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Posted by airyfairy. A hard job choosing this week's Picks, as ever. And the two pieces are very, very different, which is what is so lovely about the site. There's such a variety of work, truly something for everybody.

If you, like me, are a fan of Phil Whiteland's very funny Bring Out Your Dead stories, you'll also be very pleased to hear that he's publishing another collection. Here's what he says: Welcome, once more, to the rather odd world of Josiah Oakshott and Archibald Thurble, respectively owner and employee of Oakshott and Underwood, ‘understanding and sympathy at your time of need’. If you’re new to these two characters, where have you been? Their...

Posted by onemorething: Thanks to all, as always, for providing such a rich and varied wealth of writing. And whilst choosing Picks of the Week is never easy: This week's Poem of the Week is Rhiannon's wonderful and clever, riddle-like poem, Autobiography. https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/autobiography-not-mine This week's Story of the Week is Terrence Oblong's Austere Planet which is both brilliant and hilarious. https://www.abctales...

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...