Great Story, having read all your work I'm happy that this had a conculsion. I would love to get an ending for Texas girl, and Can't go Home like this.......

  This is one of my favorite stories and have read several times but it is 12years old I would like to see a rewrite like the principal getting charged and the drug scene be reworded I guess bring it up to date for the times best wishes and hope you write again soon or let someone with talent rewrite it.

Dear Crystal. I was lost to this site & your wonderful stories since '03 and missed them. My new phone, although challenged, has allowed me to re-connect. I LOVE all of your sagas, they make me laugh, cry & cry some more; your words are a movie in my mind. Please keep writing!  
I wish you Joy & Happiness in your life & loves. Cindy

Loved the story.
I had to read almost straight through.
I really identify with your main character James or Ashley.
I was a lot similar when I was that age. never met anyone like the cousins or my world would be very different.

YLN1ao Thanks a lot for the article post.Really looking forward to read more. Awesome.

lUBJgl Very neat article post.

A great story with real literary content - It kept me engrossed for hours.  it is lovely to read of an individual on this site with real ambition and intelligence beyond the wish to satisfy a fetish

 The story will be around for a long time and it a classic
I would love to see the end .... You left us hanging again ..
your work is exectaly good but you leave us with out an end ..
our minds can take us only so far we need guidance from a great AUTHOR like you to take us into a place that we only can dream of ..
Peace and love to you XOXOXO  Rone Welles

All the three Jimmy's cousins should be arrested and sentenced to death for what they did with Jimmy.
Bad story.

Crystal, not only is this an extraodinary story, it keeps on getting better after each reading.... PLEASE CONTINUE with the storie. Thank you

I have loved this story most of all I think. I am not sure what it is about the story that I love so much but it is incredable. I hope with all my heart that you will write a sequil that will continue the story where it left off. Tere are still so many things that could be answerd and elaberated on, such as do her and George end up together os does she find a new love. Does she ever get married and find out what sex is like...etc. I just hope you will consider to continue with the story. Thank you so much again for all your wonderful work, Steffany

Dear Crystal,

Today I was unable to access the New Site in the normal manner, and read in the TG Group emails that both Storysite and Fictionmania had been closed/ sabotaged / blocked by nasty narrow minded religious nutcases.  I accessed Storysite via a back door and hope that you receive this message.

I love a great many of the stories on your site, including your own, and sincerely hope that these troublesome irritants can be suitably and hygienically disposed of really soon.

Since people accessing a TG site have to read the warnings about the contents and about age restrictions, IMHO anyone who enters and then feels offended should just leave, not spoil things for everyone else.

I want to thank you, whatever happens, for all that you have done until now - there have been many times in my life that without the possibility of diving into the alternative world you provide and losing myslef in the stories, everything would have been unbearable.

I so most sincerely hope that these NAZIs get their comeuppance and we are allowed to live in peace.

Love,

Briar

I have been re-reading your story and am a little surprised by the drug and handcuff part of the story. First, giving prescription drugs to anyone , much less an underage (16) person (and then leaving them around to be abused) is a felony. I'm surprised that Nicole, the ex-police person is not aware of that. Second, the manner in which they used the handcuffs probably constitutes kidnapping and felonious imprisonment. Not to mention the possibilities mentioned by other comments, it may be in a good cause to teach James a lesson but what would they have done if James had gotten a backbone and insisted on calling the police? Or what if he had managed to find a phone and dialed 911? They are not his parents and have no legal authority over him. I suspect all of the girls would have been in jail or at least having to explain their actions to a lot of police and prosecutors.

The last comment was very much on point.  I tried to read this and found it just too upsetting.  The emtional torture they put Ashley thru is way over the line. What they do to Ashley is nothing more than emtional rape.
give me "I can't go home like this" anytime over this.

