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All Change at Wamble
by Destrier 30/6/2012
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A surreal tale: Bob is the postman for the changeable town of Wamble, but he has a dream, if only he can get a Ticket for it...
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The Arrangement
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A young man unwillingly marooned on Circe's island with a mob of lager louts
makes a deal with the sorceress to avoid sharing their fate.
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Beast Dance
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Whilst on a round-the-world charity ride, a traveller and his mare are invited
to participate in a strange dance in a remote African village.
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Beta Test
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You've seen morphing programs or their results, from Michael Jackson videos to
Deep Space Nine. Polymorph Pro beats them all!
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Boston Schneider and the Last Lost Legend
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Searching for the Ultimate Knowledge of Life, the Universe, and how to change
himself into a donkey, our hero tracks down the long lost ruins of... Pleasure Island?
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Boston Schneider and the Riddle of the Sphinx
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What walks upon four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the afternoon?
Boston Schneider, intrepid adventurer and wouldbe-donkey, knows the answer, but it's not the one the Sphinx was thinking of!
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Boston Schneider and the Temple of Groom
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Our intrepid wouldbe-donkey has a close brush with fate.
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The Bravest Test Of All
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Every hundred years comes the Year of the Horse, when the Sri-hi transform the
strongest, fastest, most virile man in the village into a plains stallion, the highest of honours. Joh-hi is surely the perfect candidate, if only
he can pass the last test...
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Captive Lover
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Never seek to become a horse for sexual gratification. A cautionary tale with a wry twist!
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Cartoons
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An old theory says that when an artist or writer creates something, it actually
happens somewhere. I got to wondering what might happen if this were true?
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The Centaur's Daughter
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A retelling of the fate of Ocyrrhoe, the daughter of the centaur Chiron. The
original story (from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book II) is here retold by Ocyrrhoe herself.
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Circle
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A hiker learns too late that Epona's Circle isn't just a circle of stones. It's a circle in Time.
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Chastising Lon
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A shape-shifting faerie sees a way to teach a cruel and unscrupulous horse-dealer a lasting lesson.
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The Circus of Delights
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When he visits a shabby street circus in Camden, John becomes absolutely obsessed
with the exotic equestrian performer, Mirabeau. He'll do anything if it means he can see her again.
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Decoy
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Not a transformation story as such; this is a little sci-fi tale of infiltration and deception.
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Derby Day
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It's a joke: a young man runs a few yards along the race-course at Epsom, just
so he can tell his friends, 'I ran at Epsom on Derby Day'.
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Do It Yourself
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A mini-sequel to Hell Hath No Fury, this teaches the folly of making smart-alec
jokes when there are witches about.
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The Donkey File
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A photograph is innocently misfiled under Transformation/Donkeys with unexpected results.
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Donkey Soda
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A sweltering day in Boston, MA. So nice of that old man to give Eric a can of Pleasure Island soda...
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The Escape
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The plan to raid the Sh'vrie Vault has gone badly wrong, and now Kesh and Silvidrana
have an entire clan of angry Sh'vrie on their heels. Silvidrana persuades Kesh to use the Wild Magic and it seems they are saved, but Kesh isn't so sure...
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The First Horse
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One man in all of Creation is unhappy: he envies the beautiful unicorns that live
side by side with his own race. He wants to be one, and he begs the Creator to tranform him into one. He is told this isn't possible, but that there
might be an alternative...
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Forest Magic
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On a cycle ride in England's New Forest, a drink from a woodland stream has an
unexpected effect.
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Gift Horse
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Josh agrees to look after a striking green-eyed stallion and his mares, but when
local disappearances begin and an equal number of strange new mares appear in the stallion's herd, Josh begins to get suspicious.
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Elizabeth was fouly tricked into wearing a cursed ring that transformed her into a
mare. A benevolent witch restores her to humanity, and now she wants revenge...
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The Importance of Pronunciation
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A carelessly pronounced wish and some very literal Chinese magic produce some very
unfortunate consequences for cockney businessman Richard Boyce.
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An Irish Tail
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A slightly altered version of Tom Lehrer's classic Irish Ballad. You know the one:
'About a maid I'll sing a song...'
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A Knock on the Head
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Have you ever has the nagging suspicion that shape changing ought to be really easy,
if only you knew the secret? Inspiration strikes a young man after a sharp knock on the head...
