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Posted by onemorething. Picks of the Week, this week, go to two pieces that are both brilliantly written and also very moving. Poem of the Week is JupiterMoon's last orders at 'the weekend dad'. https://www.abctales.com/story/jupitermoon/last-orders-weekend-dad Our Story of the Week is Lille Dante's A Tale of Four Stones. https://www.abctales.com/story/lille-dante/tale-four-stones This week's Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/...

I'm very pleased to announce that One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay will be out on September 23rd. Ashton writes for ABCTales as mac_ashton and the story was originally posted on our site. If you'd like to pre-order a copy, you'll find the link included in this review by Ewan: One Night At Kedasi by Ashton Macaulay Shadow Dragon Press ISBN 1963832345 Sci-Fi, Space Mercenaries, humour and bugs. Or for some of us, creepy-crawlies. Massive...

Thanks to everyone who's posted their wonderful stories and poems on ABCTales this week and for your kindness in leaving comments on other people's work. My choices for our Story and Poem of the Week are as follows: Story of the Week goes to G M Backland for Worst Case Scenario - Being Peter to Save Paul (Part Two). This is, as hudsonmoon says in his comment 'insanely funny' and If it isn't picked up by a publisher once finished I'll eat my hat...

Posted by airyfairy. Really difficult to make the Picks this week. I've read and re-read, and in the end it just came down to the finest of margins. Story of the Week is the second chapter of mac_ashton's 'MARKeting'. Welcome to the world of office drones in the not too distant future! It made me laugh, and also gave me nightmare flashbacks to my own time having to be Appraised and listen to Office Speak. You have been warned... MARKeting (2) |...

It is with very great sadness that I have to announce the death of our very own Coral who wrote for ABCTales as Seashore Coral was a Trustee of ABCTales, as well as a hugely supportive and generous friend to the site. She was a very talented artist and writer and a great advocate for her late daughter Julia who also wrote for ABCTales under the name Overthetop1. You can read their work here: https://www.abctales.com/user/seashore https://www...

Our Story and Poem of the Month for July, very kindly chosen by Mark Say: Picks of the Month July 2025 Poem I wasn’t looking for it, but sadness seemed to be a strong theme in the stand-out poems this month, and the efforts to convey more painful emotions touched me strongly. For poem of the month I’ve opted for The Daughter-Wife by misskelizabeth. It conveys the pressures of a tragic, grief affected childhood, with some short and powerful...

Posted by onemorething: This week's Story of the Week is G M Backland's excellent and very funny Part 1 of Worst Case Scenario. https://www.abctales.com/story/g-m-backland/worst-case-scenario-being-peter-save-paul-part-one This week's Poem of the Week is the very lovely and thoughtful, You are, by samhennig. https://www.abctales.com/story/samhennig/you-are Our Inspiration Point for the week is here: https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip...

It's been a wonderful week for prose and poetry on ABCTales - a very big thank you to everyone who's posted their work and given encouragement to others with their comments My choices for this week are as follows: Story of the Week goes to Jane Hyphen for her brilliant two parter The Irritating Gentleman'. I hope to see this one disappear soon when it gets submitted for publication, so read it while it's still here! https://www.abctales.com/...

Posted by airyfairy. Another engrossing week on ABC Tales, and it's been, as usual, very hard to make the Picks.