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The New Girl at Uskweirs Manor - Chapter 9: The Carriage to Yorkshire

The New Girl at Uskweirs Manor

a pastoral romance by Miriam Robern

The Carriage to Yorkshire

Monmouthshire, October 1812



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Kelly Girl by Wanda Cunningham - New Edition from DopplerPress

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Kelly Girl
by Wanda Cunningham

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Sarina’s Las Vegas Vacation

Notice: This story follows Lover of Cars and Poker.

Richie’s House:
Sarina pulls all the money she just won towards her with her right arm. A big smile was plastered on her face.

“You would think she would be losing with her left arm in a cast.” Richie looks at Sarina as she pulls her winning towards her.

“Hey, my arm is the only thing broken, not my brain.” Sarina hurt her arm at work while pulling a front end off a Honda Accord.



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Aurora - Part 4 of 9

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Aurora

by Karen Page

Part 4

Aurora



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Mid month bills and a slight overdraft

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I covered the overdraft from my own money but we still need funds for current and past due bills.

The loss of 2/3 of our ad revenue (~$1000/mo) is still hurting.

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Romance and Other Faraway Places by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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Can you really only be yourself when you're alone?

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Romance and Other
Faraway Places

by Maryanne Peters
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Dreams are what you make of them

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December 2017 Christmas Dreams Story Contest Entry

The famous words ‘I had a dream’ means many things to many people. My ‘I had a dream’ moments got me into trouble more than once when I was a teenager.



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Gaby Book 15 ~ Friends ~ Chapter *36* Complications

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Alexa Chapter 32: Inclusion

Alexa and Jenny head to Florida to celebrate the holiday with the Thompson clan and attend Jenny's cousins wedding. The quiet week does not go as the couple had planned.



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Spandexia - 3

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Spandexia - chapter 3

by Maeryn Lamonte
Copyright © 2017


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Easy As Falling Off a Bike pt 3226

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The Weekly Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3226
by Angharad

Copyright© 2017 Angharad

  
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Daily life of a 'Trap' 1

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Traps are cute



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The Legends 8

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The Legends Of Abidet

Chapter 8 - Back Home

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A dead girl resurrects 80 years later, in a divided world. This is the end story or the pass to a new chapter... of life.



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School Life Chp. 1

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Nora Midnight Part 1

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Nora Midnight



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Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl? - Chapter 21



Tommy
The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

A Novel By Teddie S.

Copyright © 2017 Teddie S.
All Rights Reserved.


Chapter 21

Kai, the bonfire, and the Medicine Man.

There I was looking like a Navajo girl dressed in her finest clothes and jewelry, and sitting by the bonfire. My hair was no longer blond, it was black. There were maybe thirty or forty people there, all guests of the resort. Everyone was enjoying the fire, and I was feeling the same thing that I've felt every time I’ve been to the bonfire. Something that I can’t explain. But tonight it was stronger.



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On The Run Part 17

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Mourning Dew -- Chp. 1

Almost six years ago, Camille Jean Laignaux was kidnapped, ripped from her family, and taken into Mexico to be imprisoned and molded by a monster and a sociopath into a weapon the monster called Mr. Jack will gladly sacrifice and use in order to seek posthumous revenge on his parent’s having abandoned his sister and causing her untimely death. Will Camille’s triumphant return to her loving family be destroyed because her secret is revealed as she is sacrificed on the altar of a madman’s vengeance or will someone be able to stop him in time to save her from a fate worse than death?

Mourning Dew


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Copyright © 2017 by AuP reviner



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Shadowsblade: A Christmas Tale

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December 2017 Christmas Dreams Story Contest Entry

Shadowsblade a Christmas Tale: Written by Shadowsblade

Created for war and forged in pain, dealing with demons within and without.

A Christmas vacation and a world of toy deliveries saved

In this chapter

Christmas



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Heir to a Title - Chapter 28

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Callie has finally arrived at University and during 'fresher's week' she begins to research societies and clubs that she thinks will be in her own best interests.



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Heir to a Title - Chapter 27

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I accidentally missed out chapter 27. Here it it.



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Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl? - Chapter 20



Tommy
The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

A Novel By Teddie S.

Copyright © 2017 Teddie S.
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Chapter 20

New Mexico, and who is this?

After a week of exams, and early on a Saturday morning, and I mean early, mom, Amy, and I were boarding our flight. All three of us kissed daddy so long, and Amy and I told him that we’d see him next Saturday. He told us to kiss grandma for him. The three of us girls were all dressed very nicely, summer dresses, heels, and nylons. Our first stop would be in Dallas to change planes, and that included a one-hour layover. Then it would be off to Albuquerque.

We arrived in Albuquerque in the early afternoon, mid-afternoon our time, and were met by Aunt Ruth. She gave us a very warm welcome. And she didn’t seem surprised to see Tammy. She told us that she’d been with grandma for a while this morning, and she appeared to be doing a little better. But they were still very concerned about her. And that if we'd like we’d stop and see her before going to the resort. Was there any doubt.



