Pick of the day
Sha-leigh - one of a series of my make-believe snapshots
Posted by Ray Schaufeld on Sat, 24 Sep 2022
She became a sweet fat girl who sold cocaine.
She did not drive but Matt who had been in her class in primary one, had a bicycle.
Dale, who was the brother of Saskia, who had been with her since primary two and who had also been in the same foster care home, had a motorbike.
Together the three young musketeers had their very own branch of 'deliver to you.'
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Poem of the week
In Lucid Dreams
Posted by skinner_jennifer on Thu, 22 Sep 2022
From out of the woods river wends
its way along banks of tall grasses,
thistles share in this beauty with
wild flowers; while weeping willows
catch their reflection in flowing cool
water.
As reverie unfolds; I close my eyes
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Story and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem of the Month for August have been chosen by Ewan. Here's what he says:
As always, singling out one of each for Picks of the Month is very difficult.
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THE KINDNESS BY SJ HOWARTH (ABCTales' own JupiterMoon). OUT NOW!
When you know your time is short, anything starts to feel like everything…
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We have had to suspend the automatic joining facility for a while so if you would like to join us please email claudine@abctales.com(link sends e-mail) with your desired username and we will set up an...
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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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INSIDE ELEPHANT BY CATHERINE POARCH - THE REVIEWS ARE IN!
I am very pleased to announce the publication of 'Inside Elephant' - a delightful and very special collection of poetry by our very own Catherine Poarch.
Published on December 17th, it's available to pre-order now
From Silverwood Books:
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Picks of the Month
Insidious
Posted by TJW on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
Slowly
gradually
ultimately
Insidious
Casual conversation like
the casualties of war as
we're humming along in our
humvee
our
High
mobility
multipurpose
wheeled
vehicle
And the conversation turns lyrical;
it's a miracle
we ain't dead
having hummed along this phase
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