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Hard Promise .

Hard Promise was chosen as a finalist for the 2001 Golden Clitorides Awards.

I would like to thank everyone who honored this story.

This is a long tale, so I've broken it down into parts for your edification:

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 4-6

Chapters 7-8

Chapters 9-10

Chapters 11-14

And, for those who prefer their downloads in plain text format, I offer the following:

Hard Promise Text

Now, I know that there will be some poor members of the congregation who will be confounded by the end of this tale.  Those of you who require everything to be spelled out are invited to contact me here and I will return an addendum that will explain all.

Amen.