Pick of the day
The Big End
Posted by Florian on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
There are phrases that have the capacity to chill the soul, to bring on a great and impenetrable darkness, words that can instantly snuff out stars and cause the universe to begin falling back in on itself.
“It’s the big end.”
“The big end of what?”
“Everything. Your motor’s totally stuffed. It’ll have to be towed.”
“But it’s only just been serviced.”
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The Big End
Posted by Florian on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
There are phrases that have the capacity to chill the soul, to bring on a great and impenetrable darkness, words that can instantly snuff out stars and cause the universe to begin falling back in on itself.“It’s the big end.”
“The big end of what?”
“Everything. Your motor’s totally stuffed. It’ll have to be towed.”
“But it’s only just been serviced.”Read more
Poem of the week
Features
Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
Posted by airyfairy.
Thank you again for all the wonderful reads this week!
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Our Story and Poem of the Month for August, very kindly chosen by Mark Burrow, and apologies for the lateness of this which you can blame on good old Greater Anglia Railway:
It’s been another excellent month of stories and poems on ABCtales.
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Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival - some very exciting news!
I'm extremely pleased to announce that our very own celticman will be appearing at Bloody Scotland, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival!
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Mr Martinez by Ewan Lawrie - Out Now!
I'm very pleased to announce that Ewan Lawrie's new novel, Mr Martinez has just been published!
You can order it here on Amazon:
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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
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home 2024
Posted by HarryC on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
(with apologies to Craig Raine)
Smart-phones are electronic gadgets with many apps.
Humans treasure them for their frivolousness.
They cause attention deficit addiction disorder
and make humans to do strange things, like dress
up as dogs to film themselves, or climb high
buildings and fall off.
I have never seen one fly - except
when the battery dies.
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A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (December)
Posted by Pedro1307 on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
December
So Gordon then.
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