You're a fine story teller, I just can't take this type of story.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation comments

Crystal,

I became disappointed first in the end of chapter 5 when Liz pulled Ashley back to pin on her name tag. Ashley should have lit into her telling her that she was pushing it making her come to this dance with a date and alone and that Liz is in her element not Ashley Then hit her with Liz is the one pushing her to be a girl it’s not Ashley’s idea.  The in the beginning of Chapter 6 they’re blaming Ashley who was so stressed out that Liz even thought to give her the meds and that’s exactly what she would tell her mother and that they are threatening to send her home dressed as a girl. Then tell the girls that they better rethink the punishment because she’s excepting calling mom and going home it’s far better than spending one more day than necessary dressed as a girl. I’m sorry but if the girl’s parents were home when this happened they would not have approved of one putting Jimmy in that situation and two they would disapprove of the punishments as too severe given that the girls were over stressing him.

In my reading so far Liz gets off easy and James is hammered. The very least they should have done to Liz is terminate her power over James and terminate the bet. Leaving her in control of him since she was the one to introduce the drugs is just wrong. Shows a lack of understanding his weakness based on the fact they got him drunk the first night. Actually based on letting a minor get that drunk none of them should be punishing him for his lack of understanding the drug he was taking.

And what punishment they all feel he wants to be a girl so they are upside down in their assessment of punishing James. If they want to believe that then what they really want is a toy (Ashley) to continue to play with not to correct Jimmy’s accidental misuse of drugs.  James should have called their bluff.

While a bit of a shock the bondage the way they did it was dangerous. Because they left him alone (even though Suzanne is a nurse). The boy OD’d and might have suffered a heart attack or with that corset on he could have died during the night if he had vomited. (No mention was made that the corset was loosened) These girls are still too immature even at 22 to be meting out punishments when they are making such egregious mistakes themselves.

That is my two cents. This is based on dealing with a narcissistic woman for 9 years the result of which was to generate a mind warp in me.  Basically I can’t stand manipulative women anymore even in fiction unless it’s harmless. However I do see that it was germane to your story in order to get a continuance of the cross-dressing. Unfortunately it undermines the integrity of the girls and mars James’s character strength with his faulty logic.

Great story, well written I’m still reading ‘Texas Gal’, ‘I Can't Go Home Like This’ while reading this one. Have to see how far I get.

JB

please forgive me but if those pictures are of a teenage boy im switching sides....but i did love the story just wish the old bag prinipal would have got her comeuppence

Another wonderful story based on a character of heart, brains and gumption!  I can only selfishly hope for more from you in the future.  All of your major stories have potential to continue on, even beyond SRS, should the ladies make it to that point.

Like many, I do not see original gender as an important aspect of who a person really is.  Certainly, it is an important subtext and framework to build upon, which you do admirably.  But I, for one, would be perfectly happy to read how Darla Anne, Crystal and Ashley do long after they make the full transition.  You know how to capture our hearts with your characters, and that is why we so hope to hear more about them.

Your Sincere Fan,

SuZie

Saw this story referenced on the message board today and took a look at it.  Didn't enjoy the setup (brainwashing, bondage and drugged humiliation) -- in retrospect, I'm a little surprised that I kept reading -- but once Ashley became her assertive self the story picked up really well.

Eric

Oh my goodness.  I found this around 11, and it's 4am.  I completely lost track of the time, and I'm only up to chapter ten.  I just had to see if she'd get the job!

I'm like, jealous.  I was 'blessed' with only one female cousin, and dozens of boys, so she ended up being more tomboy than anything ;)

Love your story so far, and I really like your writing style.  I can't wait to finish it this weekend!

I have just finished reading this story for the second time, and I can honestly say that this is the best story I have ever read on the internet. It is far better than the other big stories, including the famous Joe Bates Saga. It is well crafted, superbly written and expertly put together. I do feel that the handcuffs and chaining are the only down side, but it is more than made up for in the rest of he story. I only wish that there was more to it. I've been left with a need to read more about Ashley, to see how she progresses and succeeds, but 'The End' comment at the bottom of the last page sounds so final. I hope you will return to Ashley again in the future. I really felt that you'd found your 'Harry Potter' with this story, even more so than with you longer Texas Girl series.

