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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sat, 25 Dec 2021

A very Merry Christmas to all our lovely ABCTalers, wherever you are and whatever you're doing and I hope 2022 brings you all something a bit less covid-y than 2021. Thank you all for your wonderful contributions this year and for the generosity you've shown towards others with your encouragement and kindness. For my final picks of the year, I've chosen The Otherworldly Visitor of Oscaloo by donignacio which was well written and very funny, and...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 17 Dec 2021

Hoping everyone is safe and snug with mince pies and mulled wine. Our Story of the Week is the Christmas treat of Pad Life: So Here It Is’. https://www.abctales.com/story/airyfairy/pad-life-so-here-it Our Poem of the Week is JupiterMoon’s beautiful poem ‘and when we should have felt like strangers’. https://www.abctales.com/story/jupitermoon/and-when-we-should-have-felt-strangers Many more great things to read from this week - have been loving...

INSIDE ELEPHANT BY CATHERINE POARCH - THE REVIEWS ARE IN!

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Thu, 16 Dec 2021

I am very pleased to announce the publication of 'Inside Elephant' - a delightful and very special collection of poetry by our very own Catherine Poarch. Published on December 17th, it's available to pre-order now From Silverwood Books: https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/inside-elephant-by-catherine-poarch or from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Elephant-Catherine-Poarch/dp/1800421613/... Two reviews for you - the first from airyfairy and...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 10 Dec 2021

Two wonderful picks for you today! Poem of the Week goes to Turlough for his brilliant 'Copse and Robbers' which has made for a real discussion point on ABCTales this week Story of the Week is a two-parter last minute entry from drew_gummerson. Shrodinger's Dog has just about everything you could imagine (and a few more things besides), including a very happy ending. It's a must read! https://www.abctales.com/story/turlough/copse-and-robbers...

Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 05 Dec 2021

Our picks for November, very kindly chosen by Mark Say: Story of the month This month’s top pick is one to put a smile on your face - Chocolate, Tobacco and Horse Muck by Turlough. It’s a lovely combination of family and social history, including a series of funny anecdotes and turns of phrase, all told with affection and good eye for detail of a past life. Highly entertaining and quite touching. https://www.abctales.com/story/turlough/chocolate...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 03 Dec 2021

A very big thank you to everyone who's posted their work this week - we're so grateful to you all! Another even bigger thank you to onemorething who has been delighting us with a different poem each day for Tree Week Huge congratulations to my picks this week: Story of the Week goes to Celticman for Twosies or Threesies - he takes us back to a childhood of grinding poverty in Glasgow. I think it's one of his best, and that's saying something...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 26 Nov 2021

Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 26 Nov 2021 As always, really tough to make choices. Not surprisingly, the political situation here in the UK has moved several ABCtalers to put finger to keyboard. And opinions have differed. It's what writers do. Our Story of the Week is one such piece, Terrence Oblong's 'I Stayed Up For Portillo'. For non-UK readers, the announcement that MP Michael Portillo had lost his seat was the moment the nation realised the...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point 12th November 2021

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 12 Nov 2021

As difficult as ever to choose. Drew Gummerson’s WIP continues to reach his own very high standards. If you haven’t been following it start here if you have, go here Also of note were Turlough’s autobiographical piece ‘Chocolate, Tobacco and Horse Muck’ and Marandina’s scabrously funny look at a government that in no way resembles our own, no sir, continues with ‘A Lorry Load of Sleaze’ Do take a look, it’s very funny indeed. However our Story...

Story and Poem of The Month

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 07 Nov 2021

Our Story and Poem for the month of October, very kindly chosen by rjnewlyn: What a great month! Well done to everyone who posted in October – it has been a tough choice. Obviously the heart of autumn/fall brings out the nature observation, particularly in the poetry and in this vein I recommend having a look at Angusfolklore’s Autumn Things ( https://www.abctales.com/story/angusfolklore/autumn-things ) and Di_Hard’s October Robin ( https://www...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 05 Nov 2021

There's been some really amazing work posted on ABCTales this week - and halloween has proved a wonderful inspiration for much of it - please keep it coming! My picks for this week: Poem of the Week goes to Ewan for his brilliant A Northern Song - certainly no need for levelling up on ABCTales with writers like him! https://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/northern-song Story of the Week goes to someone who hasn't posted for a while (and I hope he'll...

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