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New Writing Challenge By SoulFire77 - Win Us Some Money!

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Tue, 15 Sep 2026

Soulfire77 has very generously offered us a donation for each scary story posted between now and October 30th, so please fire up your laptops and follow his instructions below. He's also written another Frankenplot challenge and will be making another donation for answers, but there's a twist! Here's what he says: It's Halloween, people! Wait, no, not really... It's still September, but why wait? Everyone seems ready for the change in the season...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 11 Sep 2026

Posted by airyfairy. Thank you once again to everyone who's contributed to ABCTales this week, by writing, commenting or just showing up to read some of the amazing stuff on here. Story of the Week is 'Appetite' by cliffordben502. Inspired by real-life tragic events, this is a taut, wonderfully paced story which asks so many questions but offers no easy answers or judgements. It is a very fine piece of writing indeed: Appetite | ABCtales Poem of...

Gregor by Drew Gummerson. Review by Sean McNulty

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Thu, 10 Sep 2026

In Drew Gummerson’s reimagining of Kafka’s Metamorphosis one day Gregor wakes to find his parents have been turned into bugs. What to do?

Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 06 Sep 2026

Our Story and Poem of the Month for August, very kindly chosen by Jane Hyphen

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 04 Sep 2026

A very big welcome to the new month and I hope everyone's lawns are turning green once again.

Contemplation of Roses by Annest Gwilym: A Review by Ewan Lawrie

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Wed, 26 Aug 2026

Contemplation of Roses I am very pleased to have been asked to write a review of long-time ABCTales member, Annest Gwilym’s latest poetry collection. Part I : is an almanac, with each poem representing a month of the year, running from April to March. Naturally, the first poem in this part is Spring: a vivid and colourful poem, split into two quatrains showing us what Spring isn’t, followed by an eight-line stanza of blank verse telling us what...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 21 Aug 2026

Chosen by marandina: It’s been so good to see rain again this week! As ever, it’s been a privilege reading all the stories and poems posted. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Some fabulous works-in-progress at the moment well worth your time. Ewan’s intriguing ‘Money for the Circus’ with chapter 14 at https://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/money-circus-14 Ivan the Okay-ish’s equally intriguing ‘The Bungalow’ with chapter 6 at https://www...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 14 Aug 2026

Posted by airyfairy. These heatwaves have gone beyond a joke - or a meme - now, so I'm really hoping everyone out there is staying safe wherever you are. Our Story of the Week is Ewan's 'Money for the Circus' (part 12)'. It's lovely when a writer picks up a work in progress that has stalled for a while, and comes back stronger than ever. Although this episode is strong enough to be a standalone, do yourself a favour and go back to read the...

Excavatum: A Northern Folk Story, 1953 by Sean McNulty, Available on Amazon NOW

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 09 Aug 2026

I'm delighted to announce that Excavatum: A Northern Folk Story, 1953 by our very own Sean McNulty is available to order on Amazon now. It was originally posted on ABCTales so I've already enjoyed it and can 100% recommend! Disembodied. So many living things.' Three exiled clergymen set off for Greenland aboard the trawler Dolores Costello with a wayward sea captain at the helm. When they are tasked with fulfilling a mother’s last wish, the...

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