Ive just finished reading this story and I must say that I am impressed. Although there are close similarites with the 'I can't go home like this', I thought that Ashley's coming out was well handled. The story read fluidly and I enjoyed it tremendously. It really is crying out for a sequel. How does Ashley's 'problem' get resolved, what happens at her new school, what happens with George, does Jennifer come out to visit? There is a lot of potential here, and I hope you may return to this story again in the future. At the moment I'm just looking forward to the next story. I'm sure that it will be as brilliant as these. :-)

Crystal,

This is the second story I have read by you, and I can see why this is your site.  This is a wonderful story.  I enjoyed every minute of it, and I plan on reading it again at some point.  My Disbelief was suspended quite well and I enjoyed this from the beginning to end.  

As for the "nay" sayers in the other comments, this story was obviously not their cup of tea and thus they have to say how horrid it is.  I prefer to just say that this is one story I loved, and would read at any point.  Much more believable than many stories I have read.

Joy

Is it reasonable, to leave a heavily drugged person unsupervised in chains for the most critical hours? The only choice of common sense would have been, to take Jimmy to an ER, but surely not, to leave him alone!
That was a real cowardly decision of Nicole, not worthy for a former cop. This is a very malevolent behaviour for a so called family member and this whole subplot is only one thing, namely implausible and very disturbing. It simply doesn't fit.

Alteration mandatory needed!

I wasn't too bothered by the lack of any 'in camera' reference to Lizbeth being punished for her role in the drug use.  I have no doubts that Nicole took a pound of flesh out of her as well.  (A simple re-write of the following morning showing Lizbeth moving somewhat stiffly and some blase excuse about overexerting at the party would hint well enough at the some punishment occurring off camera).  Lizbeth certainly wouldn't let on to Jimmy/Ashley that she too had been punished.  After all, it would reduce the power she held over him.

The only fault that I found was that 'Lizbeth, who brought out the relaxing drug, and left it on the dresser and was much more responsible for Ashley taking the drug was not punished at all. All the blame was placed on Ashley.

It is difficult to find anything to add to the comments already made.  I have enjoyed reading this story several times and can't watch BBC television weather reports without thinking of Ashley.  You have made a great impression on me with this wonderful tale.

Thank you very much.

Susie

Crystal,
This makes my second time through your amazing story.  The first was several years ago.  Particularly intense was the scene where Ashley sees her mother in the doorway, as she is ending her kiss with George.  The way you developed Ashley's and her mother's developing relationship, with all the details, was sooooo great!!!  I wish it could have happened with me and my mother.  Mine was very stubborn and uncompromising.  You have brought another possibility to life and I lived in it for awhile.
Thanks,
Kay

Hi Crystal,

  As usual a wonderfull read. I have read it over and over and I have just one teensy problem.....

  Liz cheated on her bet with Jimmy. She was supposed to use just her clothes to affect the change but she had to use her sister's corset.. She lost the bet right there!

  One other thing... sorry, but I noticed a slight bit of bondage in most of your stories but what the girls did to Jimmy was not very nice... what would have happened if george had discovered Jimmy's true sex.... Poor Jimmy would have been defensless! Also why didn't Liz get punished for using those pills in the first place and her reasoning for everything was just plain childish. She should get a spanking!!

                   Dani

Well I just re-read it and do not agree with Karen and Molly!  I find it worth another read and it is a well written story.  Yes there are similarities with your first two main characters, but sufficient differences for them to be seen as separate, individual persons.

I suppose after all this time the first two tales will not get finished?  I recall when I was in primary school, writing what I suppose was my first story, and matters just got bigger and bigger until I did not know how to stop them - I eventually escaped with a bomb that killed everyone.  I was seriously told off by my English Teacher for this, and given a few ideas how in future NOT to let things run away with me on future, but it is hard not to, isn't it.

