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  1. Public Bookmark 18

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    When a model moves in next door to Carol Sturka's residence, she doesn't know how to feel. The woman is young, and youth brings parties-- which Carol is NOT going to tolerate.

    But this mystery woman seems too nice for her own good, and when a party is inevitably thrown-- Carol is surprised to find an invitation on her doorstep. Who knew that passing pleasantries would start a whirlwind romance with the model across the way?

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    30 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 20

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    In a world with no joining and no Hivemind, author and bookstore owner, Carol Sturka, is stumbling through life after the death of her wife. When a charming, sweet and altogether too nice college professor appears in her shop and seems intent on sticking around in her life, Carol confronts what it means to move on and be human. Who knows, she might even finish her new novel.

    Otherwise known as: The Plurb Bookstore AU

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    28 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 49

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    “Eggs or waffles?” Zosia asked.

    Carol looked at Zosia, then Zosia’s nipples, then back to the painting of a tree on a hill.

    She cleared her throat. “Waffles are good.”

    AU where Carol and Zosia meet in a grief support group for their dead spouses.

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    28 Jan 2026

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    For only a second, and maybe she imagined it, Carol thought she saw a glimmer of the most human expression Zosia had worn yet: annoyance.

    “And you’ll still be working on reversing this?” Zosia asked.

    “We wouldn’t be very good heroes if we didn’t, now would we?”

    or: Carol and Manousos have found a way to (maybe) undo the apocalypse. They need a willing(?) participant to help their cause.

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    28 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 98

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    Five years after losing her wife, Carol Sturka has built a quiet life by the coast: hands busy, heart carefully guarded, love poured into animals and things she can fix.
    Zosia Kosłowska arrives in town running from expectations, from a future already decided for her, and from a desire she has never allowed herself to name.

    This is a slow story about grief, restraint, late blooming, and the kind of wanting that learns to speak through hands, silence, and time.

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    28 Jan 2026