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Title Code Author(s)
Christmas Hopes - Part 1 Mon Drea DiMaggio
Sam and Sam by Joyce Melton - Now on Kindle Mon Joyce Melton
The Last Greek Class (Reformatted) Solo New Author, Michelle La Zorra
The Spirit of Christmas Solo Zoe Taylor
Jade's Survival Solo Su Shi
Hope's Light - Chapter 12: Ideals Mon Erisian
Orphan Petal 31 Mon Victoria Temple
Gambler. Chapter 1 of 4 Mon Marianne G
The Twilight of the Gods -- A Story of Mantra, Chapter 13 Mon Christopher Leeson
Off the Ground (Revision) 1 Sun Aylesea
Young Love and Other Distractions by Maryanne Peters on Kindle Sun DopplerPress
Naughty Magic - Chapter 1 - Of Magic and Ooze Sun princesskay
Gaby Book 27 ~ Smell of the Crowd ~ Chapter *14* Sun Maddy Bell
A Dope Slap for Christmas Solo Randalynn
Wishes Sun Joannebarbarella
A Grumpy Old Man’s Tale 61 The Green Dragon in the Green Dragon Sun Eolwaen
I'm Just A Woman - lyrics. Not a parody. Sun Holly Snow
A Very Melanie Halloween by Mel B, Mel E and J Mel on Kindle Sat Joyce Melton, Melanie Brown, Rasufelle
Little Hope - Chapters 19 and 20 Sat Sofia Hammerstein
Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 3459 Sat Angharad
Working For A Living Chapter 11 Sat LadyDragon623
Permission Slip Solo Bru
One Dress Solo Holly Snow
Fitting End. Chapter 8 of 8 Sat Marianne G
A Daughter Enters, Stage Left - Ch. 10 Fri SammyC
The Rise of a New Empire Chapter 8 Fri Su Shi
It's that time of month ... Fri Alys Prince
Sometimes you're right and you have to say so. Fri Alys Prince
I Was A Porn Star For The FBI By Melanie Brown On Kindle Fri Melanie Brown
Pretty makes me Happy ... not Grumpy. Fri Alys Prince
The Defeasance Protocol - Chapter 7 Fri Rachel M. Moore
Royal Performer - Chapter 15 Fri Tiffany Shar
The Station's Late Nite Princess Fri Snowfall
Lights in the Dark Solo Rasufelle
Redress - Book 01 - Chapter 04 Thu SamanthaMD
The Chosen - Chapter 11 Thu Maeryn
A Cold Fey in Hell 2: Chapter 15 Thu Amethyst
Rays of Light by Joyce Melton on Kindle Thu Joyce Melton
Pretend Princess - Chapter 13 Thu cemma2035
Pete's Vagina -59- Hut...Hut... Thu Erin Halfelven
Fake It Till You Make It - 22 - Justified Use Of Force. Thu Alyssa Plant
Demon Queened - Chapter 53 - Squeak to Me Wed princesskay
Altered: Chapter 15 Wed Amethyst
Hard Time by Melanie Brown - now on Kindle! Wed Melanie Brown
I accepted magic to fight evil and it turned me into a girl, but... Wed Windosebaris
The Alter Ego Wed Maryanne Peters
Not Like Other Girls - Finale Wed Miss Jessica
A Bikini Beach Late Summer 11--Finale Wed Daphne Xu
The Mysterious Cabinet Chap. 12 Tue LadyDragon623
Special Someones by Melanie E on Kindle Tue Rasufelle
Is Late Better than Never? Chapter 5 Tue Lily Rasputin
One Christmas Eve Solo Mona Lisa
My Summer in Pantyhose Fanfiction Teaser Tue Patricia Marie Allen
The Present, Part 26 Tue Lady Lucia
Mates 59 Tue Cyclist
The Faerie Blade: Chapter 36 Mon Amethyst
A Christmas Wish Solo Susan Brown
A Summer's Odyssey - Now on Kindle Mon Jennifer Sue
Binding Resolutions Chapter 8: In devotion and service Mon Flyingmonkey
I Was A Cheerleader For The FBI By Melanie Brown on Kindle Sun Melanie Brown
No More Worlds to Conquer Solo Maryanne Peters
Dina, part 5 Sun Debbie V
The Poise that Josey Found 7 Maturing as a Dancer and Girl Sat Jessica C
A New Start Solo Eolwaen
Peaches on Kindle: New Edition! Sat Amelia R., Angela Rasch
Park Hookup Sat magicshoppe
Easy as Falling off a Bike -20- by Angharad on Kindle Fri Angharad
The Wolf, The Owl, and The Cheshire Part 14B Fri LadyDragon623
Was it Worth it? Chapter 1 Fri Leila
No Shirt - No Shoes - No Service Solo Ricky
Waiting for Chicxulub Fri Erin Halfelven
the Time I was Reincarnated as a Fire Goddess 4 Fri Su Shi
The Rise of a New Empire Chapter 7 Fri Su Shi
In Bloom by Melanie Brown from Kindle Wed Melanie Brown
Themed Birthday Party Solo Maryanne Peters
The Last of the Fey by Denise Anesidora Trask on Kindle Tue Anesidora's Urn
It's time to stand up and be OUT. Solo Alys Prince
Triple Dare: Masks 24 by Rodford Edmiston on Kindle Tue Stickmaker
How I became a Pastel Goth Girl Solo Su Shi
Frosty Solo samquick
Composite Solo Maryanne Peters
Kelly Girl by Wanda Cunningham - New Edition from DopplerPress Sat Wanda Cunningham
Aria - Book 3 - Bring Down the Curtain by Emma Anne Tate on... Sat Emma Anne Tate
A Crumb-free Christmas Solo Columbine
Divine Intervention Solo Angela Rasch, Rasufelle
Big Book of Heaven and Hell by Maggie Finson on Kindle Tue Bek D. Corbin, E. E. Nalley, Maggie Finson, Rasufelle
Andy and Dawn by Angela Rasch on DopplerPress Mon Angela Rasch
Butterscotch by Joyce Melton now on Kindle Fri Joyce Melton
Wednesday Knights Thu Rasufelle
Dreams of Future Past by Kevin McCarthy on Kindle Tue New Author, Kevin McCarthy
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Christmas Hopes - Part 1