Anyway, I guess running Story Site is already lots of work, or we would be seeing more C Sprite stories here.  It seems greedy to ask you after all that you have already done for us, but lots of us dearly wish for another tale from you, Crystal.

Briar

Loved it :)  It had me captivated right the way through, ended up feeling extremely jealous though.  Keep up the good work.

If B&D, femdom, forced feminization, and humiliation is your idea of Sweet/Sentimental, then this series is for you. This infuriating little tale sure had me wanting to "reach out and 'touch' someone," all right. I dress because I choose to, not because some cold, callus, calculating, castrating cousin coerces me into it. When the main character plaintively asks, "Why are you doing this to me? Why are you trying to turn me into a female?" we are told that we will find out at the end of 10 days worth of "consequences" for losing a bet. Does the author ever tell us? Like another reviewer, I found myself choking on this story too much to continue, at about the time the main character faces the combined wrath of his cousins after he overdoses on a muscle relaxant medication in order to survive a most humiliating public ordeal. So, I guess I'll never find out. By this point, though, I don't really care...

Earlier I have read "I can't go home like this", wich I loved, and now I'm back again reading this story.
As you wrote, there is a lot of common things between those stories, but you have you did come up with an interesting and probably more close to us "down on earth" people way of putting things this time.
It is fun to read because there is a lot of things that really could have happened any of us in the story, but as allways there is a but...
There could have been some more chapters :-)
Actually, I think that this story has a great potential, and as with "I can't go home like this", "How I spent my summer vacation" grabbed my heart, and I just had to read the whole story. Yes, that day turned into a looong night, but it was worth it.
Keep the writing up, you are really god at it!
And last: Thanks for the enormous work you must have put in there.

I saw this story elsewhere and quickly read through it, skipping some sections.  It looked like a darn good tale, and this evening I eagerly returned to it to read it in it's entirety.  I was distressed to find the forced feminization involved in the '50s dance.  James was forced to attend, forced to have a date, given the first drug by his cousin, and when this all blows up in their face, he is forced  to take responsibility for the other's behavior by extending his period of dressing up from 10 to 60 days.

This totally ruined any enjoyment I might have gotten from the story, and I quit reading at that point.  It's a shame, as later parts looked like they might have been a lot of fun.  But this deliberate coercion and humiliation by supposedly loving relatives destroys the plot of a boy finding him or herself.

I'd like to comment on this comment made by Old Jennifer:

"I find the whole situation where his classmates are wondering if he is a girl pretending to be a boy a real stretch.  What about PhyEd?  His genitalia whould have been observed by the other boys in the locker room.  I suppose this could be a school that allows for private dressing when desired.  But then what was he doing with PhyEd until the Holloween Dance?"

Back when I was in elementary/high school physical education I have never had my genitals seen. I'd strip to underwear, but not beyond that, and I *never* showered in schools (and was never forced to either). I also didn't do a show of stripping down, and quickly dressed.

As for the condition about producing estrogen instead of testosterone. It seems a little like AIS which is about producing normal levels of hormones, but having resistance to androgen with the androgen receptors. This resistance is enough to prevent most effects of a male puberty. I'm probably a good example myself of a non-occuring puberty.

I cannot say for certain yet, but I have serious inclinations to think I cold have AIS grade 1. I'm also a 24 years old MtF TS who has been on HRT for 3 months.

The story was very well written, although I find the forced use of corsets (to this extent anyway) a bit exagerrated (I haven't seen anyone with a 21 inch waist). I'd have found it more common to go, like the mother suggested, for a 25 inch waist, which is still pretty slim.

I don't know how it is elsewhere, but clothes that goes referring to waist size doesn't go below 24 inch for adults. So maybe having a 21 inch waist could be an issue, I don't see it an advantage.

(I myself have a 26 inch waist and am pretty good and thin with it).

All in all a great story, I'm looking forward for more!

Sara Zeal

I enoyed this story very much as i have your previous stories.  Please lets have more

Thank you

I just had to write back a second time and tell you how impressive your Summer Vacation was to me.

