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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 1250.

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike)
Part 1250
by Angharad

Copyright © 2011 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Demands My Soul -02-

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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.



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Routes 1

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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.



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Curse of the Fountain by Melanie Brown from DopplerPress

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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.

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



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Weeping Willow. Book 3, Chapter 7 of 23

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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.



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The Reluctant Co-Ed by Melanie Brown now on Kindle

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It's been a series of madcap adventures for Chrissie, starting in middle school when she posed as a Reluctant Girlfriend and on through her high school career as a cheerleader.

Now she's in college! Can you get a degree in crossdressing shenanigans?"

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The Reluctant Co-Ed
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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My Obsession, Part 12 of 29

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Part 12 of 29

Saturday, July 27, 2013
Today was the day. Mary Ann's parents came to meet Angel the Girl. You wouldn't believe how nervous I was. It was worse than seeing them just after we started going steady.



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The Ambassador's Wife - Epilogue part 2

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The Ambassador's Wife - Epilogue.
Part 2 of 2.
By
Angharad.



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The Wounded World by Aladdin, Chapter 3

TG heroine Mantra (Malibu Comics) realizes that she is missing six days of time and finds herself living in a completely different (and disconcerting) version of her own life. She has to find out what in blazes is going on.



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My Obsession, Part 11 of 29

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Part 11 of 29

Tuesday, July 23, 2013
My new glasses are in. They look just as cool as I hoped they would, very feminine. I did get one of those hanger things and I get a kick of having my glasses bounce off my breasts when I take them off.

Angel is easily amused, sometimes.



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Rachel Stone

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Sweet little spy pt 22

The parents of a troublesome teenage son finally had enough and sends him for special training. He gets more than she bargains for.



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Chatting With Angels -09-

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Chatting with Angels

Chapter Nine ~ The Artisan

By Sasha Zarya Nexus

Would Kathryn be prepared for the news that Monty would bring from the Dark Weekend?



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A Special Kind of Revenge

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A Special Kind of Revenge
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters



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Masks 24: Part 10

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Part Ten

"I've got a bad feeling about this," said Vic, as she, Murphy, Muravachick and Medura left the briefing.

"You're not the only one," said Murphy, in an irritated mutter.

"Well, why don't we all wait by Vic's car, and if things do go south try to... do something constructive?" said Medura, with an uncertain movement of her hands.

"Sounds like a plan," said Muravachick, tiredly. "It's vague, but open-ended and flexible."



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My Obsession, Part 10 of 29

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Part 10 of 29

Sunday, July 21, 2013
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Grandpa would be proud of the literary allusion, but I need to write this down and out of my system. Today was cold, wet and rainy; a perfectly lousy day which was all the worse for the beautiful day outdoors yesterday. Grandpa and Eve went off to the Liar's Club so it was just me and Mary Ann.



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Freedomia Rules

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Freedomia -- land of the blessed. Fasten your seatbelts for landing.



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Gaby Book 22 ~ Avoidance ~ Chapter *6*

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*Chapter 6*
Snatched Moments


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Gaby Book 2 ~ Summer Girl ~ Chapter *33*

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*Chapter 33*
Race Ready


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The Odd Squad -4- Lots of changes

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Julie and Trudy continue to work as the Odd Squad with their unofficial team of helpers, with no help from the main detective team under Inspector Wainwright.



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Forever the Dragon Princess -chp 17

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Forever the Dragon Princess

The year is 2024. And one of the greatest archaeology finds of all time is on display at the Smithsonian. No one ever expected to find something buried deep within the caves below Mount Fuji, Japan. Especially not a seven foot tall, fifteen foot wide, two foot thick, one-thousand pound, hand carved red lacquered, ebony wood, bejeweled sculpture of the dragon Toyotama-hime that is over 2000 years old. For 16yr old Tony Watanabe this statue held more than just your normal fascination. It held his destiny.



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Broken! - Chapter 8 (Final)

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After a severe beating by his father, Alex was left in a coma and broken. Will his memory return and what will it mean for him if it does?



 

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Broken!

By Shauna

Copyright© 2020 Shauna J. Rousseau
All Rights Reserved.
(All images and artwork are property of and copyrighted by Shauna J. Rousseau.)


 
Chapter Eight

 




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Easy As Falling Off a Bike pt 3253

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The Weekly Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3253
by Angharad

Copyright© 2020 Angharad

  
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Derby Day Surprise - Chapter 7

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Derby Day Surprise – Chapter 7
By
JulieDCole



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My Obsession, Part 9 of 29

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Part 9 of 29

Sunday, July 14, 2013
I'm getting better at cooking. Today I did a traditional Sunday dinner, naturally with Mary Ann's help, but I planned the menu, went shopping for the ingredients and found the recipes. We had roast ham with those pineapple slices and cherries pinned all over it - it looks pretty cool that way and isn't any real trouble to do. I think it looked just as good as the picture in the cookbook once I put it on the table.



