Pick of the day

"Willow's Missing Tail" 30

Martha was on her way to the kitchen with the two cups of tea to try to talk sense to Miriam but she stopped before she reached that room, feeling a strong rumble of unstable magic coming from a different room. She placed the teacups down on a side table in the hall and ran to the library, as she approached the room she saw sparks of conflict escaping through the small space around the library’s closed door.

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Story of the week

An Afternoon in Lausanne

It was death that gave me the courage.Read more

Poem of the week

Fifty Shades of Death

When nights are dark you’ll never see
the depths of our humanity,
but in the light of desert days
the shades of death will quite amaze.

So if you’ve time to take the trouble
sift just once through wreck and rubble -
ashen bones of tots will rile,
though eyes of rampant killers smile.

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Features

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by airyfairy.

Another engrossing week on ABC Tales, and it's been, as usual, very hard to make the Picks.

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'Dead Reckoning' by Philip Whiteland. Out Today!

For all Archibald and Josiah fans (and I know we have many on ABCTales), I'm very pleased to announce that Dead Reckoning by Philip Whiteland is available today in paperback and can be ordered with this link:

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Saltburn by Drew Gummerson - Out Now! Link to buy plus a review

I'm very pleased to announce that Saltburn, by our very own Drew Gummerson is out now and available to buy here:

https://haywoodbooks.com/saltburn

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Want to join ABCTales?

We've had to suspend the automatic joining facility for a while so if you would like to join us please email 

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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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Bee's Journey

Picks of the Month

The Vale - Part One (b)

 

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Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table

Who can sleep while the genocide goes on in Gaza? Certainly not me.

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