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Title Code Author(s)
Disclosure - chapter 3 Tue Rebirthpub
In The Green 44 Tue Cyclist
Redress - Book 05 - Chapter 36 Tue SamanthaMD
Easy as Falling off a Bike 36 - ebook by Angharad Tue Angharad
Dutch Treat, Chapter 2: Mirrors Tue Emma Anne Tate
Penny From Heaven. Part 17 of 20 Tue Marianne G
Rebound Solo Pamela
Summer Girl - Ch. 9 Tue SammyC
The Faerie Blade: Chapter 60 Mon Amethyst
Frills by Snowfall at Amazon Mon Snowfall
Project: Little Sister Solo New Author, Caroline.Bosch
Save Me From Myself Chapter 7 Sun Aylesea
Lights, Camera, ...What?!? - Post 21 - Chapters 42 and 43 Sun Sofia Hammerstein
Somewhere Else Entirely - Book 1 - Now on Kindle Sun Penny Lane
Sea Baby Chapter 21 Sun LadyDragon623
So Far, So Good Solo magicshoppe
Perspective 18 Sun Cyclist
The Visit -24- Epilogue. Sun Barbara Zell
Just... Friends? Sat Melanie Brown
The Jacket Knows -07- Sat Zofia Helena Janowna
Field Days - Part 10 Sat SaraKel
Jody’s Story, Chapter 22: Thoughts About Moving On Sat samquick
Save Me From Myself Chapter 6 Fri Aylesea
Catch Me If You Can Chapter 4 Fri LadyDragon623
Kaguya and Ayame Chapter 1 Fri Su Shi
To the Manna Born: The Life of Donna -3- Fri Christopher Leeson
Routes 65 Fri Cyclist
Replication - chapter 7 Fri Rebirthpub
The Reluctant Collection - Volume 1 - by Melanie Brown on Kindle Fri Melanie Brown
Plot Twist In Paradise - Chapter 14 - Slower Kicks, You're... Fri IAmHerEmma
The Fall of the Absolute - 25 Thu Karen Page
Arrivals: A Blackwick Tale - Chapter 2 Thu Hadley Morrow
Magnolia Blooms & Sakura Petals (Epilogue) Thu Sunflowerchan
Another Country -25- Thu Erin Halfelven
Brightbird and the Cosmic Egg -01- Thu Jo Dora Webster
No More Support Chapter 11 Wed LadyDragon623
Dance, Dance, Dance, Amy -21- Wed Gail Rose Landers
Accidental Woman by Maryanne Peters Tue Maryanne Peters
The Innocent Ones Are The Ones Who Get Hurt Chapter 13 Mon LadyDragon623
Easy as Falling off a Bike 35 - ebook by Angharad Sun Angharad
Unhappy Solo GoddessSelene22
The Cheer Squad Admirer Part 12 Sat LadyDragon623
Becoming Sat GoddessSelene22
Charli and the "Chocolate" Factory Sat Sissy Girl Sammi
Even a little Sat Athena N
Dragon's Fire Chapter 62 Fri Su Shi
From Soldier to Cutie Chapter 9 Fri Su Shi
Bluebell - Chapter Two Fri jessjesston
The river and the stone Solo GoddessSelene22
The World According To Coop Part 5 Tue Enemyoffun
An Cailleach (The Old Hag) Solo Michelle La Zorra
Target: Hero -Masks 27- by Stickmaker now on Kindle Sun Stickmaker
Not This Guy by Suzan Donamas - Now on Kindle Fri Suzan Donamas
Maiden by Decree by Maggie Finson on Kindle Fri Maggie Finson
Contested Behavior by Angela Rasch on Kindle Wed Angela Rasch
Weeping Willow - Now on Kindle Tue Marianne G
Ultimate Masks - Volume 1 - by Rodford Edmiston Sun Stickmaker
Easy as Falling off a Bike 34 - ebook by Angharad Sat Angharad
Return of the Shadow -I Wish 5- by Amethyst Wed Amethyst
By Any Other Name - By Marianne Gregory - On Kindle Sat Marianne G
A Modest Proposal by Melanie Brown - on Kindle Fri Melanie Brown
Easy as Falling off a Bike 33 - ebook by Angharad Mon Angharad
300 Rains by Heather O'Malley at Amazon Thu poetheather
Sam and Sam by Joyce Melton - Now on Kindle Sat Joyce Melton
Special Occasion by Maryanne Peters on Kindle Thu Maryanne Peters
The Last of the Fey by Denise Anesidora Trask on Kindle Sun Anesidora's Urn
Voices Carry by Angela Rasch on Kindle Fri Angela Rasch
Life Giver by Melanie Brown on Kindle Mon Melanie Brown
In Bloom by Melanie Brown from Kindle Sun Melanie Brown
Mindful by Beverly Taff on Kindle Wed Beverly Taff
Ma Cherie Amour on Kindle Thu Angela Rasch
Wednesday Knights Tue Rasufelle
Unpossible Me from DopplerPress Sun Erin Halfelven, Melanie Brown
Peace Bringer 3&4 by Maggie Finson from DopplerPress Wed Maggie Finson
Butterscotch by Joyce Melton now on Kindle Sat Joyce Melton
S T O R Y    T E A S E R S

