Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point (and a new challenge!)

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 06 Feb 2026

Posted by airyfairy.

To start February off, and following on from Soulfire77's wonderful Frankenplot competition, GlosKat has also generously promised to make a donation to ABCTales if people take up her challenge to write an Alphabet story or poem. Details are here: Alphabet You Can’t | ABCtales and the deadline is 18 February. Thank you to GlosKat for such a lovely idea!

Story of the Week is Part 1 of drew_gummerson's 'Minority Report'. As funny, surreal and insightful as we have come to expect from Drew's work, this one rewards reading several times over: Minority Report Part 1 | ABCtales

Poem of the Week is VeraClark's beautiful and bewitching 'Sisters of Snow'. This lovely piece perfectly captures the time of year, and so much more besides: Sisters of Snow | ABCtales

This week's Inspiration Point is here: Inspiration Point: Writing Cues To Battle Writer's Block | ABCtales

Hope everyone has a good week!

 

Comments

Submitted by drew_gummerson on

Thank you. And I loved Sisters of Snow! 

 

Submitted by SoulFire77 on

The Inspiration Point was the perfect thing I needed for my current work! I am writing a "Twilight Zone" type of story that was "missing something" until I read the IP. The "strangers on the train" element was EXACTLY the scene I needed.

*Note to self: "When in doubt, sprinkle in a little Hitchcock..." (or Patricia Highsmith, of course).*

Thank you!