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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
By
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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The Dagger of Heaven At The End Of Time - Ch. 13

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©2025 SammyC




CHAPTER THIRTEEN


Ronnie - The Four Seasons



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Five Dresses Part Two

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PART TWO
SADIE/1930s EVENING GOWN

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Peace Bringer 3&4 by Maggie Finson from DopplerPress

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Just in time for Halloween! The saga is complete!

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In a war between demons and the undead, must you choose the lesser evil?

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Peace Bringer
Parts 1&2
by Maggie Finson
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Among the Val Kyr part 10


Among the Val Kyr part 10
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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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Twisted Throwback, part 11 of 25

Another girl stepped out of one of the stalls just then and went to wash her hands, looking warily at me. Tracy said to her: “This pervert is using some Twisted trick to make us think he’s a girl, so he can sneak in here and spy on us.”

“No, I walked in here openly so I could empty my bladder.”



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2465

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2465
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
All Rights Reserved.
  
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Season of Change - Chapter 27

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Season of Change

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Elsbeth

There were only a few things in Harry Potter's life that never changed, he was the son of Lily and James Potter and that he was born a male. What happens when he discovers the truth.

Aislin



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Case 1: Terri Kinsley ~ 6

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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, Joy opens her new center and Terry finds help.



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Land of My Heart - Chapter 18

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Land of My Heart

A novel by Bronwen Welsh

The sequel to 'A Foreign Country'


Chapter Eighteen   A day to remember



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 8

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Take Three Girls Part 15

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Take Three Girls

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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.

Kate the pink hair has gone, she officially moves in with me and we attend her mother’s funeral.


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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2464

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2464
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
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Hopscotch…A Jump in Life 13

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Hopscotch… A Jump in Life 13

*Before…

Dad comes in and to the rescue with two of those flannel sheets from the heated thing he wraps one around Mom and he does this big hug and hold thing for her like he’s squeezing her back together and she grips his forearm like she’s hanging onto him…(Sniffle-wow…) and he unfolds it and sets it on the back of my chair and the heat…oh god it feels so good and there’s this relief-care-sob that comes out and Dad gives me this big hug not a hard one but just big and he holds me a few moments before kissing the top of my head.

“Breathe Kiddo, Breathe…it’s just a test, just an arbitrary thing it’s not you. It’s not a big thing.”

Breathe and breathe…oh…I can seriously breathe now…

(Sniffle.) “Thanks Dad, Thanks for the spoons.”

*And Now…



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Sing a Healing Song Chapter 15

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Sing a Healing Song, Chapter 15

After driving for a few minutes, we rounded a corner and I saw J. Percy Page for the first time. I was not truly prepared for how big the school was compared to the small school for the disabled I had attended before, and I think my jaw dropped so low it was a wonder we didn’t run over it with the car.

“Woah... I hope I don’t get lost in there.” I said.

“Don’t worry. Soon you’ll know your way around.” Andrew said, and I rewarded him with a kiss.



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Case 1: Terri Kinsley ~ 5

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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, Joy finally connects with her energy and Terry is hooked.



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Sisters 31

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CHAPTER 31
The drive over to the Channel coast was getting familiar now, but this time we had our parents with us. Our parents, not Siân’s, as that would have been a step so excessive I’d have lost control. I would never forgive her for what she had said and done, but I had agreed with my wife that we had to come to some sort of understanding. Our Mam and Dad, though, needed no such adjustment. Somewhere near Swindon, Dad turned round to face me.



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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 6

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

 

Part Six

 

by Shiraz

 



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Dare to Live - Chapter 2

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Dare To Live – Chapter 2
( Vivere è bello anche )
By Julie D Cole

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Dare to live until the very last, Why, why, why is the life we live not the life we want?
Our life is often all we have to give.

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I couldn’t believe she took lines from the song in my mind. Maybe there was a connect of minds somehow and who are we to even try to understand the wonders that go on.



