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Stuck in the Middle -45

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Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, the day after Thanksgiving brings a quiet, unhurried pace, far from the usual frenzy of Black Friday. Instead of rushing out for sales, the household embraces a slower rhythm, filled with games, shared meals, and simple traditions. As the day unfolds, warmth and laughter fill the home, offering a sense of comfort and connection that lingers long after the last game is played.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.



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The Dagger of Heaven At The End Of Time - Ch. 12

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CHAPTER TWELVE



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 3470

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The Weekly Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3470
by Angharad

Copyright© 2024/2025 Angharad

  
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Stuck in the Middle -44

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In this chapter, the warmth of Thanksgiving fills the air as scents of home-cooked food and the hum of conversation create an atmosphere of comfort and tradition. Amid the laughter and togetherness, Emily navigates the quiet ache of belonging, caught between gratitude and the lingering weight of the past. As the evening unfolds, moments of kindness and connection offer gentle reminders that family isn’t just about where you come from—it’s about the people who choose to make space for you.

Copyright © Natasa Jacobs. All Rights Reserved.



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Ma Cherie Amour on Kindle

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Twins Lea and Zack want to spend their last summer before college together, because Lea is going off to an all-girls college. Their mother finds the perfect job for them as nannies at a lake cottage, perfect except the woman is looking to hire two girls.



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Family is.. official [4.16]

ourIceMain.jpg Scheming is both inherently evil and implicitly childish for most people.

If you're actually trying to be evil then you plot instead; it's much more efficient.
If you're actually trying to be childish then you.. eat crayons or something? I dunno..
It takes a special type of person to actually 'scheme' effectively without going too far one way or the other in my experience.

Two guesses what Hannah's doing today?

Events unfold including but not limited to:
Bottles falling off walls,
people having problems with just calling John by his name
(how hard are three little letters honestly?),
and Hannah reconsidering her career choices.




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Unseen People - Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

A strange girl appears in the dead of night. She can’t speak or remember where she has been, what could her secret be?

In this chapter Ash finds his way to a strange place and Jack meets some old friends

* As always thank you to Robyn and Chris for taking their time to help, and to all of you who leave comments and send messages. Your support really does make a difference *


Unseen People

Chapter 4



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The Stanley Hotel

The Stanley, Room 217

I finally managed to earn the copious amounts of money required to book a night at the famous Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Being a horror movie buff and a recreational ghost hunter, room 217 at the Stanley was the ultimate haunted room. Even though I had to book the stay six months in advance, I was beyond excited knowing I’d be able to stay there on June 25, the one night per year that paranormal activity was supposed to be at its highest at the Stanley.



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Demon Witch Cheerleaders (part 12)

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my friend and I were at the wrong place at the wrong time when the cheerleaders come back then we were caught by them something was going to change me forever

12 The new Women states of America

New Premier said “ I will run the new Canadian states now mistress “. I said “ no you will set up 3 congresswomen and senator for the Canadian States of the women states of America”. She said “ yes my mistress and former Canadian Prime minister”. I said “ you will find out soon Marcie”.



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Step By Step Chapter 1

It started like any other day, winter had its grip on the northern half of the world and the school semester would end in less than three weeks. Paul stood by the window in the room he shared with his younger brother James, looking out at the rare bright sunlight of midwinter.



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Alexa Chapter 16: Reunion

Alexa Chapter 16: Reunion

The following week was crazy. Between the lawyers, school, Debbie and my mother, I seemed to be getting pulled in several different directions.



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Easy As Falling Off a Bike pt 3111

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3111
by Angharad

Copyright© 2017 Angharad

  
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Road Phantoms - Chapter 02

 

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  At anytime over a million trucks are professionally driven on the highways and by-ways of America. Carrying everything from acid to yachts. Not all loads are so innocuous. Some are precious and some are out-right lethal. For loads that are deemed dangerous or valuable to be referred to as High-Security, special trucks are used. Trucks that look so normal, one would never guess it from any other. Trucks that run in secret, apart from their company, called Ghost Fleets. Others have no markings at all, and are specially modified. One such company that specializes in High-Security Loads; Phantom Lines....

 



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A Week as a Woman

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A Week as a Woman
© 2017 by Nom de Plume

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Sometimes magical, sometimes miserable, a real-life story of my week as a woman



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Gaby Book 14 ~ The Girl ~ Chapter *18* Homeward Bound

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 get the complete book here! {Or here (US)}
 
 
*Chapter 18*


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Finding Julia - Chapter 6

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Finding Julia - Chapter 6

I was a little uncomfortable walking in a bikini through the restaurant even though I’d put on a top to cover my chest area. The bottoms left no room for error.



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Shadowsblade: Four funerals and a Movie part 2

Shadowsblade a Whateley Tale: Written by Shadowsblade
Created for war and forged in pain, dealing with demons within and
without.

In this part, Rohanna lays parts of her past to rest and more will come in the chapters that follow.
This one chapter the trip to LA starts and her facing that very human past of her begains

To all my readers, thanks for your posts. I do read each one and some of the ones posted recently, they added to my ideas on where to go in long term plot ideas! So keep posting and thinking out there!



