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November 5th

Exactly 404 years ago, a soldier and explosives expert attempted one of the most audacious terrorist plots ever.

His plan was to destroy the UK's House of Lords during State Opening, during which the building would contain the entire parliament and the King. As we all know, various events conspired to disrupt the plan and arrest Guy before he lit the fuse.

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The Princess and the Plague: 43

The Princess and the Plague
Part 43
By Anistasia Allread
edited by Edeyn

"Hello?" she tried her voice.

She didn't hear anything, but could feel a vibration in her throat.

"Hello?" she tried again with the same results.

"Can anyone hear me!" she called out, not hearing anything.

Erika slumped to the ground. Her blouse was torn open in several places. She looked down and realized that she was naked from her belly button down. She stared in horror down at her male genitalia.

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Hired as a man, fired as a woman

Hired as a man, fired as a woman

I especially loved this quote:
Her boss, Georgia Legislative Counsel Sewell Brumby, saw it differently.

“It makes me think about things I don’t like to think about, particularly at work … I think it’s unsettling to think of someone dressed in women’s clothing with male sexual organs inside that clothing,” said Brumby, in a deposition taken May 11th in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.

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Kelly's Journey-Chapter 22: Julie's Big Day

Kelly's Journey (Revised)
Chapter 22: Julie's Big Day
By Stanman63
Edited By Nora Adrienne with Special Thanks To Terry Naut and JennaFL for Proofing and to Heather Rose Brown for the Illustration!

Synopsis:Kelly is asked to be the Maid Of Honor at Julie and Mark's wedding. There, she is paired with Johnny, the Best Man. During this time, both receive signs that their Love is strong again. Yet, Kelly's Heart still remains broken.

San Diego Comic Con Founder Dies

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8 / CNS) - The man who founded Comic-Con has died. Shel Dorf died Tuesday at Sharp Hospital after a long illness.
Dorf started the San Diego Comic-Con in 1970 at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego, after moving to San Diego from Detroit.

He spent the next 15 years as a leader of the annual convention, which promotes comics and related popular art forms, including sci-fi movies and animated TV shows.

Dorf was 76 and is survived by his brother. Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Home of Peace cemetery located at 3668 Imperial Avenue.

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The Center Chapter 8 Progress

Hey Girls and guys.

For those of you that have been keeping track in comments and on Twitter. I was well ahead of the game when I first started the story. So's why the updates were fast and furious.

I was about 8000 words into Chapter 8 tonight, and in a couple of words 'It Sucked'. So, I'm pulling back and starting over from about 3000 words. What a incredible waste of time and effort, but that's how it is sometimes. It's all plotted out and it looks cool on outline but in execution it's choppy, annoying, and even well beyond the realm of realism.

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Cynthia and the Dumpster Diver - Chapter 5 & 6

Cynthia and the Dumpster Diver
Chapters 5 & 6

By Portia Bennett

With the shoplifters taken care of, The Wizard can address the problem at hand. The Wizard seems to be somewhat surprised about Bobbie’s apparent ability, but not too surprised. I wonder why? Another thing, who is Naomi? Cindy tells The Wizard she has detected another person who is in the wrong body. The Wizard already knows about her and invites the two girls and their parents to his shop. That might prove to be an interesting visit.

The two families visit Randy in the hospital. The girls have some time alone with Randy and tell him they are aware of his inner dream. They are able to tell him about their transitions. They also learn more about his transfer between worlds. Randy has a relapse, but before the girls go, Bobbie senses one more thing about Randy’s condition.

I am posting these chapters today because I am going to be on the road tomorrow and Friday. I will post Chapter 7 on Saturday.

TS Jesus Play Sparks Protests

About 300 protesters held a candlelit protest outside a Glasgow (Scotland) theatre over the staging of a play which portrays Jesus as a transsexual.

The protest was held outside the Tron Theatre, where Jesus Queen of Heaven, in which Christ is portrayed as being transgendered, is being staged.

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Kelly's Journey Chapter 21: Reunion

Kelly's Journey (Revised)
Chapter 21: Reunion
By Stanman63
Edited By Nora Adrienne with Special Thanks To Terry Naut and JennaFL for Proofing and to Heather Rose Brown for the Illustration!

Synopsis:Kelly meets alumni from her old Alma Mater who know all about her journey. In meeting each, she finds renewed friendship and blessings in their return.

Character Portraits

When I write a story, I generally have a definite idea of what my characters look like in my head. I know what color their hair is, what their skin tone is, any little scars they might have that identify them, the way they quirk their lips when they smile, and so on and so forth. However, I also know that what I see as my character's appearance isn't always what others imagine.

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Pants vs Panties

Mike was going to be married to Karen so his Father sat him down for
a little chat.

He said, 'Mike, let me tell you something.
On my wedding night in our honeymoon suite, I took off my pants,
handed them to your Mother, and said, 'Here, try these on.''
She did and said, 'These are too big.
I can't wear them.'

I replied, 'Exactly.. I wear the pants in
this family and I always will.' Ever since that night, we have
never had any problems.

'Hmmm,' said Mike. He thought that might be a good thing to try.

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Waves over troubled waters

To ALL Persons that enter BCTS:
Think before your fingers do the typing.

Do unto others as you would want others do unto you.

If that would be a rule then the waters here would be smooth sailing.

Joanne

ps
"What is hateful to oneself should not be done to one's neighbor...." .
rami

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Changes - Warning and explanation

Please note that the latest Changes episode contains a plot that may upset some people and I quite understand if you do not wish to read the chapter.