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TG Techie: Chapter 7: Staring

Staring

I woke to find my hands pressed in between my thighs. That should have been uncomfortable and wasn’t. It was comforting. I rolled over to go back to sleep and found that everything was wrong with my body.

Not that. That was still wrong, but I had woken up with some of the knowledge permeating my brain.

What was wrong was my breasts. One was half-in, half-out of it’s bra cup in one direction. The other was half-in, half-out at an opposing trajectory. One shoulder strap was on, the other was pinning my arm at my side.



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The Many Faces of Adira Potter 43

“The Many Faces of Adira Potter: Chapter 43”
By = Fayanora

Chapter Forty-three: Going Home

Note 1: Text in 'Italics and British quotes' is Parseltongue.

Note 2: Once more, I apologize for the bits and pieces of canon dialogue/narration here and there. But some canon scenes are just too good to change much. There's a lot of those in this one, but don't skim through or you'll miss things.



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The Guardian - 13

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Sister I need you more now than I ever did
I've been thinking again, I've been thinking again



Part Thirteen– Sister (Reprise)
My continued apologies for the delay




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Freedom

Lucy stands before the statue she had heard stories about since she was a toddler by her mother before her death. She was supported by her crudely made crutches under her left arm as she just stood there and looked at the statue. Lucy couldn’t believe she was finally here looking at the statue. Her old tatter blood stain dress flutters in the light breeze as she just stands there and look-up at the creature in front of her. Tears slide down her cheek as she raises her right hand to touch the statue.



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Real Life 2

Liz sighed. She hadn’t seen her grandpa in years, and he really wasn’t in the best of health. She realized she should probably go see him, but she also just really didn’t feel like it. But she finally got around to it. At least one last time before he died. Honestly, she was incredibly selfish and really should have done this before now.



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I Hate it!

A short story...

I Hate it!

by
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Copyright © 2017 by AuP reviner



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We Shall Fight On The Beaches...9

We didn’t really have anything much to do and you can only be constantly scared for a while before you were almost de-sensitised to it.


We Shall Fight On The Beaches...

Chapter 9

By Susan Brown



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Blackmail!

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The woman I was interviewing for a job at first gave me a very good impression. In person she confirmed her CV. Competent, decisive, with a no-nonsense getting things done attitude. Perhaps a bit aggressive but for the position in question that was not necessarily a problem. In fact everything went well until she noticed that I was wearing a bra. I should have known better. Never wear a colored bra under a white shirt, even if it’s the most exquisite turquoise.



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Tommy - The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl? - Chapter 19



Tommy
The Trials and Tribulations of a Girl?

A Novel By Teddie S.

Copyright © 2017 Teddie S.
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Chapter 19

More of the visit, Amy’s recognized, and Oh no!

We were spending the weekend with Amy's parents so that her dad might get to know Tammy better. Friday evening was interesting. Amy’s dad treated me just like a daughter. And on Saturday evening Amy's parents were hosting their small bridge club.

As we usually did on Saturday, Amy and I slept in. Amy’s dad had gone to play golf and we were up just before he came back home. And we ate lunch with her mom and dad. Then her mother put us to work. With their bridge club coming this evening, the house needed to be cleaned. They usually played bridge in the basement rec room, so we spent time cleaning in there. Then we helped give the rest of the house a cleaning, and since it wasn't very dirty, so it didn't take long.

When we'd finished, Amy's mother said, “You girls have been a big help. I would have been at it all day without your help. It's gotten warm, so why don't you go for a swim?”



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I'm pregnant

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I was looking for ways to improve my writing and when I saw this exercise. I just knew I had to do it.



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Adventures of the Twin Tails Chapter 11

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Chapter 11: Session 4 – Tending Tensions



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From The Past To The Future Part 4

Lupita swing the ax down on the tree log and splits it in one swing. She looks over towards Black Wolf "I could get use to this. I split that log with just one swing and it went right through it."



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Barbie's Doll ~ Part 7

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What lengths would you go to, to help a pretty girl struggling with her past? Especially, if you knew there was the potential to be more than ‘just friends’?



 

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Barbie’s Doll

The Cotton Candy Wars

By Shauna

Copyright© 2017 Shauna
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(All image originals sourced from Creative Commons)




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Shadowsblade: Summertime...Shadow on the heart 3

Shadowsblade a Whateley Tale: Written by Shadowsblade

Created for war and forged in pain, dealing with demons within and without.



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Dave was looking for a pleasant day out touring college campuses with his son. But there was one small problem....


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Poison
by Melanie Brown
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Tales from the Irish by Drea DiMaggio on Kindle

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Four stories, three bonnie lasses, connected through time and spirit -- by blood, and something more.

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Tales from the Irish
by Drea DiMaggio
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Join Drea DiMaggio as she explores faith, faithfulness, and love in this collection of some of her best works.



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