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The Dagger of Heaven At The End Of Time - Ch. 18



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Being Invisible by Leslie Moore on Amazon

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Eidolon Nexus: The Shattered Realm: Chapter 24

rld and are forced to work together to survive and find out how to escape.
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The truth is revealed?

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I glance at Lorien again, his steady breathing filling the quiet room, and I feel a pang of guilt. He deserves to know. About Shade. About everything.

First thing in the morning, I tell myself firmly. I’ll tell him everything. I’ll tell him I want to be with him… and I’ll tell him about Shade.



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The Faerie Blade: Chapter 42

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Chapter 42: Kaelyn’s Progress

Kaelyn was just trying to fill her belly, but she got a lot more than she bargained for when she decided to save the life of a Faerie.

 

“Oh… that’s… perfect!” The enchanter gasped between fits of laughter. “I can’t… wait to see the looks on their faces!”


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Kern - 7 - Scar Tissue

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Not being at work first thing on Monday morning felt like a step down a path I did not want to take. Abuela’s path. “You must take care of this,” she’d told me. “Of him.”

Well, screw that.



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Positively Patsy - by Marianne G on Kindle

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Patrick Reece never went to college but ended up paying the bills by working in a diner. But he had a plan to better himself by writing original songs.

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Positively Patsy
by Marianne G
Now on Kindle


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The Experiment ~ 4

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What would you do if you got a text that promised you a hundred thousand dollars if you signed up to be the subject in a research project?

In this chapter, Raymond has a change of heart as ‘Phase 2’ is to start.



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Raven's Blood: Chapter 6

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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 6: Home

By
Amethyst



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2482

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2482
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Pirouette

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Serena Taylor hated being Seth, hated school and it was all because of her father. He just refused to see the real her. She wanted to move forward with her transition and to study ballet professionally but she was beginning to lose hope. Would her life ever turn around?

 
 

Pirouette

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Okay, I have to admit that was painful, I thought with a groan. “What? You mean the look… I reserve… for morons? Believe me Tommy… if I’m interested… in men… you have… nothing to worry about.”


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Among the Val Kyr part 18


Among the Val Kyr part 18
By
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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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 25

Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 25

*Before…

“You don’t seem like the sort of girl that’d be a fake friend even in stealth mode. This is why we still need to work Sarah…it’s still there, it surfaced in medical Imaging at least partway in a flashback.”

(Sniffle.) “This sucks.”

“Yeah, it does but you’re going to get through it.”

(Sniffle.) “I am?”

She points past my shoulder and Dad’s there in his jeans and his jacket and he’s giving me this look, it’s that kind of sort of look that you’d honestly only get if you were someone’s kid.

Yep more tears.

He comes over and he slides onto the bed and he puts his arm around my shoulder and he pulls me close and I sort of turn so I can hug him and hold onto him and start to cry.

“I love you Sarah, honestly and truly kiddo…and I will get you through this.”

His arms tighten and it’s suddenly me safe with my Dad.

Yep…sooo crying right now.

*And Now…



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The Experiment ~ 3

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What would you do if you got a text that promised you a hundred thousand dollars if you signed up to be the subject in a research project?

In this chapter, Raymond starts having doubts about continuing with the experiment.



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Athena's Wisdom - Issue 8

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Our hero is home, but she knows she can't stay long. The DMA are next door! What happens next?



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Bimbo Kisses, Lollipop Dreams: A Platinum Chef/ Delacroix side story Part II

Chapter 78

Bobbie was still trying to figure out the plans for the school cake; it was just such a daunting project. There’s got to be something like 20 sheet cakes here. The amount of limes that would give their lives to form the tasty grass of Slacker’s cove would number in the dozens.



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The Experiment ~ 2

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What would you do if you got a text that promised you a hundred thousand dollars if you signed up to be the subject in a research project?

In this chapter, Raymond starts ‘Phase 1’ of the experiment.



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 22

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A Simple Choice - Chapter 1 - B Reel


A Simple Choice



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A Simple Choice - Chapter 1 - A Reel


A Simple Choice



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A Simple Choice - Foreword


A Simple Choice



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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 24

Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 24

*Before…

It’s an hour and a half past visiting hours by the time we’re done watching the movies and we’re all yawning and stretching and stuff and we head downstairs to leave or rather they are and I walk them downstairs mostly to get the aches from the bed and sitting for so long out and stuff.

We hug and promise to talk online and stuff later and I watch them get into their cars and stuff.

Danny has his license apparently and he’s driving this old, really old cutlass cruiser station wagon…that’s Oldsmobile I think it’s such a beater but it kind of suits him.

