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I have 1973 stories published in 34 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2122280 times and 1280 of my stories have been cherry picked.
357 of my 3,548 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

My stories

Welcome to Hell

Almost don't remember writing this. Very long, so make a cup of tea or give up, Whichever. Image PD Oh... Nearly forgot, it's supposed to be funny.
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Ingrès’s Violin Is Out Of Tune

Rant... nothing to see here. image is derived from Lady T's flicker post and used under licence CC by-NC 2.0
Cherry

Hawthorn

Anyone know if this IS a Hawthorn?? Anyway, it's the one I can see from the window of The Writer's Den. Image photo taken this morning.
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Cherry

The Picture Ranch 71

'So you don't know anything about what happened?' Eleanor G blew some smoke into the air. The sky was turning as red as her lipstick. 'No more n'you...
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Cherry

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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357 of my comments have received 385 Great Feedback votes

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 3 November 2022

Posted on Thu, 03 Nov 2022

Congratulations.

Surreal, touching, funny and sad. That's why this is our Pick of the Day.

Please share and/or retweet dear members.

 

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Posted in Centipede Olympics

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Congratulations,this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day

Posted on Fri, 21 Oct 2022

Fascinating is right and that's why this slice of an interesting life is our FB and Twitter Pick of the Day. PLEASE share and/or retweet ABC-ers.

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Posted in Joining up my rainbow memory dots - 1978 I help the homeless in Belfast

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Thanks all for your comments.

Posted on Mon, 19 Sep 2022

The Monarchy, as it did all those years ago, when Elizabeth ascended to the throne, stands at a crossroads of history. Just as the Empire morphed into the Commonwealth, whilst Great Britain became the UK and the country's influence diminished,...

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Posted in Sic Transit Gloriana Nostre

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Bill is

Posted on Mon, 19 Sep 2022

Shakespeare. The line is a slight paraphrase of one in Richard II:
"Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs"
I came across it the other day, when I was looking for something else.

 

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Posted in Sic Transit Gloriana Nostre

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day

Posted on Wed, 14 Sep 2022

This high-quality writing is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please share and/or retweet, readers, if you like it too.

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Posted in Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses

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Most likely.

Posted on Fri, 09 Sep 2022

I think my imaginary Bert's attitude is acceptable. A black armband and do what you would normally do. Maybe turn on the TV for the actual funeral, if you're not emptying bins, or "a dinner lady or a steelworker".  (Look that up, see why it's...

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Posted in The Day After

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This is marvellous.

Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022

I do love this one. Lots to admire here.

"His face is the waves of shipwreck

slants and slashes,"

is absolutely terrific.

Well done.

E x

 

 

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Posted in RJC

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 19th August 202

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This clever use of simple language to express complex emotion means that this poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please, those who use social media, share and/or retweet so others can enjoy it too.

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Posted in The Gift

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I have changed the font size,

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

I hope you don't mind. It really was very small and I'd hate for peope to have missed out on your excellent poem because they couldn't read it.

E x

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Posted in The Gift

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I have taken the liberty

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

of adding an image so your accolade is more eye-catching on the front page. Image is from pixel.la via wiki commons and is CC0 licenced.

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Posted in The Gift

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