Pick of the day
Say No To Him
Posted by sean mcnulty on Fri, 02 Oct 2026
It will lay thick on the ground today, the snow, for it comes in a crazy whirling fashion, like the weather has lost control of whatever cargo it meant to deliver. Cold particles bite the skin, dampen and redden the face, their abundance makes it hard to walk, hard to see the path in front.
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Frankenplot: Dark is the light.
Posted by celticman on Sat, 26 Sep 2026
The wind tried to bury him. Hunted and haunted him, but the desert silence was the food and drink he needed. If he hadn’t been so tired. Squinted and shut his eyes, he’d have seen that the devil was no longer walking up and down the world but had drawn closer.‘Son of Lazarus, the devil whispered. ‘How far have you come and where are you going?’Read more
Poem of the week
Frankenplot: The Hacker
Posted by Ewan on Tue, 29 Sep 2026
With many many apologies to EAP.
Well, you asked for it. This is a Frankenplot poem.
Image created using canva.com from PD elements
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Story and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem for September, very kindly chosen by hudsonmoon:
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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
A big thank you to everyone who's posted their stories, poems and blogs on ABCTales this week - it's been a real pleasure to read them.
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New Writing Challenge By SoulFire77 - Win Us Some Money!
Soulfire77 has very generously offered us a donation for each scary story posted between now and October 30th, so please fire up your laptops and follow his instructions below.
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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
White Noise
Posted by skinner_jennifer on Mon, 14 Sep 2026
Now I'm in the system riding on ocean
waves of chemotherapy and medication
deeper than anything I've known before,
needles bruise; feeding Pembrolizumab –
Aprepitant – Ondansetron.
Restore this malfunctioning body, let me
be pure...crush the enemy. I imagine good
cells as they glow in bright white light that
shimmers as I anticipate autumn's energy
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For Present Company
Posted by sean mcnulty on Sat, 19 Sep 2026
These streets and their cigarette butts. They lie dead in the puddles like forgotten men. They’ll be gone soon in the coming slush. Winter’s assignment is to give us all a good wash, person and paving alike.
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