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An Encounter with an Alien Presence

by lonfendall | June 15, 2015 | Seeds eNewsletter

by Lon Fendall My awareness of an alien taking up residence inside my body didn’t happen all at once, which was probably a good thing. No, I’m not talking about the plot of a science fiction story. This alien is the real thing. And coming to the point of accepting and...

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