Paige Turner

A crack opens, wide enough to see daylight, but it will take every bit of the girls' feminine charms to hold it open long enough to matter. Carly finds out just how far hers can carry her, and in the process gets a glimpse of their final destination.

A good poolside nap can leave you feeling like an entirely different person.

A joke gets the boys a pool day, and for a while the sun and the water almost let them forget that they're wearing bikinis. That is, until Dr. Vane finds a better use for the good weather.

The warm house has been doing its work for weeks, the boys have gotten frighteningly good at things they never wanted to learn, and their fight has been sanded down a comfortable inch at a time. After a careless word wakes them, their fate may be in their own hands.

Every day the mirror gives back a little less of the six boys who arrived. They are watching themselves go, piece by piece, running out of things to point to. By tonight there will be one more taken from them, buried under black and auburn and gold.

The pretending is over, their bodies are formed, and six girls who were boys a month ago have to decide what to do about it. Connie has the answer she always has: get up, get dressed, and begin. The first day of the rest of their lives starts with a bra and ends with an appetite none of them want to name.

The masks have served their purpose, and Harlan Cade has no further use for suspense. Six boys went into the dark weeks ago; what comes out of it gets its first look in the mirror. And its first chance to scream.

Charlie makes a friend, warm and easy and always there, someone whose talk fills every silence and takes his mind off everything else. It's the best he's felt since his nightmare began. He has no idea what's waiting for him just beneath the surface.

Connie arrives each morning with a new activity for the boys and the same unhurried corrections: spine up, shoulders back, wrists loose. The masks handle the rest. Charlie can feel something new taking shape under the porcelain, but the part of him that should be frightened keeps getting distracted by how much he wants her to say it's lovely.

A new face arrives at the facility, and she's nothing like Vane: warm, patient, and you just can't bear to let her down. The boys finally get something new to wear, and somewhere inside it, a conversation that should have happened a long time ago surfaces.

A retelling of Pinocchio's most infamous detour, written as a submission for the BCTS 2026 Summer Island Getaway Challenge. When Pinocchio runs away with a friend to Pleasant Island instead of coming home to become a real boy, he discovers the island has a very particular transformation in store for its visitors. And not everyone who escapes the island gets away clean.

The boys begin to recuperate from what's been done to them, but recovery has its own momentum now. Doctor Vane has the same word for everything he leaves behind: permanent. And it seems that what he's building may not stop at the surface.

Doctor Vane promised the boys he'd help them walk again. He's a man of his word. The equipment is state of the art, the results are immediate, and the only cost is everything they thought they still had control over.

Cade Biotech's experimental serum moves fast, faster than any of them can track, faster than they can fight. Within hours the boys are wasting away, bones shifting, bodies breaking down into something unrecognizable. By the time the fever breaks, whatever they were before has been dismantled and set aside. What gets built back will be something else entirely.

They had almost nothing in common -- a normie, a stoner, a jock, an edgelord, a nerd, a frat bro -- until they made the mistake of ridiculing a classmate at her lowest moment. Her father, biotech billionaire Harlan Cade, seizes the opportunity to provide his daughter with the sorority she wants and her tormentors with the punishment they deserve. As unwilling subjects in Cade Biotech's research program, the boys will be reforged into new bodies, new identities, and a new sisterhood.

A wordless, AI-generated comic. A flash fiction story to accompany it. A showgirl reflects on how she got here, and whether it was inevitable.

The Hexed Holidays trilogy concludes on Valentine's Day, when Kylie and Colette face their most impossible choice yet: a chance to undo everything, to wake up as Kyle or Cole again with no memory of the terrible months since Halloween. But salvation has a price, and you're not always the one who has to pay it. A game-theory nightmare wrapped in a Valentine, where the only way out is trust. And trust might be the most dangerous thing two broken people can offer each other.

The Swedish twins invite the Tate sisters to Aqua nightclub, but what should be a simple evening spirals into humiliation, attraction they never wanted, and mounting panic. Trapped together in an elevator, Alexis and Brandy unleash forty years of sibling rivalry in one final, devastating exchange--not realizing they've already crossed the point of no return.

Kylie and Colette return for a holiday-themed, horror-infused sequel to "Hex Lives of College Girls"! Our heroines survived Halloween, but now comes the hard part: actually living as the girls they've become. When they find a solution to their desperate lack of knowledge, it seems like a Christmas miracle--until the cost becomes clear. Same universe! Different narrator! !

