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The Duel Chapter 3 (version 2-experimental)

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The air in our former hideout was thick with a mixture of exhilaration and dread as we exchanged glances, our hearts still racing from the thrill of our escapade.



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Fake It Till You Make It - 33 - Homeward Bound (Finale!)

Fake It Till You Make It


Fake It Till You Make It


How Not To Transition In High School (Probably)
One teenager Vs the world, what could go wrong?


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No Idea. Chapter 4 of 8

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Chapter 4

When I got her home, we kissed some more, and I told her that I would be in the Duke for my dinner on Tuesday. What I had planned with the decorating for the day was out of the window. I was going to put some things in the sidecar and take it to London to sell. That way, I might be able to live a lot better.



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Five Dresses

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FIVE DRESSES

Lucy’s story, as told by the people closest to her. In five parts.

PART ONE
ELLIE/1920s FLAPPER DRESS

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Second Spirit by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Jack thought he had his whole life planned out -- right up until the moment he woke up in a new, very different body.

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Second Spirit
by Melanie Brown
Buy on Kindle



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A Modest Proposal by Melanie Brown - on Kindle

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It was a simple idea.

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A Modest Proposal
by Melanie Brown
Now on Kindle



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Sister of my Heart

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December 2017 Christmas Dreams Story Contest Entry

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Sister of my Heart

I am most assuredly back Dear Reader!
As promised, the snow has begun to fall once more and so must the lamp-lighters and narrators apply their trade.

Welcome to hopefully the first of many 'Narrator Fellow's Christmas Omnibus's!


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Sanity is... for the weak! [1.1]

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Potions, as with most things, rarely improve once past their sell-by-date apparently.
Even if it is a very pretty green potion, potion, -otion, -otion...

You know, I think the effects might actually be getting worse?

Events unfold including but not limited to:
Chairs being forgotten, along with many other things.
John's trying to do... something?...
And Sarah gets a temperature controlled fashion upgrade!


 


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TG Techie: Chapter 11: Techie Now

1st Meeting

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Directly after Drama was Math, and I had some problems finding the classroom. I got no introduction this time, just sat down, and was pleased to learn that our section had been covered last year at my old school. This was going to be a breeze. No studying in for this.



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The Belles of Christmas

I was on my way to my second period, English class when I saw the crowd gathering around the bulletin board outside, our guidance counselor’s office , Ms. Brumfeld . Curiosity got the better of me so I pushed my way through the throng until I saw what the fuss was about . A big notice announcing “Contestants wanted for the 2nd annual “The Belles of Christmas Pageant” . What might you ask , is that? I will tell you.



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Must Be Dreaming - 2 Someone New for Christmas


Must Be Dreaming 2
Someone New for Christmas



By Jessica C



The guys and women were back together having breakfast, this time near Chicago… They had been friends in high school or some longer; together for a weekend away from college or work. The guys were pumped up for another weekend of football and pub jumping… When Jennifer asked, “Josh would you like to come with us” …Jenn figured on Josh as Josey staying with the women that day…



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Inescapable (Part 1 of 2)

The most dangerous traps are the ones you don't want to escape from.



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Bzzzzappp Bang Boom: Wichita Linegirl Part 1

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You know the old saying, there's a sucker born every minute? Well, I discovered the truth of that one all too well recently.

You see, I used to go out in my van and fix problems in the telephone lines, just like in the song Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell. Most of the time, it wasn't difficult work, although it could be time consuming after a big storm went through the area, but that's life, ya know?

This seemed to be a day like any other, I was headed out to check a few sites, one of which had a malfunctioning transformer.



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A Second Chance -- Chapter 34

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A Second Chance

By Dawn Natelle

Another chapter, setting up for the busy Saturday that is coming: Dawn

FRIDAY, May 27, 2016



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Forgotten: Chapter 02

After my body slamming experience, I was transported to a hospital. It was obvious that the police officers didn’t notice the bruises and scarring on my arms and neck moments after I walked onto the farm due to their reaction when they went to cuff me. They raised my hands to cuff them, my sleeves fell down a bit and the rest was history. Instead of a trip directly to the local jail in a cop car, I got to make a pit-stop at the hospital in an ambulance. The bad part about this was that it gave Frank a seemingly endless supply of ideas about who I could be. And it wasn’t good.



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Female Bonding Ritual

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If you've ever left your own house in a dress you've probably encountered the classic dilemma: to go through the door with the stick figure with a triangle that is supposed to be a skirt or the door with the stick figure without that silly triangle. Have you ever stopped to consider that there is absolutely no way to tell if the stick figure without the skirt is wearing anything or simply the outline of a naked man, reduced to it's simplest skeleton?



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Stuck as A Pixie

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Street Child 2 Chp. 5

When Betty arrives home she finds Karen sound asleep on the sofa. She couldn’t believe how she looked. When she left for work this morning. Karen had looked like what Lady Vile had done to her, but now she looked like herself again. She didn’t know of any magic that could physically change someone back to their original form once they had been magically changed, unless they were a shape shifter like Sasha.



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Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl? - Chapter 27



Tommy
The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

A Novel By Teddie S.

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Chapter 27
A girl’s day. Kai’s new hair.

