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The world is different after the Reprisals ended. But some things don't change.Alyssa is the studious sister. Until she tired of being called the fat chick.When she took action to improve her style surprising things happened.Including meeting...him! The man who looked below the surface.This story is set in the 2050's so it could happen

In the years following the Reprisals, Colleen knew that being an orphan wasn't all that uncommon. But being that big girl as well made life doubly hard. But she was made of stern stuff, She knew that making her life a success was going to be all down to her.Standing on the stage after collecting her two Degree certificates, Colleen was feeling pretty lonely in a sea of surging humanity. Until she saw her aunt frantically waving at her from the audience....

Connie Dalton is home after twenty years in the Australian Army. The last eight as a member of the Australian Peacekeeping Force during the global atrocities that had become known as the Reprisals.Her 182cm height and matching stature was an asset in the army. At home not so much. She could look after herself but having a protector would be welcomed.She wanted to slow down and relax. Stop and read a lot of her favourite BBW Romances. Except that she...

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Lesley had always been the big girl in the class. Having her father be a boring old accountant was just one thing too much. Lesley's world needed rebuilding. Her personal rebellion came in her choice of career. And a bold decision to relocate to a whole new place. To make new friends.It was her way to make her life the way she wanted it.Lesley hadn't ever considered that her future would include a man as boring as her father. Yet still able to set...

Oh that Love was always symmetrical, always reciprocated, always came in pairs. Alas it is not always these things, and when it is not it can spawn a most agonizing and enduring pain, that of unrequited Love. Yet like the pain that strengthens the fibers of the athlete's muscle, like the blow of the hammer that hardens the blade, the agony of unrequited Love can succor a lasting resilience, an enduring strength, and in doing so even heal itself.The...

There was a time when circumstances of parenthood required me to fully discover and then fully display my tender side, my vulnerabilities. It was uncharted territory for a man with a somewhat simplistic male ego. So as not to lose myself, I held onto a vision that I feel defines me, the vision of entering a lion's cave. The Lion's Cave was born of that vision.

The present short story takes the form of a movie review. The movie itself is not real; it doesn't exist. Nor does the novel on which the movie is supposedly based exist. In short, the review itself is a complete fiction.The (imagined) movie takes place among a tribe of indigenous people in North America prior to the arrival of Europeans. It follows the development of two strong young women from girlhood to a critical event in their young lives. It...