This mantra bit, (who someone said was psychologically unauthentic) is a situation similar to what I experienced as a child. My Mom was always going on about "what I a pretty girl I made". All during my childhood it was " I wish you had been a girl". At least she got her reality sorted out that much.

As far as Mr Doctor Smarty pants goes. He wasn't there was he?

Gwen

Hi Crystal:

It has been some time since we exchanged emails. I just read the first part of this story. What is happening to this kid could easily be a page from my life; or I wish it was. My given name is astonishingly close to my present moniker and my voice is "girl like" even at 59. I still have people tell me that I look 40. I have frequently been taken for a woman on the phone and a time or two in person.

Since we last talked, I got thrown out of my house, was divorced by a wife of 39 years, am now living as a woman and it just goes on and on. No Worries.

The story is really entertaining. Just the thing for a winter evening in my living room.

Blessings

Gwen

One of the best. No, infact, it is the best story I have ever read.

Thank you very much for this story.  I loved it just as much as "Texas Girl" and "I can't Go Home Like This".  I'm glad to see you're still writing.  Please don't give it up.  Those of us with noxxx littlexxx different talents need you!

Your Sister from Canada,

Jenny Grier

 Well you done it again  .... Great clean wonderful story...
You didnot finsh it we need a chapter to get HER complete and married to george winning a notional award and living happly ever after .....Thank you..  Thank  You ..  Thank You..  Rone

Enjoyed The Story.

Two Words

GREAT STORY

Hi Crystal,

I finished reading "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" yesterday and I feel I should write to tell you I think it's fantastic. I very much enjoyed the photos included in the story also. The girl/woman is very beautiful.

There were no rapes, incest, use of dildos, etc.!
There were no beatings (canings, strappings, etc.!

It was just a close-knit, loving family coming to the aid of one of their own. Ashley's mother was compassionate and loving toward her daughter as she encouraged Ashley to make up her own mind.
Ashley's three cousins loved her enough to help her. (I can forgive the fact that they had to nudge her in the beginning).
Even Ashley's aunt was instantly understanding.
And finally Ashley herself. Ashley was a kind person, a person who accepted people for who and what they are. (She was non-judgemental of others). Also, she had high self-esteem as she continued her journey toward womanhood. She took care of herself by maintaining her personal and oral hygiene (as evidenced by the photos), by always wearing nice, clean, appropriate clothing, by getting enough rest, and exercising her "grey matter" in logical ways.
Ashley may have had mixed feelings about her transition, but I think that is only natural.

Thank you for a very nice story.

Wallie

I suppose it is somewhat superfluous to say "I liked it", as this is clearly an instant classic (I say 'instant', but I don't know if the unrevised version appeared anywhere).  Rena has a point - I realise that there are inevitably 'political' issues involved, but if you are not going to sell it as an e-book, would you consider making it available (perhaps after a delay) on other sites?

Those who complain about a Deus Ex Machina are missing the point.  If an opera (for example) conventionally has to have a happy ending, then a god has to descend and put everything (or nearly everything) right - such as in Monteverdi's Orfeo.  This is hardly what Mr Hathers and the station lawyers do, although the actions of the image-conscious Hathers are somewhat implausible - but his capricious generosity has already been flagged up (and it's hardly the most implausible aspect of the tale!)  In a sense, the real Deus Ex Machina is the revelation of the miraculous medical condition whereby the body of an XY male produces oestrogen but not testosterone.  (I suspect that this will become popular - Karen E. Lea's Danielle seems to have a similar condition.)  But even there we can't complain, as the clues had been planted - we should all be kicking ourselves for missing the armpit and pubic hair with the presence of no other secondary characteristics.  On the other hand, I don't really think I understood the phrase 'strawman argument' until I encountered Uncle Bob, whose outbursts are out of character even for what little we are supposed to know about him.  His only role, so late in the story, is to be the butt of an argument.

