A word from our sponsor:

The Breast Form Store Little Imperfections Big Rewards Sale Banner Ad (Save up to 50% off)

BigCloset HatBox: Premium Stories

Quick Cuts - Recent Content

Title Name Post date
some updates 2025/07/09 - 7:58am
Don't give up the day job Maddy 2025/07/09 - 6:32am
Writing Challenge from Erin in 2008 2025/07/09 - 5:31am
Need help with the finer points in MS Word 2025/07/08 - 6:48pm
One day vacation 2025/07/07 - 5:18pm
“Go wake up Donna” 2025/07/06 - 6:14am
Astrid Jorgensen 2025/07/06 - 4:01am
No Ice In Antarctica 2025/07/05 - 8:03pm
Circle in the Sand Final Chapter 2025/07/03 - 8:35pm
Opening Doors 2025/07/03 - 12:56pm
Kern - A little help for patient readers! 2025/07/03 - 6:31am
I am sure most of you know by now 2025/07/02 - 1:32pm
Funds Low - Bills Due 2025/06/02 - 2:38pm
Space and Time for Romance #2 - My New Anthology on Amazon 2024/03/31 - 3:34pm
A Christmas Wish 2024/02/08 - 1:46am
BC Funds and the Hatbox 2022/02/17 - 3:30pm
How to Process Removing Hate Reviews from your Amazon Published Works 2021/11/11 - 8:39am
The Power of the Pen 2020/06/22 - 11:59am
Everybody Wins! 2015 Summer Vacation Getaway Contest Results 2015/07/02 - 7:16am
TopShelf's 2015 Summer Vacation Getaway! Story Contest 2015/03/12 - 10:29am
Edeyn 2013/09/30 - 6:57am
BigCloset TopShelf's 2012 Reconciliation Story Contest Winners 2012/11/29 - 11:41pm
Images 2 2012/09/30 - 3:42pm
Images 1 2012/09/30 - 1:59pm
BigCloset December 2011 Christmas Spirit Contest Voting 2012/01/12 - 6:59pm
BCTS Summer Romance 2011 Contest Results 2011/11/30 - 5:11am
BigCloset TopShelf's October 2011 TG Terror Contest Results 2011/11/07 - 7:39am
TopShelf's December 2010 Santa's Helper Story Contest Results 2011/01/01 - 7:47am
TopShelf's December 2009 Christmas Holidays Contest Results 2010/12/30 - 5:20pm
TopShelf's December 2010 Santa's Helper Story Contest 2010/11/25 - 9:22am
TopShelf's October 2010 All Hallows Eve Contest Results! 2010/11/16 - 6:41am
TopShelf's Summer Romance 2010 Contest Results 2010/07/30 - 3:22pm
October TG Terror Contest Winners 2009/11/30 - 7:44am
Topshelf's Summer Romance 2008 Story Contest Winners 2008/08/28 - 3:54am
Topshelf's Summer Romance 2008 Story Contest 2008/06/24 - 3:05am
BigCloset Retro-Classic Stories 2004/08/11 - 4:16am
S T O R Y    T E A S E R S

Demands My Soul -02-

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

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.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 57 words long.

Routes 1

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Permission: 

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.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 74 words long.

Curse of the Fountain by Melanie Brown from DopplerPress

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

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.

fountain-cov-004a.jpg

Curse of the Fountain
by Melanie Brown
Ebook Now Available from DopplerPress



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 51 words long.

Weeping Willow. Book 3, Chapter 7 of 23

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

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.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 103 words long.

Escaping the Cradle - Part 2

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Escaping the Cradle

by Karen Page

Part 2

Escaping the Cradle - Title




If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 7 words long.

Heaven and Hell 2: Ways of Power on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Being a succubus can be fun, but it ain't no walk in the park. Unless the park is in hell.

From insubordinate Hellhounds to Hellish Bureaucracy, Lorelei is learning to deal with The Ways of Infernal Power. It ain't easy, in fact, it can be hard as Hell. And that's just for starters!



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 60 words long.

Ailsa

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

TG Elements: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

This is a sequel to ‘A Walk to a New life’ and "See things through a woman’s eyes’, it may help to relate to the characters if you read them first. But it can be enjoyed as a stand-alone if you prefer.

A young boy's life takes a huge change when he is forced to leave his remote island home.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 61 words long.

Demands My Soul -01-

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Demands My Soul

A Transgender Heroine's Journey & Romance Novel

From THE ONE Universe

Chapter 1: The Collapse

By Ariel Montine Strickland

Can Delores' moment of greatest despair demand her soul, her life, her all?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 42 words long.

Closing Doors 7

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Permission: 

Our dog man shouted something in Indonesian, and two other uniforms trotted up with spades; as he pulled the animal back, those two spades struck the ground.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 27 words long.