There are worse places to be trapped than a cozy farmhouse on a snowy Christmas Eve. Worse people to be trapped with than Luke Shepherd. But belonging requires truth, and staying requires courage, and Mark is running out of both. It's a good thing Christmas has always been about miracles.

Pine Hollow's Christmas festival brings magic and music, children's laughter, and twinkling lights. For Mark, it brings a dress he doesn't want to wear and a truth he doesn't want to admit. Not all choices end well. Not all storms are made of snow.

With his suitcase gone and a story still to write, Mark finds himself falling deeper into his accidental role. As "Holly's" borrowed clothes start to fit a little too comfortably and Luke Shepherd's smiles become harder to resist, Mark begins to realize the real problem isn't getting out of Pine Hollow. It's wanting to.

Big-city journalist Mark Holly arrives in Pine Hollow to research an article about small-town Christmas. But one borrowed Christmas sweater, one registration mix-up, and one widowed tree farmer later, he finds he's living a Hallmark movie come to life. Along the way, Mark learns that sometimes the story you end up writing isn't always the one you were looking for.

Alex and Brad call a truce to host Alex's boss for dinner, but a pot roast disaster and a desperate lie about a new family member turn the evening into a catastrophic farce. When one bitter argument escalates, the Tates discover that hiding their changes only makes the contract's consequences harder to deny.

The Tate brothers learned their lesson about complaining about each other. They've stopped. They're being careful. They're definitely not going to make things worse or turn each other into women. But when midnight strikes and tempers flare, sometimes the best defense is a terrible offense. Welcome back to the worst roommate situation in sitcom history.

Two brothers. One inheritance. A roommate agreement they should have read more carefully. When Alex and Brad Tate move into their late parents' house, they think their biggest problem is learning to live together. They're wrong. Some contracts have terms that can't be negotiated--and consequences that can't be undone.

We all know how this goes: Kyle and Cole desperately need costumes for a party, there's a mysterious shop, things go wrong. But do you know it with a dramatically ominous Gothic narrator treating their doom as inevitable tragedy? A fun, trope-filled Halloween romp that takes the classic setup and runs with it--carefully-worded deals, terrible irony straight out of the Twilight Zone, and all the spooky transformation fun you'd expect.

An epilogue to Evan's journey, and a brief note from the author.

Evita has found an uneasy balance between ceremonial First Lady duties and genuine policy influence. But as Rivera's presidential campaign reaches the convention stage, Casey makes clear that Evita's political relevance exists only within boundaries Casey controls--and those boundaries are about to narrow permanently.

Evan is given a path back to political relevance, but the price is steep. At least it won't require becoming Yvonne again. But some doors only open one way, and Casey's always been good at making sure they close behind you.

Three months after his public destruction, a chance encounter makes Evan question whose hands were really guiding his transformation. The truth he uncovers leads him somewhere he swore he'd never return--but desperation has a way of rewriting promises.

Election night reveals the will of the voters, but for Yvonne, will it reveal a path back to being Evan?

As Election Day nears, the time demands of the campaign and Casey's increasing responsibilities leave Yvonne isolated and desperate for connection. She turns to new types of assistance to maintain her performance while seeking validation in increasingly risky venues. A revealing slip from Rivera exposes him, while Yvonne navigates dangerous new territory in her relationship with Casey.

Yvonne's physical and emotional transformation intensifies, just as a tense confrontation with her estranged father forces her to confront uncomfortable truths about the political allies she's chosen. Between high-stakes social obligations and increasingly impulsive personal choices, the line between performance and genuine desire becomes precariously uncertain.

On Independence Day, Yvonne reflects on the dramatic changes she's undergone while navigating the ongoing crisis of the governor's stalled search for a running mate. A chance meeting with a respected politician who sees past her manufactured image creates unexpected complications, as Yvonne faces the unsettling realization that her most dangerous entanglements may be the ones that feel most genuine.

As Evan grapples with the aftermath of his dramatic transformation, mounting political pressure collides with intensely personal revelations. A political crisis threatens to overshadow Evan's transformation, while his relationship with Casey deepens in unexpected ways. Caught between physical transformation and psychological surrender, Evan discovers that the most dangerous changes may be the ones he's beginning to crave.

When "Yvonne's" camera presence proves inadequate for television, an elite image consultant is brought in to address the problem. But she proves to have her own vision for the transformation. As the day progresses, Evan realizes he's become a passive participant in his own makeover.