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Carl's Eyes

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Reality is the truth, but sometimes a person can have multiple truths.



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Forsythe Saga -20- Time to get back in the Saddle

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[Cliff and Maxine are discussing their plans for the next few days]
“Well, are you going to go?”

“What do you mean?”

Cliff, Maxine’s assistant sighed.

“To the board meeting in Devon? What with everything that has been going on, you have missed the last three.”



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For Want of a Comma - Chapter 8

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In this chapter, our hero runs into some trouble while trying to help his friends, does some gender revelation, loses his temper, then finds himself in *very* deep trouble.
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Castle The Series - 0129 Incursion Year 619 + Ch 130 On The Nature of Time

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CASTLE THE SERIES – 06190010

SOCIAL WORKER

The incursion was of three hundred and twenty two incomers and occurred on the twenty-third of Minyet, mid-spring, almost fifty one years after the previous one. It was dry, but the temperature was twenty-odd below freezing and there was a moderate breeze giving a considerable chill factor. It happened, as usual, before dawn, this time near Outgangside, and the incomers were discovered at first light just after six.

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ON THE NATURE OF TIME

It is impossible to make direct comparisons of time between Earth and Castle via any one or group of characters since the characters’ timelines are anything but consistent as persons from various times on Earth become co-temporal with persons from other times on incursion.



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Unaccounted Gains - Book 1 - Part 9

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Accountancy Can Be Deadly
Part 9


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The Jillaroo. Part 4 / 4 Love and Devotion

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The Jillaroo. Part 4 Love and Devotion

We married in Broken Hill with just close family with us. I had flown to his home to pick up his two brothers and had arranged for a friend to fly them home again.



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The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 9 & 10

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Positively Patsy Part 9

When she hung up I stopped to think for a moment. She had rattled off a figure of twenty five million as if it was chump change. I picked up my phone again and rang Sarah. After telling her where I was and the task that Grog had set me, I asked her about the payouts from the tour and queried the number that Riordan had quoted. She told me that the tour was sold out for every show; so we had grossed one billion, two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars.



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Princess of Castile chapter 14

Princess of Castile

By Jennifer Reed

Chapter 14
Alejandra plots against her sister as the repercussions of the nuclear attack begins to occur



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The Violinist Chapter 16

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Cross Country Disconnect - 12 Caryn’s Still Running

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Cross Country Disconnect - 12
Caryn’s Still Running


By Jessica C



Gary opened his big mouth and was challenged...
He saw no way of losing but did...



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The Bisley Boy

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The Bisley Boy
A Short Story based on Alleged Fact
By Maryanne Peters

My husband, the late Sir Thomas Parry, was a man of great importance in the household of the late Queen Elizabeth for the two years before his death. Some said that he was poorly qualified to serve as the Comptroller of the Royal Household. That may be the case. Some said that he must have some hold over Her Majesty, but I doubt that anybody could fully appreciate how momentous was the secret.



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Office Bet by Melanie Brown now on Kindle

Harry thought he was just making a little joke, but the women in the office weren't laughing.
So they made a little bet and Harry would win if he followed the women's dress code for a month.
How hard could it be?

by Melanie Brown

Office Bet by Melanie Brown
Copyright © 2004, 2017 Melanie Brown
From DopplerPress - A BigCloset HatBox Kindle eBook


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Texas Two-Step by Angela Rasch on Kindle

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Another great sports story from Angela Rasch on Kindle from DopplerPress!

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Orphaned, Angel has to move to live with his uncle. Even though a standout athlete in Illinois, he's having trouble finding a place to fit in Pecos. Angel played soccer back in the Midwest, but that isn’t even an option in this gridiron-crazed, West Texas town. He gets a job in a Dairy Queen, but it seems mostly due to a misunderstanding and his life goes off in a new direction....

Texas Two-Step

by Angela Rasch

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Romance We Must by Maryanne Peters Ebook Available

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Now available as an ebook from online retailers, beginning with Amazon US and more channels later

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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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Singular Pursuit by Stickmaker Now eBook and Paperback!

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In an abandoned island resort...

Now available as eBook and Paperback through these online retailers:
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It was supposed to be a working vacation. Vic and Michelle get a luxury vacation in exchange for teaching T.O.W.E.R. Agents how to handle superhuman opponents. Except that there's much more going on...



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