Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem of the Month for May, very kindly chosen by RJNewlyn:

Pick of the Month May 2026

It has been a great month of posts and well done to everyone for keeping up the quality. 

For prose, please do browse some of the excellent multi-part series:

Ivan the OK-ish’s Bron (https://www.abctales.com/collection/bron)

marandina’s Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (https://www.abctales.com/collection/prophesy-immortal-witch),

Cerasus Poetry’s time/song-linked stories (e.g., https://www.abctales.com/story/cerasus-poetry/another-brick-wall-decembe...)

Eric Marsh’s Amanderella Gottsnobbler stories (e.g., https://www.abctales.com/collection/amanderella-gottsnobbler-and-bangoli...).

Special commendation also to Lille Dante for “Look at that Girl” (https://www.abctales.com/story/lille-dante/look-girl)

But the award goes to VeraClark for the very inventive Ghosted: a Meteorology (https://www.abctales.com/story/veraclark/ghosted-meteorology). 

For poetry, do please look at SoulFire77’s Stay (https://www.abctales.com/story/soulfire77/stay) and

Mr Moon’s Yes Day (https://www.abctales.com/story/mr-moon/yes-day) which are both excellent, but

the award goes to Makis for something really quite timeless in Laying Down Roots:

(https://www.abctales.com/story/makis/laying-down-roots). 

Many congratulations to all concerned!