Ewan

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I have 1974 stories published in 34 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2141505 times and 1281 of my stories have been cherry picked.
357 of my 3,550 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 385 votes

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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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The Picture Ranch 70

70 up. Reckon I know where I'm going... Does Fisher? Image created by me at canva.com
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The Picture Ranch 69

Bet you've given up on this! [I almost did, too]. But I'm going to KDP it when it's done - and I've pulled the loopholes tight and rescued the dangling threads. Image source is Pinterest, but the image is PD... and yes, that is Buster in drag.
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Pick A City

I dare you. image created at canva.com by me.
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Iconoclasts

image from pixabay
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Over The Bones

No, you'll have to work it out yourselves. image credit Dagmar Hollmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 < https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0> , via Wikimedia Commons
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357 of my comments have received 385 Great Feedback votes

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Congratulations This is our Poem of the Week August 19th 2022

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This is our poem of the week. Well done.

Do you think you could adjust the font and make it bigger, as it's a little sore on the eyes at this size?

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Posted in The Gift

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G) If you read this far, the story must be great

Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2022

Not necessarily. However, the editors read every word of what is posted. It is difficult to root out work which is in contravention of the rules and conditions of the site, if they don't. As you can imagine, sometimes this is less than fun....

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Posted in Drunk, Naked and Enraged

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 11 August 2022

Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022

This simple, effective poem draws attention to a complex matter, and that's why it's our pick of the day today.

If you read it, please share and/or retweet it.

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Posted in The Tip of a Fur Coated Iceberg

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Excellent beginning.

Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2022

Loved this

'He smelt like soap and rust'.

You have a typo at 'only to open the wrapping and remembering', you need the same verb form if separating 'open' and 'remember' with...

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Posted in "Exotic Illnesses" - opening chapter of novel

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When my wife

Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022

was undergoing her treatment for a different kind of cancer, the chemo gave her what amounted to IBS. We had just returned to the UK from 15 years abroad in Spain. Throughout 2018 and some of 2019 we had many a panicked and fruitless search for a...

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Posted in chemo 4

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Well done,

Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022

remarkable work. Layers, repetition and rhymes all chime to make this fab.

E x

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Posted in Contour and wave.

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I feel like I've

Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022

been on the Marrakesh Express...

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Posted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road

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Been thinking about this one...

Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022

The Bells and The Muezzin would be interruptions in the relative silence of the pre-industrial era, striking the hour, calling to prayer or as warning if it were the case of a tocsin bell. Interesting, though, about the changing soundscape. I...

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Posted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto

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I confess

Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 2022

I did enjoy the the silence, once it started being filled by wildlife. At the depth of the lock-down a deer was running down Jepson Road - usually a very busy thoroughfare. I hate the noise those buses make really, but when I was young, you might...

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Posted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto

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Welcome back...

Posted on Wed, 13 Jul 2022

Although I fail to see what could be more important than keeping us amused.

E x

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Posted in Pad Life 18: Them's The Breaks

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