Calvin London
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I write fiction, non-fiction and poetry about all things weird and wonderful, past and present. Life is full of different things to spark your imagination. All you have to do is embrace it - join me on my journey.
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Clever Little Buggers - Viruses, the Ultimate Survival Machines
The previous two parts of this series demonstrated how viruses are a force to be reckoned with. They: Have two simple requirements: multiply and survive. Are sex maniacs like nothing else that we know. They can change their spots and mutate at an alarming rate; it is purely a numbers game, and Have the ability to hide in reservoir hosts.
By Calvin London10 months ago in FYI
Clever Little Buggers – Viruses, the Ultimate Survival Machines
In the first part of this series, I explored how viruses transfer themselves and hide in non-human hosts. This is epitomized in the bat. Many viruses (including the COVID virus) infect bats and use them as a host. Bats because of their unique immune system, do not show symptoms of the infection.
By Calvin London10 months ago in FYI
Clever Little Buggers – Viruses, the Ultimate Survival Machine
What breeds faster than you can think, hits you like a freight train, and has no mercy? A virus, that’s what. In this series of three stories, I am going to take a look at just how clever these little buggers are.
By Calvin London10 months ago in FYI
Never Open That Door - Part I: Mrs Montgomery.
“Go on, get out, bitch, or I will give you more of that. Who needs you anyway?” Gabby sat in her car, sobbing. Deep sobs. Her world was falling apart. She had driven as fast as she could to get away from Luke. “How could he do this?” she asked herself. “Where was she going to go?”
By Calvin London10 months ago in Critique
Trapped and Captive in Someone Else’s Bed
Trapped and captive, I was starting to regret being there. Shadows glided above my head. Dark shadows were cast against a vivid blue background by the bright sun. Evil-looking forms grabbed my attention as I gripped the ocean bed.
By Calvin London10 months ago in Fiction
April Comes but Once a Year (and I’m glad)
There is something about April. I have developed a love-hate relationship with April: more hate than love lately. It is always a strange time of year in my part of the world. The weather doesn’t seem to know what it wants to do in April. Some days, it is hanging onto a summer gone, and other days, it tries to prepare us for the winter to come.
By Calvin London11 months ago in Confessions
The Little Boy's Marbles and the Little Girl 's Lollies
A little boy and girl were playing together in their sandpit. The boy was happily playing with some marbles he had taken from his bag. The little girl was sitting on the edge, eating lollies from a bag she had.
By Calvin London11 months ago in Motivation
