Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

It's been a wonderful week for posting on ABCTales and consequently it's been really hard to pick the best of the best -  especially prose - but here are my choices: Poem of the Week goes to Michael S R Valentine for Horreur a Paris - a powerful and heartfelt reaction written in the immediate aftermath of recent events. The Story of the Week is Terrence Oblong's Getting Fat, a quite extraordinary piece. It's not his usual style. Do read both and let us know what you think:

http://www.abctales.com/story/michael-s-r-valentine/horreur-%C3%A0-paris

For this week's Inspiration Point I'm giving you two words: light and dark. Use them both or just one - good luck!

Finally, a piece of really good news! Laurie Avadis' (lavadis on ABCTales) brilliant debut novel Ex is being submitted for the Desmond Elliot prize for fiction, so do join me in wishing him all the luck in the world, and if you haven't bought a copy yet, here's a link for you:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Laurie-Avadis/dp/1783520876/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF...