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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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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

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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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Sodality

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412 of my comments have received 454 Great Feedback votes

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Congratulations, This is today's Pick of the Day 1st Dec 2025

Posted on Mon, 01 Dec 2025

  I suppose we take all take it as read that Turlough's 'Letter from Bulgaria', is funnier than Alastair Cooke's from America. In any case, this one is particularly diverting, not least because of the badinage in the comments. That's why it's...

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Posted in Papa’s Got a Brand New Chainsaw

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Splendid

Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2025

  ... and that's all I have to say about that.

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Posted in Naming Tree

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This is our Social Media Pick of the Day 15th September 2025

Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2025

 Quirky with the usual distinctive style. This is our pick of the day. Well done, Lou.

Part 2 is here :- https://www.abctales.com/story/lou-blodgett/roadside-...

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Posted in Roadside Attraction 1/2

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This is today's Pick of the Day September 8th 2024

Posted on Mon, 08 Sep 2025

This droll take on this week's inspiration, whilst not being perfect, is nevertheless our Pick of the Day.

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Posted in It's Grim Up North

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Beautiful,

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025

 just beautiful.

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Posted in Lit

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This is our Social Media Pick of the Day 20th August 2025

Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2025

  Gripping, taut writing in this longer project and that's why it's today's pick of the day. Check out the beginning here https://www.abctales.com/story/wwjabercrombie/ghigau

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Posted in Ghigau 12

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This is our Social Media Pick of the Day 28th July 2025

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2025

  This is very, very funny. And that's why it's today's Pick of the Day.

Please do share on your social media, fellow ABC-ers.

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Posted in There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Engels

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This is our Social Media Pick of the Day for 16th June 2025

Posted on Sat, 14 Jun 2025

This more writer-y than a writer-y piece is our pick of the day today. Do please share on your social media if you can.

Well done!

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Posted in Expose him to light

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Congratulations, This is our Pick of the Day, 14th April 2025

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025

 this clever teaser for Phil's imminent release of 'Dead Reckoning' a humourous novel about the adventures of a pair of undertakers, is well worth a read and whets the appetite for his books appearance.

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Posted in Archibald's Note

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Ha, Very fine.

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2025

 I did something similar (although perhaps not so ventriloquistically adroit) with The Moffat Trilogy. One thing this kind of thing does do is make you look at your work differently.

Anyway, as I say, skillfully done.

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