Pick of the day
The First and Last Patriots
Posted by Lille Dante on Fri, 11 Sep 2026
Eleanor Shaw stepped off the coach at Amesbury just after six o’clock. The sky was a flat, colourless sheet, the kind of backdrop that made everything look like a faded photograph. A police drone hovered above the visitor centre, its single red light blinking like a tired eye.
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Appetite
Posted by cliffordben502 on Sat, 05 Sep 2026
The holding cell is smaller than Lindsay’s walk-in closet was, in the old apartment, and this seems to her the most important fact about the room — more important than the bolted bench, or the toilet with no lid, or the small window of wired glass. She has already found the correct way to sit on the cell’s bench: spine flat to the wall, ankles crossed at a slight angle, hands stacked in her lap like something laid out for a viewing.Read morePoem of the week
Lethowsow, The Drowned Land
Posted by Angusfolklore on Sun, 06 Sep 2026
You will drown as you dream of me,
a lost land that still demands sacrifice.
I am not your soft, spoiled meadows
under the dreaming crystal meres,
but a landscape of rage barely chained
you will never know or reckon with.
Under the sea, my green land remaining,
frozen under ten thousand tides
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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
Posted by airyfairy.
Thank you once again to everyone who's contributed to ABCTales this week, by writing, commenting or just showing up to read some of the amazing stuff on here.
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Story and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem of the Month for August, very kindly chosen by Jane Hyphen:
These are my choices for the month. So hard to choose! I could have mentioned more but you don't want a ramble so I've contained it as much as possible.
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Excavatum: A Northern Folk Story, 1953 by Sean McNulty, Available on Amazon NOW
I'm delighted to announce that Excavatum: A Northern Folk Story, 1953 by our very own Sean McNulty is available to order on Amazon now.
It was originally posted on ABCTales so I've already enjoyed it and can 100% recommend!
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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
The Less Miserables Keep a Secret (3)
Posted by SoulFire77 on Wed, 05 Aug 2026
The next morning, Hector went to the park at dawn.
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