Ewan
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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
Land of Hope and Fury
Rant Photo is faked, from several different images. It is not a real place.
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Put The Sword Down
I "put the sword down" over 20 years ago, now. 23 years lucky service - nearest I got to the field of battle was flying overhead at 12,000 metres listening out for SAM batteries comms. Others are not so lucky. This is for them. We shall remember them, too.
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An Eye for an Eye (will leave us all blind).
Well, it will. Image made by me using licensed elements at canva.com
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Virtual Reality
Across the network; bitcoins pay for virtual love, boys sit mute in dark rooms hoods up inside, as if in hiding - from themselves. Outside at bus-...
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For Whom The Bell Tolls (The Centre Seethes)
At The Bell, summoned by the toxic tocsin of click-bait, hot-take pseudo-politics, proud under flags and banners emblazoned with broken English...
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Congratulations, this is today's Pick of the Day, 25th May 2026
Posted on Mon, 25 May 2026
Having read this three or four times today and found something different in it each time, it's our Pick of the Day today. Please share on your social media, fellow BC Tale-rs.
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Pale strangers ...
Posted on Mon, 25 May 2026
Good poem, well done.
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Congratulations thi is today's Pick of the Day, 20th April 2025
Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2026
A fine poem, living up to the title. One might even call it numinous, perhaps. Poetry is the best way to address the ineffable, so that's why this is our pick of the day today. Please share if you like it too.
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Space is Deep
Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2026
Hawkwind know ...
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This reminds me very much
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2026
of the kind of thing that Dan Coxon used to publish in his 'Tales from the Shadow Booth' Anthologies. There were 4 in the end, I think, They're still available on the 'Zon, as far as I know. Anyway, the stories in them were unsettling and almost...
Read full commentPosted in I. Deep Storage - Part Three
Er ... I know
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2026
... and so did the writers of Toy Story: the catchphrase is a joke: "you can't go beyond infinity" as one of the character's creators once said.
I agree, Trump's spending plans are as dangerous as his belief that politics and diplomacy...
Read full commentPosted in Artemis Too?
I collect
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
proverbs and saws, although I'm no carpenter, so I'm always pleased to read a new one. You've used this one very well.
Read full commentPosted in A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance
Congratulations, this is today's Pick of the Day, 23 March 2023
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
Touching, beautiful poetry, with a last line that will stay with me for a long time. That's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Congratulations.
Do please share if you like it too.
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Ralph is one
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
of, not to say the very, best of our poets here on ABCTales. We're very lucky to have him.
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Congratulations, this is Pick of the Day Monday 16th March 2026
Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2026
Short - anything but sweet - and very credible piece about something that must happen thousands of times a day.
[I must admit, I never even notice the signs and signals. (I might not be being sent any, of course)]
Anyway, that's...
Read full commentPosted in The Misunderstanding
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