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The Good Son - 1

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The Good Son: 1

by Clara
Copyright© 2021,2022,2025 Clara Schumann

 

Sometimes you're living a lie and you don't know it.
As Jack tells his story, you'll see what I mean.



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Disney Princess - 1


Disney Princess - 1

by Clara
Copyright© 2017,2025 Clara Schumann

 

Young music teacher and his wife take his students to a choral festival at Walt Disney World.
Luggage is lost and adjustments must be made. Not the most original premise, but, hopefully,
you'll enjoy a fun ride.



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A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

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Stuck in the Middle -32

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Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, a routine morning unfolds in the Blake household as Emily and the others prepare for a day of errands. A visit to the library offers a moment of quiet discovery, while a trip to the grocery store brings its usual chaos and laughter. Through small moments and simple interactions, Emily finds herself settling into the rhythm of her new life, experiencing the warmth and steady presence of family in unexpected ways.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.



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Eerie Saloon 4: Jessie Hanks, Outlaw Queen by Ellie Dauber and Chris Leeson - Now on Kindle

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Jessie Hanks is on the run from Eerie after the death of Toby Hess, but, as she discovers, there's some things a boy-turned-gal can't escape from. Most of all, from herself.

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Rainbows in the Rock 27

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CHAPTER 27
I had bent over the bed as she started to tremble, half-formed words gradually increasing in volume, and when she realised it was me, she crashed awake, pulling my arms about her.

“Shush, love. Let me move, just a second, okay?”



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Turned

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Twenty-seven year old Aiden Wellington and his mother never saw eye to eye, but when he received a text from her saying she needed him, he immediately left for the estate his mother and grandmother lived in. Nearly at his mother’s home, an accident nearly claims his life. He should have been killed but instead he wakes to discover his life would be altered forever.

This is the first book of a trilogy, but reads as a stand alone novel. Look for book two of the trilogy being completed soon.



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Drew Goes South Chapter 4

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Drew Goes South
Chapter 4
by Angharad

Copyright© 2022 Angharad

  
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Reluctant Diva 29

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Reluctant Diva 29
Inspired by Lipstick Discipline
Chapter 29 – Party time



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Blue Lace Chp. 12

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Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library - Chapter 6

Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library

By Susannah Donim

In between performances, Holly takes Michelle out for dinner.

Chapter Six – Mrs Bennet in 2021

“I really enjoyed that,” said Sheila back in the dressing room after our half hour (OK, forty minutes) synopsis of Miss Austen’s five-hundred-page novel. “You were all really good. You must be so proud of Holly.”



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Chapter 2 - "Girl" Problems

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Their first day started uneventfully. The trio got their locker assignments, their class schedules, and coordinated when they would have time to hang out and share classes. When Josh saw the first class of the day that his parents had signed him up for was Home Economics instead of the Shop class he'd asked for, his heart sank a little more. The only bright point was that he'd be sharing the class with Tracy... and twenty-seven other girls.



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The Joiners pt 15

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The Joiners pt 15.
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Ring of Stone - Part 7

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Ring of Stone

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A Novella by Bronwen Welsh


Part Seven - The Perfect Woman


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Virtually Feminine - Part 11 - First Day - Again

Virtually Feminine - Part 11 - First Day - Again
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Cathy goes into the office dressed as her true self for the first time.



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Friend for Alice 6

 
Supplement 6 (Final) - Robert and Tomboy
 
“What do you think about Ronnie?” dad asked. “Definitely a tomboy,” Ted replied and all adults snickered making me blush.



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Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library - Chapter 5

Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library

By Susannah Donim

Mike, now ‘Michelle’, gives his ‘Mrs Bennet’ at the end of term show.

Chapter Five – Performance on Stage and off



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"I Don't Like You" Chapter 3 "Clay"



Clay



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In Love with a Tall Girl - Part 3

Sandra
In Love with a Tall Girl
Part 3
An original story by Julia Miller


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The Way to Go

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The Way to Go
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

Sex is one of the major drivers of humanity – in fact, it is the first driver. Money and power came later. They are social constructs. Sex is why we exist. We are here because of it, and our purpose is driven by it.



