Pick of the day
"Willow's Missing Tail" 30
Posted by Penny4athought on Tue, 15 Jul 2025
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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An Afternoon in Lausanne
Posted by Caldwell on Fri, 11 Jul 2025
It was death that gave me the courage.Read morePoem of the week
Fifty Shades of Death
Posted by loquaciousicity on Mon, 07 Jul 2025
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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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.
Read more'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:
Read moreSaltburn 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:
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Read morePosting From Your Android Phone - Fixed!
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Picks of the Month

Fifty-One Empty Places at the Dinner Table
Posted by Turlough on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
Who can sleep while the genocide goes on in Gaza? Certainly not me.
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