Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by marandina:

It’s been another busy week on site with lots of longer works posted.

I have enjoyed following multi-part pieces from Jane Hyphen, hudsonmoon, SoulFire77, Eric Marsh and Ivan the OK-ish, in particular.

Extracts from each are below. Just dive in.

https://www.abctales.com/story/jane-hyphen/old-walls-part-5

https://www.abctales.com/story/hudsonmoon/day-life-part-five

https://www.abctales.com/story/soulfire77/fewer-each-time-1

https://www.abctales.com/story/eric-marsh/amanderella-and-gooseberry-mystery

https://www.abctales.com/story/ivan-ok-ish/bungalow-22

My story of the week is ‘MUSSELS’ by TOMCRA. A new writer to the site, this tale is immaculate in its use of description and world building.

https://www.abctales.com/story/tomcra/mussels

In terms of poetry, there has been so much wonderful work to enjoy.

Do have a read of drkevin’s beautiful ‘The Church’ at:

https://www.abctales.com/story/drkevin/church

maybeamelia’s ‘the starving dance’ is haunting and ominous at:

https://www.abctales.com/story/maybeamelia/starving-dance

CrocodileSun’s ‘Pavane for bleakness’ spans the seasons at:

https://www.abctales.com/story/crocodilesun/pavane-bleakness

Penny4athought’s ‘October 31^st’ skilfully shows the different sides of Halloween at:

https://www.abctales.com/story/penny4athought/october-31st

maudsy’s ‘Selworthy’ is evocative and poignant at:

https://www.abctales.com/story/maudsy/selworthy

My poem of the week is Celticman’s ‘bonfire night’ - an incendiary reflection on history repeating and the turbulent times we live in

https://www.abctales.com/story/celticman/bonfire-night

This week’s inspiration point is at: https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip