ABCtales 2016 London Competition
The details of our fantastic new competition can be found here:
http://www.abctales.com/blog/tcook/new-abctales-competition
Best of luck to all entrants!
Keep in touch
After a while, you get used to the sound of the shelling. So it’s hard to imagine a world without it. I can usually tell ours from theirs – theirs...
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Storms
*** When we were kids we watched in awe. ***
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The Lookout Boy
No blood relation. Sentry at the gatehouse of some vast and rambling estate. His wife had followed him down through the years, held the front-line in...
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William's Powder Keg
“No one grows up in straight lines,” said Elbert, patting William on the knee. “I can already see you walking stronger than when we set sail.”...
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DOLLY'S ROOM
Doris had always loved dolls. They were her babies, she said. She had never married, although she had once been engaged to a pilot, who had been...
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post down the line
We grew up, lips leerin’ The whistle went son, the game begins Once round, no-man’s again Barbed wire, no-holds quintain Drilling, dodging, filthy...
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White Feather
He gets off the bus, left leg first, always left leg first. It isn't far to the entrance of Green Park and it is a sunny day. It has been raining for...
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FRAMED
There is a picture in a silver frame - My Grandparents on their wedding day; And a metal box with water stains That still retains the pungent smell...
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Caring
' ...looks like it's down to me to show you around...! I've only got ten minutes left of my shift then I'm into overtime! Management won't be happy...
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Icarus Falling
The smell of aviation fuel and the throaty sound of the Le Rhône engine on start-up was the best part of any sortie, Fawcett believed. 'The promise...
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