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The Bisley Boy

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The Bisley Boy
A Short Story based on Alleged Fact
By Maryanne Peters

My husband, the late Sir Thomas Parry, was a man of great importance in the household of the late Queen Elizabeth for the two years before his death. Some said that he was poorly qualified to serve as the Comptroller of the Royal Household. That may be the case. Some said that he must have some hold over Her Majesty, but I doubt that anybody could fully appreciate how momentous was the secret.

The Governess

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The Governess
A Short Story based on American History
By Maryanne Peters

It was in the year 1703, 20 years ago, that I first came to work for Edward Hyde, His Lordship Lord Cornbury, then His High Mightiness the Governor of the Colony of New Amsterdam, now the state of New York in the Americas. Now I am Lord Cornbury, soon to die, while he who once was His Lordship, leads the life he always wanted on those distant shores.

Proof for the Emperor

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Proof for the Emperor
A Short Story based on Actual People and Events
By Maryanne Peters

My Master had once been an apprentice to the great Aelius Claudius Galenus of Pergamon, known simply as Galen, renowned as the greatest physician and surgeon of all time. Galen had been the court physician to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and was given time and support to study the human body and all manner of treatments. That was Galen’s gift to history.

Eerie Saloon -- Treasure of Eerie: Chapter 3

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The Treasure of Eerie, Arizona
By Christopher Leeson and Ellie Dauber

Chapter 3

Myra rides out to the scene of the robbery and encounters two problems: a strongbox too heavy for her to lift and a neighbor boy too friendly for her to handle.

The Secret Life of Millicent Shakspeare

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William Shakspeare is a teenager in Stratford upon Avon, longing for a career on the stage. When he receives word that Anne Hathaway wishes to see him, he hurries to meet her – not least because she’s the only person outside his immediate family who knows his secret…

Altered Fates: The Birthing

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Altered Fates: The Birthing
By Ellie Dauber (c) 2007

A short interlude that I’m posting in honor of the PBS series Wolf Hall about Thomas Cromwell, the chief minister to Henry VIII.

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"Tansie," Alyson Palmer yelled. "Get Her Majesty some more spiced wine."

The Angry Mermaid 69 or Y Morforwyn Dicllon 69.

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This chapter addresses a brief and successful confrontation with the Vikings that serves to better Drustina's standing with the Saxons of Wessex. She rescues two high-born Saxon brides and captures a Viking princess, daughter of King Harald Cold Blood.

The Angry Mermaid 61 or Y Morforwyn Dicllon 61.

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In this Chapter, Drustina finally enables the Gay King Athun to fulfill his kingly duty towards Elthorn his queen. After enabling the essential act of consumation the King beseeches Drustina to stay at least until an infant is born of his union with the queen.

The Angry Mermaid 46 or Y Morforwyn Dicllon 46

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This chapter describes Drustina's stratergy to discover the pirates and then defeat them. In the end, she captures them.

The bay of Danzig.

The Angry Mermaid 46.

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Y Morforwyn Dicllon.

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin the twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.
Herenoie The twins wise and beautiful mother.
Morgaran The Twins oldest brother.

The Angry Mermaid 14 - - - Y Morforwyn Diclon 14

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After the land battle Drustina slowly starts to come to terms with her intersexed bilateral hermaphrodism. Her femininity brings with it wisdom and compassion but she stil has battles to fight.

The Angry Mermaid 14.

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Y Morforwyn Dicllon 14

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin the twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.
Herenoie The twins wise and beautiful mother.

The Angry Mermaid 8 - - - Y Morforwyn Dicllon 8.

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This chapter describes how Drustan finally meets his Celtiberian cousins and gets drawn into affairs of state. It alo explores further Drustan's burgeoning sexual duality.

The Angry Mermaid 8.

Or.

Y Morforwyn Dicllon 8

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin the twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.
Herenoie The twins wise and beautiful mother.
Morgaran The Twins oldest brother.

The Angry Mermaid 8 - - - Y Morforwyn Dicllon.

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This chapter describes the Gangani children's adventures after landing on the Gibral Rock between the Pillars of herculese.

The Angry Mermaid 8.
Or.
Y Morforwyn Dicllon 8

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin the twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.
Herenoie The twins wise and beautiful mother.
Morgaran The Twins oldest brother.

The Angry Mermaid 7 - - - Y Morforwyn Dicllon 7

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drustan, Aiode, Mabina and Arina finally find a safe haven and rest over the winter.

The Angry Mermaid 7.

Or.

Y Morforwyn Dicllon 7

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin the twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.
Herenoie The twins wise and beautiful mother.
Morgaran The Twins oldest brother.
Aiofe The twins oldest sister. Famous for her beauty.

The Angry Mermaid 6 - - - Y Morforwyn Dicllon

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In this chapter the Gangani trio and Arina meet the Dumnonii and find thermselves in the middle of a battle after surviving storms and tide races.

The Bitches. A Tide rip near the Demetea lands

Angry Mermaid 6

Or.

Y Morforwyn Dicllon 6

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin the twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.

The Angry Mermaid 4 --- Y Morforwyn Dicllon 4

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The first transgendered intersex issues begin to manifest themselves as Drustan unknowingly experiences his intersexed menarche.

The Angry Mermaid 4
Or.
Y Morforwyn Dicllon 4

Mabina. The youngest daughter and Twin to
Drustan Her twin brother.
Grandpa Erin the twins grandfather.
Giana The twins grandmother
Caderyn The twins father.
Morgaran The Twins oldest brother.
Aiofe The twins oldest sister. Famous for her beauty.

Marilyn's Impossible Dream, or She's So Pretty

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Marilyn's Impossible Dream, or She's So Pretty

By Katherine Day
(Copyright 2010)

How does a slender, pretty boy born in simpler time fulfill his need to be a girl! The story of Merritt Lane McGraw is the story of a time before the words “crossdresser” and “transgender” were in the vocabulary and a time before sexual assignment surgery was a possibility. What is Merritt to do? This is a novel based loosely on the author’s young life, with chapters to follow on a timely basis.

Prologue

Balthasar's Extract - Part 7

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BALTHASAR’S EXTRACT
(The Titanic Era Diary of Evelyn Westcott) Part VIIEvi Westcott is a turn-of-the-20th Century Alpha female, impatient with the roles polite society has assigned to women — including accidental women like herself — and in a hurry to set things straight. Evi is now nineteen and in love. In fin de siecle Europe, she’s learned about Life in its astonishing diversity. In this chapter, she returns to Baltimore to face a crisis that threatens all of ‘Tottie’s Girls’ — the dozen gender-dsyphoric youth who like Evelyn depend for their happiness on a secure supply of ‘Balthasar’s extract.’

The 3 Rs

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Which are of course - reading, writing and relentless research (I never was much use at 'rithmetic).

I'd cracked on with my household chores all week to leave myself clear to write over the weekend. A story of my mother told me at Christmas gave me an idea for a neat short story plot set in wartime Wales, which I reckoned was going to be about 2000 words - so do-able over two days.

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