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A Gayle Blows Up Part 7

Part 7

We finished the sangeet with about a half hour of me singing love songs and, although the dance floor was less populated, there were still quite a lot still dancing and I saw a few couples dancing closely. I suppose all races have their lesbians, it is just how hidden they may be and, let’s face it; we were all girls here today.

Special FX -004- Ballpoint

A retelling, with permission and differences, of C.D. Rudd's classic webcomic SailorSun.org.

Billy Jones, a film student and extra, seems to have been exposed —if that's the word— to some sort of special effect.

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Special FX
-4- Ballpoint
by Joyce Melton

A Gayle Blows Up Part 6

Part 6

As I was walking towards the lounge area I heard the maid call to Birgitta to say that the band had arrived. I followed her voice to the front door where I could see a mini-bus in the driveway with the girls, now in varying colours of the outfit I now wore, unloading their bags and their instruments.

A Gayle Blows Up Part 5

Part 5

But that revelation would come later. Firstly I was shown to my room. Birgitta said it wasn’t very big but it was bigger than my room at the tower block and had a proper ensuite. The wardrobe contained a riot of colour and there was a silk nightdress lying on the bed.

A Gayle Blows Up Part 4

Part 4

Monday morning I was up and dressed for the office, my hair in a pony-tail and my takings from Saturday in my back pack. As I left my room Balnoor was walking towards me. “Did you see that girl who was here yesterday” he asked “she looked lost but I looked back as I walked away and she was getting into a flash car.”

A Gayle Blows Up Part 3

Part 3

On the way he gave me a run down on who I would be meeting this afternoon. “First” he said “there is the band. There is Husnia, Jenianna, Kajari and Tavleen. They are all in their twenties and you should fit in well. Then there will be my daughter Grette, well named as she is a pearl among the stones. My wife is Birgitta and my mother is Aganee. Her name means fire and it does fit well as she can turn the blowtorch on us with her scorn if we do wrong.”

Special FX -003- Babe?

A retelling, with permission and differences, of C.D. Rudd's classic webcomic SailorSun.org.

Billy Jones, a film student and extra, seems to have been exposed —if that's the word— to some sort of special effect.

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Special FX
-3- Babe
by Joyce Melton

The Island - Chapter 3

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Chapter Three – Eternity

Bobbie is delighted to be living full time as a woman amongst the four men who see her as a sister figure, making the place softer and adding feminine touches. Bobbie and Ray have agreed to a tacit truce after the incident at the pool but storm clouds are on the horizon both figuratively and metaphorically. Final chapter.

The Island - Chapter 2

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Chapter Two – Bad Penny

After disappointing the sailors through no fault of his own Robert decides to try to make amends by entertaining them by performing his USO act as 'Bobbie' the femme fatale female impersonator. The act is received with mixed reviews.

The Island - Chapter 1

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Chapter One – Lucky Charm

Four sailors are marooned on a Pacific island hoping against hope to be rescued. When they are joined by the survivor of an airplane crash their hopes soar expecting that a search and rescue mission will find them. Will Bobbie Bingham be their lucky charm?

A Gayle Blows Up Part 2

Part 2

Just then, Taranjit had arrived with a tray that held tea and cups. “The boys call him Gitaz, sir. Because he supplies the melody for their playing” he said, setting them down. “Not any more” I told him “I have been disposed of for a supposedly more authentic and bearded model.”

Special FX -002- Boobs

A retelling, with permission and differences, of C.D. Rudd's classic webcomic SailorSun.org.

Billy Jones, a film student and extra, seems to have been exposed —if that's the word— to some sort of special effect.

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Special FX
-2- Boobs
by Joyce Melton

A Gayle Blows Up Part 1

Hello again in 2021. This one is my long story for the year but not as long as Patsy, only 40 parts - enjoy.
Marianne G

Part 1

There are days when you want to leap out of bed in the morning and attack the day with all the vigour you have. I don’t get many of these days lately. There are other days where you really should have stayed in bed and I had just had a week’s worth of those.

Special FX -001- Baboons

A retelling, with permission and differences, of C.D. Rudd's classic webcomic SailorSun.org.

Billy Jones, a film student and extra, gets the offer of some overtime during the shooting of a special effects movie.... Maybe there was something in the contract he missed?

