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Quarantine: 2 - Expanding Horizons

Quarantine: 2 - Expanding Horizons

by Clara
Copyright©2020,2024 Clara Schumann

 

Jordie makes new decisions about how he will get through the quarantine and his
explorations into sewing lead him to self discoveries.

Stuck in the Middle -20



Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, Emily navigates a day filled with grief and reflection as she bids farewell to her mother. Amidst the weight of the occasion, small moments of kindness and support from those around her offer glimpses of comfort and strength, helping her take the first steps toward healing.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.

The Faerie Blade: Chapter 40

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Chapter 40: Kaelyn’s Daughter

Kaelyn was just trying to fill her belly, but she got a lot more than she bargained for when she decided to save the life of a Faerie.

 

“What are they playing?” I asked my fellow Bards as we stopped to watch.

The World Still Turning; End of month bills

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Masks 12 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Now on Kindle

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"The students from outside the mask community are a small but rapidly growing part of our campus," Eve added, nodding in turn. "The school wasn't really intended for them, though. Some of them never really fit in, there, since they weren't interested in becoming masks. They - or their parents - just wanted training in how to use their powers; not how to fight crime, wear a costume or maintain a private identity."

Maks 12


by
Rodford Edmiston

Lifesaver

Bang! ‘Freak!’ Bang! ‘Weirdo!’ Bang! ‘Faggot!’

Bobby Simpson was preparing to hit my head off the school locker when a large pair of hands grabbed him around the neck and lifted him off the ground.

‘Stop hitting him!’

Bobby gurgled in response.

‘Do you know who I am?’

‘You’re Beatrice the Beast’.

‘Call me that one more time and you’ll wake up in hospital.’

She dropped Bobby who stumbled, just avoided a face-plant and ran whimpering around the corner of the corridor.

‘You saved my life. My hero!’

My Super-powered Diary: Chapter 45

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My Super-powered Diary
Chapter 45
Contract Killer

By
Amethyst


When Maddock Ainsley gets involved in a rescue operation with his unit things go horribly wrong and his life is forever changed. Can the newly minted Merida cope with being a girl and a teenage super hero?
“What problems? We defeated the bad guy right?” Safeguard asked.

Cat and Dog

Cat and Dog
a fable
by Erin Halfelven
Image by Elisabeth Leunert from Pixabay

The Cat woke up in her tree and took a long stretch before looking around. The sun rose over there and that was right. Birds, delicious birds, flew over there, and that was right. The Dog was sniffing under her tree, and that was wrong.

She sat on her branch and cleaned first her paws and then used her paws to clean her face. She looked again. Yes, he was still there, snuffling and whuffling like a dog-shaped vacuum cleaner. She shuddered to think of it. And so she washed some more.

Broken Wings 49

CHAPTER 49
I understood her sudden stop, so I left it there. As long as she could make it, I would be more than satisfied. I started the usual process of checking for any new gear we would need, such as boots, and ran the idea past Nita. She was in a dark mood when we met up at Tesco’s, as I took a break in their store café.

“Heidi is furious, Deb. Absolutely livid, and I think she is looking for a disciplinary against the lazy cow”

Ghost Stories and Urban Legends of Benton (14)

My hometown of Benton is surrounded by half a million acres of untouched forest that are rich with game and hold untold natural treasures. Hidden in these forests are dozens and dozens of small deer camps that at most can boost a dozen voting members. The supporting these scattered little camps are dozens of small businesses. I would even say, many merchants even depend on the yearly influx of hunters to balance their books. I say all of this, because I myself am a hunter.

Sixty is not that old - Part 22

The morning of the wedding dawned bright and sunny. Delphine was first to stir. Her new corset was rubbing on her hip. Henri had been right in that it was a lot stiffer than her old one. The boning was much wider and stronger than the training corset.

As they were still sleeping in the cottage, she had to go up to the new house to get a shower. Michel had been up there most of the previous afternoon working on something. He’d been very evasive when she’d asked about whatever it was that he'd been working on.

The Shop at the End of the Road (2)

Copyright © Tracy Lane, 2003/2021.

THE SHOP AT THE
END OF THE ROAD

A lonely teenaged boy makes a Faustian bargain with a gypsy fortune teller... then discovers that the price might be higher than anybody can possibly pay.

The Hero, The Mouse & The Cheshire Pt. 28

Selina looks at Debbie when she and her guest come walking into the house. They had come in through the back door instead of the front door.

“We got a problem, Debbie. Jack activated his emergency beacon.” Selina was standing in front of the big-screen television in the kitchen.
It was flashing red and showing a wolf head on the screen. There was a laser keyboard on the marble countertop and Selina was trying to zoom in on his location.

