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Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 02 Mar 2025

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...

Free Online Event!

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sat, 01 Mar 2025

Free online event. Saturday March 22nd 11.30am Six brilliant writers, six great talks! Hosted by author Jennifer McMahon, and including ABCTales very own Mark Burrow whose talk is entitled 'How to be an UNsuccessful Writer' this sounds like a wonderful event! Further details and a link to book your free ticket: https://www.creativecommunitysessions.com/p/get-your-ticket-for-our-march-22nd

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 28 Feb 2025

Posted by Onemorething: I'll get straight to it. Poem of the Week is the remarkable The Lighthouse Keeper of Ras Gombo by Turlough. https://www.abctales.com/story/turlough/lighthouse-keeper-ras-gombo Beautiful poetry. Story of the Week is one part of beanzie's Martha. Great writing. https://www.abctales.com/story/beanzie/7-martha Always a pleasure to read what's been posted on the site each week. We're very lucky to have such a wonderful and...

Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 21 Feb 2025

Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point, chosen by di-hard Thank you very much for all your fabulous writing this week! There have been so many brilliant posts, particularly stories inspired by Inspiration Points. After much whittling down of a long and very deserving list - Highly recommended is a heart warming account of an interview, from Itane Vero : https://www.abctales.com/story/itane-vero/having-perhaps-better-claim Also this...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 14 Feb 2025

The sun has just come out from behind the grey clouds for the first time in what feels like months but is probably only a week, so that’s number one on my Reasons to be Cheerful list for today. Coming in at a very close second has been the pleasure of reading through everything that’s been posted on ABCTales this week. A very big thank you to all of you who’ve contributed, not only with your writing, but with the constructive comments you’ve...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 07 Feb 2025

Posted by airyfairy. Thank you, as ever, to everyone who has contributed to ABC Tales this week. So much good stuff! Poem of the Week is 'Dug' by one of our newer writers, McMedusa. Sometimes joy, gratitude and love just shine out from a piece of writing, and this is one of those times. And there's the added bonus of a beautiful picture of said 'Dug'! "Dug" | ABCtales Story of the Week is Chapter 9 of Sooz006's unsettling, scary, and complex...

Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 02 Feb 2025

Our Story and Poem for the Month of January, very kindly chosen by marandina: Well here we go again….another January gone….and another new year under way. We now have new governments in situ on both sides of the Atlantic. Donald trump is back in the US and it’s as though he’s never been away. Maybe this is the beginning of the end for the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. We can hope so. As ever, the writing oasis that is ABCTales remains a...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 31 Jan 2025

A big hello to everyone from the last day of January which couldn't come soon enough for me. The days are already lengthening and there are lots of green shoots in my garden - all very welcome distractions from events I have two pieces of news from ABCTales: a big welcome back to Sooz06 who's posting her latest work in progress which is looking very good so far: https://www.abctales.com/story/sooz006/book-chapter-1 And tomorrow I'm sure you'll...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 24 Jan 2025

Posted by Onemorething. Our Poem of the Week is queen beatle's rather beautiful Dryad. https://www.abctales.com/story/queen-beatle/dryad Our Story of the Week is hudsonmoon's wonderful Making Resolutions at Ned's 1944. https://www.abctales.com/story/hudsonmoon/making-resolutions-neds-1944 This week's Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Stay safe over this stormy weekend and wishing you all a warm and lovely...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 17 Jan 2025

Posted by airyfairy Reading this week's wonderful ABC contributions has certainly brightened up bleak January for me. The great stuff on here bodes very well for 2025! Story of the Week is the latest episode of JA Stapleton's noir detective tale 'The Patrolman'. Beautifully written, immensely enjoyable, and a piece of writing that would serve as a stand-alone story as well as another part of an intriguing whole. If you haven't read the rest of...

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