Pick of the day
Elaine
Posted by GlosKat on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
On either side the profiles lie
You choose the ones which catch your eye
The pretty girls get picked, not I -
Elaine of Cardiff (Splott).
For everybody swipes me left
And leaves me stranded, quite bereft
I'm not romantically deft –
Elaine of Cardiff (Splott).
I saw him on eHarmony
His coal-black hair, all blowing free
And knew that he's the one for me –
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A Hare's Breath 5 - The Dark Hedges
Posted by Turlough on Wed, 17 Dec 2025
The thoughts of an old fella on his return to a wee town in the North of Ireland in the 2020s and his love for hares and nostalgia.Read morePoem of the week
Elaine
Posted by GlosKat on Sat, 13 Dec 2025
On either side the profiles lie
You choose the ones which catch your eye
The pretty girls get picked, not I -
Elaine of Cardiff (Splott).
For everybody swipes me left
And leaves me stranded, quite bereft
I'm not romantically deft –
Elaine of Cardiff (Splott).
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Features
Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
These are the final Picks of the Week before Christmas so I've put some lights up to make things a bit festive!
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With grateful thanks to Turlough, here are the ABCTales Picks of the Month for November:
ABC Tales Story and Poem of the Month for November 2025
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The Payout Game by ABCTales Writer Robert Craven, Available to Preorder Now!
A dead bookmaker. A rushed verdict.
Inspector Crowe isn’t buying it.
Xion Island Zero by Katherine Black - Out Now!
I'm very pleased to announce that Katherine Black (our very own Sooz Simpson) has just published Xion Island Zero, the sixth in her Inspector Nash series.
Here's a review by celticman and a link to buy:
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Posting From Your Android Phone - Fixed!
Some of you have been having issues with posting your work using an android phone. Ewan and John our techie have been working really hard to fix this.
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Picks of the Month
Afterwards
Posted by Makis on Mon, 03 Nov 2025
We wind the clocks of our lives
without ever once knowing the time,
ignoring our ever slowing pulse
with little regard for what is to come.
But what of afterwards?
What remains of us when we slip from view
and hide our shadows from the sun?
Do we watch from the nothingness,
our hands trembling from the forging of memories,
smiling at how it was?