Facing Beau's wrath after a catastrophic error exposes his affair with Casey, Evan discovers that maintaining his feminine facade comes with unexpected interpersonal consequences. When a well-meaning journalist intervenes in his "transition," he finds himself trapped by kindness in ways that make his political humiliation seem trivial.

Evan's political saga continues! After "Yvonne" is revealed to the world, Evan and Casey devise a plan to limit the damage to his reputation and Beau's campaign for governor. But is Evan ready for the sacrifices he'll asked to make?

Determined to prove his point, Evan escalates his feminine transformation with Casey's help, using increasingly sophisticated tactics to make Beau squirm. As "Yvonne" becomes more convincing and provocative each day, the psychological warfare intensifies--but like most things in politics, victory comes with unexpected complications.

Evan's gambit to turn the tables on Governor Fenstemaker takes him into uncharted territory as he arrives at work completely transformed. What starts as a calculated power play quickly spirals beyond his control when Beau refuses to react as expected. By the end of the day, Evan realizes he may have won the battle while walking straight into a war he's not prepared to fight.

As word of his confrontation with the governor spreads through the building, Evan realizes that doing nothing will destroy what's left of his authority. When his deputy Casey suggests a way to regain control of the narrative, Evan finds himself considering options that would have seemed unthinkable just days before.

A seasoned political operative's career managing an arrogant governor's scandals reaches a breaking point when a heated confrontation pushes him past his limits. When his boss's crude power play forces him into an impossible choice, he makes a shocking decision that will either destroy his career or become the ultimate act of defiance--not knowing that this single moment of stubborn pride will set in motion a chain of events that will transform everything he thought he knew about power, loyalty, and himself.

When new developments force Gabe and Trace to return to True Reflections the next day, they discover that their night of deception has created complications neither of them saw coming. What started as a harmless prank is about to expand far beyond their control.

When Trace's suspicious girlfriend demands he bring a chaperone to his friend's wedding, he talks his best friend Gabe into helping him teach her a lesson. What starts as Trace's simple plan for harmless revenge quickly spirals into something far more complicated than either of them expected.

Sam's transformed life grows more complicated as workplace dynamics and new social pressures test his resolve in unexpected ways. Each decision seems to carry hidden consequences, and the line between choice and compulsion becomes increasingly blurred. As his trial period draws to a close, Sam faces a moment that will determine everything.

Sam's battle against the curse intensifies as he commits to doing everything the hard way, but discovers that even his best efforts seem to trigger new transformations. A grueling workout session and a simple request at work help both lead to unexpected consequences that start to reshape more than just his appearance.

Sam's determination to reverse his mysterious transformations hits a major obstacle: himself. Every attempt to do things "properly" reveals just how deeply his shortcuts-first mentality has become ingrained, even as the changes to his body and life accelerate beyond his control. When the truth about what's happening finally clicks into place, Sam discovers he's facing an enemy he's never learned how to defeat.

Sam Lane has perfected the art of minimal effort--working IT from his couch, taking every possible shortcut, and avoiding anything that resembles actual work. When a mysterious free gym trial appears in his mail, it seems like the universe finally delivering a solution that requires zero initiative on his part. But after just a few "gentle" yoga classes and convenient lifestyle changes, Sam discovers that some shortcuts come with dramatic consequences.

An epilogue to Elle's journey, and a brief note from the author.[added 05/25/2025, now SWI]

On graduation day, Logan anticipates celebrating his journey toward integration and newfound contentment, but Dr. Gupta has scheduled one final evaluation. As Logan navigates this unexpected interruption to what should be a day of triumph, he must confront fundamental questions about autonomy and identity that have shaped his entire experience. The boundaries between past, present, and future blur as Logan faces choices that will define who he becomes beyond the halls of Westridge Academy.

Logan confronts the full scope of his transformation as prom night arrives with unexpected consequences. What begins as a carefully orchestrated evening becomes something far more complex, leading him to question whether the person he's becoming is still a performance or something he can no longer deny.

Logan weighs life-changing decisions about his future as tensions rise between strategic planning and unexpected emotional attachments that have formed despite his circumstances. Faced with new challenges that push the boundaries of his transformed identity, Logan discovers that paths to freedom may contain hidden complications. The distance between escape and connection narrows as he confronts the true extent of GIRLI's influence in his life.