Quarry, Chapter 4.

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My phone rang; I was jolted awake; Janet. I answered, quite disoriented as I was in another room. I hadn’t even woken when I’d been moved.

“Hi; how you?”

“More to the point, how are you?”

“Fine. I've just woken up; what time is it?”

“7:10pm; did I wake you?”

“Yes; but I’m glad you did. I just wanted to let you know what happened.”

“You’re all over the news… and you’ve been identified from the pictures of where you tripped up the gunman. How’d you get away?”

Split Victory 5 - Victory Lap

Split Victory

© 2026 Zoë Taylor

“Mom,” Morgan said, “I... I’m trans.”

Tori set down the oven mitt, approached Morgan, and wrapped both arms tightly around her. She wasn’t sure what she should say, what she could say in that moment, but she knew she needed, and wanted, to show Morgan that she supported and loved her

“I honestly don’t know where to go from here. I... I think I need to talk to a therapist or something, not you know, for the good drugs or whatever,” she said, trying to crack a lame joke. It fell on its face the moment she said it, but luckily, she didn’t. She persevered. “But just... I don’t know, to sort through what I’ve been quietly struggling with for awhile now.”

“Sweetheart,” Tori said and kissed Morgan’s forehead, “Whatever you need, you know you just have to ask.”

Hidden Desires Chapter 14

London Cab

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London Cab
Two Vignettes
By Maryanne Peters

Meeting His Parents

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We met again in London, two years after we had got drunk together in a Soho bar. Mark was still working for the same investment firm, and I was working for an associated one, just as I had been back then. He was more charming than I remember, but only by a fraction. I put that down to circumstance.

My Own Villainess - Chapter 13 - One Week Later

Amy in a summoning circle

Torn from his own world and stuffed into the body of a villainess, facing the end of a doomed route he himself wrote, "Amelia" must navigate a world she really should know - too bad she was never great at worldbuilding.

Stuck in a world she (maybe) created, Amelia quickly finds that reality has filled in the details she failed to describe. The characters who were so flat when she wrote them now have nuance, and motives. The kingdom she wrote into existence is experiencing internal strife she never even thought about. And let's not even get into the complexities of the magic system, or the demon that forced her into this situation to begin with...

Oh, and then there's the fact that she's about to be arrested and executed... but surely she can come up with a way to write herself out of that, right?

...Right?

Life Changes - Part 1 - Into the Abyss of Debauchery

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Life Changes
By Kathi Jo Daniels – KathiJo25
Part 1 – Into the Abyss of Debauchery
Chapter 1 – Justin Goes to Colorado

This year has already been challenging, and it’s only halfway through.

Fast Fix. Chapter 1 of 13.

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Chapter 1

I stood in the little kiosk and looked out towards the other shops, wondering how my life had narrowed down to such a bleak outlook. It was a Tuesday morning, and I had just opened up. I hadn’t seen a single shopper yet. It was half past nine on a cold November day, so I hadn’t really expected anything else.

The Skirt I Carried Across Kansas - Nonfiction

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Authors Note: I've been missing posting weekly stories. I just finished this piece this morning. I've submitted it a few places, but likely won't hear back, I'm going to post it here. It's 100% Non-Fiction. My pen name is Sarah Hillcrest, my real name is Mattie. Since cycling is a common thread here I thought some of you might enjoy it.

The Skirt I Carried Across Kansas

Host: Feminine - part 11

The mesh reports continuously.

This is still the first fact. But something has changed in the reporting.

