Ewan
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34 collections on the site.
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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
3 oz of Insanity
Mine weighs 3 oz +/-. I'm sure it weighs heavier on us all.
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Ego Trip
What it says ... Image author's own, made at canva.com from PD elements
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These Are The Lines
Not THE lines maybe ... some of them. The (mis)use of the homonym is deliberate.
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A Night Out on Castle Street
What it says ...
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17 Syllable Portrait
Rearrange these words into a well known phrase: It,fits,wear,if,cap,the ... Image made at canva.com using pd elements and no-AI
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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
It's a moot point,
Posted on Mon, 09 Feb 2026
because they claim intellectual and image rights. Yes, you can argue that it is no more theft than any collage is. However, The Hebrew University has far more financial - and therefore legal - clout than ABCTales. So I for one am very glad that...
Read full commentPosted in Relatively Speaking
it's a massive shame,
Posted on Mon, 09 Feb 2026
Albert Einstein's image is one of the most ferociously guarded copyrights in the world. I'm certain that even your AI created image would contravene their copyright.
Read full commentOne of the TV ads using Einstein's image at the moment has a caption on...
Posted in Relatively Speaking
Congratulations. This is today's Pick of the Day Jan 29 2026
Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2026
Odd, disturbing and as visceral ever, this is fine stuff. Anything referencing Kafka and coining a word like "baskination" does it for me. So that's why it's today's pick of the day.
Do please share on your social media ABCTalers.
Read full commentPosted in A Book Report Influenced by the Absurdity of Life
What this reminds me most of ...
Posted on Mon, 05 Jan 2026
although very different, of course, are Giovannino Guareschi's collections of short stories about a Catholic priest in a fictitious Italian town, with a Communist Mayor, on the River Po.
I don't know, I can't put my finger on it, but...
Read full commentPosted in The Quest to Find the Sarashka Mosque
Congratulations, This is Today's Pick of the Day, 29th Dec 2025
Posted on Mon, 29 Dec 2025
This whimsical beginning of a longer work from the ever fertile mind of Terrence Oblong is our Pick of the Day today.
Do please share if you like it too.
Read full commentPosted in The Baron von Ernest goes on tour
Congratulations, This is today's Pick of the Day, 24th Dec 2025
Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2025
This grown up poetry about the comfort of strangers is today's pick of the day.
Do share on your Social Media fellow ABCTalers.
Read full commentPosted in Promiscuity
Different Strokes
Posted on Mon, 08 Dec 2025
for different folks.
I know people who absolutely cannot stand Danielewski's House of Leaves, but very few of them finished reading it.
Read full commentPosted in My Dinosaur Era Chapter 42
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