I suppose that will raise the issues of too much exposition in dialogue with the characters telling each other what they already know(there is no excuse for that when you have a narrator - although by the end the narrator is even reminding us of things which we already know!), and huge gobbets of undigested research poured into the story.  I was somewhat startled to find so much management textbook stuff incorporated.  'How to Use Pancake Mix' is all very well, but isn't 'How to Pass an Interview' going a bit far?  I suppose it is pointless to complain about elements which are hallmarks of your style, and achieving the American Dream is the whole point of the exercise: but shouldn't trangenderism be a bit, um, transgressive?  Just a bit?  (I have a hunch that Paula D, who found the meteoric rise of your heroine "a little strange" hasn't read 'Texas Gal' or 'I Can't Go Home Like This'!)

Dayna, who thinks your story wandered from one fetish event to another, has also missed the point.  You were playing a riff on familiar themes, and trying to incorporate them in novel and inventive ways - it was nice to see old standbys like the Halloween Wedding Dress make an appearance.  At least, I hope that is what you were trying to do!

I have my own thoughts on structure.  I imagine that you originally intended the story to come back to the essay assignment, and treat everything later than that in an epilogue.  Clearly this had to be expanded, and events after the vacation now take up about one-third of the length.  In theory that should be about right, but I agree with those who say that the end feels a bit rushed.  I would suggest that what you really now have are two stories: 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation', and 'What Ashley Did Next'.  In the second story, the heroine makes the same journey from 'Jimmy' to 'Michelle' to 'Ashley' (I hope that was intentional!), but this time with Jennifer taking the Lizbeth role.  The first story really ends abruptly at the end of chapter fourteen (although the essay question isn't set until the near end of chapter sixteen.)  The second story probably needed an equal amount of space to develop its own rather different mood, and establish itself as a sequel in its own right.

I just finished the story it was very well writtien.  I said it before and I will say it again.  your stories belong in books to be shared with across the world besides the internet.  In this story I loved how everything took place though it might have been nice to see the what they were doing to Michelle to go to court.  Also at the end of the story I think you should reopen it and Create another one with these Character cause your ending left a few things open such as Jennifer coming over and what Ashley favor to Liz is that hadn't been settled yet.  And Which one Ashley Likes better Geroge or Jennifer.

Crystal,

Thank you for sharing your well written "How I Spent My Summer Vacation". I enjoy all of your stories and especially like the little details that you include, e.g., the preferred pancake mix, the screaming kids rushing to the games at the convention, the willingness of exhibiters to be interviewed on the floor but not before. I think that you have trouble wrapping up a story because you convey a life rather than an episode within a life. Maybe stories like yours aren't meant to end and should be allowed to go on and on and on...

Thank you again,

anonymousOne  

Great Story, but it seems that the girls must have harboured ill will towards their cousin. Most particulary Lizbeth she went unpunished for acting as a pusher. As a cop Nicole would know that the worse criminal is the pusher, and after taking the drug his judgement would be impaired.
Still I enjoyed it, Thanks

Excellent Prolouge.  Your right your fans of your Unfinish works may want you to finish them but from just the opening of the story it has Caught my attention. I read your condition and understand the reasoning to all this problems and dealy's.  I 'm probably not the only one who suggested others help you out.  I was glad to see that you did consider it and understand why it can't be done at the present time.  I look foward to this new story when ever I have time to come and Read.

Some more notes, after reading the story a second time.

In chapter 21 it reads like you have the christmas party called for thursday, but Ashley going to the station on tuesday to attend the party.

After rereading, I feel that Jimmy auto conditioned himself to believe he wanted to become a girl.  He had all those mantras on 'I will be a good girl'.  Such behaviour would predispose him to really believe that becoming Ashley was the right thing.

Now you do setup his physiology to be more female than male (well body frame and such) so that his situation was only helped along.  But even so, was his mental disposition, ie gender, really female at that time?  It is like you are saying that nature is the important part here, and nurture is secondary.  Not that I disagree.

Jimmy is put into an unpleasant situation, partially of his own making, that creates Ashley.