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Too Long Apart

I thought long and hard as to whether to go to the funeral before deciding that paying my respects to one of my oldest friends was more important than my pride and possible hurt feelings. If there were any nasty repercussions then it would be something that I would just have to deal with as it happened.



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Gaby Book 24 ~ Fame ~ Chapter *6*

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*Chapter 6*
Rhein Abend


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Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library - Chapter 4

Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library

By Susannah Donim

Mike, now a forty-year-old mother of five, starts to inhabit his new role.



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Uplifting. Part 4

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Uplifting Four

With a razor in her hand she told me to stand still while she checked me for errant hair. There were a few on my back that I had not been able to reach and a couple on the backs of my legs that I had missed but she was happy that I had fulfilled my task.

She then asked me what I had worn when Keith had visited so I opened the fun room and showed her the leather pants and jerkin. She wanted to know what I had worn on my feet and I showed her the boots.



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Chapter 1 - Natural Assumptions

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A smile broke across Josh's face as he approached the bus stop. The cool air of the September morning stung his nose slightly, but it didn't detract from the happiness he felt at going back to school again. Unlike a lot of the boys in his class, Josh loved school. Now that he was going to Junior High, he would even be going to school with his two best friends, Tracy and David Edwards. He always thought it was silly that just because they lived two blocks over they had to go to completely different Primary and Intermediate schools. Stepping up his approach to a light jog, he couldn't wait to see them.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 3325

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The Weekly Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3325
by Angharad

Copyright© 2021 Angharad

  
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A Cold Fey In Hell: Chapter 24

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Chapter 24: Christmas Coming

Despite growing up knowing about the Paranormal and seeing a world that normal people would never see, Seth was as close to a normal human as you could get. Everything would change on the day his father died and his life would never be the same again.

 

Melody was holding me in her arms or I would have fallen and she whispered softly in my ear, “That’s my good girl.”


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On the Highway Chap. 12 (Final Chapter)

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LowKeY

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Coming to Disney+ (as if they didn't have enough already) is a new addition to the What If? Marvel Label


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Yet another limited series, LowKeY answers the question Who
exactly is Loki; albeit with some confusion...





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Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library - Chapter 3

Mrs Bennet and the Body in the Library

By Susannah Donim

Mike learns how to dress as a fashionable lady of the Regency period.

Chapter Three – Dressing Mrs Bennet



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Power to the Future part 2


Power to the Future part 2

Monday, January 31, 2022, 12:00 p.m.



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Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - Ch. 8

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Don’t Mess with The Wolfhart Family Part 2

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One Month Later:
Gracie tries to scratch an itch under the cast on her arm. She uses a nail file to get under her cast.

“You know if you keep scratching the skin under your cast, it's going to be raw.” Rose looks at her younger sister.

“Rose, it itches, and the heat isn’t helping.” Gracie hated the cast on her arm.

“How do you think I feel, sis?” Rose looks at Gracie. Her arm was supported up in the air, while the cast around her shoulder that held her bones in place.



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Rainbows in the Rock 26

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CHAPTER 26
There was a tap on the door, which opened for a nurse, and a hospital worker with the stereotypical tea trolley. I moved off the bed so that we could wheel the little table across for Alys, and after a quick check of her IV line and the provision of two mugs of tea, the nurse made a few notes on the sheet of paper hanging on a clipboard from the end of the bed.

“Before the tea please, Alys…”

My girl looked up, setting down her cup.

“But you do it from my ear these days”

“Old habits, love. Now…”



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Dreams Fulfilled by Marianne G on Kindle

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Dreams come in many forms, from the miraculous to the mundane.

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Dreams Fulfilled
by Marianne G
Buy on Kindle



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The Handshake That Hides the Snake - by Angela Rasch on Kindle

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Your past is always there. Erik discovers that his will force him to make choices about his future and decisions about those he can trust.

But is anything quite what it seems in this tale of profit, manipulation and loyalty?

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The Handshake That Hides the Snake

by Angela Rasch

Now on Kindle



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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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