Threads of Truth

A Transgender Coming of Age Romance

From the Harmony Aspirant Universe

Chapter 3: Silk and Serendipity

By Ariel Montine Strickland

How will Kiki's medical and legal appointments go in the morning? With modeling the vintage dress in her process, how will her encounter with Julian go?

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Chapter Two – Cinderella

High School senior Alexandra Plessy is no longer the ugly duckling at school and she makes an uneasy truce with The Karens. She decides to continue to keep her gender identity a secret which wouldn't be a problem except that she is slowly falling for Mitch Bellingham who has rescued her twice when she has been in trouble with The Karens. She agonizes over whether to tell him the truth or withhold that part of her life from him, even as their relationship becomes steamy. Then there is Uncle Miles to deal with.

After too many hours of travel, Aspen stood in the gathering gloom at the end of their driveway – and that would never stop being weird – suddenly reluctant to take the last few steps that would make everything real.

The place wasn’t familiar, of course; the stench of Charlie Cooper was still hanging over every part of the City, but we were out at Winsford, not that far from Neil’s address. Mr Sedgewick had been cheeky, asking specifically if I could possibly visit Gemma’s before the trip, so both Candice and I were carrying several cardboard boxes of pastries in readiness. She had found a pub that did rooms in a place called Little Budworth, as there was sod-all in Winsford, and neither of us fancied a Purple Palace again. She was driving, a works car, because the public transport was also non-existent. At least the HQ had a decent amount of parking. We waited at the desk like good little girls until a civilian came to collect us, and off we went to Mr Sedgewick’s office, towing the consolidated evidence bundle in a non-small pull-along suitcase.

A young New Yorker finds himself in over his head after finding a symbiote that changes him in unexpected ways.

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Going Respectable
A Short Western Story
By Maryanne Peters

My story could have been one of tragedy, but I will never allow it to be told that way. The fact is that I was able to turn all my disadvantages into advantages, and to now be spoiled for choice. How many people can say that? Moreover, how many can say it nowadays, with a new century looming and the country set to move with great strides?

The Recoverer (4).
by
Angharad.

©2025 SammyC

Chronicles of Ashley Elizabeth Fisherman
Northern Flags in Southwinds Flutter
-5-
Could today be my last day on Earth? 
My body felt like it was on fire. As I lay flat on my back, I saw neon colored dinosaurs floating around my head. The air inside the tent was hot and humid. I was glad to be rid of my heavy, woolen, uniform with its big brass buttons. And that heavy musket.