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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 12 Dec 2025

Posted by onemorething: This week's Story of the Week is beanzie's My Dinosaur Era - pick any chapter. It's great writing and am really enjoying reading along. https://www.abctales.com/story/beanzie/my-dinosaur-era-chapter-44 This week's Poem of the Week is VeraClark's brilliant Variable. https://www.abctales.com/story/veraclark/variable This week's Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Wishing you all winter...

Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 07 Dec 2025

With grateful thanks to Turlough, here are the ABCTales Picks of the Month for November: ABC Tales Story and Poem of the Month for November 2025 With such a wonderful array of excellent writing to choose from, November was a month in which our busy and talented writers maintained the usual high standard, so picking out a story and a poem of the month was quite a task but one that I enjoyed. I’ve always had good feelings from being part of this...

The Payout Game by ABCTales Writer Robert Craven, Available to Preorder Now!

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 07 Dec 2025

A dead bookmaker. A rushed verdict. Inspector Crowe isn’t buying it. When a celebrity bookie washes up on the Dublin coast, Garda Inspector P.J. Crowe is dragged into a violent world of dog fights, crypto crime, and powerful men who want the truth buried. The Payout Game is gritty Irish noir for fans of Stuart MacBride and Tana French — fast, atmospheric, and impossible to put down. The Payout Game is now available for pre-order on Amazon!...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 05 Dec 2025

Posted by airyfairy December certainly seems to be bringing out the creativity in ABC Talers! There's been some wonderful stuff on the site this week. It's always a joy to read Turlough's letters from Bulgaria, and this week's cracker of a missive,'Papa's Got a Brand New Chainsaw', is our Story of the Week. Note to author: when are we going to see these collected in a book?? Papa’s Got a Brand New Chainsaw | ABCtales When we're struggling with...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 28 Nov 2025

Posted by airyfairy. Thank you, everyone for some amazing stuff this week! Story of the Week goes to SoulFire77's opening part of 'Lily'. It brilliantly manages the complex and difficult task of being ever so quietly very disturbing.. You'll be glad to know, once you've been completely drawn into the story and you're hooked, that there are more parts posted on the site, and the promise of more to come! Lily (A Prologue) | ABCtales Poem of the...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 21 Nov 2025

Thank you all so much for your wonderful contributions to our site this week. My choices are as follows: Poem of the Week is Jane Hyphen's brilliant 'The World is Closed' which is particularly apt for this time of the year: https://www.abctales.com/story/jane-hyphen/world-closed Story of the Week goes to Sean McNulty for today's part from his work in progress 'The Discharge'. It reads perfectly well as a stand alone and has one of the best and...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 14 Nov 2025

Posted by onemorething: This week's Poem of the Week is the timely, astute and excellent poem from Ewan, Land of Hope and Fury. https://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/land-hope-and-fury This week's Story of the Week is Caldwell's unsettling and brilliantly written tale, The Second Shadow. https://www.abctales.com/story/caldwell/second-shadow There was an abundance of great prose on the site this week too. From Turlough - will happily read anything...

Xion Island Zero by Katherine Black - Out Now!

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Wed, 12 Nov 2025

I'm very pleased to announce that Katherine Black (our very own Sooz Simpson) has just published Xion Island Zero, the sixth in her Inspector Nash series. Here's a review by celticman and a link to buy: Xion Island Zero is the sixth in the Inspector Nash series. You don’t need to know much about Nash as each book is a standalone. Five serial killers down. One to go. What remains consistent is place—Barrow (where the author lives). Nash also has...

Poem and Story of the Week, with Inspiration Point

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 07 Nov 2025

Poem and Story of the Week, with Inspiration Point posted by di_hard Thank You for all the great writing that's been contributed this week, which has brightened up the gathering gloom. Also for the comments, which are part of why ABCTales is the friendly, encouraging and inspirational place it is! A Huge Thank You to Tony Cook for donating £2000 towards the running of this site, so important to many people around the world. Poem of the Week is...

Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 02 Nov 2025

Our Story and Poem of the Month for October, very kindly chosen by Jane Hyphen: It's been a real struggle choosing this month. I don't know if it's just me but the volume and quality of writing has been incredible. Nevertheless I have chosen my favourites as follows: There has been an extraordinary volume of quality and class on ABC Tales, and also some spooky additions for Halloween. My favourite story of the month comes from VeraClark. A...

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