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Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point posted by di-hard Thank You so much for the fabulous writing posted this week. There are too many wonderful stories, in particular, to highlight them all, but as a sample if you haven't already, please check out the work of Eric Marsh, who is every day posting most enjoyable instalments in his Dragons' Lair stories for children, also Amandarella and the Haunted Mill. Here's a link to today's...

Posted by airyfairy. Out of the heatwave and into blustery winds and endless rain - the British summer has arrived! This week's Story of the Week is Sorraya's wonderful 'Mo Rún'. It has a brilliant narrative voice combined with wit and a genuinely involving plot. Enjoy! Mo rún | ABCtales Our Poem of the Week is HarryC's 'Blue'. A beautifully evocative memory, and everything about it catches the reader up in the freedom and excitement of youth:...

Our Story and Poem of the Month for May, very kindly chosen by RJNewlyn:

A very warm welcome to our new members, and to those who've returned after a while - it's always nice to see familiar names.

Posted by airyfairy. Whether you've been enjoying or surviving the heatwave, I hope everyone's had a good week! Story of the Week is 'Doing It', a dryly funny tale from Ivan the OK-ish. As well as this author's always enthralling scene-setting and dialogue, there's a great twist at the end. There is more than one way to turn your life around: Doing it | ABCtales Poem of the Week is 'Yes Day', Mr Moon's beautiful tale of a parent and child's...

This week’s picks have been chosen by marandina: Here I am standing in again for onemorething who is indisposed but will be back with you very soon. Some impressive works-in-progress gracing the site at the moment. Do have a look at: Ivan the OK-ish continues his impressive novel-in-waiting ‘Bron’ with https://www.abctales.com/story/ivan-ok-ish/bron-41 Eric Marsh is posting more of his wonderful Amandarella and Glenda the Wendle stories. Try:...

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point posted by di_hard It is often difficult to choose Best Story, but this week, it is almost impossible. Ralph's inner conversation is like seeing a raw wound, unflinchingly honest, in writing so beautiful, there is a powerful dignity : https://www.abctales.com/story/ralph/memoir-disco-dancer-prologue-bluebe... If you haven't yet read Eric Marsh's adventures of Amandarella, please do! While he has...

I am very pleased to announce the publication of 'For All We Know We Don't' - a collection of short stories by our very own Sean McNulty. It's available to order from Amazon here: https://tinyurl.com/msw6b5js FOR ALL WE KNOW WE DON'T is a darkly comic picture of adolescence in Ireland's boisterous and poetic northeast. A coming-of-age story cycle from the glory days of VHS, Samantha Fox, and escaped paramilitaries. Ireland in the late 1980s. It'...

Our Story and Poem of the Month for April, very kindly chosen by Airyfairy

Posted by airyfairy. First of all, a reminder of our brilliant new writing challenge, courtesy of Cerasus Poetry. It promises to be a lot of fun: “The Way We Heard”: A New Fiction Challenge for ABCtales | ABCtales Story of the Week goes - after a lot of thought, because everyone seems to be on a roll at the moment - to the latest chapter of Eric Marsh's Amanderella Gottsnobbler series. It's fun, it's brilliantly written, it's a children's story...