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
My stories
Slow Down
Overnight the news was on: people talk fast nowadays, soundbytes even on Mainstream Media are delivered fast and loud, the questions are always shorter than the answers, which are generally little more than an on-line pitch for tiktok or instagram.
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A Handful of Tyrants
Never thought I'd be thanking a Pope for anything, but he did give me the title.
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Artemis Too?
I saw their projected track, the one where they'll lasso the moon: a figure 8 to the dark side - and back? What if they don't make it? What if it's...
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Birthday Blues
It was my birthday, so I could write what I liked. Image made from PD elements at canva.com
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Finders Keepers
I may have posted this before, but I couldn't find it. A bit like some memories I have.
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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
Read full commentPosted in Land of Hope and Fury
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
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...
Read full commentPosted in There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Engels
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=...
Read full commentPosted in Expose him to light
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.
Read full commentPosted in Making Resolutions at Ned's 1944
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.
Read full commentPosted in Cricks Crocodile
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!
Read full commentPosted in Ghostbot (Part One of Two)
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