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Playing Marbles for the Big Blue -03-

Playing Marbles for the Big Blue

02 The Catalyst Decision

By Jo Dora Webster

What does Rasctan have to do with the death at birth of Princess Amaza?



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Northern Flags in South Winds Flutter (1)

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Chronicles Of Ashley Elizabeth Fisherman 
Northern Flags in Southwinds Flutter!

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In Dixie Land I'll Take my Stand!



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Kern - 22 - Webs of Heredity and Environment

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“I kind of wish no-one had to live like that. But there’s that world, and then there’s the world we live in, right?”



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Dear God, Who Am I? -9

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Dear God, Who Am I?

by Natasa Jacobs

Chapter 9


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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Keeping It Fluid -63

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Keeping It Fluid

by Natasa Jacobs

Chapter 63

The 3rd Story of Emily


As a strange green sky looms over the neighborhood, Emily reconnects with someone from her past—only to face something much bigger than she expected.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.




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My New Assignment by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Captain Granger didn't expect to be rewarded for saving the galaxy. And he wasn't.

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My New Assignment
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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Rainbows in the Rock 11

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CHAPTER 11
That holiday finally came to an end, after a few trips out in the car to see what Mr Edwards called his ‘Specials’, which were a trio of castles ranging from a really picturesque coastal ruin via a huge, square and intact monster of a place to the real destination, a tiny little thing perched on an outcrop on the island with the tidal road, where Alys and I roamed the dunes on the north coast as huge white birds plunged into the sea, wings folded back, and she photographed every flower she couldn’t name. Once again, I was content in her presence, not needing anything more from my life in those moments, but she was keen to talk in between each little burst of nature-naming.

“What are you doing when we get back, Enfys?”

“Helping Dad out till school starts again. It’s what I would be doing if I wasn’t here”

“And school?”



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The Feminine Queendom 36

The Feminine Queendom Charlie’s War 36

© Beverly Taff August 2021

List of Characters.



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Light And Shadow - Part 2

Light And Shadow

Light And Shadow (Part 2 of 8)

by Erisian

 

Chapter 5 - Ransacked

 

We found what was left of the captain lying in the corridor leading from her quarters to the main cavern. The walls gave evidence to a fierce and moving battle, deep chunks of rock had been ripped from the walls with stony fragments scattered everywhere. Her caved-in head, spine, and most of her ribcage were all that remained. They had stripped her clean: armor and boots, soul orbs and meat, all had been taken. Only bloody bones and small scraps of muscle and tendon remained.

Just like they had done to Biff outside and all the other guards.



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To Return Home 2.6

To Return Home

Thanks to Malady for his help editing and for ideas.

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2.6



As it’s been a little while since I last posted any of this story, I’m going to give a “When we last saw our protagonist…”

From Chapter 2.5

You’re not acting predictably,” Paula told me.

I just lost my husband,” I exploded. “Would you care to explain what is predictable about that?”

She sat down, and her demeanor softened. “My bots aren’t able to predict how you’re going to react to things right now.”

Paula turned her attention from me to Carla. “Are you saying you can communicate directly to your bots?”

I was shocked as well. “How can you do that?” I asked. “I asked mine a question a couple of days ago, but I could only talk to them in a dream.”

Carla appeared uncomfortable. “I suppose it’s something that I learned while Amos was in control.”

I shrank away in fear. “Don’t touch me!” I screamed, terrified. “Get away from me!”

What’s going on!?” Carla was very confused now.

He’s still here! He killed John, and he’s still in you!” I tried to back away having no control over my actions.

Paula grabbed me as I flailed my arms at my little sister. “Perhaps you should leave and let her calm down,” I heard her say.

I was crying uncontrollably now, the pain of the last few days taking over.



And now on to 2.6...




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Marty's New 'Do'

Looking back, I guess I should have just kept my mouth shut. But that's what happens when I get nervous or flustered. I start talking, just to break up the awkward silence and I can't stop, and that usually makes things worse. No one knows that better than Rina, my best friend.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 3301

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The Weekly Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3301
by Angharad

Copyright© 2021 Angharad

  
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Sam and Del -15- Never thought I'd be trying on dresses!

"Sam, you look like the ingenue in a musical."

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Sam and Del
15. Never thought I'd be trying on dresses!
by Erin Halfelven


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The Wounded World by Aladdin, Chapter 14

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Mantra (Malibu Comics) is looking down on the dead body of her friend and protege. As bad as that is, a historical catastrophe has just struck one of America's greatest cities. It's confusion mixed up with grief as the world looks on and wonders if it stands on the brink of war. Many lives have been lost, and Mantra is left alone as events swirl around her, wondering if she will personally survive.



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Personaecide

This is a bit of flash fiction for a story that's been floating around my head for years. It all started with the idea of what it might be like if science found a way of making it possible for more than one mind to exist in the same brain. I haven't been able to get any further than what I have below, but I thought maybe some people might like taking a peak at this tiny corner of a futuristic universe that's been developing in my head.

Personaecide
Copyright 2021 by Heather Rose Brown

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Rainbows in the Rock 10

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CHAPTER 10
We spent a boring time indeed on the M6 as far as Carlisle, and Alys and I ended up falling asleep together in the back seat. I woke up with a mouthful of her hair, which was even further from that Mills and Boon idea than ever. Joy.

Yes, actually: joy. Perhaps not the shouting and grinning sort, but a deep warmth that I felt in my bones. Breathing the same air, next to her, that was enough, even if it meant inhaling her hair.



