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Threads of Truth -08-

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Threads of Truth

A Transgender Coming of Age Romance

From the Harmony Aspirant Universe

Chapter 8: The Verdict

By Ariel Montine Strickland

How will Kiki cope with her morning surprise?
How will Julian present a defense of the sanctuary to the city council?

Copyright 2025 by Ariel Montine Strickland.
All Rights Reserved.



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A Walk in the Wadi

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This story is set in a real place, a real time and is based around a real incident. I have used generic terms such as Militia and Infiltrators as I don’t want readers to be distracted by the politics. Anyone who is familiar with the area will be easily able to identify these groups and even the location of my platoon base. But none of this is important: The story is about the people.

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“A wadi patrol?”



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Weeping Willow. Book 3, Chapter 19 of 23

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Chapter 19

After the announcements, the four of them sat at a table with marker pens. At their right was the store manager to ensure that all products being signed had a correct sales receipt. The line moved slowly, with them learning to answer the questions with enough information but not so much as to slow down the line. They sat and signed and talked until lunch, when the manager asked that the guests be given some time to get refreshments.



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Beacon of Hope - Chapter One

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Beacon of Hope



Chapter One



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Rewriting the Script

Parents-to-be, James and Jennifer give serious consideration to an unorthodox parenting arrangement



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Game of Spies by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Who hasn’t had a bad day? But Capt. Wainright’s rapidly went downhill after answering a distress call only to wake up from suspended animation in the wrong body—that of a 15 year old girl! His ship now overrun by heavily armed troops, he (or she), will just have to soldier on—it’s going to get worse before it gets better!

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Game of Spies
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle


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Castle The Series - 0078 Warbler & Jed

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The footnotes are now included.

CASTLE THE SERIES – 00007030

WARBLER & JED MID-FORENOON WHAT OF OTDAY?

“The squad are considered to be hunters, and after all the vermin we’ve killed Milligan said we’re saving so much food that he considers feeding us well to be important for the wheel of the Folk. He ordered Saught to make sure we get the best.”
“That’s weäl, not wheel, Jed. You know what it means?”
“Yeah, total well being. Like being well fed, clothed and warm, but gratitude for the correction. Weäl. Weäl. That right?”
Warbler nodded and added, “It also includes feeling good inside your head concerning life.”
Jed grinned and said, “Like all your weäls going in the same direction.”
After he’d explained the pun in and the meaning of his remark to an initially puzzled Warbler, she was choking with laughter as she responded, “At least one of your weäls it going in the wrong direction for certain, Jed.”



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Faith Anthology Part 1

I am Not the Best at Words
(The Content of a letter which was slipped underneath the door of a teenage girl’s bedroom)



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Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl? - Chapter 220



Tommy
The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

A Novel By Teddie S.

Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020 Teddie S.
All Rights Reserved.

Chapter 220


Who the hell do they think they are!
Accept the apology? Maybe not this time.


What the hell! ~o~O~o~ Not Los Alamo's security people again!? ~o~O~o~ A note? And a phone call. ~o~O~o~ Why is the wolf standing is still standing in my vision? ~o~O~o~ A meeting with the Dean and others. ~o~O~o~ Another apology? I don't think so. ~o~O~o~ A day hike to the sacred place? Maybe.

 
 



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The lover from next door

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[This is yet another story from my archives. Circ 2011]

“Do you Katya Collins take Lauren Allen as your lawful wedded wife?”

“I do.”

“Do you Lauren Allen take Katya Collins as your lawful wedded wife?”

“I do.”

“Katya, will you please recite your vows?”



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“A Change Will Do You Good” Chapter 16 (Final) “I Shall Believe”

I Shall Believe



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BCTS Publishers, Writers, Readers Party

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BCTS Publishers, Writers, Readers Party

by Barbie Lee
no copyright enjoy



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Specialist Nanny

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Specialist Nanny
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

Authors Note: This story is based on the advertisement that appears in it (page 3) which is close to word for word, what appeared in a national daily in 2017.

My sister started out in the business by being best babysitter in the neighbourhood. To do that, all she needed to do was to ensure that when anybody that employed her needed a baby sitter, there was always a baby sitter available.



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The Violinist Chapter 8

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02 - Farsightedness

An astounding start for our Minister

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Tales of Faralmark



by Julia Phillips


02 – Farsightedness



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A confession

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This is a small confession from a guy. He trusted me because of my unusual sexual orientation, as a sfenist. I decided to post here his confession because it can help other people experiencing similar feelings regarding crossing strict rules. I will use for him a fictional name, Ivan.

This is what he said:



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Castle The Series - 0077 Zoë & Torrent, Waggoner Logistics

CASTLE THE SERIES – 00007010

FIRST THING IN THE FORENOON ZOË (14) AND TORRENT (28)

Zoë smiled, the feeling that for the first time in her life she was in control of her own body was powerful, and it felt good. She said, “I should like that too. How does it work here? What do we do to get married?”

CASTLE THE SERIES – 00007020

EARLY FORENOON TO LATE AFTERNOON VERONICA (42) AND MAST (19)

Sledge was taken aback by Mast insisting Veronica was the one who maekt the decisions, but there was naught he could do but accept it, so he said, “I’ve two reliable heavy plough horses and can provide the oats, will you take the lot, Mast? I need the horses back within a lune and a half.”



