Pick of the day

claptrap

Collecting a plastic medal on his 30th anniversary. Clenched teeth and a rictus smile. The backslapping goodness of them all. Dry lips. Missing God knows what. Not enough saliva to spit. ‘This is just about the last fucking place I expected to be.’

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Story of the week

Letter of Rejection

The poem The Children of Gaza does not exist. Instead, I saved time and energy by cutting out the middle person and writing my own letter of rejection.Read more

Poem of the week

Either ore

The grum of our chapel bell marks the daily descent.

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Features

Saltburn, by ABCTales Writer Drew Gummerson. Pre-Order your Copy!

Very big congratulations to Drew Gummerson whose new book Saltburn, has a publishing date and can be pre-ordered on the link below. Here's what Drew says:

 

Saltburn.

 

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Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point, posted by Di_Hard

 

Thank you so much for all the wonderful writing this week!

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Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem for the month of October, very kindly chosen by Di_hard:

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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

Tom Tom Turnaround (5) (ii)

      It was a hard decision.  But a month later saw her sailing out of Liverpool on the Royal George with everything she owned in the world crammed into a brown cardboard suitcase, tied with string from the ball her father kept in his shed.

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Prospecting

Something glimmers.

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