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I have 2061 stories published in 34 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3485210 times and 1386 of my stories have been cherry picked.
421 of my 3,608 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 467 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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9 Room 13

Room 13 Unlucky - or maybe lucky - for some. That's it for the week, maybe more on Monday. Image made at canva.com.
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8 That's Veterans for You

And some more... None of the characters are real, but some of the things they say and do have been done... By someone. Write what you know, eh? Image made at canva.com
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7 Cod Dickensian Crap

'More?' Be careful what you wish for. "Ah luv metafiction Ah do" Overheard something as unlikely as that in a pub once. This one's for whoever it was... Book cover image created ad canva. Book mockups at diybookcovers.com
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6 "You'll Hear My Voice, On the Wind, 'Cross the Sand"

1000 words in total today. A long time since I've done that. Anyway, here is more of this. And I hope you've all been ear-wormed by the time you get to the end...
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5 Smokin'

This might be the next one off the production line, I'll let you know. Image made at Canva.com The first 2000 words are here https://www.abctales.com/collection/prospero-vint

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421 of my comments have received 467 Great Feedback votes

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This is Today's Pick of the Day July 19th 2023

Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023

 Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day, today.

Please share/retweet/threadify/whatever it is you do in the way of social media, dear ABC-ers.

Well done, Paul.

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Posted in Dragon Gate

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I love rivers

Posted on Fri, 14 Jul 2023

We really should look after them better than we do, and show them the respect that they are due. All true beauty is dangerous too.

(Can't believe that rhymes, it WAS an accident, but I'll leave it anyway).

Thanks for reading and...

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Posted in Don't Blame The River

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As good as anything

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

  I've read on here for a while. Marvellous. Well done.

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Posted in Cleanser of Demons

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Congratulations! This is Today's Pick of the Day July 12th 2023

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

 Strong narrative and imagery in this fine poem takes us along on the guided tour of the eponymous castle, that's why it's today's Pick of the Day.

Please spread the word on whatever is your social medium of choice, dear ABC-ers.

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Posted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)

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I wonder if it is a corruption of another word,

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

 that often happens over time. A candidate might be Cloch, which means bell, I believe. However, historians and archaelogists will have pored over such possibilities for years.

I only point it out, because - as you may very well know -...

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Posted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)

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Congratulations, this is our Story of the Week 7th July 2023

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

  Well done, this and the other three parts are jointly awarded Story of the Week.

Please share on social media, readers, if you can.

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part One of Four

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Make

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

 some jam...

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Four of Four

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BTW

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

 Loving the photographs. How great to still have them all.

Excellent.

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Three of Four

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Fabulous

Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2023

  only people who don't write are unaware of how difficult it is to be funny in writing.

Excellent.

Keep going.

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Two of Four

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My brother took your

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

 route into a sea-faring life. South Shields Marine College Navigational Officer cadet starting in 1972 and then did 35 years at sea with the same shipping company. Out of the real Newcastle, the old Newcastle, rather than the new New South Wales...

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Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part One of Four

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