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I have 2025 stories published in 34 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 2443412 times and 1339 of my stories have been cherry picked.
378 of my 3,621 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 411 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

My stories

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8 That's Veterans for You

And some more... None of the characters are real, but some of the things they say and do have been done... By someone. Write what you know, eh? Image made at canva.com
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7 Cod Dickensian Crap

'More?' Be careful what you wish for. "Ah luv metafiction Ah do" Overheard something as unlikely as that in a pub once. This one's for whoever it was... Book cover image created ad canva. Book mockups at diybookcovers.com
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6 "You'll Hear My Voice, On the Wind, 'Cross the Sand"

1000 words in total today. A long time since I've done that. Anyway, here is more of this. And I hope you've all been ear-wormed by the time you get to the end...
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5 Smokin'

This might be the next one off the production line, I'll let you know. Image made at Canva.com The first 2000 words are here https://www.abctales.com/collection/prospero-vint

Who Is Your Robin Hood?

Nonsense, don't click on this. Image made by author at Canva.com

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378 of my comments have received 411 Great Feedback votes

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Chemo is awful,

Posted on Mon, 23 Oct 2023

 but it's better than the alternative. That said, anyone who is faced with a second or third round of chemotherapy in the event of a recurrence of disease, is entitled to opt for whatever is the best for them. My wife's aunt couldn't face her...

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Congratulations! This is our Pick of the Day 17th October 2023

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

 This 3rd part of an ongoing piece of writing is our pick of the day.
Please retweet/post and/or share fellow ABCTalers, so it gets the audience it deserves.

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Posted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 3

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I do like this

Posted on Tue, 17 Oct 2023

 ingenious and matter-of-fact.

I'm willing to bet by the time your narrator gets her man-bot programmed it'll be a woman. (Joking!)

Keep going

E x

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When I was much younger ...

Posted on Fri, 13 Oct 2023

watching Fireball XL5 enthused me about spaceships and science. From age 10 (John Christopher's books) to 23 or so I read swathes of Golden and Silver Age science fiction. I joined the computer club at school. I began to read about advances in...

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Posted in I'll Think About Writing

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No, I think

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2023

 a bit is probably fine. I don't know much, but it doesn't stop my enjoyment of it. I do feel I'm missing something, since my linguistic ability has never allowed me to learn to read music. It's the only language I've tried to learn that...

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Posted in Music

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Congratulations! This is our Pick of the Day 26th September 2023

Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023

 Evocative and lyrical, this is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day, Please share on Social Media dear ABCTale-rs.

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Posted in Hush

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Thank you

Posted on Tue, 05 Sep 2023

 very much indeed.
Most unexpected.

I'll have to write some more now

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Posted in 1 Prospero Vint

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Oddly striking

Posted on Mon, 04 Sep 2023

 I love it.

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Posted in Extra in a B-Movie Western

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This is our Pick of the Day 1st September 2023

Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023

 A fine poem full of sad beauty. It's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.

Please share and/or retweet fellow ABCTalers.

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Posted in You Never Said

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Terrific.

Posted on Fri, 01 Sep 2023

  Not to say beautiful.
Well done.

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