Ewan
Primary tabs
I have 1854 stories published in
30 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1703292 times
and 1156 of my stories have been cherry picked.
242 of my 3,210 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 261 votes
Ewan Lawrie
The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
Both Moffat novels are available here
My stories
The Picture Ranch 65
Hmm... let's see now... can I get to the end of this somehow? Image created from pd elements by author.
- Read more about The Picture Ranch 65
- 2 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 97 reads
Where Are They?
We are living in the future now. It's not like they said it would be. Image created at Pulp-O-Miser.com by me. Audio link at end.
- Read more about Where Are They?
- 9 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 221 reads
The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
“In antiquity, life was nothing but silence. Noise was really not born before the 19th century, with the advent of machinery. Today noise reigns supreme over human sensibility.” Luigi Russolo Not for much longer. I am equivocal about that. Image is from google books, the book is out of print and in the public domain.
- Read more about The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
- 8 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 162 reads
The Picture Ranch 64
Okay... maybe some resolution around the corner... who knows? (Clue,not me!) Image by me created at canva.com
- Read more about The Picture Ranch 64
- Log in to post comments
- 55 reads
The Picture Ranch 63
And now for more of this, or not, as the case may be. Image Licence CCA-SA 4.0 International / Image creator Mselig111 / Image Source Wiki Commons
- Read more about The Picture Ranch 63
- 4 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 109 reads
There will be
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2020
...but as you know I'm writing Moffat III at the moment (12,000 words and counting). I always have a vanity project going, whilst I'm writing a novel. It helps to dive off into something else completely unrelated. Usually, The Picture Ranch or...
Read full commentPosted in Powerhousing II
Ah well,
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2019
don't we know? "This is John, he...we used to know each other." Joan is about 19, John has been away for 20 years.
Read full commentYes, I know people don't like holes, but I do like clues, rather than telling everything.
Anyway, glad you liked it...
Posted in A Polka Dot Dress
One thing you will
Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2017
find by doing this, is that your description in any prose you do write will be tighter, more compact, more effective, it's something I was told would happen if I wrote more poetry. I'm not completely sure it has for me, but it will for you....
Read full commentPosted in Tail-end
It's the mothballs
Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017
I remember, and the faint smell of Lion pee and Turkish Delight.... hahaha. I do not know anyone who has never explored their parents' wardrobe. When I was 8, my dad's wardrobe had hundreds of football programmes from the 40's and 50's; Rangers...
Read full commentPosted in Grimms5
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...
Read full commentPosted in chemo 4
Very Good Indeed,
Posted on Thu, 28 Jul 2022
poor old Saltburn By The Sea. Used to travel over with rugby mates in the close season just for something to do. Shows how exciting Darlington was in 1978.
I'm worried that the numerical mismatch between the voyeurs and exhibitionists...
Read full commentPosted in Stick of Rock Part 2
Well done,
Posted on Wed, 27 Jul 2022
remarkable work. Layers, repetition and rhymes all chime to make this fab.
E x
Read full commentPosted in Contour and wave.
I feel like I've
Posted on Fri, 22 Jul 2022
been on the Marrakesh Express...
Read full commentPosted in Bed and Board by The Silk Road
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...
Read full commentPosted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
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...
Read full commentPosted in The Art of Noises : A Futurist's Manifesto
Pages