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My stories have been read 3783174 times and 1404 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

Asterisked collections ended up as published novels or short stories.

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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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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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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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The Picture Ranch 69

Bet you've given up on this! [I almost did, too]. But I'm going to KDP it when it's done - and I've pulled the loopholes tight and rescued the dangling threads. Image source is Pinterest, but the image is PD... and yes, that is Buster in drag.
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Pick A City

I dare you. image created at canva.com by me.

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447 of my comments have received 505 Great Feedback votes

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Posted on Mon, 09 Nov 2020

striking imagery here.

Do you mean "algæ-d" at line 8?

Your poem finishes very strongly with these lines.

"the sun’s departure 

under the horizon’s guillotine,

 

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I think

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2020

this has touches of MR James about it: something off, glimpsed out of the corner of your eye. Bags of atmosphere, you have a sure touch when generating a sense of place.

Sound.

Ewan x

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Posted in Of An Outhouse In Autumn (2)

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If

Posted on Tue, 20 Oct 2020

books COULD talk 'though, eh?

I loved this Sean. It made me laugh and when it's dark those who make us laugh loudest are the best writers of all. 

Ewan

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Weird

Posted on Mon, 19 Oct 2020

is good. And that's all I have to say.

E x

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Posted in The Walrus and the Pearl

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Atmospheric

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2020

eerie, too. I love the idea of a mourning fog and what it might be mourning.

Ewan x

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Posted in House Ghost

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I reckon

Posted on Thu, 01 Oct 2020

the lightning bird will be out and about today.

This is terrific poetry.

E x

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Posted in Hamerkop

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White noise

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2020

is played very loud as an "interrogation" technique by most intelligence agencies. That's the point , government people know about Rueda's phone. It's easy enough to keep track of a mobile, even if it's switched off. Teniente Elizondo doesn't...

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Posted in "Señor Bean" [Mr Martínez: Eleven]

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Hi Ed,

Posted on Tue, 04 Aug 2020

loved this. Any reason for "night-lite" vice "night-light"? You have "nite-lite" at the end. Should "swats" in "swats-for-mocks" be swots (like I was)?

Well done.

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Posted in Box Room

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Thanks for sticking

Posted on Sat, 01 Aug 2020

with them Stephen, and for spotting the typo. I'm not sure where it's going yet, but it's not going anywhere before next week as I've a few things to do until Friday.

I think violence generally is sudden and shocking. The threat of...

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Posted in "Sparse and Molasses Slow" Mr Martínez Six(?)

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No, I just

Posted on Tue, 07 Jul 2020

thought it was a pseudonym and he was really called J.R.Hartley. Thanks for the good wishes, I'll need them!

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Posted in Tolkien on Disco Biscuits

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