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Christmas Special!

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Christmas Hopes
An Anthology



by Andrea Lena DiMaggio


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These stories are a continuation of A Christmas Sampler
http://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/fiction/24777/christmas-sample...


The Last Greek Class (Reformatted)

The Last Greek Class

Ancient Greek… an unusual subject nowadays, and even unusual back then… it was compulsory, along with Latin for the “Honours” class up to Inter Certificate (Intercert), and optional thereafter for Leaving Certificate (Leavingcert). And I took the option, even though I wasn’t that good with languages; it was reputed to be an “easy honour” and I needed this to get the state grant to help with college. We were to be the last Greek Class in our School as Greek teachers were becoming hard to find.

The Spirit of Christmas

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Christmas Special!

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The Spirit of Christmas
 ©2012 Zoe Taylor

Twas the week before Christmas,
And one lost little girl
Discovers her Christmas miracle
Is about to unfurl...

Jade's Survival

*** Author's note: This is like my normal stories. This deals with child abuse, neglect, abandonment. There is also other triggering themes in this story.

Chapter 1: The Day Everything Changed

Jake walked home from school like it was any other day, his headphones blaring some angsty song about rebellion and survival. It fit the mood he was in—school sucked, home wasn’t much better, but at least it was something. A roof over his head. Food on the table. A bed to crash on.

Shannon's Course by Angela Rasch in Kindle

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High School Honors Student Shannon has a new psychology teacher with a plan that might get Shannon in trouble - and change his life forever!

Is it going to be good or bad for the reluctant Shannon to pose as a girl for a semester? And what about Shannon's friends and family?

Teenage angst is not always this confusing! With a murder mystery, too!

Castle The Series - 0035 Muriel, Joan, Dancing

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THE DINNER DANCE MURIEL AND HAIL

A sudden vision of Hail and herself with a tribe of red haired hellions caused her to burst out laughing.

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JOAN, BREVE, NELL, ERIK, MAYBLOSSOM

“You have to be Folk now, especially for Breve who will grow up Folk.”

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EVE DINNER AND THE DANCE

Will insisted Pearl dance with him. “To make up for deceiving me,” he explained with a chuckle.”

A Cape on the Villain Side -- Chp. 04

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Mortar Mage ran into the lab as fast as he could. Someone with both teleportation and super speed couldn’t move fast enough, he thought. If what he feared most was true then there was never such a thing as fast enough.

One of the lab’s rooms was a holding area for a series of freezing tubes. Mortar saw that the tanks were in one piece, and that they continued to hold all of the androids within them, one in each corner of the room. He let out a heavy sigh of relief.

When Life Hands You Uranus : 2 / 9

Unfortunately, Moss had no anchor or listener or witness. He was alone in an office where he could fire anything he liked straight through to Uranus. There were no checks and balances. Uranus can’t talk back.

Laid Bare - Chapter 3

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Chapter Three – Pretty Pink Panties

Adele meets the town's hunky sheriff who is one of the few people in town to offer her assistance. He takes her dancing at the Lazy Ace Saloon and afterwards things get hot.

The Mad Adventures of Suzie Lavender - Simon's back in school

Memory and Memories - Part 3

Memory and Memories - Part 3
by Armond

The story reaches its climax as the characters converge on the mystical island of Thyli Alari - the land of the elves. Ashe, Isaura and Zinjo, along with the Alarian army, race to Beurl Aana to prevent the release of the serum, which would annihilate, literally, all living things. Yet the mystery remains: why was Ashe goddess changed into a young eleven woman?

Lifeline 30

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We hit the road again once we were packed up, Dad insisting I drive the van along the back lanes until we hit the A4069, where he took the wheel and, to my surprise, turned north.

