When I was a kid, my family didn’t have any extra money for toys…so toys were made. Tree branches became swords. Pine cones became balls. Scrap fabric became dolls.
My Awesome Grandma was a skilled rag doll maker. She could craft a doll out of a handful of scraps, fabric salvaged from worn or stained clothing. (She made Barbie clothes for my more affluent cousins and they were tiny works of art.)
My most prized doll was one I called Raggedy Anne. She didn’t at all resemble the Raggedy Ann you’re likely thinking of. I merely called her that so I could tell other kids I had a Raggedy Anne doll.
That wasn’t a lie. It was the truth. Merely not the truth they had assumed.
(grins) I was a problem solver even as a kid.
Raggedy Anne was special because she was knitted, was made of yarn. Yarn was and still is expensive. My Awesome Grandma would carefully take apart sweaters that were past their usage and re-use that yarn for dolls, teddy bears and Barbie clothes.
She crafted a doll for me out of yellow and brown yarn. The doll’s form was yellow. Her eyes, hair, lips, nose, clothing were brown.
Most people would likely think she was hideous. But I loved and still love that fraggin’ doll.
I took care of Raggedy Anne. She never left the house, rarely left whatever I was using as a bed at that time. I tried to clean my hands before touching her. In my eyes, Raggedy Anne was the BEST doll and I wouldn’t have traded her for any other plaything.
When my Awesome Grandma crafted that doll, she, like Hoarse, fabricated love.
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Holding Hoarse
This cyborg warrior WILL become worthy of love.
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Hoarse hasn’t found his female, the one being manufactured for him. There is only one reason he can process for his lack of success—he isn’t yet worthy of claiming a female.
The big C Model is determined to change that status. He considers ulu, or doll, fabrication to be an essential part of mate preparation. Seeking to hone his skills, he contacts a reclusive doll maker and asks her to train him.
He doesn’t realize the being he is sharing his deficiencies with is his destined mate.
Arlicia desires a male whose face she has never seen. Her new trainee’s persistence, intelligence, and curiosity warrant admiration. His deep voice evokes visions of passionate kisses and heated embraces. His large hands cause her to quiver with wanting.
Before their professional relationship ends, she wants to rendezvous with Hoarse. The curious doll maker hopes for a glimpse of the huge warrior.
When a cyborg intent on being the perfect mate meets the female who knows all his secrets, garments are shed, illusions shatter, and beings die.
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Holding Hoarse is a short, light, companion story in the Cyborg Space Exploration series and is meant to be read after Testing Truth.
It is also a BBW Cyborg SciFi Romance featuring an intense C Model warrior, an understanding doll maker, and packs of imperfect toys seeking loving homes.
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