Sigh…What a really, really good night.

*And Now…



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2481

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2481
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
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Playing her way - Chapter 5

Playing her way - Chapter 5

© D.L.

Emily, Anna and Wendy had found a shady spot under a tree away from other students. They had a short time before they had to split up to go to various lunch time clubs and activities. Wendy was part of the debating society and Anna was due for a private Violin lesson. Emily would also be heading to the music department, but for a recording session. After explaining her deception to Anna, and filling Wendy in on the latest developments she wasn't sure she was in the mood for recording any videos.



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I, monster. chapter 3.

Alright, so last post of October. It's been a great month for me writing wise; hard to believe this time last year saw the creation of "Room in Hell."

For those wondering, more 'normal' posts will start for me next month, on the desktop as we speak is Vagrants chapter 10. For now, enjoy this one, and happy Halloween!



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The Experiment ~ 1

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What would you do if you got a text that promised you a hundred thousand dollars if you signed up to be the subject in a research project?

Cindy and Raymond are contacted in this chapter. Is the text real?



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Case 1: Terri Kinsley ~ 11 (Conclusion)

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This is the transitional piece to the new “Joy of Life” universe. While not imperative, if you have not read the “Joey’s Joy” series, some of the later chapters in this series may not fully make sense.

In this chapter, Terri makes a choice—sort of.



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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 23

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Hopscotch… A Jump Through Life 23

*Before…

I hear some clapping from the doorway and I look up to see Danny and Jo-Beth with some bags of stuff. And Danny’s grinning and he looks different than his pictures but not, he’s beefed up some since a lot of them by like maybe ten or fifteen pounds of like muscle by the looks of his arms and he’s got a haircut too.

And Jo-Beth who’s clapping all happy like is well…she’s short like five four but she’s got longer hair than her pictures sort of show on her Facebook page and she’s really curvy too like with the sexy hips and she has these really huge boobs.

And I’m kind of feeling a little shy and stuff and I’m biting my lower lip a little and stuff.

“Hey…you guys came.”

Danny grins holding up a big take out bag from MacDonald’s. “And I brought ice cream.”

Kaitlyn squees. “Yay Ice Cream!”

Wow Danny…he looks at her and he looks like he was kind of just hit by a truck.

(Giggles)

*And Now…



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 21

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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2480

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2480
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
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Playing her way - Chapter 4

Playing her way - Chapter 4

© 2014 D.L.

It was with some trepidation that Emily followed Anna down the corridor. It was Thursday and they had just finished supper. They now had a club or activity slot before the evening prep period.

"Where are we going?" Emily asked, "I don't like surprises."



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The Last Water Nymph Chapter 3

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Where is this place?
What am I doing here?
Why am I here?
What happened to me?

The Life and Death of
The Last Water Nymph


Chapter 3: Lost in the world
By Shinieris



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A tiny treatise on true terror.

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Alright, the promised Halloween tale a day early. It's short, sweet, and suitably horrific. Read at your own risk, and enjoy.



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AUNA

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As I lay bloody on the ground, I died. Sure, that’s not the most inspiring way to start a story, but bear with me a little.

AUNA
A weird sci-fi story.


By Shinieris



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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 14

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

 

Part Fourteen

 

by Shiraz

 



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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 22

Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 22

*Before…

Mom takes Dad’s hand and she kisses him and she leads him out of my room and I look at Kaitlyn and she sort of blushes under the scrutiny and bites her lower lip a little and we sort of do that intense stare at each other thing before the tears are building up in my eyes and I start to cry and…

“Thank you, thank you for just like dropping your life and coming…” (Sniffle.)

She gives me that head tilty really light up the day kind of pretty smile and she reaches up and she thumbstrokes some of the tears that are starting away from my face.

I’m happy crying still some and just emotionally crying too and I’m shaking a little because I’ve never had anyone do that to me before and my brain’s in like good shock?

“You’re my friend Sarah of course I’d come.”

*And Now…



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Among the Val Kyr part 17


Among the Val Kyr part 17
By
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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Getting Ahead in Romance by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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What would you do to get ahead in life, in love? Would you turn your life upside down; move to a foreign country; abandon your job, your home, your family? But you wouldn't change your sex! Would you?

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Getting Ahead in Romance
by Maryanne Peters
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Prometheans by Joyce Melton & Lainie Lee from Doppler Press

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Doppler Press's offers a compilation of the Promethean Metaverse stories previously posted on BC.

Prometheans



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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
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