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Life Ain't Easy for a Boy Turned Mare!
by Destrier 28/3/2012
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Something Johnny Cash might have written if he'd been an equine TF fan...
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The Loose-Box
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All the horses in the stable have human names, neatly identified by the plaques on
the doors to their loose-boxes. Then a stable worker finds a mysterious empty box with a blank name-plate where none was before...
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The Magic Button
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Believe it or not, I actually read this story at the age of seven in a school
reading-primer: um, Rainbow Readers I think it was. That was a long time ago, but I've always remembered it, and this is the rewriting of it.
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Magii Games
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Finrael is being coerced by Lord Kevron to infiltrate a rival wizard's stronghold
using her revolutionary shape-shifting magic. Is there a way to save both herself and Kevron's quarry, and what might be the price?
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Men in Grey
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Suppose there was an organisation responsible for making sure Reality takes place as
planned: auditors of Creation. Suppose a hiccup had occurred, and you were actually born to the wrong species..?
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The Most Magical Place in the World!
by Destrier 27/2/11
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Acting on a whim, Bob visits Disney's Animal Kingdom. An interesting conversation leads to an astonishing job offer, and an amazing secret.
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Nativity
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This is a tongue-in-cheek poke at the Nativity story. No offence is intended to the
original.
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Off the Rails
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If you've ever travelled by train, you'll know that some of the excuses for delays can seem
a little far-fetched. The truth can be far stranger though.
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The Pembroke Gate
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Christmas is a lonely time of year and Sara is a lonely person. Hoping to break the mood,
she tries a riding holiday in Massachusetts. A solo hack on a very independent mare, and Sara will never be lonely again...
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Petshop Exotica
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A love-sick youth is completely unable to make an impression on the unicorn-mad girl he's
fallen for. There's only one thing she wants...
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Playing Horsie
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Martin gets a kick out of playing Horsie with his young daughter Jennifer. Then she persuades
him to wear a rope halter that 'the witch' gave her, and the game becomes rather more real than Martin had foreseen...
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The Power of Voodoo. Who do? You do !
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A little girl plays at turning a corn-dolly into a corn-donkey. Meanwhile, her elder sister
starts to feel a little strange.
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The Same Old Gifts
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Socks. Bath salts. The usual Christmas gifts, well meant, but seldom appreciated. Perhaps you
shouldn't take them for granted...
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Schrödinger's Horse
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'Black Project' Midas goes wrong. Instead of using a macro-quantum effect to turn an orbitting
sample into gold, a young man on earth finds himself undergoing a bewildering transformation.
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Second Chance
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A train driver is returning some empty stock to the depot when, during an unexpected fog,
he is side-tracked, quite literally! Offered a life in another reality as an alternative to an imminent crash, he jumps at the chance, but not in quite the manner his saviour had anticipated...
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Signs of Change
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Four mini-stories suggested by signs. We have a bovine transformation; a donkey; a horse;
and even a pig.
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A Stallion's Kiss
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Cerrans are horses apart. They're the steeds of mages and legend says they're descended
from Unicorns. When one comes to Miss Tieburn's Riding School, Shenti and Kessi are awe-struck. A childish dare has unexpected consequences.
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The Strange Abduction of Dr Bob
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Dr Bob is abducted by aliens. They're pretty benevolent, but they're non-corporeal, which
causes a bit of a language-barrier.
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The Test
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If you want to become a mage, you must pass the test of the High Council of the Tower.
Those that fail are never seen again. But Timbrell isn't going to fail...
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Tongue-Tied
by Destrier
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Against his sister's advice, Daniel tries out a transformation spell, and finds it is no more difficult than speaking a short
cantrip. But the adventure turns sour when he discovers a slight impediment to speaking the return spell.
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The Trouble with Ashley
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It would be wise to humour Ashley. There's something about this strange, self-possessed
little boy: something about his toy rabbit and missing Aunt Sara; the farm's pig he calls his brother. But Jason isn't wise and he really hates that stupid TV
program that Ashley is obsessed with: 'Harry the Horse'. Well, he was warned...
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Wish You Were Here
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Horse-drawn caravan holidays with a difference: you pull the caravan! A postcard from a
perfect holiday...
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