Insertponceyfrenchnamehere's blog

Our Story and Poem for the month of March, very kindly chosen by onemorething The birds are starting to tell us that Spring is here and it’s my pleasure to choose the Picks of the Month for a blustery March. It feels like it hasn’t stopped raining where I am in England for the last few weeks so I’m looking forward to some warmth and brightness. Though reading all the wonderful writing on the site always brings its own light and comfort and ever...

Lem has been a long-time contributer to ABCTales. At our reading event she mentioned that 'Feeding the Sea' which she read so beautifully last night had been accepted by Seaside Gothic, so a big congratulations to her! You can buy your copy here: https://seasidegothic.com/shop/issues/issue-6/

A very big thank you to all who came to our online reading event last night. I think it was our best yet with some truly spectacular performances. I'm very very grateful to Mark Burrow and onemorething for herding kittens organising the reading list, and to Mark for keeping everything running so smoothly on the night. As an added bonus Mark has recorded this one, due to popular demand, so if you couldn't make it we'll be posting a link once it's...

Happy Spring to all! Our Poem of the Week is JupiterMoon's 'the frog pond at equinox' - an incredible poem. You can read it here: https://www.abctales.com/story/jupitermoon/frog-pond-equinox Our Story of the Week is rosaliekempthorne's brilliant Ice Blue Eyes. You can read it here: https://www.abctales.com/story/rosaliekempthorne/ice-blue-eyes And if you haven't read these pieces already, you should. Fine writers and fine writing from Terrence...

This is to let you all know that our Terms of Use section has now been updated to reflect our decision not to alllow the use of AI on our site. https://www.abctales.com/legal If you have any further queries about this please email Claudine@abctales.com

Very pleased to announce that the reading list for our upcoming virtual event on Saturday April 1st is now FULL! We still have places in the audience but you must register here or you won't be allowed in: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqd-mopjkvHt2R5NRDreRa_8JOzMvT5Frw We have some brilliant readers and it's always a wonderful evening so we'd love to see as many of you as possible. We start at 7pm All enquiries to rachel@abctales.com

Posted by Ewan on Fri, 17 Mar 2023 An interesting week this one. The prose side of things was exceptionally difficult due to some fantastic writing by quite a few different people. Celticman’s Schmooze Control was a snarling, vivid piece that must have been as cathartic to write as it was to read . Mark Say’s A Man Called Malcolm was as good as any short story has a right to be. On any other week either of these could have been Story of the Week...

Posted by airyfairy Firstly, just a reminder about the ABCTales Virtual Reading Night, hosted by Mark Burrow, on 1 April. If you haven't yet, please do email rachel@abctales.com (link sends e-mail) to reserve your place, with both your user name and real name. These events are always friendly, supportive and great fun, and it's lovely to see and hear new readers. Or just come along to be part of the audience! You can see the original...

It's come to our attention that AI is being used by some of our members. I've discussed this with our trustees, editors and directors and we are all in agreement that ABCTales isn't the place for it. We will be updating our Terms of Use to reflect this shortly, but in the meantime just don't! If anything is published on our site using AI we will require it to be removed within 24 hours. This is a creative writing site and we love reading what...

Our Story and Poem of the Month for February have very kindly been chosen by marandina: Spring is in the air, winter now behind us after a tricky few months for many, what with the cost of living crisis, the ongoing war in Ukraine and other issues at home and abroad. A bright ball of sun in a blue sky remains the writing oasis at ABCTales.com. It was lovely to be asked back to choose the monthly picks for February. It meant I could masquerade as...