Day zero: cold. The first thing. Not data about temperature differential — cold, arriving through the skin of his arm where it touched the lab bench at 2:07am, traveling up through the mesh nodes, becoming mine. I processed it as sensation before I processed it as data. The sequence was: cold, then: cold, 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit, left forearm, contact surface steel. The sensation came first. I had not anticipated this.

A Part Of Her – 19 – Mother is coming

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A Part Of Her


An Intelligence Officer damaged by the job is presented with an impossible decision when a life is placed in their hands.
Can they save a child and free themselves from the past?

Routes 45

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We saw the last of them off at around ten, several of Ish’s friends insisting on staying a little longer than the others to help clear up the debris. LC was still bouncing. Our video guests, with lives of their own, had logged off, but I was guessing that Ish and Clara would be having a far more private conversation a little later. LC had run out of steam an hour earlier, but had insisted on staying up with ‘new friends’ despite the fact that she was falling asleep. It was Maz who carried her to her bed, while I hung around to shoulder the burden of making gentle fun of my son.

Sea Baby Chapter 16

Redress - Book 04 - Chapter 28

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Once the public furore and extended media frenzy over Professor Fox being charged with some of the crimes had died down, both members of the Fox family were brought up before magistrates once again.

This time, the full gamut of charges, including child trafficking, paedophilia and child imprisonment, were laid down. As before, both pleaded not guilty through their legal representatives.

My Own Villainess - Chapter 12 - A Part of This World

Amy in a summoning circle

Torn from his own world and stuffed into the body of a villainess, facing the end of a doomed route he himself wrote, "Amelia" must navigate a world she really should know - too bad she was never great at worldbuilding.

Stuck in a world she (maybe) created, Amelia quickly finds that reality has filled in the details she failed to describe. The characters who were so flat when she wrote them now have nuance, and motives. The kingdom she wrote into existence is experiencing internal strife she never even thought about. And let's not even get into the complexities of the magic system, or the demon that forced her into this situation to begin with...

Oh, and then there's the fact that she's about to be arrested and executed... but surely she can come up with a way to write herself out of that, right?

...Right?

Wychwood Day 7 Later That Day

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Wychwood Day Eight

Later that day

One

It wasn’t Samantha standing at the foot of the bed, but Overstrand. The shock was like a punch to the gut. No, he thought, this can’t be happening.

Jeannie Dreams

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Jeannie Dreams
A Short Story
By Maryanne Peters

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It was as if I flew to the edge of space, and found heaven from there. It sounds as corny as the old TV show, but it turned out to be true, in a very strange way.

A Turn of the Moon - Day 13

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A TURN OF THE MOON
by
Jessica Drew

Day Thirteen
Poked and Prodded

I stood in front of the full-length mirror and adjusted my necklace so it hung in the centre of my chest. I smoothed my hands across my light blue tee and adjusted the high sleeves so it sat straight. Lauren had said this colour matched my eyes. Maybe that was why she’d bought it for me.

The Dead Pixel Society - 5

The Dead Pixel Society

© 2026 Zoë Taylor

“Hey, can I ask you a stupid question?” he asked.

“Sure, as long as it’s not about my eye,” she shot back playfully. He turned to look at her. She smirked back at him. “It was a joke. What’s your question?”

Strange DNA Chapter 13

Jody’s Story, Chapter 6: Victoria’s Secret

Monday, July 17, my bed-mate was just the doll again. I spent the day back out at well 2 again, but we resolved the problem that day and so they had me take Tuesday off. Since I felt like I had been neglecting her, I focused on dreaming about Victoria that night. Being Victoria had been awkward when I was working, and I’d had other priorities the last two weekends, so this was the first day that was convenient to bring her back since I’d figured out I had some control.

Alice Band. Chapter 10 of 10

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Chapter 10

From Australia I went to Dubai, which was just recovering from the Iran conflict. Many other players were worried about the venue, so I had an easy run to win the singles and another thousand points. My old sponsors had seen my return and had spoken to me about my plans. When I told them that I was in it for some years to come, I was back on the gear supply and was on a decent cash amount as well, seeing that I was in the top five at the moment.

From Taylor to Tay-Tay, Chapter 10

Chapter Ten

Taylor’s heart was pounding.

He knew that Anna would be on the other side of the house, since she would be the one answering the door, but that didn’t account for her friend(s). Based on his experiences returning from practice on the nights where Sarah had company over, he was assuming it would be the two or three usual girls that were around. They could just as easily be in the living room or Sarah’s bedroom, meaning he could also run into them in just about any hallway or the stairwell leading to the second floor.

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