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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by airyfairy. I was all set to greet you with happy things about the coming of Spring, but then the weather changed its mind again (in my neck of the woods, anyway) and so...happy Spring, Second Winter, Early Summer, whatever is the current state of affairs where you are.

Brett Anderson (2018) Coal Black Mornings.

Brett Anderson is the lead singer of Suede. I’ve heard of the band, but not listened to any of their records. His first love was Justine Frischmann. She was also was a founding member of Suede and later became the frontwoman of Elastica. They both attended University College London in the late seventies. Nope. Never heard of her either. I can’t therefore be described as a fan. I don’t listen to music. I’m not likely to erect a flagpole and fly...

Abir Mukherjee (2024) Hunted

Abir Mukherjee has written five international bestsellers set in 1920s India, (Wyndham & Banerjee) still owned by the English between the First and Second World War. I’ve not read any of them. Hunted is my first stab at his work. The author informs readers it took three years to write almost 500 pages. He’s from Hamilton. Just up the road from me. I’m not saying that’s a great achievement, coming from Hamilton, many people do. But if he came...

'Gift, a son's story' by Dan Seagrave - out now!

I'm very pleased to announce the publication of 'Gift, a son's story' by Dan Seagrave. Dan writes as HarryC on ABCTales and is one of our most talented writers. You can order your copy here (free on Kindle Unlimited) https://tinyurl.com/4snv2e3n 'In 2016, Dan Seagrave and his family were faced with a decision that faces so many people with elderly relatives. His mother had to go into hospital with a serious illness. While she was in there, it...

Happiness is a warm keyboard=I live to and love to write

Happiness is a warm keyboard and more than ever…it’s providing my escape from a sad reality. My guiding light, my shinning star, has gone out. The loss of my love, my spouse, my heart has changed the trajectory of my world. He encouraged my writing, championed my efforts and was the daily voice threaded through decades of my life. The love we shared was my muse when I created the hero and heroine of a tale; he was forefront in my thoughts,...

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Channel4, Film4, written and directed by Martin McDonagh.

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-banshees-of-inisherin Critically acclaimed The Banshees of Inisherin reunited Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson with Richard McDonagh after their successful collaboration on In Bruges. McDonagh’s repertoire of works also includes award winning Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and this was classified as a return to his roots. You get the message. This was or is a great film. One of the classics. To...

Testing To See If Anyone Will Find Me Here....

As i have never read a Blog on here, I did not know such a thing on here exsisted. Why would someone want to write a blog, where no one will find them? Is a blog worth it? MJG

Apologies

If i haven't been quite on top of replying to comments etc. in the last couple of weeks, this is why

They're back!

This has been the first week for a long time in which I haven't had an episode of one serial or another to write and publish, and I miss it! The latest Josiah and Archibald story, 'Dead Reckoning', finally reached its conclusion last week and I've been struggling to think of what to do next. Then it occurred to me that, when we last heard from them, Aefelthrith (sometimes known as Ethel) and Gwladys (who used to be her maid) were in a stolen...

Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem for the month of February, very kindly chosen by Mark Burrow I enjoyed reading through the different posts over the course of the month and it was nice to see some new ABC'ers on the site. Story of the month goes to HudsonMoon for Goose-Stepping Down Main Street . It could be seen as a little slice of nightmarish dystopia, or perhaps a realistic portrayal of the desperate times we find ourselves in. Either way, it takes skill...

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