Ewan
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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
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Typographical Error
%&*$% Image is by J W Orr and in the public domain.
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An Ocular Deception
A trick of the mourning light: a slight figure's determined gait, seen at a distance far enough to reach the other side. I see them, my parents,...
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The Big Picture
I think you'll most likely work this one out for yourselves. Image is by Thomas Nugent licence CC BY-SA 2.0
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Boys' Own Up
Hmm... I'm sure you'll work it out
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Land of Hope and Fury
Rant Photo is faked, from several different images. It is not a real place.
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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...
Read full commentPosted in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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...
Read full commentPosted in Cancer Log 3
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...
Read full commentPosted in A Final Message From Moscow
Congratulations, This is Today's Pick of the Day 24th Nov 2025
Posted on Mon, 24 Nov 2025
Part of an ongoing Sci Fi piece that grips from part one. That's why it's our pick of the day today. Well done.
Read full commentPosted in The Harvest Floor (Chapter Three)
It's a
Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025
fake, I'm afraid, cobbled together from several images, as indicated in the summary.
Read full commentRespecting the BBC, there is absolutely no excuse for what the Panorama team did in the editing suite. Trump doesn't need to be edited to sound foolish or...
Posted in Land of Hope and Fury
At a Saw Doctors concert
Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2025
not very long ago, we were informed that MAGA really stands for Make Accordions Great Again
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Congratulations, This is Today's Pick of the Day, 10th Nov 2025
Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2025
Like being in the pub with JP Donleavy,Roddy Doyle or Dave Allen. Or maybe a combination of all three. Turlough's easy, cosy, self-deprecating humour never fails to make me smile. That's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Do please share on your...
Read full commentPosted in Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin
This is our Social Media Pick of the Day 22nd September 2025
Posted on Mon, 22 Sep 2025
Odd, frightening, like an episode of The Twilight Zone. It's the detail that grabs the reader ("snakeskin shoes") ... And that's why it's our Social Media Pick of the Day, Well done, Mark.
Do please share, fellow ABCTalers.
Read full commentPosted in Homicidal Spreadsheet
I like this,
Posted on Mon, 08 Sep 2025
but the formatting has problems.
Stanza three, line 2 has half of what should be the start of line 3 at its end.
In stanza five your punctuation needs to show which are the words of "T'Grim Reaper" (Ho,ho)
'Ay up,' he...
Read full commentPosted in It's Grim Up North
I'm late to this, but
Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2025
it really is very good. You may well be able to place it with the right publisher when it's finished. Even if you can't, I think it would do well via self-publication/KDP etc.
Read full commentPosted in Ghigau 12
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