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As you know, our very own celticman - Jack O'Donnell - was star of the show at Bloody Scotland which is Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival. Here's what happened in his own words: Bloody Scotland, 14th September 2024 I don’t go out much. When I usually do it involves watching Celtic and getting drunk. That’s Bloody Scotland for you. But this was a different kind of outing. Bloody Scotland inspired by William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw...

chosen by Di_Hard Another wonderful week of writing, such a wide range of brilliant pieces! Thank You! It is impossible to say one is better than another, so I chose a story and poem which illustrate the huge difference in where we were, and where we are now. Poem of the Week is : https://www.abctales.com/story/angusfolklore/maps-were-made Story of the Week is : https://www.abctales.com/story/harryc/where-are-we-now-ted-kaczynski-and... Highly...

Posted by airyfairy. Thank you again for all the wonderful reads this week!

Our Story and Poem of the Month for August, very kindly chosen by Mark Burrow, and apologies for the lateness of this which you can blame on good old Greater Anglia Railway: It’s been another excellent month of stories and poems on ABCtales. The Pick of the Month for poetry is A Martian Sends a Postcard Home 2024 by harryc. It’s a timely reflection on ‘smartphones’. Good for convenience, yes, but maybe not so great for attention spans and...

Very big thanks to all of our wonderfully talented writers and poets for everything they've posted this week. Our Story and Poem of the Week are as follows: Story of the Week is Sean Mcnulty's 'A Savage Poindexter' a brilliant addition to his work in progress. If I don't see this story published within the next couple of years I'll eat my hat! Poem of the Week goes to Angus Folklore for his splendidly stirring 'Building A Raven' https://www...

Story and Poem of the Week chosen by Di_Hard Thank you so much for all the great writing this week, particularly the stories, which I have really enjoyed reading. Story of the Week goes to Aronovitz for the first part of a vividly told story about homelessness and the growing bond between a man and a dog. Completely involving, there are 3 chapters so far, and I am really looking forward to reading more : https://www.abctales.com/story/aronowitz/...

Really, really difficult to make the choices this week. There's been humour, horror, brilliant character studies and beautiful descriptions. Thank you to everyone for some amazing stories and poems.

I'm extremely pleased to announce that our very own celticman will be appearing at Bloody Scotland, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival! Appearing just before the world famous Irvine Welsh who wrote Trainspotting, (no pressure there!) Jack has been chosen as the Crime in Spotlight reader on September 14th in Stirling. You can buy tickets, including digital, and find out more information here: https://bloodyscotland.com/ Jack is one...

Our Story and Poem of the Month for July, very kindly chosen by Mark Say: Poem of the month It’s been a tough call to make, with a handful of poems impressing for their clever delivery of words combined with intelligent ideas. As the top pick, I feel it was shaded by In the Silence of Circuits ( https://www.abctales.com/ story/yutka/silence-my- circuits ) by Yutka, an intriguing stream of images that takes the reader into a hard-to-define space...

Very grateful thanks to all of our ABCTalers for the wonderful pieces you continue to post on our website - it's a great pleasure to read them My choices for this week are as follows: Story of the Week goes to Alexander Moore for The Man with the Camera - a brilliant and, to quote Sean McNulty, 'splendidly unsettling' story. I hope he writes more of it! Poem of the Week is Ralph's 'Cleethorpes', which packs so much into so few words...