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Posted by Philip Sidney on Fri, 24 Apr 2020 Writing and reading can be a refuge - I'm just settling into this way of thinking - If you've been inspired in these difficult times - well done and thank you so much for your wonderful postings. If you need a distraction - let's get writing! It's no coincidence that my two picks have food at their hearts. Our appreciation of the sensual nature of life seems to have come to the fore. From lime tea and...

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Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 10 Apr 2020 Another marvellously creative week from ABC Talers, and lovely to welcome new members and some returning old friends. Story of the Week goes to Sean McNulty's 'We Can Do Your Weeds'. I am so enjoying this series of tales about a group of extremely Unlikely Lads, and this is one of the best so far: https://www.abctales.com/story/sean-mcnulty/we-can-do-your-weeds Poem of the Week is Catherine Poarch's joyful...

Our Story and Poem for the month of March have been chosen by airyfairy: It's been the oddest of times, but even before the lockdown started it was shaping up to be an extraordinary month on ABC Tales. The variety and quality of writing on the site has been amazing. It's been a pleasure to read, but really hard to make choices for the Picks. It's customary to have some Honourable Mentions each month - again, not easy! For the prose, I've been...

Posted by Philip Sidney on Fri, 27 Mar 2020 What a wonderful island ABCtales is. Many of us have found respite here this week - thank you so much for posting your writing, it really helps in difficult times. The standard of writing has been incredibly high so do look back across the week for many brilliant pieces. The lives of others are intrinsically interesting - or perhaps I'm just nosey. Either way Ice Rivers has given us some fabulous...

Cerasus Poetry's latest publication is now available to buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=cerasus+poetry&ref=nb_sb_noss This is how Laurie describes it, in his own words: "My relationships with my biological and musical family, with lovers and love both lost and lingering, have been passionate and implosive. I have ghost-hovered through life to the patchwork soundtrack of Waits, Sparks, Queen and Korn, in the company of whales and...

Once again, loads of thanks to all you wonderful ABCTalers for so many splendid contributions to the site. We know from feedback how much pleasure, inspiration and support our members get from each other, and it feels especially important right now.

I'm very pleased to announce that this is out now on Amazon - by ABCTaler Penny4athought! Here's a link if you want to order from Amazon Uk: https://tinyurl.com/wyzm6fx and here's the link from the US site: https://tinyurl.com/s9jhqyq Very big congratulations on your first book from us all!

Our Story and Poem for the month of February have very kindly been chosen by Drew Gummerson: And coming right out of the blue, on February’s extra day, came this pitch-perfect piece from an 80s childhood in Dundalk, Ireland, https://www.abctales.com/story/sean-mcnulty/scouts-honour . Sean McNulty’s ‘Scouts Honour’ is my Story of the Month. Not a vernacular word out of place, join ‘Dixon, McGurk and myself’, down at Easy Weirs for an old school...

Posted by Philip Sidney on Fri, 28 Feb 2020 I love writing that takes you on multiple journeys - that's just one reason I've chosen these two wonderful pieces from fabulous choices this week. Story of the week goes to Parson Thru and his atmospheric wander across time: https://www.abctales.com/story/parson-thru/buses Poem of the week is full of startling images, ideas and emotions, a woderful piece from Noo: https://www.abctales.com/story/noo/...