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The ‘Miracle Fruit’* …

… contains ‘miraculin’, surprising molecule that binds to the sweet-detecting taste buds on the tongue, changing them so that for a while sour things...
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Sleeping Weird
I arose atilt one sunny morn. Listing to the right. I rued what the day had borne. My hip had froze up tight. Musta been from the way I laid. From...
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Waiting for the Flyers Part 11 Life on the Move

Although I started my “diary” just before my twelfth birthday I’d been on the move with Marge since 2038. Six years of my life undocumented – at...
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The secret touch!

Tomatoes are her kryptonite!
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Boudica's Daughters - 11
Ygerne returns. The new moon finally appears. Gwynned contemplates a new life without her sisters. Part 11 of 11.
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Boudica's Daughters 9-10

One sister disappears, another grows weak, and a stranger is taken in. Parts 9-10 of 11.
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The Chinese Kumquat

Inspiration point: fruit - (Edited and retitled.)
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Sun Says

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Fruits in the Attic. (Ip) by MarciaMarcia
Fruits in the Attic Ip “ Come Lev” Nanna beckoned. “Follow me up the attic stairs to my studio “ Nanna opened the door and Lev walked inside. He...
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Be Assured
Be Assured dear writers your words do soar from a heart earnest in love for people places & not just idle moments. Your words give way to...
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Boudica's Daughters 7-8
The sisters learn of Boudica's uprising. Siara contemplates how she will seize the Iceni throne. Parts 7-8 of 11.
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Boudica's Daughters 5-6
Siara and Gwynned are taken to the House of Easement where a third sister appears. Parts 5-6 of 11.
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Bed

Sleep is a natural thing...we all need it! Are you ever afraid of the hours that go bump in the night?
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When it looks like defeat …

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] “I was dead, but now am alive evermore”. ‘He started out well, but his work is no more.’ Friends melted away...
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Long-winded
There are some of my longer stories on this abctales link: https://www.abctales.com/user/leo-vine-knight
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Watch

What she loved was the watch. Well, there were many things that she loved in that old workshop, out the back of the shop where it was musty and dusty...
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The Ancient Hill Of Tara

The Ancient Hill Of Tara by Paul McCann Mild and mighty Meath beneath the green grass are ancient graves you hold . Honoured hills, howling winds and...
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Camp.

As with some things, in time word changes, or the meaning changes. I have always known this word camp. It was a drink that has always been in our...
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The Writing Retreat

‘That there are truths to be found in stories is inarguable. Similarly, there is always an element of interpretation in research, and every written...
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Boudica's Daughters 3-4
With Prasutagus close to death, Boudica's wrath has an ulterior motive. Parts 3-4 of 11.
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