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Hope's Light - Chapter 35: Doors (complete)

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Hope's Light

Chapter 35 & Epilogue

by Erisian

Book 6

 

If you have yet to read the saga - the tale starts here:

Into The Light

Hope you enjoy!

 

Chapter Thirty-Five - Doors

 

The transit was taking forever.



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Nothing is Routine - Chapter 11 - FIN

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The final chapter... What new normal is on the horizon? Will there be a new routine?



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Mockumentary: The Briar Patch

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Following the release of the Mockumentary film and the subsequent success of the “My Uncle Fifi” sitcom, Tristan Sinclair was riding an unexpected career high, now as a sexy Hollywood starlet. But the woman who had schemed to put Tristan in that situation wasn’t at all happy about it...



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The Matinee (2)

Tracy Lane, 2013/2021.
Released into the Public Domain.

The Matinee (2)



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Chaos Theory - Masks 18 - by Stickmaker on Kindle

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A hero's cape flaps in the breeze, half a continent away a villain hatches a fiercely stupid plan...

When the villains start tripping over their own feet, the heroes should be able to lean back and enjoy some slack time.
But it doesn't quite work that way...

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It's curtains for me

It’s curtains for me
my little entry in the double dip contest. Its for the "performance" side, if you cant guess by the title ...

Sis, honest to God, I never planned on being a performer, much less the lead in a school musical.

I mean, you know I loved my drama classes, and was part of the drama club, but I always figured I’d be behind the scenes rather than on stage, unless it was as an extra.

I mean, it’s not like I look as handsome as the boy who played the male lead. (Geez, did I really just say that out loud?)



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Racing Angels -chp 8

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Racing Angels


Webster’s dictionary defines Speed as the fallowing: the rate of change of position along a straight line with respect to time over a set distance. In other words, the quicker you can get from one place to another. The question is what do you, do when your family has spent the last two generations in search of ways to accomplish this goal faster and faster. Would do you do when the family business is the search for more Speed. For Robert ‘Robby’ McGuire the answer is easy. You grab your sister and strap on a pair of Formula One racecars then go for broke.



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One Ugly Broad

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One Ugly Broad

By Portia Bennett

Introduction: A young married couple reminisces.



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SWTOR: The Wish of One Affected the Other: Temple

T'aa Onasi knows everything that is going to happen as she finds herself on the way to Tython.
However, she just got forced to switch with the real owner of this body, and wonders how she is going to cope. Can she change things? Will she be fighting against a fate that she does not want and how far will she be forced to follow the script? Not at all, a little, or the entire script?



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Nora Midnight Part 23 (Final Chapter)


Nora Midnight



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Omaha Vice Part 3

This the conclusion of my ode to improbability. A work of fiction set in the 23rd century. New readers should peruse my story "Late Spring in Omaha" to meet the characters and society portrayed in this story to make any sense of this drivel.


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To the Matt Part 11

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Matt makes his big debut and endures life on the road but life can change at a moment's notice



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Footprints in the Sea Vol 5

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Footprints in the Sea Volume 5
Continues where Volume 4 ended and there are more adventures for Charlotte, Will and their friends in the struggle to build an island community in a deserted and lonely part of the South Pacific where transgendered and intersexed people work together. Despite Mother Nature and the criminal activities of others, new discoveries are made and the mysteries surrounding the origins of the Charlotte Acrhipelago increase...



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Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl? - Chapter 112



Tommy
The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

A Novel By Teddie S.

Copyright © 2018 Teddie S.
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Chapter 112
No! Please no. New neighbors.

   
Amy had called me and told me to come to the ER right away. When I got there, Amy and her friend Kathy led me to one of the rooms where they talk to families. As Kathy closed the door, I said, “Will someone, please tell me what the hell is going on?”

Amy said, “Honey ...



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Time on My Hands Chapter 34 - 312-326 CE: Establishing Another Legend

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Time on My Hands
Chapter 34: 312-326 CE: Establishing Another Legend

“I have a suggestion for filling the vacant office,” Raben told Constantine. “I am the only senator with holdings in the province. The other senators who had estates here and to the west in Allobroge sold their estates to my grandfather when the Alemanni destroyed their estates 53 years ago. Barmaz escaped ransacking because we already had the defenses built plus my family is of Celtic and Germanic descent. The founder of the clan and my namesake, Raben, was the original Demon Slayer. My twin sister and I are both Demon Slayers. Because of that we were not attacked. The Clan Corvo is so large because my grandfather bought the 240,000 captured Alemanni who were sold into slavery. He brought them back home and married them into the Clan.”

“I have a relative who would be an ideal candidate for provincial governor and another who is head of the Clan Corvo Militia who would be an excellent duce,” Raben continued. “If I may be so bold, when I prove the metal of my Raven Raiders in the upcoming battles, I ask that the Clan Corvo lands in Allobroge be combined with those of Alpes Graiae Et Poeninae by imperial decree and that you appoint my candidates for Governor and Duce of the enlarged Alpes Graiae Et Poeninae, and make the positions hereditary to the Clan Corvo since we make up 99% of the population. The Clan Corvo has faithfully served the imperial cause since Emperor Severus, my ancestors and namesakes being the head physicians for the Caledonian Expedition.”



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A Slow Change Part 3

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When his sister came home, they at dinner together.

“How was your day?” Emma asked.

“Fine”

“Did you do anything fun?” Andrew got scared. He had to fight his body to not tell his sister. For some reason he just wanted to tell her and put the clothing on right then. Instead he just said “no I just watched TV and played some games.”

