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Story and Poem of the Month for October, chosen by another of our lovely and generous editors: As always there was an awe-inspiring pool of great posts and talent to draw from. Many congratulations to everyone who has posted in October and made the choice so difficult. For poem of the month, I'm picking Branwell Clinic by Julia (Overthetop1), a very talented contributor to ABCtales, sadly no longer with us. The poem was posted by Julia's mother...

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Two outstanding pieces this week - quite hard to choose as there's been so much good stuff. Congratulations to Rosa Cruz for 'I and The Village' and NBeinn for 'Long Tall Sally'. Do read them both, they're brilliant! https://www.abctales.com/story/rosa-cruz/i-and-village https://www.abctales.com/story/nbeinn/long-tall-sallly Here's the Inspiration Point: https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Have a lovely weekend!

Firstly, how lovely it's been hearing how much ABCTales means to so many of you. (If you've read celticman's blogpost I'd just like to say he's lying about the taxi driver) There are a lot of emails and messages flying about right now and I feel sure that things will be fine, and that we'll all still be here in January. So keep your fingers crossed and don't go off searching for other sites just yet! Onto the weekly picks - I'll start with a...

In Vitro Electric by MJG and The Box Room by Canonette get my vote this week - both brilliant pieces - do read them if you haven't already: http://www.abctales.com/story/mjg/vitro-electric http://www.abctales.com/story/canonette/box-room The Inspiration Point is here: http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Finally, do take a look at Vera's new Poetry Monthly theme and have a go if you can - everyone welcome. I hope you have a great weekend!

Our picks this month have been chosen by another of our brilliant editors - love_writing. Many thanks to her and big congratulations to the two writers: There is so much rich and wonderful talent on abctales and this month has proven to be exceptionally brilliant. I am thrilled and honoured to say that the two pieces which I remain absolutely captivated by are; Trifecta - Maggyvaneijk: http://www.abctales.com/story/maggyvaneijk/trifecta This...

Two stunning pieces take this week's honours: Stephen Thom's 'Lighthouse' and Rosa Cruz's 'Last Night I Became An Emperor Moth'. Big congratulations to both and please do read them - they're both wonderful: http://www.abctales.com/story/stephen-thom/lakehouse http://www.abctales.com/story/rosa-cruz/last-night-i-became-emperor-moth I hope you enjoy the Inspiration Point which is here: http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip And finally a...

A great prose poem/rant this week from john_silver takes the honour of Poem of the Week, and Story of the Week goes to Daedalic - who's new - for his cautionary tale for modern times. Big congratulations to both! http://www.abctales.com/story/johnsilver/things-i-have-do-after-brexit http://www.abctales.com/story/daedalic/showdown-brackewind-bay-shopping-... This week's Inspiration Point is here: http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip ....

Many thanks to Jane(airyfairy) who chose our picks for August: Amidst all the wonderful pieces on the site this month, two particularly stood out for me both for the quality of the writing and the (very different) emotions that stayed with me long after I’d read them. My poetry choice is VeraClark’s Magic, which manages to convey the love, fear, wonder and frequent banality of parenthood in its beautifully crafted lines. http://www.abctales.com/...

Two wonderful pieces for you. Our Story of the Week is Stephen Thom's brilliantly disturbing 'Sticks' and our Poem of the Week is Overthetop1's powerful 'The Return' posted by seashore. I thoroughly recommend both! http://www.abctales.com/story/stephen-thom/sticks http://www.abctales.com/story/seashore/return I hope the Inspiration Point sparks your creativity into action: http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip .. and now I'm off to try to...