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Mid month bills and an overdraft

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Stuck in the Middle -53

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Stuck in the Middle


In this chapter, Emily begins her day with a renewed sense of strength, finding comfort in the warmth of her family’s weekend routine. Laughter over pancakes and a playful snow day adventure with Sam and Lily bring moments of joy and belonging. However, an unexpected change leaves her feeling scared and uncertain. With Mrs. Blake’s gentle guidance, Emily navigates this new experience, discovering that growing up can be confusing—but with the support of those who care, she doesn’t have to face it alone.

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Altered: Chapter 27

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Eli grew up on a ranch in Montana. He had heard about Incursions, Breaches, and the Titans that came through those breaches to slaughter some people and capture others. To him though, it had always been something that happened far away to other people. His life was forever changed though when a Breach opened near his home, everything he knew was destroyed or taken, and he ended up Altered.

 

Altered
Chapter 27: Reflections
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Amethyst
“Well, you are a very nice sight to wake up to,” I agreed.


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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
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The New Girl at Uskweirs Manor - Chapter 10: Brotherly and Sisterly Love

The New Girl at Uskweirs Manor

a pastoral romance by Miriam Robern

Brotherly and Sisterly Love

Yorkshire, October 1812



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Poison by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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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
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A New Style of Education: Hidden Gifts©
By: Annette MacGregor

An authorized story, based on the characters and environment of A New Style of Education by Karen Page.



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 13

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Among the Val Kyr part 13


Among the Val Kyr part 13
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Morpheus

After surviving an unexpected and brutal encounter with a monster, a young man is drawn into the world of the Val Kyr.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2471

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2471
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Debriefings 17

Debriefings
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Anam Chara

Along life’s journey we each encounter those events where all that we know, all that we do, and all that we are may change. But even as we approach such events, we don’t always notice their markers until we look behind us and see them for what they were.

One boy is about to learn that he has already passed such an event, and nothing will ever be quite the same…



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Aunt Caroline's Girdle

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Aunt Caroline's Girdle

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Pamela ([email protected])

"Where did you get that?"

"Get what?" I said to my wife Linda. The tone of her voice caused me to become instantly anxious.

"This girdle."

I looked up at her and she was holding a white panty girdle.

"Oh, shit," I said to myself with an awful nervous flash running down my spine and into my stomach.

"I found this in your suitcase Blake, wrapped up inside your dirty laundry."



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Sixteen Feet of Steel Chapter 11

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Sixteen Feet of Steel Chapter 11

Chapter 11

*Before…

I smile and pull the length of chain to myself and my “wand” and he’s staring at me and there’s a smile and a nod.
“Ye got thet right.”
I smile. “You’re not scared?”
“Ye came in and ye helped save me an mine before Sir Alaan did that says a lot about ye. I think I can trust ye.”
“Thank you and you’re sure you don’t mind me doing this?”
“Nay ‘side I kin say I knew ye when ye were just learning yer craft and maybe be even a little bit famous t’boot.”
“Well thank you Master Smith it’s nice to be so highly thought of.”
“Ye kin call me Aiden.”
“Chrissy.”
“Oh nay yer high born I can tell thet much.”
“No, I was wealth born there’s no man or woman that should be set above another.”
Eight days or so ago and a boyhood away I didn’t even know that much about life to even say that and now.
Now it just feels right.

*And Now…



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Think Like a Man - Chapter 3

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Think Like a Man – Chapter 3
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Julie D Cole

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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 9

Tamara's Début - A Tommy & Tamara Story
Tamara's Début

 

Part Nine

 

by Shiraz

 



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 12

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X-Why-Me?...Chapter 20

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X-Why-Me?… Chapter 20

Chapter 20

*Before…

Kira acts tough but that was likely because she had to.

Very much faking until you make it.

Emily reached up and took her hands and hung onto the arms that were around her like clasping onto the blanket she had and she lean back and into her.

“I can’t help it Kira, I can’t you’re just easy to love.”

There was a sniffle and she felt Kira laying her head on her shoulder and she tilted hers until they were resting like that together.

They’d just taken a whole bunch of little opening up steps with each other but they were important ones.

*And Now…



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Vamps

After Sophia Giordano was killed while trying to make her first kill as a vampire, police took the teenager's benefactor St. John Westchester in for questioning by detectives Sean Murphy and Tómas Matias.

*Note: The tag Sixth Terra is what I'm using for the world that Athena's Wisdom and stories like this share.*



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2470

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2470
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Raven's Blood: Chapter 4

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Raven Demarco grew up living a sheltered life. When she starts University to get away from that she is caught up in the world of the paranormal. Secret organizations, magic, creatures from myth and legend, and worst of all her own legacy and the demons who want her blood.

 

Raven's Blood
Chapter 4: Changes

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Amethyst



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Taking the other bus.


Taking the other bus.

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By Karin Beyaert


Kathy was always a little bit insecure. But then she meets Angelo and her whole live changes. And all that just because she caught a bus she never intended to catch.


A story dedicated to all guardian angels, and especially my own.

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All My Under Wires Keep Poking Thru

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All My Under Wires Keep Poking Thru
by Kristine Roland


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The shifting approach to adaptation, chapter 1

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Another Whateley tale, the poor guy just wouldn't shut up. So my muse wouldn't. Yes I'm aware I have too many projects already, but I cant help it... in fact, expect another soon. But for now, I'd like to introduce you all to Counter-punch.