After an intense national cheerleading competition, Logan and the squad escape to a beachfront getaway where unexpected encounters challenge his carefully maintained boundaries. Away from GIRLI's watchful eye, Logan must confront evolving feelings about his identity and future while the ever-present question of how much of himself remains grows more complicated with each passing day.

Logan confronts unexpected emotional responses to Chase, causing Dr. Gupta to reveal a disturbing truth about adaptation that transcends deliberate programming. Cautiously exploring a deepening connection that offers both comfort and conflict, Logan discovers that the boundaries between his past and present identities may be more fragile than he ever imagined.

During Westridge Academy's championship football game, an unexpected moment forces Logan to confront a terrifying new facet of his transformation. As the line between his engineered persona and authentic self continues to blur, Logan faces his most profound identity crisis yet--one that quickly spirals beyond his private struggle.

When Logan's academic preferences begin shifting in unexpected directions, he discovers another layer of GIRLI's comprehensive transformation strategy that threatens to redirect his future entirely. Faced with crucial decisions about his collegiate path, Logan confronts the terrifying possibility that the boundaries between his original self and engineered identity may be dissolving faster than he can maintain them.

As homecoming weekend unfolds, Logan wrestles with unexpected moments of athletic exhilaration that clash with the growing dissonance between his past and present identities. Social rituals and new physical vulnerabilities force him to navigate unfamiliar territory, revealing unsettling shifts in his interests and instincts that suggest his battle against transformation may be more complex than anticipated.

As Logan adapts to his new role as a cheerleading flyer, he must navigate a world that suddenly feels vastly more imposing from his altered perspective. Intensive training for his featured position at homecoming forces him to confront new vulnerabilities as hallways become obstacle courses and once-manageable social interactions take on heightened complexity. Dr. Gupta's clinical oversight pushes his immersion into the Elle identity to new depths, leaving him increasingly trapped in a performance that's becoming disturbingly second nature.

Logan's first day at Westridge Academy thrusts him into a world of unwanted attention and carefully choreographed social hierarchies. As he searches for small cracks in the system that controls him, an unexpected incident during practice threatens to push him even deeper into a role he never wanted.

Dorm life begins at Westridge Academy, where anonymity for Logan proves impossible and unwanted attention becomes unavoidable. After a critical confrontation leads to consequences that alter his path, he realizes his strategy for survival must change. Amid the watchful eyes of his new roommate and fellow students, Logan makes a pivotal decision about how to navigate his increasingly complex circumstances.

Logan undergoes an advanced neural synchronization treatment that promises to help him navigate the perils of living as a Westridge Academy Elite cheerleader. The intense procedure challenges Logan's understanding of self as he experiences a profound and unsettling transformation that goes far beyond mere physical changes. As he faces his first social test with the cheerleading squad, Logan must confront the increasingly blurred boundaries of his own identity.

As Logan's transformation into "Elle" continues, a complete beauty makeover at an elite salon pushes his physical metamorphosis to startling new levels. Beyond his dramatically altered appearance, Logan discovers disturbing evidence that his behaviors and emotional responses are being systematically altered, blurring the lines between his authentic self and his manufactured feminine identity.

As the effects of the mysterious GIRLI protocol continue to reshape Logan's entire physical presence at an alarming rate, an outing with three senior cheerleading captains takes an unexpected turn. What begins as an uncomfortable shopping trip to establish "Elle's" new fashion identity suddenly becomes much more precarious. A chance encounter with someone from Logan's past threatens to expose everything, forcing a desperate decision about how far he'll go to protect his unwanted new identity.

Enrolled in Westridge Academy's elite cheerleading program as "Elle Catherine Turner," Logan struggles with the accelerating physical changes imposed on his increasingly foreign body. The startling discovery that he's not the first injured athlete to be "repurposed" under the GIRLI protocol raises unsettling questions about just how "mistaken" his new identity really is. With each passing day, Logan's reflection becomes more unrecognizable as he begins to realize that cheerleading practice is merely the beginning of a journey on a path he never chose.

When star wide receiver Logan Turner suffers a devastating back injury that ends his football career and costs him his scholarship, desperation leads him to a mysterious facility promising athletic "repurposing" and a second chance. Under the care of the enigmatic Dr. Gupta, Logan begins a process he doesn't fully understand. As strange occurrences mount at the facility, he faces a transformation far more profound than he ever anticipated--unaware that the path ahead is nothing like he could have imagined.