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Welcome to the first Magpie Monday for the year of 2021! It’s a prompt call, where readers can suggest ideas for stories and get a private reading copy to enjoy. Come visit [personal profile] dialecticdreamer’s page and get the full details. https://dialecticdreamer.dreamwidth.org/842632.html

My Prompt: Bottom rungs, hmm? Can you do something with Aida and the Italian "practice boyfriend" and bodyguard? I don't care if it's shopping or martial arts practice. A healthy friendly first romantic relationship for a teenager would be great to see.

I know too many women who had terrible first boyfriends, including myself. Seriously, thinking that Dr. Infanta and Fortressa would stop more rapists and pedophiles is a comfort some days. THAT first ex of mine *did* get arrested later for sexual assault of a minor, in another state.
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Today is the Magpie Monday prompt call for May of 2020. Gentle fiction from [personal profile] dialecticdreamer is written to answer the readers’ prompt. Readers get reading copies of their stories, and one of them is posted for everyone to enjoy on Tuesday, 12 May. This month’s theme is “putting the bottom rungs on the ladder.” Sometimes, someone has gaps in their knowledge that makes the standard “ladder” model of progress impossible for them. What they need is a different ladder, one that puts a rung just above where they ARE, instead of where they should be. Come join the fun and get stories in return!