“Are you sure it's Jack’s beacon, Selina?” Debbie and Cheshire run over to stand next to her.

Sarah book 1 part 5 The beginning,

After witnessing a murder. Young Robbie Dunkirk sees his family also murdered. He calls his mothers estranged twin sister. She comes up with a plan to hide Robbie. HE becomes his twin sister Sarah.

Annie's Rose



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Graphic created by Patricia Marie Allen from photos on Unsplash .
Background by Jorge De Jorge , model by Alex Blăjan ,
coffee and muffin by Nathan Dumlao


Authors note: This story first appeared in the “ One Dozen Roses ” anthology and has been edited to be read as a standalone.
You can read it in the anthology here .



Nicola - the stand-in - Chapter 6

My first day on set
Nicola on Moonbeam

Sometimes life has a habit of creeping up on you and sending you careering down a different and unexpected trajectory.


Nicola – the stand-in
Chapter 6

by Louise Anne Smithson

Copyright © 2021 Louise Anne Smithson
All Rights Reserved.

Palais Royale

Copyright © Tracy Lane, 2002/2021.

Palais Royale

A beautiful transgendered adolescent takes a job in an up market nightclub; discovers that parading her lingerie is an experience as arousing as it is embarrassing. Set in the fictional town of Chamberlain.

Jacked Up Part 9

Jacked Up Part 9

I spent the next weeks training in the mornings, being taught in the afternoons and spending my evenings on the computer, getting the casualty lists of all of the ‘accidents’ and bombings that I could. I cut and pasted all of the likely targets onto another spreadsheet for later use.

Homemaker

Homemaker
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

I never thought that there was anything odd about Matt. I would not say that we were friends, but we worked alongside one another for three years and we always talked. I knew that he was married, and I had even met his wife, once, when we met on the street after work. She was plain as I recall.

Witness - Chapter 4

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Chapter Four - Braidwood

Final chapter. Will Poppy be saved from a life of prostition and destitution or will Elliot save her. Perhaps they will save each other?

A Grumpy Old Man’s Tale 21 Behind the Blackout

“Perhaps my best con was on Belinda. I telt her there was a song from the sixties with the lyrics ‘Lie down girl let me push it up push it up lie down.’ She absolutely refused to believe it. I kept that one going for thirty years. It was only when one of her mates said, ‘I remember that,’ that my ‘con’ was busted.”

This is Just A Test: Chapter 1

Chapter 1. The table is set

"You cheated on me!"

Tim slapped his hand against his chest in disbelief.

"WHAT?" he blurted out. "What are you talking about?" he said with a dumbfounded look on his face.

"Don't even..." she scowled as she rummaged through her drawers looking for his shit. "I can SMELL her on you." She gathered together some of his boxer briefs and threw it in his face. They hit the floor in an undramatic way.

Misfits - A Sort of Love Story

This is the story of two gender non-conforming teens back in the benighted 1980s. Two kids trying to find their places in the world and finding a kindred spirit.

Thanks to Lizzy Bennet, editor and friend extraordinaire.

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Fall 1983. Spencer’s Gifts in the Nanuet Mall.

Lyle and Josh were flicking through the racks of posters, the clicking sound getting faster and slower.

Winds Of The Fall (2)

Copyright © Tracy Lane, 2004/2021.

Winds of the Fall

Janey Watson was an unusually pretty child with melting blue eyes and soft, girlish features - although she wasn't precisely a girl, contrary to all appearances. Like many children in born in Ridgewick over the past fifteen years, Janey was somewhat…unique.

I Wish Book 4: Chapter 7

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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 4
Chapter 7
Interview With A Succubus

By
Amethyst
“Stop fighting it, give in Kiley,” Kari instructed.

Apocalypse Dawn: First Light - Part 29

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Part 29: Team Spirit

When Caleb's sister offers to get him and Jess an opportunity to play-test a new Virtual Reality MMORPG, Caleb's vacation just may change his life and the lives of those close to him forever.

 

“Oh, you know me, Your Highness,” my Guardian said crossing her fingers and wearing a reckless grin. “Crazy and I are like this.”

Fitness class

The doctor looked at the chart, "Well, you'll be glad to know, there's nothing wrong with your heart. You've just spent too long not eating right and sitting behind a desk. I'd say you should start with walking, stretching, warm up exercises, calisthenics, and only then try something more strenuous."

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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

Misfortune by Maryanne Peters and Joyce Melton on Kindle

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Return now with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear when women were women and men were men — except when they became women!

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Misfortune
and Other Romances of the Old West
by Maryanne Peters with Joyce Melton
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