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My stories have been read 2842483 times and 1350 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Ewan Lawrie

The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
All three Moffat novels are available here

My stories

Cherry

Put Out Fewer Flags

All too obvious, no doubt, but here it is anyway.
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Cherry

3 oz of Insanity

Mine weighs 3 oz +/-. I'm sure it weighs heavier on us all.
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Cherry

Ego Trip

What it says ... Image author's own, made at canva.com from PD elements
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These Are The Lines

Not THE lines maybe ... some of them. The (mis)use of the homonym is deliberate.
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Cherry

A Night Out on Castle Street

What it says ...
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390 of my comments have received 426 Great Feedback votes

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Well done

Posted on Wed, 10 Jul 2024

  not quite the ending I was expecting (that's a good thing, BTW) despite the clues.

Not sure about Just Stop Oil's methods myself. Equally, I want to know how long it took them to get to Stonehenge on their pushbikes, because of course...

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Posted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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A Cancer Diary

Posted on Wed, 14 Jun 2023

 is something that many patients - as my wife was - are advised by the assigned medical team to keep. Very few see the light of day, my wife's didn't, but everyone has to deal with cancer in their own way. I haven't read my wife's diary. We are...

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Posted in Cancer Log 3

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We used to look forward to

Posted on Mon, 09 May 2022

The Day of Victory celebrations every year at Teufelsberg, (West Berlin Listening Post) because it meant there was no operational flying by AFGSFG The Air Force of the Group of Forces Germany, which was what NATO named the Soviet Air Force(s) in...

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Posted in A Final Message From Moscow

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As regards

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2025

  finding a home for this, submission-wise, I wish you luck. It's quirkily funny, well written, and possibly perfect for Punch, circa 1975 (Not a bad thing at all).

7 years ago, in 2018, The Wodehouse prize for Comic Novel of the Year...

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Posted in There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Engels

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I forgot to point out that

Posted on Sat, 14 Jun 2025

 one of the reasons this resonated so much with me is that something similar happened to me only a month ago :

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...

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Posted in Expose him to light

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This is our Pick of the Day, 22nd January 2025

Posted on Wed, 22 Jan 2025

  If ever I need to raise a smile, I know that reading about Ned's Bar will do it for me. Do please share this to your socials so that others can appreciate one of ABC's most individual and idiosyncratic humo(u)rists, Hudson Moon.

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Posted in Making Resolutions at Ned's 1944

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Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day, 18th November 2024

Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2024

  A very serious subject dealt with in an intelligent yet wryly humorous way.
Cannot praise it highly enough, and that's why it's our pick of the day today.

PLEASE SHARE on your socials if you can. all.

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Posted in Cricks Crocodile

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This is our Pick of the Day 5th September 2024

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

This first part of a ghostly tale with a sci-fi twist is our Pick of the Day.
Please, could all readers give it a plug on whatever social media you use?

Well done!

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Posted in Ghostbot (Part One of Two)

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This is our Pick of the Day 29th August 2024

Posted on Sun, 25 Aug 2024

  This continues to fascinate. Off-beat, original and anything but ordinary, that's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Please share on your preferred social media, all.

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Posted in "Willow's Missing Tail" 16

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Congratulations! This is our Pick of the Day 20th February 2024

Posted on Tue, 20 Feb 2024

 Taut, terse and intriguing, this is our pick of the day. Please share on whatever social media you use, fellow ABC-ers

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Posted in New Directions (12)

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