Alex in Wonderland: Chapter 3

wonderland.png

 

Chapter 3: There Be Drakans


Alex had a terminal Cancer diagnosis and thought she would die before she got to be the girl she always was inside. That all changes when she's in the wrong place at the right time and gets transported to another world and into the body of a girl. So what if she's not human, she's alive and a girl. Now if only she had her sister with her to navigate this new world and her new responsibilities. Wait, she's here too? The passage of their souls between worlds may have doomed the Earth to apocalypse, but Alex and Michelle won't be there to see it and they have enough problems on their hands.

 

“I thought that you said that the King and Queen meet all the new pairings, though, so it's not a big deal. I'll still get to meet with them, right?” I asked, a bit confused.


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 152 words long.

Altered: Chapter 46

Lily.jpg
Eli grew up on a ranch in Montana. He had heard about Incursions, Breaches, and the Titans that came through those breaches to slaughter some people and capture others. To him though, it had always been something that happened far away to other people. His life was forever changed though when a Breach opened near his home, everything he knew was destroyed or taken, and he ended up Altered.

 

Altered
Chapter 46: Looking Forward
By
Amethyst
I felt Poppy’s head nodding against my chest, not in sleep but in affirmation, so I turned on my voice projection app to say, “We’re still awake too. I guess none of us can sleep right now.”


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 114 words long.

Do You Like My Heels

My girlfriend Heather and I were out shopping at the local mall. I should clarify that, she was shopping and I was carrying her bags and paying for her purchases. We have been girlfriend and boyfriend for nine months now, haven’t moved in together yet, but quite often spending the night together in one or the other of our apartments.



If you liked this post, you can message the author and/or leave a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:
This story is 61 words long.

SISTER Gave Me Cyproterone Acetate – And It Changed Everything

00011-2565801532.png



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 0 words long.

AUNT Taught Me How to Wear LINGERIE… But Her Secret Changed My Life!

00010-2565801531.png



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 0 words long.

The Accidental Hormone Cocktail From Brother to Beloved Sister

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Other Keywords: 

Permission: 

00033-2565801554.png

Ethan always prided himself on his routine, a mix of early morning jogs and a quick breakfast before diving into job applications. It was another mundane Wednesday—or so he thought—as he shuffled into the kitchen, half-asleep, his thoughts clouded by the pressure of finding a job. Emily, his sister, had already left for work, her side of the kitchen counter cluttered with her usual chaos of bags and bottles.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 71 words long.

Butterscotch by Joyce Melton now on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Maybe Butterscotch will be your favorite flavor, too!

butterscotch-cov-004_0.jpg
Butterscotch
Joyce Melton
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 14 words long.

Riffletown Girls by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

More "Mostly Happy Endings" by Maryanne!

Book25-cov-008.jpg
Riffletown Girls
by Maryanne Peters
Buy on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 14 words long.

Going Respectable

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

TG Elements: 

Character Age: 

Other Keywords: 

Permission: 

Going Respectable
A Short Western Story
By Maryanne Peters

My story could have been one of tragedy, but I will never allow it to be told that way. The fact is that I was able to turn all my disadvantages into advantages, and to now be spoiled for choice. How many people can say that? Moreover, how many can say it nowadays, with a new century looming and the country set to move with great strides?



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 76 words long.

Hair And Makeup Forever

My older sister and I were at each other’s throats again. Totally impossible to get through a day without a major blow-up. Some of these disagreements were ridiculous in their absurdity. My sister blamed me, and I, of course, blamed my sister, a typical brother-sister relationship. Recently most of these were about my future since I was going nowhere fast, after graduating high school.



If you liked this post, you can message the author and/or leave a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:
This story is 65 words long.

Arctic Fox Book 2 by Rosemary Howell now on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

A whole new adventure begins for Marcia, the Arctic Fox, and her family!

Arctic-Fox-2-002_0.jpg
The Arctic Fox
Book 2
by Rosemary Howell
Now on KIndle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 23 words long.

Mindful by Beverly Taff on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Other Keywords: 

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

MINDFUL by Beverly Taff


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 8 words long.

Like for Like by Marianne Gregory from DopplerPress

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Three arresting stories from Marianne G!

Like for Like 002.jpg

Like for Like
by Marianne G
Buy the Ebook



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 15 words long.

The Tailor

John Taylor's life was in a bit of a rut, and an uplanned shake-up was exactly what was needed.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 19 words long.

Poison by Melanie Brown on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

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


smallproblem-cov-007.jpg

Poison
by Melanie Brown
Buy on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 27 words long.

Honeymoon Reveal

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Publication: 

Genre: 

TG Themes: 

TG Elements: 

Character Age: 

Permission: 

Honeymoon Reveal
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

We had only been married for three years at the time and we had never enjoyed a proper honeymoon. The fact was that after we had met on a dating site and almost immediately, she had thrown herself in to caring for my young sons … and me. My sons and I had all been devastated by the loss of my first wife Marion, their mother, only a year before I met Cherise, but she helped to pull us all out of our dark mood. She said that it was all she wanted - to bury herself in a loving family.



