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Our Story and Poem for December, very kindly chosen by Drew Gummerson: It’s always an honour to do this, to choose the Story and Poem of the Month. I’ve been looking over the past few days at December’s entries and once again I’m impressed by the quality and range of writing on the site. Story of Month First some notable mentions. It wouldn’t be December if I didn’t flag a Christmas story and Mac_Ashton’s Yuletide Loops is a brilliant one. A...

Happy New Year to all our wonderful writers and poets - I wish you inspiration in abundance for 2024 and a complete absence of writers block! For our very first picks of the week for 2024 I have two wonderful pieces. Our Poem of the Week goes to onemorething for her powerful folklore inspired 'Witches of Long Compton'. Our Story of the Week is the brilliant Cernunnos by josiedog which is excellent, and has some of the funniest and well written...

Posted by airyfairy. The festive season is nearly over, which will be a matter of regret for some and considerable relief for others! I've always enjoyed what I gather we now call Twixmas - the decorations are still up but the pressure is over. And as ever, ABC writers have considerably enhanced my week. Story of the Week is Simon Barget's complex, entertaining and thought-provoking 'Lenny'. I can't go better than one commenter who described it...

I'm very pleased to announce that yet another of our very talented ABCTales writers has published a new book! This time it's Ice Rivers' Full Filled: Etherial Serial. Here's what he says: Welcome to the thrilling culmination of a journey like no other. "Fullfilled (Ethereal Serial)," the third and final book of the gripping trilogy by the master storyteller Ice Rivers, is here to captivate your imagination. In this remarkable conclusion, you...

I am very pleased to announce that our very own Luigi Pagano has published Jessica's World which appeared first here on ABCTales.com as a series: 'The family relationship between Jessica, her rich and considerate Uncle Jeremy, and a wealthy widow soon to be wed to him' You can read it here on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1494343

Posted by onemorething: Firstly, can I say sorry for missing a Pick of the Day this week and doing yesterday's and the Picks of the Week today rather than on the usual Friday. I have had a bit of a crazy, busy week and somehow managed to forget both! Apologies! However, I have had a very lovely morning catching up on all the wonderful stories and poems shared this week ~ beautiful poems of winter walks, sterner lines of winter's ills, spine-...

I'm delighted to announce that Willow's Tail by JoAnne Stefanizzi (ABCTales' very own Penny4athought) has just been published! 'Willow is not an ordinary cat; she is a familiar and her human is Martha Kendalite. Martha is no ordinary human, hence the familiar lounging under the delphiniums in her garden. Willow and Martha are content with their days, happy with their routine and the uneventful surroundings of their hometown. That is, until the...

As we lurch towards Christmas and the music whenever you step into a shop becomes more and more raucous, ABCTales is such an oasis of creativity in which to take a pause. Thank you all so much for being a part of it I have a couple of very honourable mentions for you first this week - Turlough's 100 words a day This Sort of Thing is an absolute pleasure to read, and Rhiannonw's walk Up to the Hoar Frost an icy delight. Do read them: https://www...

Well this definitely deserves a place on our front page: Bex Hainsworth who wrote on ABCTales as Mistaken Magic has published her first poetry anthology. Not only that, but one of the poems in the collection, ‘An Octopus Picks Litter at the End of the World’ has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize by her publisher, The Black Cat Poetry Press. Very big congratulations to her! I'm sure most of you won't remember me, but this site was such an...

Who's Aldo? by ABCTales writer Colin Burnett is published by Tippermuir Books and avaiable now! Link to order and wonderful review by Ewan Lawrie below: Who’s Aldo? By Colin Burnett I first came across Colin Burnett on the writing site ABCTales.com, where an early draft of Aldo’s first outing. ‘A Working Class State of Mind’ was available to read for a while. As I recall many members were stunned by the authentic, vibrant voice(s) in the writing...