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Alphabet You Can’t Inspired by Soulfire77’s Frankenplot competition (and beholden to him for the title above) I thought I would offer to donate £25 to ABC to see what anyone can come up with for ‘an Alphabet story’. This means a coherent story where every word starts with the next letter of the alphabet eg “A bear called David eats figs greedily ..“ type thing. It doesn’t have to be a story, it could be a poem or a non-fiction prose piece, any...

We might try to get right with God by obeying his commands. This would prove difficult. No human being has ever gone through the whole of their lives without breaking any of God's commands. If you break only one of them, you have become a law breaker. If you don't commit murder but do commit adultery, you have broken God's laws. James 2:9,10. We think that God's laws are right in our minds but putting them into practice is another matter. We...

I am pleased to report that two individuals were able to figure out which three novels created my Frankenplot ! I have donated $25 in your honor to ABCtales using the "Donate with JustGiving" button at the bottom of the page. I invite anyone who enjoys this website to contribute to ABCtales if they can. The two people will remain anonymous but I invite you to comment on your submission, if you wish. This was my Frankenplot (did you figure it out...

Our Story and Poem of the Month for January, very kindly chosen by Airyfairy:

Mary Shelley began Frankenstein at eighteen - a novel about a man who couldn't let the dead stay dead. Her husband Percy drowned six years into their marriage, off the Italian coast. His friends burned the body on the beach, but his heart wouldn't take the flame. Physicians theorize it had calcified from tuberculosis. Turned to stone. There was a fight over it. Another poet claimed it, insisted his love outranked a widow's. Mary got it back. She...

Today is the last day to try and guess what three novels make up my Frankenplot. You can email me at SoulFire77@protonmail.com with your answers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002q9qq/confessions-of-a-killer https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002q9sg/confessions-of-a-killer-series-1-2-judgement-day Why would a killer admit to being a killer? Confessions of a Killer are as old as Adam and Eve, Cain and Able. Printed fiction and stage-plays such as Jekyll and Hyde , fed into a penny-dreadful need to know more. To feel more. To become involved in what happens next. True-crime...

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point posted by di_hard What a brilliant week for writing! Perhaps it is approaching Spring stirring everyone's talents to create. This has made wonderful reading, but choosing even harder than usual. Please read all these listed if you can, and many others, too Highly recommended : This part of HarryC's fabulous work in progress, which will be published one day, and get the recognition such great...