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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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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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Demon Stalker (I Wish 4) by Amethyst on Kindle

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Demons! Why did it have to be Demons?!

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Demon Stalker
I Wish Book 4
by Amethyst
Now on Kindle


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Orphan ~ 7

"Look Tracy, I know that I’m not supposed to talk to Rachel but she was so sad and anyway, it was a stupid idea of yours to go out late and..."

Orphan 7
by
Susan Brown



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Point Of View: Professor Thomas Agnew View

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E.A.F.O.A.B. Point Of View: Thomas Agnew's



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The Girl in the Frat House -- Part 2

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Artistic, fashion minded and pretty, Harold is a lovely boy who finds he must survive in one of the rowdiest fraternity houses on campus. Soon he figures that his very femininity is the charm that will take him through difficult adventures.



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12. The Silent Princess

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Transgendered Fairy Tales
by Kaleigh Way

12. The Silent Princess

 



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Young Love, Chapter 17

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"Jake, get Jed's truck and run and get Doc Brown. Maybe he has enough training to talk some sense in that girl. She is threatening to kill herself and I don't think she is kidding. She has never talked that way before."...

...Aunt Maudie could hear Lizzie Jane tearing some cloth. What was she doing? Aunt Maudie tried to knock the door in, but was not strong enough......

Young Love
A Lizzie Jane Adventure
Chapter 17
 
By Billie Sue Pilgrim



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Of Grief and Joy [SS 2: Cursed]

CURSED

Once upon a time, there was a man who lived in a hidden village in the woods. All the people in the village knew this man's name to be Shelly, and everyone in the village knew the man's story. Some times Shelly would come out of his house to watch the sun begin to set; and in the last moments before the sun is gone Shelly would cry.



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Who Was I - 30

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In which Becky grills Bill about lunch, where capsules are found in both ladies heads, and Karen and Stacy meet Dr. Wong.

Who Was I

By: Annette MacGregor

"Yes Mr. Wyman. If you recall Ms. Stewart's description, the tower was on a cliff above the ocean. Yours, on the other hand, was in the middle of a forest."

"You're right. I'd not noticed that. I was paying more attention to the similarities in her description. Karen, it's like we were describing the same tower!"



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 212

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"So if Jemima turns up again, you have to adopt her, don't you?"



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Born Twice - Chapter 4

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Born Twice
By Alyssa Plant

Chapter four

As Becca hung up the handset and left her apartment: She felt like she had a shoal of fish leaping and swimming around her tummy, those pre-date nerves coming back with vengeance.



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Apple Tree

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Apple Tree
By Stanman63


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The Sight - Chapter 1

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The Sight
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Nick B

 © Nick B 2008
Marvellously edited by Gabi


An accident leaves Darryl Groves in hospital. His mother and uncle are there when he comes to, but what have they done to him?



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11. Riquet With The Tuft

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Transgendered Fairy Tales
by Kaleigh Way

11. Riquet With The Tuft

 



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Tragedy of the Spirit Part 12 Hope and Home......a new life perhaps?

Tragedy of the Spirit Part 12 Hope and Home....A new life perhaps?.
Copywrite 2008 Prairie_girl_64

At the midst of the gunshots I did not know where to go....... I ducked and covered up as best I could. All I saw were flashes and then sparks and then quiet.....



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 211

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We dropped the stuff at the car and went off for somewhere for lunch, we had just ordered, Tom had a curry for a change and I had a tuna jacket spud with salad, when I heard a voice which was recently familiar.

"Wady, I wike you."

Easy As Falling Off a Bike.
by Angharad,
part 211.



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The Tree

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The Tree

By Melanie Ezell

Sometimes life's most important lessons are learned in ways you wouldn't expect.



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Choices Pt 2

I then selected my tightest skirt, which happened to be the calf-length burgundy one that I had last worn just before Lucy had spilled the beans about the hormones. I remembered thinking I had put on some weight because it had hugged my hips so well…



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BKR Case #101-8 "Boys Will Be Girls" Part 10

"Mom? Do you think I will be able to pull this off for the rest of the month?" Tammy asked.

"I think that if you just relax and show that you are serious about changing your ways, then it will go faster than you realize." Mom said.

"I have already realized what an asshole I was as Tom."

"That is an understatement!" Mom laughed.

Chapter 10

"Tammy"



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10. The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body

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by Kaleigh Way

10. The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body

 



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 210

"And you took out someone she failed with?" Tom looked at me with astonishment.

"Yes. Yes I did." I felt indignant.

He started to laugh and shook his head.

"What is so funny?"

"You knocking anyone down."

