Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point

posted by di-hard

Thank You so much for the fabulous writing posted this week.

There are too many wonderful stories, in particular,  to highlight them all, but as a sample

if you haven't already, please check out the work of Eric Marsh, who is every day posting most enjoyable instalments in his Dragons' Lair stories for children, also Amandarella and the Haunted Mill. Here's a link to today's Mill instalment : 
https://www.abctales.com/story/eric-marsh/amanderella-and-haunted-mill-c...

Hudsonmoon brings his much loved protagonists Betty and Craven back for what I hope will be the start of a fresh adventure :
https://www.abctales.com/story/hudsonmoon/nighthawks

A new set of skillfully described characters with great dialogue from Celticman :
https://www.abctales.com/story/celticman/boomtown

Also, this haunting piece about a young girl with schitzophrenia, from LizF:
https://www.abctales.com/story/lizf/safe-open

After a lot of re-reading, Story of the Week is this very funny taster from colin.b's upcoming book, Family Man :
https://www.abctales.com/story/colinb/extract-my-new-book-family-man

Mark Ashley's poems are always well-worth reading - thought provoking, delicate, gorgeous. He has posted two this week, here's one :
https://www.abctales.com/story/markashley/just-another-day-0

Sam Hennig's account of a run, also colour rich, by contrast, is visceral, of the present:
https://www.abctales.com/story/samhennig/running-through-wildflowers

Makis has posted a description of a Turner painting, expertly evoking scale, movement, force. This is Poem of the Week:
https://www.abctales.com/story/makis/shipwreck-green

I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and a stress free week ahead.

This week's Inspiration Point is here : https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip