Ewan

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I have 1926 stories published in 31 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1883116 times and 1231 of my stories have been cherry picked.
279 of my 3,358 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 299 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.
Both Moffat novels are available here

My stories

Cherry

Play the B-Side

You know it. Image source wikipedia.org and used under fair use terms.
Cherry

A Letter to Untethered Books Ltd.

I am not Walter De La Mare's great-grandson and I don't live in Arizona. Not suitable for the sensitive or people working in publishing. Image is PD
Cherry

Not Much Cop

The barrel needs changing, it's not enough to claim there are just a few bad apples... image has no known copyright issues
Cherry

Bronte's Inferno XXVIII (All Of Ken Dodd's)

Surprised me too. Image copyright status under investigation.
Cherry

Bronte's Inferno XXVII (Perhaps I Shouldn't Have)

Whatever next? (I don't know either...) Image is from Wiki-commons.
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279 of my comments have received 299 Great Feedback votes

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day

Posted on Wed, 14 Sep 2022

This high-quality writing is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please share and/or retweet, readers, if you like it too.

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Posted in Cow’s Skull with Calico Roses

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Most likely.

Posted on Fri, 09 Sep 2022

I think my imaginary Bert's attitude is acceptable. A black armband and do what you would normally do. Maybe turn on the TV for the actual funeral, if you're not emptying bins, or "a dinner lady or a steelworker".  (Look that up, see why it's...

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Posted in The Day After

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Oh, well done.

Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022

I liked this very much indeed.

Incidentally, did you know that "insidia" is Latin for ambush? Catullus takes the piss out of someone for pronouncing it "hinsidia" in a poem written over 2000 years ago. It's like an uneducated, but...

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Posted in Insidious

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This is marvellous.

Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022

I do love this one. Lots to admire here.

"His face is the waves of shipwreck

slants and slashes,"

is absolutely terrific.

Well done.

E x

 

 

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Posted in RJC

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 19th August 202

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This clever use of simple language to express complex emotion means that this poem is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please, those who use social media, share and/or retweet so others can enjoy it too.

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Posted in The Gift

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I have changed the font size,

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

I hope you don't mind. It really was very small and I'd hate for peope to have missed out on your excellent poem because they couldn't read it.

E x

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Posted in The Gift

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I have taken the liberty

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

of adding an image so your accolade is more eye-catching on the front page. Image is from pixel.la via wiki commons and is CC0 licenced.

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Posted in The Gift

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Congratulations This is our Poem of the Week August 19th 2022

Posted on Sun, 14 Aug 2022

This is our poem of the week. Well done.

Do you think you could adjust the font and make it bigger, as it's a little sore on the eyes at this size?

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Posted in The Gift

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G) If you read this far, the story must be great

Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2022

Not necessarily. However, the editors read every word of what is posted. It is difficult to root out work which is in contravention of the rules and conditions of the site, if they don't. As you can imagine, sometimes this is less than fun....

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Posted in Drunk, Naked and Enraged

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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day 11 August 2022

Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022

This simple, effective poem draws attention to a complex matter, and that's why it's our pick of the day today.

If you read it, please share and/or retweet it.

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Posted in The Tip of a Fur Coated Iceberg

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