Unfortunately, sometimes things don't always run smoothly and although the story is in the main happy and sweet in nature, like real life, something happens that pushes our comfort zone.

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When you ask me to take care of something on site...

...please remember that I do indeed have a real life and do not sit here 24/7. I'm missing my morning class at college today because of another blow-up which I could not deal with because I was asleep. I'm going to be gone the rest of the morning and probably most of the afternoon because my friend is opening his new bookstore today.

Oh, and I will be working at that bookstore Thur and Fri afternoons at least through Christmas. Besides my piano classes and sleeping and going out for dinner now and then.

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Cynthia and the Dumpster Diver - Chapter 4

Cynthia and the Dumpster Diver
Chapter 4

By Portia Bennett

The problems about Randy’s origin are beginning to surface. The doctors feel he may have ingested some anti-freeze and that is the cause of his kidney failure. His liver problem has yet to be diagnosed. Cindy, Bobbie and Maddy know they have to talk to The Wizard. The connection is quick; however, The Wizard has to take care of a couple of shoplifters before he can address the problem the girls are bringing to him. I wonder what’s in store for them?

Kelly's Journey-Chapter 20: Hope Renewed

Kelly's Journey (Revised)
Chapter 20: Hope Renewed
By Stanman63
Edited By Nora Adrienne with Special Thanks To Terry Naut and JennaFL for Proofing and to Heather Rose Brown for the Illustration!

Synopsis:Kelly continues to recover and discover new things about herself as she grows and matures into the woman that she is inside.

Goldylocks and the Three bears

Goldylocks and the Three Bears

By Maggie the Kitten
 © 2003 Maggie the Kitten

 

A story Maggie wrote for Ricky, who helped Rebecca Anne (Becky) Stewart with 'Hot Crossings' and was part of her online family

On the delay with Maiden by Decree and other things.

I have been slow with finishing this up, I know. But I've been fighting pneumonia over the past few weeks, to the point of spending a week in the hospital then spending the next week going nuts because I couldn't go anywhere or do anything in spite of being home then. I'm still recovering, getting stronger as the days go by, and not sleeping quite as much, plus I can breathe without oxygen now (a big plus, trust me.) So I will get to the finale of Maiden, just as soon as I feel up to actually writing again.

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New "Book" Coming Out

In response to Fleurie's and others' requests, the first publication of Danny Fairchild Publications will be coming out this Saturday evening (hopefully).

Entitled "Everything You Wanted To Know About Posting In Topshelf And Were NOT Afraid To Ask, But Didn't Anyway," it is a little Adobe Acrobat PDF file that is all about how to spruce up your postings in Topshelf.

It will cover:

* How to make text appear in BOLD
* How to make text appear italicized
* How to make text appear both bold and italicized

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Health and other things.

Hi everyone,

I've not been around for a while, apart from dropping in from time to time and seeing what's up.

I've been catching up on my reading as I just haven't felt like writing much.

As some of you may know, I've not been well. Actually, that's not quite accurate, as I felt fine, but I discovered a lump which turned out to be an infected lymph node.

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The Next Con

The Next Con
By Melanie Ezell

 
Sometimes friends can surprise you... all it takes is a little trust.

Note: This is a pseudo-sequel to my short story "The Con." While it isn't necessary to read the first story to understand this one, I would like to recommend that you do.

Kelly's Journey-Chapter 19- Healing

Kelly's Journey (Revised)
Chapter 19- Healing
By Stanman63
Edited By Nora Adrienne with Special Thanks To Terry Naut and JennaFL for Proofing and to Heather Rose Brown for the Illustration!

Synopsis:Kelly's recovery continues as she meets with psychiatrists and surgeons about her surgery to become a woman. In the process, she discovers a vital Truth about her Love for Johnny and why she despaired.

Body of work

Out of curiosity, I've done a quick count of the stuff I have posted on various sites. It's quite an indictment of how much time I must have given to playing with words, characters and situations.

Counting episodes as individual items, which are quite variable in length - bonkers, snafu and Gabysodes are longer than bike episodes - but they take me longer to write.

The grand total is 988 of which 848 appear on this site. Of those 11 are complete works or short stories and one is a poem, another is a drabble.

I obviously spend far too much time on the internet.

Angharad

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Cynthia and the Dumpster Diver - Chapter 3

Cynthia and the Dumpster Diver
Chapter 3

By Portia Bennett

Randy’s wanderings have taken him to the well house near Cindy’s home and the place where she almost drowned. Randy is seriously ill and the girls get Cindy’s father to donate some clothing to Randy. The seriousness of Randy’s illness is very apparent and Stan calls for an ambulance. In the aftermath, Stan discovers that more than likely Randy really was in a war and it was a war that had never happened. Randy has a Purple Heart and the certificate is signed by George W. Bush, President, a man who never was president. The Wizard lurks.

The Center-Updating.

For those of you that are interested.

With last night's outage, a lot of people were not able to read Chapter 4, so I'm not updating with Chapter 5 today. Instead, I will have it out Monday morning, so people will have a chance to catch up. Not to worry, it's already written. Chapters 5&6 are in the can and I'm working on 7 today so it should be ready by the the time Wednesday roles around. Then we'll be caught up.

I'm not telling you all this to be pretentious. I just didn't want you to think that I'd forgotten about you, today.

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Kelly's Journey-Chapter-18- Onward

Kelly's Journey (Revised)
Chapter-18- Onward
By Stanman63
Edited By Nora Adrienne with Special Thanks To Terry Naut and JennaFL for Proofing and to Heather Rose Brown for the Illustration!

Synopsis:Kelly continues to recover and discover new things about herself as she grows and matures into the woman that she is inside.

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