"I caught the bag snatcher."

"And the dormouse," he chuckled, "don't forget the dormouse."



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The Girl in the Frat House -- Part 1

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A shy, delicate boy enters one of the rowdiest fraternity houses on campus and finds that his femininity can be used to good advantage to fend off the boorish boys.



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Rainbow Girl - Part 10 - A Spark

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"Tell me one thing" he said.

"What?"

"What are you mostly? A boy or a girl?" he asked me very quietly.

"I'm a lot more a girl I think" I answered truthfully.


 

Rainbow Girl - Part 10 - A Spark

by Alys


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A Mother's Love - Vol. 1.01

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"I'm breastfeeding her" I said simply

Janis looked like she had seen a ghost, she looked at me in complete bemusement, then apparently decided that she was dealing with someone who might be mentally deranged and reached for her phone to no doubt phone security

"Wait," I said," before you phone let me show you"

"Show me what?" she demanded.

"How I can breast feed" I replied.

"But you're a man!"


 

A Mother's Love - Part 1

by Alys


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The Wish

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The Wish

By Stanman63


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Charlotte's Tale part 13.

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I wondered if she’d told the others of my past, or if she’d do that in school if ever I fell foul of her. I could really do with something powerful on her, that I could use to counter blackmail, sort of like I’d read about with the Cold War, where they called it, ‘Assured Mutual Destruction’.



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The Interview

So, what to wear; will he want or maybe expect girly or is that a cliché?
Somewhere a little on the girl side of middle will have to do.



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9. The Groac'h Of The Isle Of Lok

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by Kaleigh Way

9. The Groac'h Of The Isle Of Lok

 



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Young Love, Chapter 16

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"And you look good for your age," said Robert as he turned toward Lizzie Jane, leaned forward, and kissed her on the lips.

Looking into her pretty face, and said, "Was that okay?"

"Well, no," replied Lizzie Jane with a smile. "But I liked it.".

Young Love
A Lizzie Jane Adventure
Chapter 16
 
By Billie Sue Pilgrim



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Healing a Princess...19 (The Stone Outpost)

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“Now if you two will excuse me, I really need to get some sleep." yawned Rikki.
“How can you sleep with the Princess out there in the woods practically alone?” Monyka exclaimed.
“If you hadn’t noticed, Monyka. We just rode for twenty-four hours straight. Some of that was done while in the midst of battle. I have an arrow hole in my arm that hurts and I am exhausted. If I were to charge out there now, I would probably cause more danger to the Princess than if I was fully awake.”

Healing a Princess

Chapter 19 - (The Stone Outpost)

by Anistasia Allread



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Coda

This is a rarity for me...a short story. It's my contribution to Short Story Month. I hope you all enjoy it.



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Duty, Honor, Country, Family - Part 4

“So what do you have for me?” Hiromi asked as she pulled out of the parking lot. Reina then began to explain what the Swan Song committee was requesting of Ripley.

When Reina was finished explaining, Hiromi shook her head. “Are they nuts?”

“I’m just the messenger Ripley-san.”

Hokusai View of Fuji off Kanagawa Province and Yokohama
Chapter Four

Synopsis- Hiromi Sato (Captain Tom Slater) and Operation Swan Song continue to make slow progress in their efforts to topple the Yakuza family led by Goro Watanabe.



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Masks 2 - Template The Intrepid: A Learning Experience - Kindle Edition

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A school for superpowered children seemed like a good idea and definitely a change from fighting mad geniuses and superhuman brutes. But who knew that helping set up a school for super-powered teenagers would be so challenging? Not to mention dangerous and exciting...




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Mindful by Beverly Taff on Kindle

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Now in a DopplerPress edition, Beverly Taff's classic:

MINDFUL by Beverly Taff


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Office Bet by Melanie Brown now on Kindle

Harry thought he was just making a little joke, but the women in the office weren't laughing.
So they made a little bet and Harry would win if he followed the women's dress code for a month.
How hard could it be?

by Melanie Brown

Office Bet by Melanie Brown
Copyright © 2004, 2017 Melanie Brown
From DopplerPress - A BigCloset HatBox Kindle eBook


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Easy as Falling Off a Bike 9 - Wuthering Dormice - on Kindle

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The ongoing story....

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Cathy always tries to mind her business, unfortunately business doesn't give her the same respect. In fact it goes out of its way to send a fresh helping of drama her way in the shape of a three-year-old force of nature named Jemima.

Can she really help the girl, save the dormice and look after her nearest and dearest all at the same time?

Easy as Falling Off a Bike
9. Wuthering Dormice
by Angharad
Now on Kindle


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