“Trying a bit of a different circuit, duck. Seeing as you have paid your respects to the Parsons, and those two men are in it up to their eyeballs, I thought we’d see a bit more of your own country than we normally do. You up for it?”

Undercover Girl - Chapter 19


Undercover Girl – Chapter Nineteen


By Katherine Day

(Copyright 2019)


(Child welfare worker Marcus, now growing more comfortable as a woman named Miranda, is excited over renewing the relationship with his onetime Lesbian girlfriend. Meanwhile, he is in hiding from the gangsters of a suspected child trafficking ring.)

Not What We Expected - 13

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Not What We Expected

by Tiffany B. Quinn

"One last question," I grinned at Tom. "If I do agree to the adoption, do I get to play with your computer center?"

He laughed before replying, "Sure, munchkin. I think that we can arrange that."

"I will have it put in the agreement," I grinned. I felt a big burden lift from my shoulders.

Chapter 13

Polly Chapter 18 of 25 - An Interesting Sunday

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Chapter 18 - An Interesting Sunday

Sunday morning. The alarm went off at its usual time, much to Polly's distress. Even more to her distress, Sheila was up and disgustingly awake.

"C'mon sleepyhead, get up and look at the day the Lord has made." Sheila ordered.

"Mumble, mumble."

"Say that again?"

A Cape on the Villain Side -- Chp. 03

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Six days until the end of the universe

Outside of the safety barricade around the Paragon Power Plant, news crews gathered at first light; even if that first light was a guard lighting up a cigarette.

They found and practically bombarded Diamond Grace when she arrived on the scene. Their questions were numerous and difficult to pick out, but Diamond Grace answered what she could while making her way to the barricade.

Castle The Series - 0034 Eleanor, Housewifes & Deeyewires, Catherine

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ELEANOR AND WOAD BIO-GAS

Gosellyn had smiled and said, “I have a man for you.”

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JUST HOBBIES

“Many of the incomers possess real skills and practise crafts that to them have no value at all.”

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MOONSHINE AND GLULAMS

“What kind of a place is it where you’re not allowt to make brandy?”

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CATHERINE AND CRANE

“I should be honourt if you would consider me for a husband.”

Stand By Your Woman Part 5

Charlotte’s Place:
Charlotte pulls into her driveway and plugs her motorcycle in. She was feeling a little tired from staying awake all night. It was amazing how similar she and Casey were. She notices when she walks into her place, that someone has been in her place. She pulls her gun out and looks around.

When she gets to her bedroom, she notices her friend Kai was asleep in her bed. She puts her gun back into the holster and takes her gun belt off. She notices that Kai’s knuckles were bruised and that she had a bruised on the side of her face.

Right to Life - Brain Donor: Prologue.

Right to Life: The Brain Donor

Prologue

Dr. Emil Watkins sat in the doctor’s lounge, reading the latest copy of the Journal of American Medicine. It was a light evening in the ER at Hennepin County Medical Center. With the temperature hovering around 20 degrees below zero, people were not out and about, preferring to stay indoors. That suited him, the snow and wind had been difficult to get through on his way here, and he certainly thought that nobody should be out unless it was crucial.

Christian's Gender Problem Chapter 3

Mia promised Christina that at school the next day, she would talk to Emma and get her book back. Meanwhile, Christina would have to put up with another day as a girl. Even though she pined for her old life as a boy, Christina would have to get used to being a girl.

You Are a Meany Chapter 2

The next day at school was the first of many of the worst days ever of Luke’s life. Even with Lori being told not to tell anyone at school, she could not wait to share. Lori betrayed her brother and told everyone right after their mom dropped them off at the bus stop. As soon as the Brat Princess closed the car door, she opened her mouth and with joy in her voice Lori said “Luke likes wearing dresses.”

A Cape on the Villain Side -- Chp. 02

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“Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid! I shouldn’t have let her go out alone tonight,” Mary said, walking into the mansion where the League was based. Her sister followed. “Computer, we have company. Please grant access to my sister Jackie.”

“Right away,” spoke the computer in the same feminine voice it had since their last base. It scanned Jackie and ringed while the sisters made their way through the mansion.

Castle The Series - 0033 Raquel, Benjamin, Ian, Phœbe

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RAQUEL (20) APPRENTICE SEAMSTER

“It’s a pleasure to be sure,” said Iris, “but I’ve had eight and it can sometimes be overratet.”

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BENJAMIN (42) + IAN (14)

Benjamin had always wished to be a craftsman.

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PHŒBE (45) SMOCKER

One thing she excelled at was looking after a man in bed.

The Mad Adventures of Suzie Lavender - Suzie's first Monday

I’m waking up and wondering if my nightmare has turned into a wonderful dream and now I’ll be waking up in my old bed and hear Bud yelling at Mom again.

But, no, I’m in Judy’s bed in her dressing room and I’m dressed up in a pink baby doll nightie with bloomers. My nails are still shimmering with two coats of fuchsia nail polish. Of course I still have the perm from Hell but even that feels just a tad bit softer. Now all I have to do is to look in the mirror.

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