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Playing Marbles for the Big Blue -05-

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Playing Marbles for the Big Blue

05 The Theft

By Jo Dora Webster

How will Rasctan and Sela penetrate Alban Kai's planetary cloak?



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Raven's Blood: Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: Testing

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.

 

“I’m beginning to think they’re here just to annoy me, “I retorted, “that or for comic relief.”


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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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Dear God, Who Am I? -12

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Dear God, Who Am I?

by Natasa Jacobs

Chapter 12


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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The Novitiate by Angela Rasch from DopplerPress

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Tim is patiently waiting for his high school days to draw to a close. He can’t wait to go away to college, far from a dad who is disappointed with his son’s tiny frame. Tim is also unhappy with his body, for a much more shielded reason. Music provides the catalyst for lasting change.

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Finding My Level

Dan waited outside his boss’s office bedside the door. He could smell the sweet perfume coming from Cindy, his boss’s secretary. He looked at her as she faced away from him photocopying. She was slim but had a nicely rounded bottom. She wore a narrow black skirt and black stockings. He wasn’t sure. He knew she did sometimes, as he had seen the bulges of the clips outlined in her skirt before. She had a silky white short sleeved blouse on and 3-inch heels.



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The Carrie Conundrum - Part 6 of 6

The Carrie Conundrum

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The Calm Before The Storm

Life was good. I appreciated having Lucy in bed with me every night, Mom seemed to be happy with Lucy living with us, even if she rather thought of it as one of the sleepovers we had when we were kids.



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Native Life Chp. 4

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Apocalypse Dawn: The New World - Chapter 16

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Chapter 16: Nobody Expects...

The game is over, and reality will never be the same again.

 

“Liss, you just killed a God and your eyes are glowing. I can sense the divine essence in you,” I pointed out as gently as I could, placing a hand on her shoulder.


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The Carrie Conundrum - Part 5 of 6

The Carrie Conundrum

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Thanksgiving

Sometimes Chaos can be a good thing. The old place was filled to the rafters, but we managed to find places for both visiting families to sleep. I graciously volunteered to sleep at Lucy's place to make room. Hey - I'm a writer, I make up stories for a living. I don't claim they're convincing stories.



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Don’t Mess with The Wolfhart Family Part 18 (Final Chapter)

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Janet’s Home Office, Wolfhart Family House:
Janet was pacing back and forth while listening to her twin sister explain to her what she found out about Ludlum and Greg Hallaway. Janet stops and looks at her twin sister. She notices her sister has been wearing a pair of black hi-tech-looking sunglasses lately.

“So, you’re telling me they are heading towards an underwater city that is part of an organization called Neptune’s Network and there’s nothing we can do to stop them?” Janet stops to look at her sister’s image.



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Plus-One With A Vengeance : 1 / 29

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I'm Elliot Beekman, and I'm a guy. Or I was a guy.
It's something I'll have to figure out, and by the end of this story,
you'll understand my perplexity.

 



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Magic Mystery and Mayhem: 15

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What if supernatural beings like Witches, Faeries, Demons, and their ilk are all real? Glen Evanston is about to be caught in their many traps in my new work in progress: Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem a Graphic Novel by Raine Monday



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Sixteen the Hard Way -5- Exam

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"You gonna live?" he asked...

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Sixteen the Hard Way
5. Exam
by Erin Halfelven


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Love Has No Pride

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Author’s Note: This continues the story and characters introduced in Painted from Memory. It’s not absolutely necessary to have read that but it wouldn’t hurt :)




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The Good Ship Chapter 3 of 4

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Chapter 3 “Monkeying Around”

The following morning there was a table for four and they sat to eat a solid breakfast. Jasmin was still on a high after last night and hoped that there would be other evenings where the two of them could grace the stage. Shelly wasn’t so sure, thinking that every moment was already mapped out and that last night had been a one-off.



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The Other Side of Me - Part 22

The Other Side of Me – Part 22
by Limbo’s Mistress

The Sunday morning sunshine stirred me into wakefulness and for a few, terribly short minutes, I lay there with my eyes closed, a little smile playing on my face as I thought about the events of the previous evening.