“Alright”



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How Charles Met Laurel Chapter 2: The Best Friend

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The next morning, Charles wakes up with a bright smile thinking of the night before. It wasn’t the first time he had shown off his garden but it was the first time a girl had shown actual interest in it. And Laurel, she was so beautiful and attentive. His only regret is not getting to know her better. After going to the kitchens and grabbing some bread and cheese, Charles hurried out the door and down the road. There was only one person he wanted to talk to right now, his best friend Edwin Nyte.



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SWTOR: The Wish of One Affected the Other: Tython

T'aa Onasi knows everything that is going to happen as she finds herself on the way to Tython.
However, she just got forced to switch with the real owner of this body, and wonders how she is going to cope. Can she change things? Will she be fighting against a fate that she does not want and how far will she be forced to follow the script? Not at all, a little, or the entire script?



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Eerie Saloon -- Treasure of Eerie: Chapter 1

Thorn's aunt rushes her nephew into Eerie for Dr. Upshaw's attention. The prognosis is a grim one, but the surgeon has a suggestion that only a man of Eerie, Arizona could possibly have made.



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Eerie Saloon -- Treasure of Eerie: Prologue

The Treasure of Eerie, Arizona
by Christopher Leeson and Ellie Dauber

This new story of Eerie, Arizona concerns one of its untold tales. It carries us back to December, 1871, to a month that has been already visited in the second novel, “Eerie Saloon: Seasons of Change – Autumn” and in the short story “Eerie Saloon -- Toy Soldier.” Let's assume that, behind the scenes, something else was happening that we did not at that time choose to reveal, something that will now be the subject of this novella.



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A Slow Change Part 2

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The following Saturday, Andrew had the house to himself, as both his parents were away at a conference for a week and his sister was staying at a friend’s house. He was just finishing lunch, and after cleaning up, he began to head back to his room to get back to work. As he walked down the hallway, he noticed that his sister’s door was open. As he passed, he saw something in the corner of his eye that grabbed his attention: her closet was open, revealing a lot of her clothing. Suddenly, that strange urge began to grow again, and Andrew walked into Emma’s room.



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Courage Chapter 15 Final Chapter

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A Slow Change Part 1

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It was late, and Andrew wanted to go to sleep, but he needed to get ready in the bathroom. Unfortunately, his sister was busy taking a shower. This was a regular occurrence late at night, and it was extremely annoying. He got impatient, so he knocked on the door and said, “Emma, can you please get out? I’d really like to get to bed.”



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Gaby Book 17 ~ Seasons ~ Chapter *16* Season Opener

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*Chapter 16*
Season Opener

 
 

“Sorry I was so long, I got lost,” I apologised when I returned to the trailer.



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Girl’s Night Out - 10 New Times, New Life

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Girl’s Night Out
10 – New Times, New Life


By Jessica C


Nera took Heath for his second time to her Girls Night out…
That night Heath felt free to be Dara.



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My Week at The Lake Day 1

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Mouikkai Musume, Chapter 07: The Onus Of His Duties

SWTOR: The Wish of One Affected the Other: A Switching of Souls

T'aa Onasi knows everything that is going to happen as she finds herself on the way to Tython.
However, she just got forced to switch with the real owner of this body, and wonders how she is going to cope. Can she change things? Will she be fighting against a fate that she does not want and how far will she be forced to follow the script? Not at all, a little, or the entire script?



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SWTOR: The Wish of One Affected the Other

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T'aa Onasi knows everything that is going to happen as she finds herself on the way to Tython.
However, she just got forced to switch with the real owner of this body, and wonders how she is going to cope. Can she change things? Will she be fighting against a fate that she does not want and how far will she be forced to follow the script? Not at all, a little, or the entire script?



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Omaha Vice Part 2

This is a work of fiction set in a future world wracked by a pandemic. While, on the surface, society seems to function, a good many social mores are dropping like flies. Our detectives remain undeterred in their pursuit of the scandal of the century.


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Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl? - Chapter 111



Tommy
The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

A Novel By Teddie S.

Copyright © 2018 Teddie S.
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Chapter 111
The resort. Albuquerque.
What’s wrong? What’s Happened?


Why can't some people take "No!" for an answer.

Some new clothes.

A phone call at nine in the morning. Now what?



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Sacculina 2

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Our heroine Charlotte continues with her college education and research work to punish the Rapist who ruined her friend's life



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Travel Through Time and Space Part 4

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Coyote Chapter 12 Epiloge

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A Whateley Tale

Written by Nuuan



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The Girl Who Righted Wrongs - 1 of 3

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LISBETH SALANDER FAN FiCTION




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I'm With the Band

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Mike wanted to be in his brother's band in the worst way, but this was ridiculous!

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by Melanie Brown

Now available from Kindle!
Also, Kindle UK!

Copyright © 2005 Melanie Brown


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All for Love - 'The Kiss' & more - A Melanie Brown Sampler

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Melanie Brown's newest collection from Doppler Press!

All for Love

Now on Kindle!



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Dragon's Mark by Shauna Rousseau now on Kindle

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Dragon's Mark
by Shauna J. Rousseau
Now on Kindle


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Becoming Robin Books 1&2 by Zoe Taylor on Kindle

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When tragedy strikes, Opportunity knocks, and a new persona is born. A cross-country move away from everything Robert has known followed by a chance encounter trigger a different sort of existence. Can "Robin" adapt or will it all come tumbling down?



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