Without Me 1

Post One: Ashley

I’d like to wind the clock back about three years.
Hell, three years, five months, two days, seven hours, four minutes, and forty-nine seconds. Yeah, that’s when everything went kaboom.

Yes, put your hands into the “okay” sign, then put them together and then flick them away from each other and make an explosion sound with your lips.

You now know the thought going through my skull when my fiancé left me. WE WERE TOGETHER for five years. FIVE.

Hidden Intent Part 6 of 6

Hidden Intent Part 6

She walked straight up to Gerry and flung her arms around his neck and gave him a long kiss which he quickly responded to by the way his stance changed. She almost dragged him off to the caravan. I would have said that she led him by his nose but I don’t think that it was his nose that she was thinking of. I just stood next to Lockie and we watched it all happen.

Hidden Intent Part 5 of 6

Hidden Intent Part 5

That summer will stay with me for ever. We had the two lions to look after and show to the public and the horses seemed to know exactly what they should be doing. The act was a real hit and Jenny and I were interviewed and photographed at almost every place we stopped.

Hidden Intent Part 4 of 6

Hidden Intent Part 4

As we moved from town to town I settled into my life as a girl. My injuries had healed and Jenny had been teaching me the finer points of girl-dom. The tigers had become very friendly with everyone and their previous minder was happy to leave me to look after them.

Hidden Intent Part 3 of 6

Hidden Intent Part 3

I kept to the shadows as I walked to the station, feeling the strangeness of the breasts with the tightness of the bra. I had the back-pack on and the shoulder bag on my shoulder and did start to feel as if I was walking into a new future.

Hidden Intent Part 2 of 6

Hidden Intent Part 2

Next morning I was up and dressed in the nightie and robe while I got breakfast for us. My father came down with a hold-all that he used when he was sent further away on a road job. He told me that he did not expect to be back until Friday and I pretended to be upset at being left alone.

The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 45 & 46

Positively Patsy Part 45

I settled into a life of being a song writer and business woman. The partnership in K Beat meant that Joanne and I were in there on a regular basis, taking care of administration and even backing new singers with Jake and the boys. Alice looked after every day things very well.

Hidden Intent Part 1 of 6

Hidden Intent Part 1

I did not have what they call a happy childhood. My father was a drunkard and a bully and I grew up spending a lot of time hiding in, or sometimes under, my bed. He was a road-worker and played as hard as he worked, leaving my mother and me to scrape along as best we could.

The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 43 & 44

Positively Patsy Part 43

Papers, what papers? I went to the reception and asked about papers and the lass behind the counter smiled and gave me four different ones and told me that I would be very interested in what was in them. I took them back to Joanne and we started with the first paper.

The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 41 & 42

Positively Patsy Part 41

My first priority was to get the whole cast up to speed with a three week stint in New York. I was surprised that all of my stars were happy with it as they had all had dreams of appearing on stage as genuine actresses when they were young, rather than being pop stars. Greg was more than happy and said that it was the idea of change that kept him alive.

The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 39 & 40

Positively Patsy Part 39

In the morning our driver took us into the old town and when we stopped the car was surrounded by children. “Do not get out of the car; they will have your wallets and hand bags in a second. Just wait for my cousins. Just then the second car pulled up behind us and two big guys stepped out and approached our car.

The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 37 & 38

Positively Patsy Part 37

Kevins’ list of ports had been very sparse. It seems that Drake never bothered to describe the odd places he stopped at to replenish. All of his exploits seemed to happen ‘off the coast of’ and the only certain landings were in the San Francisco Bay, which he claimed for the Queen and called ‘New Albion’, and the Molucca Islands (otherwise known as the Spice Islands).

The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 35 & 36

Positively Patsy Part 35

The band members looked at me in amazement and one reporter said “Drake I have heard of, he beat the Spanish Armada, but who is this Reece.” I told them that Richard Reece was a mate aboard one of Drakes ships when Drake was a privateer.

The Patsy Project. Book 3. Positively Patsy Parts 33 & 34

Positively Patsy Part 33

When everyone gathered for lunch I found Simon and just said “Damn you and your crazy ideas, you have just made me lose another year of my life!” He laughed and asked me what I had thought of and I just said “The life and times of Richard Reece with Drake.”

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