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Changing Roles - Chapter 3

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Changing Roles
By Julie Dawn Cole
Chapter 4



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Antibodies 10

Bev and Jamie take another space trip to avoid being intercepted or found.



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The Carrie Conundrum - Part 4 of 6

The Carrie Conundrum

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The Letter

I had fallen into the habit of checking the mail each day when it came through the letter slot. Today's missive contained something different: a letter with FINAL NOTICE prominently printed on the envelope. Mom was three months behind on her electric bill.



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Idol - 1983- Age 14

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Idol

Idol - 1983- Age 14
It's all based on lies



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Shame and Desire Chapter 29

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“Did you see that new bridge at the end of town?” Julie asked. “It looks really high class. Doesn’t fit this town very well.”

Ronald looked up from his laptop at the sound of his wife’s voice. “Yeah, it’s, uh, it’s weird.”

The married couple’s conversation was interrupted by Elise coming in through the front door.

“You stayed a bit late.” Ronald said to his daughter. “That makes me kind of upset.”

“Oh shut up Ronald, our daughter is very responsible.” Julie said. “Just ignore him, sweetie.”



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Blue Lace Chp. 23

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Magic Mystery and Mayhem: 14

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What if supernatural beings like Witches, Faeries, Demons, and their ilk are all real? Glen Evanston is about to be caught in their many traps in my new work in progress: Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem a Graphic Novel by Raine Monday



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The Carrie Conundrum - Part 3 of 6

The Carrie Conundrum

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That Might Work

Sunday was quiet. I spent much of it dismantling my old twin bed and hiding it in the closet next to my useless Harry clothes. I got a piece of plywood to expand the surface of my old school desk, set up my computer stuff and went out to buy a decent chair. That old wooden thing I used as a kid just didn't cut it any more, even if I'd padded my bottom.



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Drew Goes South Chapter 13

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Drew Goes South
Chapter 13
by Angharad

Copyright© 2022 Angharad

  
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Suddenly Female

 

Suddenly Female
by Melanie Brown
Copyright  © 2022 Melanie Brown

Part 4 - Tom gets a medical exam


This is the 4th and final installment of Sudden Romance. Links to Part 3 will appear at the bottom of the story --Ed



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Idol - 1982- Age 13

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Idol

Idol - 1982- Age 13
Being what others wants me to be is not easy



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Scholarship Student VI

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Asked to join a sorority, life will not let Morgan just be. And What girl can resist her first romance?



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All for a story 6 New experiences

Jane begins to learn more about what it means to be a girl. She gets something to start her off in her quest to solve the source of the information leak.



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Carla and Angela Part 11

Scarlett was shooting pool down at Big T’s pool hall. She has been coming to Big T’s since she was capable of walking. Her father uses to hustle people for money, while she watched. When the former owner of Big T’s decided to retire, she bought the place.

She used the money she saved up from hustling people like her father. Everyone that came into the pool hall always underestimated her. There were only a few times that she lost, but she won more than she lost.



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Partly-finished-Ville

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Children of Naethari: Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: Naiya

When Jon was offered a possible cure for Cancer he didn't expect to wake up as a girl, let alone a mermaid.

 

For a moment Kieshala looked at me in confusion before asking, ~ Were you not female before? ~


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Snow Angel: Chapter 13

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Chapter 13: Politics

Snow's whole life changes when the winter solstice arrives.

 

“She’s not my mother, at least not anymore,” Heather grumbled around a mouthful of scrambled eggs.


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The Carrie Conundrum - Part 2 of 6

The Carrie Conundrum

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The Conference Call

I got Mom settled in front of the TV and went out into the back yard. I knew that my sisters were two time zones away, so it was evening for them.

"Hi Pam, It's Harry. I have some news."



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The Station's Late Nite Princess on Kindle

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The Station's
 Late Nite
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Girl Park Adventures by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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It doesn't matter who you are in real life, Girl Park Adventures are just for virtual girls.

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Girl Park Adventures
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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Book 4 - The Reluctant Prom Date

Chrissy is no different then any other High School girl - except that she's a BOY!
But she has the same concerns, classes, cheerleading - and now the PROM!
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The Reluctant Prom Date
by Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2004 Melanie Brown


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