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The Academy

The Academy



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Easy As Falling Off a Bike pt 3110

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3110
by Angharad

Copyright© 2017 Angharad

  
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Mommy I don't want to try out for the baseball team again Part 3

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Part 3

Mommy I don’t want to try out for baseball again!
By Princess Pantyboy

Me, Kelly, Kellie 9-year-old boy
Miley 5-year-old little sister
Mommy 42-years-old looks 21-years-old
Grandmother 77-years-old acts like 100-years-old

All,
I added a few paragraph’s from Part 1 so my story would be easier to read. I hope you enjoy my story, I am sure I missed a few spelling an especially grammar so please forgive I am trying.
Hugs Princess



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The Station's Late Nite Princess -chapter 26

 

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Chapter 26 of
 
  The Station's
 Late Nite
  Princess

 



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Earth Remade

Earth Remade

Part 1



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 3109

The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 3109
by Angharad

Copyright© 2017 Angharad

  
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It's Complicated - Part 21 "Need To Know"

 It's Complicated  

Part
 
Twenty One

 

"Need To Know"

 



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Boomerang

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Written by Dauphin
I need to stop a bully and my sister gives me a spell to turn a bully to a sissy. Things go wrong.
"A sentimental story of how real magic comes from the family" Diana
"The plotline is simple, the results of a spell opens a whole new life for a boy and family" Andrew


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A Better Life Not Remembered

A Better Life Not Remembered

Part 1



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A Longer War 61

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CHAPTER 61
“What brought this on, Pete?”

He was silent for just the few seconds it took me to realise how worried he really was.

“Ah, Gerald, mate, it’s how he is. Bloody stubborn, pig-headed, independent, call it what you will. I can’t tell him… Shit, mate, he thinks I’m lining him up here cause I don’t think he can cope on his own, find his own…”

Another short silence, and again I waited.

“I nearly said ‘find his own feet’, and that would… I’m not making sense, am I?”



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A Turn On The Pathway To Citizenship: Part 3 The Conclusion

A Turn On The Pathway To Citizenship: Part 3 The Conclusion
By Warm Hearted
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Synopsis: Mara discovers how to use her powers and her relationship with Rob moves to the next level. Rob, Mara, Rene, and Kat become closer and start becoming a real family As they their plan to bring down the crime lord Babic unfolds.

We went out to their court garden very similar to ours and Rene opened a bottle of wine, that had "La Blanc" on the label and poured me a glass saying, "this is our family's label. The grapes came from 400-year-old vines."



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Julina of Blackstone - 075 - Companionship and Greenery

Family matters precede Davabet's formal employment and an Assembly Meeting tells us much more of what is going on.

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Julina of Blackstone
Her Chronicles, Book 2

by Julia Phillips

075 – Companionship and Greenery


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The Gods Still Exist

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Growing up I loved stories about Greek mythology. There was something special about the idea that gods and humans led these interwoven lives and the god-like offspring they could have and about the mythical creatures and historical battles of eons past. What would happen if the gods still existed today? Please note that Hercules is a modernized name for Heracles and I chose to use his traditional name throughout this story. Please write a review and I hope you enjoy the story.

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The Gods Still Exist



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Jennie's Potty-Training chapter 29

Dear shitkickercitys, thanks for the comment.

Synopsis; Aunty Cath and Mummy pick up Baby Jennie and Baby Bonnie from the hairdressing salon. Baby Jennie is forced to ride in a toddler's stroller while Bonnie pushes her to the mall. They meet Tammy and her mother outside the medical supply store, where Mummy leaves the others to take Baby Jennie to the dancewear shop to buy the sissy baby her very own tutu.



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Yes, Mr President

There are an awful lot of decisions to make when you're an incoming president.

Author's Note: This is a light-hearted work of fiction and bears no relation to what really goes on in the White House – I think!
Copyright© Lin Dale 2017



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Vesta's Hearth 15 and 16

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Vesta’s Hearth Chapters 15 and 16

By

Frances Penwiddy

Copyright© Frances Penwiddy 2012

This is a work of fiction, the characters and the Café are fictitious and any resemblance to places or persons living or dead is coincidental.

Financial news, chromosomes, a shopping trip with Ronnie and a photo shoot where Helen gets ‘saucy’.

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You Could Go Home Again, part 14 of 16

“It’s...” My face felt hot and my ears were twitching. “I want to be friends. It’s just...” I couldn’t say it.



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The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

Part 1

The mouse scratched at the walls of the small Plexiglas box it found itself in. It didn’t seem to notice when the lights in the room dimmed or when a robotic arm with a laser scanner descended from the ceiling and bathed it in a red wave of flickering light. A slight electrical hum filled the room. Moments later a shining object looking rather like a giant sparkplug lowered itself over the mouse.

A slightly hollow sounding female robotic voice echoed throughout the room. “Sequence initiation in three, two, one. Initializing.”



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Suited For Adventure

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Two teenage boys, working for a super secret R&D lab learn that sometimes accidents happen. The wonderful superhero romp is now available on Kindle.

Suited for Adventure on Kindle

Suited for Adventure

By Catherine Linda Michel



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Masks 9 - Business as UNusual - Now on Kindle

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"Wh-what?!" said the man, scandalized. "That's outrageous! We're not child stalkers! We're agents of the US government, here looking for known lawbreakers you're sheltering!"

Buy Masks 9 on Kindle
Masks 9 on Kindle


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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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Butterscotch by Joyce Melton now on Kindle

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Maybe Butterscotch will be your favorite flavor, too!

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Butterscotch
Joyce Melton
Now on Kindle


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