Cary is put into an difficult situation that lets the actor as female develop until it is done.

David found that presenting as a female was attractive, and had the chance to develop that way, using self-hipnosis to split his personality until he could mend it later to be all Darla.

I like David/Darla best.

Psychological unauthenticity - big contrast to other your stories.

Hi Crystal,

It was great to see a new story from you.  It actually took me a whole week to read it.  I combined all 22 parts of the story onto a huge word document, converted to palm format and transfered it to my PDA. I read the story during my free time at work.  Just finished it.  I just wanted to let you know that I really loved the story and I hope to see more adventures of Darla Ann and Crystal soon.  

Keep up the great work

Nathan
Knoxville, TN

ANOTHER WONDERFUL STORY THATIS WITHOUT THE SEXUAL TRASH THAT MANY WRITERS FEEL IS NECESSARY.  YOU HAVE GOOD TALENT AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO READ YOUR WORK AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE.

Once again, you have created a wonderful story. As with all the others making comments, I was thrilled when I saw the listing for your new story. There is no doubt in my mind that you are the most talented author on your website. I do wish, as most of the others stated, that you would finish both of the other two gripping stories.
I can only hope that we won't have to wait as long for your next tasteful edition of some very realistic and wonderful experiences.

This is one great story. I enjoyed every minute of reading it. It is well writen and the characters are believable and interesting. The meteoric rise of your heroine was a little strange but it could happen. Thank you Crystal for another fine piece.

Love,

Paula_D

This story was well worth the wait.  There was nothing false in it, no magic, no psychotic fem doms.  Just a lovely, well written story.

Hej Crystal,

you haven't lost your touch.  I was surprised and thrilled to see the new story from C Sprite, and spent most of Sunday afternoon and evening reading it.  

And it was a COMPLETE story - not leaving us all hanging in the air, waiting for more, as in I cant Go Home Like This, and Texas Gal.  

Thank you for a believable, enthralling story, and a good ending.  

I still look forward to the other tales being continued, if tis not too much to ask.  I also wish you every success with relocation, new job, and all that stuff.  I am sure all your fans agree with me in thanking you for keeping the Story Site going under the difficult circumstances.  
Bless you, and Hugs,
Briar

Hi Crystal
You've written another very well written story. You had me so hooked that I had to read the story in 3 different sittings. I'm glad that you have gotten this one out of the way and with an ending. Your truelly a talented writter and I hope to see some more of yout other storys especially Texas Gal as I've re-read it for the 3rd time cause it's that good. Keep up the excelletn work.

Sincerely,
John (dooey52)

Thank you for a really nice story Crystal!

The story wanders off in too many directions.

I was disappointed Jennifer got dropped. The ending is indeed as artificial as hoisting a deus ex machina above the proscenium.

Two solecisms: Ashley should "conclude" rather than "preclude," and the jock looked at Ashley's crotch, not her crutch. Errors of this sort fly under the radar of the spell-checker...

Crystal, I just wanted to add my $0.02 and tell you how much I enjoyed your latest story.  It kept me up too late the other night, but I accept that as a sign of the quality of the work.. and a sign of my lack of willpower.  :-)

I still am waiting desperately for the reappearance of Crys and/or Darla Ann, but I'm quite happy to have this appetizer while I lick my lips dreaming of the main courses.  I'm still hoping Crys will win an Oscar and Darla Ann will smash South-Core into pulp (pun intended).  But it was nice having Jimmy/Ashley to read about for a while.  And I thought you integrated the photographs much better than most authors manage.  Well done!  

I thought that Jimmy wasn't as strong a character as Darla Ann or Crys, and that affected the story.  I also felt that Lizbeth was the first family member in one of your stories who I was actually hoping for something bad to happen to.  Despite her tearful disclaimer in the last chapter, I think she has a career ahead of her.. as a wife in Vickie Tern's stories.  :-)

As for some of the previous comments, I just want to point out that not everyone has to take Phys Ed anymore.  (I sure wish I could have gotten out of it when I was in junior high and high school, but I attended school way back when dinosaurs still ruled the earth.)  And not everyone feels comfortable admitting humiliating things to their parents.  Jimmy gets himself into a lot of trouble, but his style of behavior is fairly crucial to the storyline.

