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I have 1957 stories published in 33 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2102483 times and 1263 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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 Last Man Left In The Union

After Peter Wyton (look him up, he's very good)'s The Last Man Left In The Air Force. Image from website (BTW we do). Audio here http://writemark.blogspot.com/2019/02/updated-leaflet-for-trade-unions-w... Permission for use requested.
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The Cincinnatus Kid

Well, it was the blond buffoon who mentioned him first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus Image from wikipedia and in public domain.
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Bronte's Inferno XVIII (I Was Thirsty)

More of this? Afraid so. Image source flicker.com : licence CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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Bronte's Inferno XVII (Probably In His Underpants)

More of this? Afraid so. Image is free to use from clipart library.

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355 of my comments have received 383 Great Feedback votes

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Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day

Posted on Thu, 05 Aug 2021

This sly exploration of narcissism is both clever and funny. Please share and/or retweet if you like it too, readers.

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I'm shallow though

Posted on Mon, 02 Aug 2021

 and the only things I remember about Fantastic Voyage are Raquel Welch and that stuff like cotton wool floating about.

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Haha...

Posted on Mon, 02 Aug 2021

Do you remember The Numskulls from The Beezer, revived in the Beano in the 90s I think? I'd grown out of comics by then. A very astute update of that, this one. Made me laugh out loud.

Ewan

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Hahahaha

Posted on Mon, 02 Aug 2021

maybe not, in answer to the narrator's last question.
Didn't think the story would end up there.

Well done.

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Posted in Focus on the lips

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day

Posted on Wed, 28 Jul 2021

Part 4 of an ongoing satire with characters in no way derived from famous public figures, this extremely funny skewering of them is very funny indeed. Please share and/or retweet so that others get a good laugh too.

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hahhhaahhaaa..

Posted on Wed, 28 Jul 2021

"Michelin Gove", fabulous.

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I remember liking the concept

Posted on Fri, 05 Feb 2021

of this, the found and edited manuscript trope is a belter. Tropes are good, I find the idea that they aren't very annoying. They are semiotic markers, after all.

The contrast with the old typewritten, photo-copied (and earlier still Roneo...

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Posted in The Vampire Walk- Continued

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Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021

Vivid imagery which sits well with the music which inspired it. For that reason it is our FB and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do share and/or retweet it too, dear readers.

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Posted in Another Night On a Bare Mountain

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I discovered Mussorgsky

Posted on Tue, 20 Jul 2021

because of ELP. Who says rock music is for philistines?
Good poem and anything with 'flagitious' in it is alright with me.

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Short and sour,

Posted on Wed, 21 Jul 2021

and also very good. I do like the spaces left for the reader to fill in.

Well done.

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