Fair warning, the language in this one is pretty potty mouthed, but that's who the characters are, can't help it.



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Think Like A Man - Chapter 2

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Think Like a Man – Chapter 2
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‘ If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, it is little wonder that the two genders have a hard time understanding what the other thinks. Why not let the man in your life try life in your shoes?’
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Just a short chapter to see if the story attracts interest.



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 11

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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 14

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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 14

*Before…

I actually journal that last bit as a kinda sorts update and then I sent out some PM’s to the people on my friends list.
“Uhm Hey everyone this is Sarah, I’m kind of in a bind and stuff. I’ve got a psychiatrist and she sorta seems alright but it’s still scaring me and everything really bad. See she wants to see this, all of this stuff here on my LJ because it’s the only stuff of me that I have that is any record of me…I mean I don’t really have Shawn-time as me to go by as stuff that happened before in my life.”
“I think, I think I have to do this which means I’ll be friending her to my LJ page here and that there will be a Shrink and an Adult here listening in and stuff.”
“Goddamn it, that scares the shit out of me.”
“If you all need to block or unfriend me to like feel safe and all I get it, it’s really my deal and my bullshit that this is all about and stuff…no judgment from here if you need to bail.”
“But I think, I think that I need to do this.”

*And Now…



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2469

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2469
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
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Take Three Girls Part 18

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Take Three Girls

Take Three Girls Part 18

Take Three Girls. This is about 2 girls and one woman (myself) and their very different route to become the women they knew they should be. It was going to be called Take Two Girls, but an on line friend (she knows who she is) and the girls bullied me into the name change. Some poetic licence has been used to help the flow of the story but not very much.

This final episode is posted very quickly after part 17. This is because I’m going on a romantic weekend (well half a weekend) followed by a flight to Houston with Kate this Sunday so I have to tidy everything up.

This is the final part of the story and brings us up to the present day (October 2014) This ties up a lot of loose ends and explains how 2 girls the same age had the same genetic disorder.


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Among the Val Kyr part 12


Among the Val Kyr part 12
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Morpheus

After surviving an unexpected and brutal encounter with a monster, a young man is drawn into the world of the Val Kyr.



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The Platinum Chef : A Tale of Delacroix Part XXII

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Chapter 73

            Tim was laughing out loud like a maniac while doing the final cleanup for the day. There was some business, everything sold out. Spreadsheet added up,

            It was 11:00 a.m.

            “I’m going to sleep, eat lunch.” He had gotten a DVD of Drop Bears from the library. Whatever movie it was, with Bobbie leaning into him, it would be better.

            Even Ishtar…

            With the Prom coming up, and the big order coming up for the school… And all the others, damn are we gonna be busy.



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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 8

Tamara's Début - A Tommy & Tamara Story
Tamara's Début

 

Part Eight

 

by Shiraz

 



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Take Three Girls Part 17

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Take Three Girls


Take Three Girls Part 17

Take Three Girls. This is about 2 girls and one woman (myself) and their very different route to become the women they knew they should be. It was going to be called Take Two Girls, but an on line friend (she knows who she is) and the girls bullied me into the name change. Some poetic licence has been used to help the flow of the story but not very much.

This is the penultimate part of the story and will take us from 2009 to when the girls began their new life in.
The next part (18) really tidies up loose ends and brings the story right up to the present day October 2014.

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The Professor and the Bimbo

The Professor and the Bimbo
By Ellie Dauber (c) 2001

Gordo and Steve come up with a drastic idea to get Professor Mattachek to improve Gordo's grade. Maybe it's a little too drastic..

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"Yo, Gordo, the grades are in," Steve Lambert said, knocking on the open door of the room he shared with his frat brother.



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In Search of Ms Right on the Interwet

Looking for Miss Right on the Interwet...by Allexcited69, how he failed in the class of Ms Napoleon Jill..

Warning: this story is a figment of my imagination. All characters, places, venues are made up and fictional. The story revolves around a lonely Slave looking for Mistress Right on the internet.
Some scenes contain raw language, southern slang, explicit sex and some verbal violence and humiliation. Reproduction of this story is prohibited without the express consent of the Author.



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Hired Girl by Joyce Melton on Kindle

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Harold needed a job so bad, he could taste it...

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Too small and pretty to be hired as a boy, Harold turns to his sister who has a plan to help him find employment.



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Easy as Falling off a Bike -19- by Angharad on Kindle

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Life continues to confound Cathy while her foster children continue to create new challenges.

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Easy as Falling Off a Bike
Book 19
by Angharad
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Basketball Is Life

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The formerly co-ed basketball team could clinch a trophy if they had one more star-quality player, now that they've gone all-girl. The league office thinks that 'Harper' is a girl's name. The coach has a marvelous idea. It would require a little roleplaying, but Harper's not convinced. Someone might find out his secret....



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Monkey Business by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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Randy loves nothing more in life than motorcycles. When his friend Nick gives him the opportunity to join in as monkey during a sidecar race, he jumps at the chance -- even if it means wearing pink leathers.

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Monkey Business
by Melanie Brown
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