Ewan

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I have 2056 stories published in 34 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 3360804 times and 1381 of my stories have been cherry picked.
412 of my 3,585 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 454 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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Women's Day

I think you'll know where I stand. No characters living or dead are based on anyone YOU know. Image by me from pd elements. .
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Thrift

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Bronte's Inferno XXXI (It's Just Lazy, Isn't It?)

There really isn't any point in starting here. You really need to start at the beginning, which you COULD find via a link at the end of this one. Yes, you could begin at the end... image is PD from OpenClipArt.com ... But I drew on it.
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And We Move On

How it is. Image by storyset on freepik
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Godot's Ghost

I've read Waiting for Godot about half-a-dozen times and seen it twice on stage many years ago. I can never make up my mind if Godot is God or death, or if Estragon and Vladimir are in Hell or Purgatory or in a care home near Clacton-on-Sea. Anyway, this isn't really about Didi and Gogo. [Image from PXhere.com]

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412 of my comments have received 454 Great Feedback votes

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I'm supposed

Posted on Wed, 01 Apr 2020

to be working on Moffat III, but changes at Unbound mean that it probably won't be accepted for publication, so I've kind of lost enthusiasm for it. Moffat II No Good Deed is on the final straight before publishing in September, Covid-19...

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Posted in 43. Be Stiff

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Laughter

Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2020

in the dark, I know, but it's still laughter. Thanks for making me laugh out loud.

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Posted in Pluto’s ode to Charon

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The beauty of

Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2020

a classical education, recognising the names of planets' obscure moons. That suggests Boris would be quite at home, Trump perhaps would not. Although I admit both deserve to be under the Lord of the Underworld's aegis.
Anyway. I love this...

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Posted in Pluto’s ode to Charon

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Congratulations!

Posted on Tue, 04 Feb 2020

You get better and better at this kind of beautiful, bucolic poetry and that's why it is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

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Posted in Present

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Splendid

Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019

stuff. How marvellous that Spartak Moscow is quite a villainous chap, as back in the bad old days their football team was full of soldiers who were quite villainous themselves.

I do like the bold type for certain things that would have...

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Posted in MovieLand! (A Christmas Story. Part 1)

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I voted every

Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2019

time whilst I lived in Spain until they said I couldn't. Why wouldn't I vote now? Despite what the poem says.

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Posted in We Fools

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This gorgeous piece

Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2019

that's about soup - and contains surprises just like the catch-all soup our (grand)parents made from leftovers and whatever they grew-  is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share AND retweet if you like it too?

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Posted in This October Brings Endings

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Madcap

Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019

humour is the only antidote to extremism... Where are the satirists? They should be firing broadsides port and starboard, the answer to the rise of the right is most definitely not a jump to the left, despite what Frank'N'Furter says.
Ah...

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Posted in Tsk

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Sad and Wistful

Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019

laughter in the dark. I hope it makes you feel better, because it does me - and I expect it does everyone with any sense who reads it. Brava!

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Posted in Pad Life 6: The Elephant In The Room

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day

Posted on Tue, 20 Aug 2019

The ever quirky hudsonmoon tries something different today and by golly it works well. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share or retweet if you like it too?

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Posted in The Son God

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