes Vol. 3 by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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Maryanne Peters gets her third strike!

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Romance and Other Crimes Vol. 3
by Maryanne Peters
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Peaches on Kindle: New Edition!

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New cover! New revision of the text!

Peaches
by Angela Rasch and Amelia R.

Peaches is an unusual boy with an unusual school project -- he's going to spend his semester exploring gender roles in high school by living as a girl. Things get complicated but everybody learns something -- including Peaches!

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A BigCloset HatBox Book
from DopplerPress


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Aria - Book 1 - The Holly and the Ivy by Emma Anne Tate

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Cam and Liz's whirlwind romance may be over, but Cami's adventure is only just beginning.

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Aria
Book 1
The Holly and the Ivy
by Emma Anne Tate
Now on Kindle


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