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Family Man by Colin Burnett. Review!

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sat, 02 May 2026

I'm very pleased to annnounce the publication of Colin Burnett's new book 'Family Man' ' Adolfo Ali makes his long-awaited return in this fast-moving and unpredictable third outing. Complex anti-hero, Aldo, is the de facto head of Edinburgh’s most powerful crime family. But being a crime boss isn’t what it used to be. Not only does Aldo need to balance his duties running his crew of killers and psychotic hitmen, but he also needs to hope and...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 01 May 2026

Before announcing our Picks of the Week, I have a couple of things to tell you. Firstly, you have until midnight on Sunday May 3rd to get your entries in for Turlough's wonderful ABCTales Superpoem. Not much time left now! All details here: https://www.abctales.com/blog/insertponceyfrenchnamehere/inaugural-abc-tales-superpoem The resulting Superpoem will be posted on Tuesday May 5th and I can't wait to see it! Secondly, we have another fabulous...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sat, 25 Apr 2026

Posted by onemorething: And posted incredibly late. Apologies. Our Story of the Week is Bron-33 by Ivan the OK-ish. Clever and excellent writing. It made me smile as well as feel faintly horrified at the mouse carnage. https://www.abctales.com/story/ivan-ok-ish/bron-33 Our Poem of the Week is Jennifer's very charming Dandelions. https://www.abctales.com/story/jennifer/dandelions Our new Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/...

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 17 Apr 2026

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point posted by di_hard This week has included the spectacular finale to Penny4athought's brilliant writing challenge : https://www.abctales.com/blog/insertponceyfrenchnamehere/new-writing-cha... Thank You so much, both to JoAnne for her inspiration, and to everyone who contributed. And now we have a NEW challenge, from Turlough! Please do check it out and add your own 17 words : https://www.abctales...

The Inaugural ABC Tales Superpoem

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Thu, 16 Apr 2026

After the wonderful success of Penny4athought's excellent initiative, I'm very pleased to announce our brand new writing challenge, The Inaugural ABCTales Superpoem, which is Turlough's brilliant idea. Here's what he says: I’m sure that everyone would agree with me if I were to say that ABCTales is a hotbed of talented writers, all working individually to turn out wonderful poetry and prose. Also, the recently completed Penny’s Pass The Story...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 10 Apr 2026

Before the Picks of the Week I'd like to say a very big thank you to Penny4athought for her wonderful writing challenge which is now entering its final stretch. It's been a spectacular success and I've really enjoyed all the fabulous entries. Thanks also to the exceptional talents of all who participated: https://www.abctales.com/blog/insertponceyfrenchnamehere/new-writing-challenge-alert-pennys-pass-story Watch this space for our next challenge...

Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 05 Apr 2026

Our Story and Poem of the Month for March, very kindly chosen by Di-Hard: One great thing about this month has been Penny4athought's challenge. I highly recommend each of its brilliant parts, and there are still two more opportunities to join in! https://www.abctales.com/blog/insertponceyfrenchnamehere/new-writing-cha... All of Lille Dante's pieces this month are fabulous, too many to list. Try : https://www.abctales.com/story/lille-dante/%E2%80...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 03 Apr 2026

Posted by airyfairy. Longer days at last, and slightly warmer weather, although Storm Dave can take his leave as soon as he likes. It's been a joy to read the wonderful contributions to our current writing challenge, and there's still an opportunity for you to get involved in the final two parts! This really has been a cracker of a challenge, and many thanks to Penny4athought for such a brilliant idea, and for her generosity: New Writing...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 27 Mar 2026

Posted by onemorething: This Week's Story of the Week is Not of God by Alexander Moore - great writing, deeply unsettling, left me wanting to know more. https://www.abctales.com/story/alexander-moore/not-god This Week's Poem of the Week is Ralph's A Steady Carry On. Truth be told, I found it hard to choose between this and the other poem he posted this week - both powerful and beautifully written. You can read them here: https://www.abctales.com...

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 20 Mar 2026

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point posted by di_hard Thank You so much for all your wonderful writing! First off, I cannot recommend highly enough that you check out Penny4athought's brilliant writing challenge, which has, already, inspired two FABULOUS entries, from Celticman and Luigi https://www.abctales.com/story/penny4athought/pennys-pass-story https://www.abctales.com/story/celticman/penny%E2%80%99s-pass-parcel%E2%... https...

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