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 7

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Raven's Blood: Chapter 3

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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 3: Revelations

By
Amethyst



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Sing a Healing Song Chapter 14

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Sing a Healing Song, Chapter 14

Just a quick caution. There is a tough scene in this chapter. Be careful reading it.

The day that everything changed again began like any other day for me since Jaci had come into my life - with the two of us giggling and teasing each other over clothing.



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Easy As Falling Off A Bike pt 2463

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The Daily Dormouse.
(aka Bike, est. 2007)
Part 2463
by Angharad

Copyright© 2014 Angharad
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The Doubt

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The Doubt
by Jenn C.
Copyright © 2014 Jenn C.
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It's like a plague 
A monster from outside my soul
The Doubt infects my feelings 



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Nobody's Home

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a follow-up to Food Court


Open your eyes and look outside, find the reasons why.
You've been rejected, and now you can't find what you left behind.
Be strong, be strong now.
Too many, too many problems





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Daddy's Sweetie

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What happens when a dad gives up on manning up his son? The first step is a stressful surprise.



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Among the Val Kyr part 9


Among the Val Kyr part 9
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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Case 1: Terri Kinsley ~ 4

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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, Joy makes progress and Terry starts having doubts.



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Take Three Girls Part 14

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Take Three Girls Part 14

Take Three Girls

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 a sad and introspective episode told more or less as it happened; if it had ben written on paper the paper would be sodden with tears. As it was I was worried about my keyboard. It could be a box of tissues chapter.


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Three Wishes


Be careful what you wish for. If you're lucky, you just might get it!



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The Transit of Venus, Book 2 - Ch 6

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Sing a Healing Song Chapter 13

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Sing a Healing Song Chapter 13

On our second official date-date, we went to a community pool. Even though he’d been a perfect gentlemen, I could tell he was pretty happy about seeing me in a bathing suit. Not that I minded seeing him in one either ...

This time, we held hands several times, and when he was dropping me off at home, he gave me the first boy-girl kiss of my life.



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I Need To Remember. Chapter 18.

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Chapter 18.        Another visit to the dress shop to get ready to go to a club.
--SEPARATOR--



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Tamara's Debut - Chapter 5

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

 

Part Five

 

by Shiraz

 



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The Sport of Romance and Other Games by Maryanne Peters on Kindle

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Is Romance a Sport with winners and losers?

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The Sport of Romance and Other Games
by Maryanne Peters
Now on Kindle


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Objects of Art and Other Romances

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If Sex is the Object, there has to be Art in the Romance...

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Objects of Art and Other Romances
Gender-Bending Tales of Beauty and Desire
by Maryanne Peters
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Easy as Falling Off a Bike 8 -- on Kindle

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For the first time in months, Cathy isn't dealing with much drama in her own life, but that's okay because Stella has a whole truckload to share.

In the moments where she's not saving Stella from herself, she has dormice to protect and more opportunities of wildlife documentaries to navigate.

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Princess Warrior by Melanie Brown on Kindle

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John was pissed that he died on the beach at Normandy.

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It was June 6, 1944 and to say Private John Burton was unhappy would be an understatement. Even though he had heard General Eisenhower's speech on the radio, he really wanted to be elsewhere. Not that he wasn't a red-blooded American and not that he didn't grasp the importance of the mission. It's just that he was convinced there was a German bullet with his name on it. It was a feeling he just couldn't shake. All the trouble his parents went through to raise him, scolding him into good behavior, getting onto him to make good grades. And then all the money and effort Uncle Sam went through to prepare and train him for this exact moment, everything his life was moving towards would come to a wasted end on a beach in France he'd never heard of. He just knew it. And he was mightily annoyed about it.

Being annoyed couldn't describe how John felt when not even ten feet from the landing craft onto the sands of the beach before being cut down by German machine gun fire. Talk about being angry as he fell onto the sand...

And then even more angry when he woke up in another time and place as a naked teen girl...
 

Princess Warrior
On Kindle!
by Melanie Brown



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