When we were home, and as I was making Amy something to eat, she was looking at the contents of the box. She read the letter, and said, “They were going to pay you two-hundred and fifty dollars for doing that photo shoot. You should have paid them.”

“I should have paid them!”, I said. “Why?”

“You had fun doing it. Didn’t you?”

“Yeah. I guess I did.”



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Night Fox Chapter 9

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Dollie Finishing Academy 2

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Miss Victoria

Written by Dauphin

Life starts at Dollies, but will the boy even stay?



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There is Nothing like a Dame Chapter 16

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There is Nothing like a Dame

A novel by Bronwen Welsh



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Mourning Dew -- Chp. 5

Camille Jean Laignaux starts the 9th grade while Mr. Jack positions himself nicely to do a dramatic gender reveal. In the meantime, Detective Bishop has help in tracking down who Mr. Jack is and where he may be found, although, he doesn’t know he has actually met him now.

Mourning Dew


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Copyright © 2017 by AuP reviner



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Footprints in the Sea Vol 4/Chap 73

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Clandestine meetings between lovers, trips around the bay and - shock-horror-gasp, Charlotte gets kinky when she shows Will a new dance before getting into bed!!



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Forgotten: Chapter 01

When I woke up in the field, all I knew of myself was that I was a girl and my hair had a pinkish tint to it. That was it. I awoke from what seemed a veil of nothingness, and when I was fully aware, I realized I had no idea who I was. I didn’t know my name, my age, or who my family was, if I even had family. Nothing. My mind was blank, well, mostly blank. I still seemed to remember things that one would learn in school. I thought of George Washington and how he was the first president, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, basically everything about the guy.



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Nora Midnight Part 2

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Nora Midnight



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Twin Swap Chapter 5

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When 13 year old twins Tyler and Jillian can't get along, their Mom decides to take drastic measures and make them see things from each others shoes by making them literally switch places, forcing Jillian to be the brother and Tyler to be the sister. Tyler's punishment gets extended but Jillian finds herself on the tail end of her punishment and finds herself a little more conflicted about returning to life as a girl than she thought.



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Heir to a Title - Chapter 29

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Another Chapter in Callie's progress through university. An interesting research offer is put before her but causes internal conflicts.

Heir to a title 29.

During the Michelmas term Callie started as she mean't to go on by dutifully completing all her assignments well before their 'hand-in' dates. Consequently her punctuality and grades started to attract the attentions of her tutors and the departmental head. Few students handed in their work as often as a week or even a month before the deadline.



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Tammy:Deathtrap - Part 1 "Plausible Deniability"

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Part
 
One

 

"Plausible Deniability"

 



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Leigh Anne - Chapter 27

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Leigh Anne – Chapter 27
By Barbara Lynn Terry

(Author’s Note:) I had a complaint about listing the lineups for each school. How is the reader supposed to follow the tournament, if they don’t who is playing and from what school? I realize that I cannot please everyone. But, the lineups are important. Thank you all for reading and commenting. Barbara.)

Chapter 1 – The tournament continues.



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Danny 1 - What's New, Pussycat?

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A Whateley Academy Adventure

Danny 1 - What's New, Pussycat?

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Part 1

Monday, August 27, 2007 - Mid-Afternoon
Train to Dunwich



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This year, for sure!

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This year, for sure!

Last year was a failure,
Summer was a bust,
Fall fell apart.
One last go!

He'll notice me this time or else!


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Gaby Book 15 ~ Friends ~ Chapter *40* Castellated

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Gaby Book 15 ~ Friends ~ Chapter *39* Not So Rosy

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Gaby Book 15 ~ Friends ~ Chapter *38* Airporter

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Eerie Saloon 3: Dance with Me by Ellie Dauber and Chris Leeson - Now on Kindle

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Life has a way of happening when you stop paying attention to your troubles. The transformed women of the Hanks Gang have served their sentences and now must build new lives for themselves.

There are restaurants to run, poker hands to deal, blacksmiths and ranchers to...consider?

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Friendship and Agony by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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The first published anthology of our own very prolific short story author, Maryanne Peters, is available on Kindle in a new book.

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Friendship and Agony
with 15 other TG romances
by Maryanne Peters
Now on Kindle!

When is a “Friendship” close to being a marriage? Two men discover that being friends is not enough when one of them agrees to be a bride.

What will an estranged father do to keep his family together when they make a “Call for Help?” Break the law and make radical changes? But how will his life be judged?

A man writes an "Agony" column pretending to be a woman, then success demands that SHE step forward into reality…. Can she become a real person?



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Bobbi McGee by Chris Leeson on Kindle

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Rob Wescott was unlucky when it came to love. That harmless statue that his ex sent him and he left by his bed turned out to be not so harmless when he woke the next day.

Rob, now Bobbi had to make a new life for herself. But would she continue to be unlucky in love?

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Bobbi McGee

by Christopher Leeson



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What If?

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What If on Kindle

A story of heartache and pain, sins, misadventures, curses, a gods wrath and finally redemption.

What If?

by Monique S.

What if even an ordinary mortal could alter history? There are so many theories as to what time is and what it would mean if you could alter history and create an alternate timeline in a parallel universe.

Being interested in extreme Astrology and a technician I have always rejected such theories, just until I woke up in HER bed and found myself changed ...



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