Love,
Diane

As with all of your big stories, this was a good read with only a few distractions.

I was bothered when Jimmy did not tell his mother why he told the girls that he always wanted to be a girl.  Jimmy leaves too many thoughts tied up inside.  He obviously needs consuling that he never gets.

I find the whole situation where his classmates are wondering if he is a girl pretending to be a boy a real stretch.  What about PhyEd?  His genitalia whould have been observed by the other boys in the locker room.  I suppose this could be a school that allows for private dressing when desired.  But then what was he doing with PhyEd until the Holloween Dance?

Darla, Crystal, and now Ashley are all strong young women that thrive on their changed environment.  Darla is the most believable to me.

But you sure messed up a day of MY writing  :)
But then it is all tech stuff and REALLY booring!

The Story of How I Spent My Summer Vacation was an execellant Read. I could not sleep last night untill I got back to reading Ashley's story. Thanks agin and keep up the good work

Crystal,

It is odd timing to receive a new piece from you as I just reread the entire "I Can't Go Home Again" within the past week and was hoping for more C. Sprite to read. The celebration of the release of your new story provides an opportunity to express gratitude for all of your contributions as author and also for providing community on your web site. I read your note about how difficult it is for you to fit these activities into your personal life these days. Please accept my word that your efforts are greatly appreciated. I really, really look forward to reading your new story release.

Thank you ever so much,

anonymousOne

At first I was disappointed to see that you choose to start a new series rather than finishing the two good series you started but have not yet finished.

Then, as I read the story, I was disappointed that I found it so hard to stop when I needed to stop and go somewhere (I was only about a half hour late).

My next disappointment was with Part 8, which used a font much smaller than the other chapters, thus it was hard to read.

My final disappointment came when I finished the story and nothing more to read as it only reminded why I enjoyed reading your stories once more.

Excellent story and I do hope you soon add to Texas Gal and I Can’t Go Home Like This.  I do have a soft spot for stories with story related pictures in them, but even without the pictures this is a story worth re-reading.

D'oh!

I meant inhabit, not 'inhibit'

...although can we inhibit our universe... hmm... ;)

Jenny

Dear Crystal,

It was a pleasure to lose myself for a day in the wonderful world you created. You have a certain mastery for the delightfully compelling, wonderfully captivating late-teen TG story. You draw us in with teasing scenarios, beautiful description and characters that are easy to love.

The lack of unpleasantness, gratuitous sex and non-consensual activity make for a lovely escape into a sunnier universe than the one we inhibit.

Thank you for a pleasant day's diversion from the greyer reality of our world.

Regards,

Jenny

P.S. Now if I could just find out what happens to Crystal in the rest of ICGHLT... ;)

I just want to say I appreciate everyone who writes and bothers to publish stories.

This story introduces a lot of elements of fetishism in regards to clothing, bondage, enforced feminisation, and more.  However none of them are really developed into a part of the storey.  They just keep coming in bits and snippets.  

The story wanders from one fetish event to another with a bit of a story thrown in and the reason for these story bits is never made clear how they relate either to each other or the story as a whole.

The ending is glued on like the writer got tired of coming up with new bits.  The relationships with various people are plastic and not fleshed out at all.  I thought we really had something going with George, but he all but disappears only to make a very brief not worth mentioning appearance in the ending.  Then there was Jennifer, but just when we were settling in for a little lesbian romance, she moves to another state.  Then there is the part with Billy the football jock.  He was obviously smitten and I was personally looking forward to more with him... but again *poof* gone moved to another state.

Then there is the deux-au-machina of the station lawyers stepping in to save the day.  

Such potential for a story, but no underlying tension to tie it all together.

Dayna.