RELUCTANT PRESS

Elizabeth Anne Nelson, Editor Lincolnia Station

POB 11936

Alexandria, VA., 22312

RUFFLES & CURLES

By Kammi Morton

Dearest Reader,

FREE CATALOGUE

AUGUST, 1996

If you wish a free catalogue that describes our books, please write to Friendly Applications at the above address.

PRICE OF BOOKS

Our reader survey has shown a 98% agreement that we should price our books by number of pages. $7 (60-79) $8 (80-89) $9 (90-99) and so forth.. Since, you will find more pages for the dollar with Reluctant Press we have accepted this new policy.

BOOK TITLES BY CLASSIFICATION

Our books are divided into five classifications. For your convenience we provide a listing of book numbers after each classification which you may use to locate the appropriate book title from the title listings at the back of this book.

Young Adult, (Non-sexual) Imagine living as a little girl? 3,4,6,9,23,31, 34,43,46,57,104, 109, 134.142,166,182

New Woman, Imagine having your sex changed? 1,2,5,7,10,11,14,16,21, 25, 28,29,30, 35,37,39,40,41,42,44,47,54,55,56,60,61,62,64,65,66,67,69, 71, 74,75,77,78,79,80,82,83,84,85,86,87,91,99, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108,110, 111,113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 126, 128, 129, 138, 143, 145, 147, 148,151,156,158,,159,160, 161, 163, 171, 172, 174, 175, 178, 179, 186, 188, 189.192, 193.196,197,199,203,204,205,208,209,210,212,215,219,222,225.

Her TV, Imagine a woman transforming you into a TV? 8,12,18,20,32,33, 36,38,59,63,68,76,81,89,93,94,98, 105, 123, 124, 127, 130, 131, 132.133, 140, 146, 150, 152, 153, 155.162, 165, 168, 170, 173,176, 180, 185, 191, 195,198,200,211,218, 223,226,227

Adult TV. Imagine love with a man as a TV? 13,24,48,52,53,72,73,96, 100,101,112.119, 125, 135, 136.137,139,144,154,157,164,167,169,177,181, 187, 190, 202,206,207,213,214,216,220, 221, 224

Spectrum TV, Imagine a collection of stories about one or more of the above classifications? 15,17,19,22,26,27,45,58,92,95,97, 141, 149, 183.184, 194,201, 217

MISPRINTED BOOKS

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RUFFLES & CURLS

BY KAMMI MORTON

CHAPTER ONE: The Contest

I had not planned on college, thinking I did not need it and finances would be a problem. Dad had died when I was fourteen and there had not been much life insurance. Mom had used most of it to pay for hair dressing school training and to support us until she graduated and found a job. She and Dad had married right after she got out of high school and I had been born a year later, so she had never worked and now at the age of thirty-three she was hit with the reality of beginning a new career and becoming the bread winner. And let me tell you, it was no fun for me either. Aside from the devastation of losing my father, my whole life was turned up side down. I was forced to help out with household chores, which I hated. I was afraid of my friends finding out that I did such unmanly things as laundry, dishes, and vacuuming.

Worst of all, I was being used as a dummy for Mom's "homework".

Many an evening I sat at the kitchen table while she practiced her roller sets, pin curls, finger waves, etc. on me. As humiliating as this was, at least Mom did not object to letting me wear my hair long when all my friends were having major fights with their parents about their hair length.

I would make sure that all the shades were drawn first so nobody could see me and would race to my bedroom if anyone came to the door. At least it would all wash out in the shower before I went to school.

Once I overcame my nervousness about being seen with a head full of curlers I began to actually enjoy these nightly sessions. I told myself it was just because I liked getting my head massaged during the shampoo or feeling my mother's

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