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Our Picks this month have been made by Hudsonmoon and here they are: Of all the fine writes this merry month of March, these two hit home for me. Philip Sidney’s poem Bombinations reflected my experience as a boy living in New York City in 1965. Only, my characters had names like President Lyndon Johnson and Sister Rebecca. It gave me a chill to relive it once again. Running off with Robot and Billy from Lost in Space had crossed my mind once or...

So much brilliant prose to choose from this week - however one had to be picked and I've gone for Noo's beautifully constructed suspense short 'Timestamp'. Poem of the week is Ewan's timely and excellent rant 'Boom!'. Congratulations to both. http://www.abctales.com/story/noo/timestamp http://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/boom The Inspiration Point, in honour of the clocks changing, is time flies. Good luck with that and I hope you all have a...

Poem of the week was a no-brainer and goes to Philip Sidney's wonderful evocation of childhood - Bombinations (fantastic word isn't it!) http://www.abctales.com/story/philip-sidney/bombinations The Story of the Week was harder and I would like to give rosaliekempthorne a very honourable mention for her interpretation of the Inspiration Point - The Buzzing in My Head : http://www.abctales.com/story/rosaliekempthorne/buzzing-my-head . She was...

February's Story and Poem of the Month have been picked by Ray Smart (Vera): February's Story and Poem of the Month have been picked by Ray Smart (Vera): It's a privilege to read all the wonderful work and get the opportunity to choose two pieces. A tricky job indeed. Here are February's Picks of the Month. Congratulations to David Martin with his beautifully composed story An Ending. Finely written prose with a transporting, ethereal feel to it...

A wonderful poem with great depths gets my pick of the week today. It's from Silver Spun Sand and I've no idea how she manages to keep on producing such high quality pieces day after day. An inspiration to us all. http://www.abctales.com/story/silver-spun-sand/painting-homeless-godly-0 Terrence Oblong's 'The Death of Andrew McGinty' is my Story of the Week. Slightly surreal and very funny as always, this has serious undertones as well. Please...

I didn't have to think very hard this week, as two pieces (luckily one prose, one poetry!) have refused to leave my head since I first read them. The Other Terrence Oblong's 'The Coldplay Problem' is my favourite of all his Island Stories. It has everything anyone could want, including David Bowie, a bottomless well and - this is a big plus - the utter rubbishing of Coldplay. Do read it if you haven't already: http://www.abctales.com/story/other...

Without any preamble, here's Joe Lawrence - one of our top editors - who has been diligently sifting through all the wonderful things that have appeared on ABCTales this month: It’s always a challenge when asked to pick the SOTM and POTM. There are just so many great pieces to choose from. But for me SOTM goes to Stephen Thom for his magical “As long as sea beats on stone.” http://www.abctales.com/story/stephen-thom/long-sea-beats-stone The...

She's only posted two pieces on ABCTales but they've both been spectacularly good. T_az's story of loss, distance and family ties is powerful and an all-round excellent read, which is why it's our Story of the Week. Hats off also to Philip Sidney for giving us this week's Poem of the Week - Huldufolk - a slip sideways into the otherness of Icelandic legend - inspired into existence by January's Poetry Monthly theme.(Look out next week for...

Actually this is for the past two weeks, as we were quite rightly showcasing our wonderful Picks of the Year last Friday. Anyway, 2016 has got off to a flying start on ABCTales. I think perhaps the start of really cold weather must have done something to the poets in particular because there was so much to choose from. I'm giving this week's poetry honours to Philip Sidney for parts one and two of her as yet unfinished Triptych (do hurry up with...