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 108 words long.

Wednesday Knights

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Other Keywords: 

It's always Wednesday somewhere, innit?

WedKnight_Cover-002.jpg
Wednesday Knights
by Melanie E
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 13 words long.

Sam and Sam by Joyce Melton - Now on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

This book is about two Sams...

samandsam-cov-001.jpg
Sam and Sam
by Joyce Melton
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 15 words long.

The Station's Late Nite Princess

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Other Keywords: 

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

 

The Station's Late Nite Princess cover art.png
The Station's
 
Late Nite
 
Princess

 



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 5 words long.

Just... Friends?

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

What if your best friend liked you better as a girl?

jf-cov-003.jpg
Just... Friends?
by Melanie Brown
Buy on Kindle from DopplerPress


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 21 words long.

Timeless Romance by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Maryanne's 33rd collection of Mostly Happy Endings!

book33-cov-002.jpg
Timeless Romance
Mostly Happy Endings #33
by Maryanne Peters
Buy on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 18 words long.

The Frozen Balance - by Persephone - Kindle Edition

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Other Keywords: 

Sometimes sacrifices have to be made to save the world from war...



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 20 words long.

Jane

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

What if something you had always believed turned out not to be true?

Jane-cov-003_0.jpg
Jane
Joyce Melton
Buy on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 19 words long.

Funds Low - Bills Due

Money in the bank but new bills this new month. Please help if you can, it is greatly appreciated.

Hugs,
Erin

Thanks to everyone who has sent money, even when we weren't asking. We really depend on you, more than you know. :)

Thanks for any amount you can send. All contributions are very welcome. Thanks a great deal to all who have previously contributed here or paid for a membership at Patreon or Hatbox.


Many thanks!

Hugs,
Erin, Piper, Jamie, Cat, Rasufelle and the rest of the crew

Below are versions of the PayPal links.

Click Like or Love to appropriately show your appreciation for this post:

Taylor by Leslie Moore on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

From the time Taylor was five, all he could remember was wanting to be Emma’s younger sister.
 

taylor-cov-006.jpg

He loved dressing up in her hand-me-downs. He admired his older sister and really wanted to be her. Halloween was his favorite holiday because he could let his fantasies run wild and be Cinderella or Wonder Woman. And playing make-believe was always fun when he could be the cute little girl.

But, something happened when he turned twelve. He put away the dresses and costumes. The doll house went up in the attic and Taylor’s fantasies were all in his mind.

Until one fateful Saturday that changed everything. This is that story.
 

Taylor
by Leslie Moore
Buy on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 118 words long.

Pink Bear Romance by Melanie Brown - Now on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

It's just a new job.... One where Scott wears a pink apron and fuzzy bear ears! But he does need the money....

pinkbear-cov-004.jpg
Pink Bear Romance
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 31 words long.

Demon Stalker (I Wish 4) by Amethyst on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Demons! Why did it have to be Demons?!

I-Wish-4-cov-002_0.jpg
Demon Stalker
I Wish Book 4
by Amethyst
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 18 words long.

Pages

More DopplerPress

No Substitute for Romance by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

If you can't be yourself, be someone else!

nosubs-cov-005a_0.jpg
No Substitute for Romance
by Maryanne Peters
Book 22 in Mostly Happy Endings
Now on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 23 words long.

Eerie Saloon 2: House Rules by Ellie Dauber and Chris Leeson - Now on Kindle

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

As the girls of the former Hanks Gang serve their 60 days at the Eerie Saloon, they begin to adjust to their new bodies and make new lives. This being the Old West, there's also a shootout, poker games, and a kidnapping.

Wilma, Jessie and Bridget have new opportunities but old ways of thinking, especially thinking of themselves as men, are hard to break. It's all a question of learning the new rules for how to live as women.

ES2-HouseRules-cov-003.jpg
Eerie Saloon 2
House Rules

by Ellie Dauber and Chris Leeson

Now on Kindle from Doppler Press!



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 94 words long.

Kelly Girl by Wanda Cunningham - New Edition from DopplerPress

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

New Third Edition!

KG-cov-001.jpg
Kelly Girl
by Wanda Cunningham

New Edition on Kindle


If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 12 words long.

The Last Holidays - Kindle eBook by Grover Young

Author: 

Audience Rating: 

Organizational: 

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 

Craig is one of Earth's bio-engineered soldiers in a war against an alien invasion. Unfortunately, when he uses his powers, he turns female. Now Halcyon has to deal with invaders and with Craig's girlfriend's preference for his female self! On top of that, Earth is losing the war.... There must be another way to deal with the conflict or the world will run out of holidays—forever!

The Last Holidays



If you liked this post, you can leave a comment and/or a kudos!
Click the Thumbs Up! button below to leave the author a kudos:

And please, remember to comment, too! Thanks. 
This story is 67 words long.
Subscribe to BigCloset TopShelf RSS