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A Christmas Party - part 6

A Christmas Party - part 6
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Bob gets invited to his office's Christmas Party. His colleagues convince him that life is more fun in a dress.

In this part; Bobbi spends time with Jordan.



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You Are a Meany Chapter 9

Most of the time there was no other place in the world where Tom Downey would rather be than the Lincoln Park Bike Park. Going there was special because the bike park was only open weather permitting. His parents would only take him there once a month during the school year and twice in the summer. The trip to the bike park not being common, made everything about the place even more special. To Tom, the expert level BMX course was the best in the world. The bike trail must be the longest and widest Tom had ever seen. Even the wooden picnic benches were comfortable.



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Switched! - 6. Unicorn on the Bed

A Switcher Tale...

Switched!
Switched!

6. Unicorn on the Bed

by Lulu Martine



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“A Change Will Do You Good” Chapter 15 “ Beware of Darkness”

Beware of Darkness



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A Brief Journey to Badger Wood



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Magic does happens and often first in the heart...


Please note: this story takes place after Lewis' Silver Chair and this author's Lesley and the Lion




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Lesley and the Lion

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Lesley and the Lion


by Andrea Lena DiMaggio




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Life on the Run in Skirts - Chapter 32

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CHAPTER 32 - It's perfectly okay to make a decision and then change your mind. Being able to change your mind is the best way to find out you still have one.



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Jasmine's Last Wish (2/2)

Jafar faces increasing difficulty managing the restive Jasmine, even as his ambitions grow ever wider.



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Tammy:Moving On - Chapter 32 "Kippered"

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Moving On  

Part
 
Thirty Two

 

"Kippered"

 



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Stone-42

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Stone

Chapter 42 – The School

The next morning Stone woke up and remembered to go to the other house to use the boy’s bathroom. If nothing else, this morning rush would encourage him to get a new school built. His breakfast was ready for him when he got back to the kitchen, and he ate it slowly, watching the kitchen staff doling out oatmeal to the morning students.



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Rairy Contrary - Chapter 3 - Prejudice

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Rairy Contrary - Chapter 3 - Prejudice

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"A Moth On A Sloth: Why a Sloth is Green" A Story of Evolution and Cooperation

A MOTH ON A SLOTH: Why a Sloth is Green

A Tale of Evolution and Cooperation (Symbioses)

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There is a moth on a three toed sloth.

There is a fungus on the skin on the sloth.

There is algae in the fur of the sloth.

They all form a family,

that lives in a tree.

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The moth and the fungus and the algae and the sloth all take care of each other.

You see none can survive without the other,



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Police Academy Chapter 19

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Super Bimbo (not finished)

John is a boy who is bullied a wants to be a hero when he is asked to clean out the attic he finds a magic genie and gets wish and wishes to be a hero but the outcome is not what he thought it would be....



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Castle The Series - 0076 A Good Trip, Nursing, Aaron, Council

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MID-AFTERNOON THE RETURN OF THE HORSES

“My gratitude, Leech. Yes, a good trip. My regards to Gale.”

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LATE AFTERNOON HONESTY AND BELLA

“The herbs are working, she’s nursing, Peter.”

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LATE AFTERNOON TILL EVE THE HERMIT AND HIS FAMILY

Torrent expressed gratitude to Peace and winked at Anvil who shrugged and said, “Girls learn it at the breast I’m sure.”

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PRODUCTS OF OUR TIMES

“Aaron never was easy to understand,” said Yew, and then he added, “May hap none of us are.”
Many of the Council looked at Yew quizzically at that and Thomas asked, “You thinking of becoming a hermit, Yew?” At that the entire Council laught. Other than Will, a less appropriate candidate than Yew to take Aaron’s place was difficult to envisage.



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Jasmine's Last Wish (1/2)

Jafar enjoys the fruits of one victory, even as he works to shore up the foundations of the next. (A sequel to Imperator Mentus' story, "Aladdin's Last Wish".)



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Second Life

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Second Life
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

I thought we were happy. I am not sure that any marriage was perfect, but I thought we were happy. I just could not understand why he would disappear and leave me and the boys behind.

It was the day after we returned from holidays together. For some reason he had not had a haircut for months and had grown what for him was a fairly substantial beard. He had said that he was going in to town to have a haircut and a proper shave before starting back at work the day after. He just never came back.



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The Prophet Revised Chapter 13

The Prophet

By Jasmine Monica

Chapter 13


Serinina gets her first real taste of war
and she faces her first battle with the Spartans



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Bian -27- Yield the Door!

Who's the pretty boy?

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Bian -27-
Yield the Door!
 
by Erin Halfelven


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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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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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Easy as Falling off a Bike -26- by Angharad on Kindle

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A continuing story...

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Easy as Falling Off a Bike
Book 26
by Angharad
Buy on Kindle



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Objects of Art and Other Romances

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If Sex is the Object, there has to be Art in the Romance...

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Objects of Art and Other Romances
Gender-Bending Tales of Beauty and Desire
by Maryanne Peters
Now on Kindle


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