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Calmer Waters Part 5 of 6

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Chapter 5 Go with the Flow….

I was now no longer someone who rushed about needlessly, no; I now carefully listened and put things together for myself. I realised that, as Melina would be off at university during the week, I would be the one called on for ‘Royal Activities’ in the near future, being the older one who could look after the young Queen.



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Forsythe Saga -22- Recruitment Woes

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“Come on Maxi… Out with it… Something has been bothering you ever since you came back from Devon. Don’t you think sharing the problem might help? Two minds and all that crap?”

Maxine looked over her desk at Cliff. Once again, he was right on the ball. There was something on her mind.

She sighed before saying,
"Cliff, there is something on my mind, and yes, it became a problem when I was in Devon. I'm trying to work out what to do next."



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Monica and Simone

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Tracy Lane, 2013/2021.
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Monica & Simone

Snapshots of the childhood we should have had :)



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The Heaviness Of The Badge Chp. 5

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Debbie walks out of the doctor's office with the twins. She was driving Jack’s Hummer while he was away. It wasn’t her type of car, but it was well armored and had several of Jack’s hidden weapons. It also had the second set of child safety seats in it as well.

She looks at the twins “well kids, you are in good health and have gotten all your shots now.”



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A Cold Fey In Hell: Chapter 11

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Chapter 11: Hot and Bothered

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 swallowed the lump in her throat and all but gasped out, “Your room or mine?”


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The Pan European Gynarchy - PEG

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A scientist travels to a world where males are second class citizens. They are used for slave labor or feminised household servents.



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Walker's Path Chapter 11 The Rear View

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Katherine Phillips

Walker's Path



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Comes with Perks - 13

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Comes with Perks - 13



By Jessica C


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Innocent Days

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Innocent Days

Snapshots of the childhood we should have had :)



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Family Business Part 15

“Mouse, I’m going to give you access to Eruption Communications satellite system. You should be able to monitor all cellphone calls coming and going from the US Marshal’s office.” Anika sits down at the dining room table where Mouse’s laptop was sitting.

Lilly, Zoey, US Marshal Weather, and Ashley didn’t know Mouse brought her laptop with her.

“How do you have access to a telecommunications companies satellite system?” Marshal Weather looks at Anika.

“Because I work there, and my brother owns it.” Anika looks at Marshal Weather when she responds to him.



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The Feminine Queendom 35

Charlie and associates finally trace the RAAF pick-up ute but now it's matter of stopping it safely and recovering three-year-old Charlotte.



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Jessie's Day

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Copyright © Tracy Lane, 2004/2021.

Jessie's Day



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Royal Flash

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Royal Flash

Snapshots from the childhood we should have had :)



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SNAFU part 31

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Story Copyright© 2010 & 2021 Angharad

SNAFU Part 31

by Angharad
  


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A New Life-Kelly's Revenge Chapter 10 (Final Chapter)

Kelly stands and watches as her father is secured to the wall. The doctor that did all her modifications and surgery had done an outlandish job on her father. He got what was due to him and now he’ll be the one having his ass and pretty little mouth used by men.

“I hope you enjoy your new occupation, father.” Kelly takes a picture of her father as he is secured in place.



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I Wish Book 5: Chapter 2

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Shannon O'Reilly was bullied and everything his older sister wasn't. When his sister Sarah gives him a chance to change things through a single wish things don't go as planned.

 
 

I Wish: Book 5
Chapter 2
Fireworks

By
Amethyst
“Wow, and I thought that we left Hell to get here, maybe I was wrong. I’d rather go back there and face the Demons,” I muttered as I turned away and started walking.


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Rainbows in the Rock 9

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CHAPTER 9
That was the pattern of my life. Despite Nea’s oblique hints about solitary night-time activities, I had no real grasp of what being a lover might involve. I just knew that Alys was the focus of my life, and I believed, or, in the small hours of the night (sorry, Nea) hoped, that she felt the same for me.



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Cruel and Unusual

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Cruel and Unusual

Tracy Lane, 2013/2021.
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Calmer Waters Part 4 of 6

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Chapter 4 Or Make a Few Waves….

My weekend started after the room cleaning finished on Friday. I was to present myself at the hotel salon for the full treatment and, after that I would be taken to the hotel womens’ dress shop to be given my costumes for the Fiesta. Before I went to the salon I took a safety razor with me into the communal showers and gave myself a Brazilian. There was no way I would allow anyone to see how I was built down there.



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Ace is Born

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Masks 3 - Template and Energia - published on Kindle

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A school for superheroes seemed like a good idea at the time. Template is on the faculty and her niece, Energia, is a student when they find out that not everyone agrees on the wonderfulness of education.

High level conspiracy? Alien technology? Is someone trying to kill off the superschool? And the supers with it?

It all started with someone launching a killer missile at Template's secret identity, Jenny’s aunt-er-uncle, Randy...

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Now on KIndle...



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No Substitute for Romance by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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

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No Substitute for Romance
by Maryanne Peters
Book 22 in Mostly Happy Endings
Now on Kindle


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Eerie Saloon 3: Dance with Me by Ellie Dauber and Chris Leeson - Now on Kindle

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Life has a way of happening when you stop paying attention to your troubles. The transformed women of the Hanks Gang have served their sentences and now must build new lives for themselves.

There are restaurants to run, poker hands to deal, blacksmiths and ranchers to...consider?

Eerie Saloon 3


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