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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Ewan on Fri, 02 Dec 2022 Goodness these seem to come around very quickly. Still, no complaints here: some very good writing this week. Story of the Week In the prose department, I should name check monodemo’s Imagine , Charlie 77’s Behind 1 & 2, Mark Say’s Ghost Village and CSquirrel’s hilarious The Community Water Officer 1 & 2. However, I do have a particular fondness for Maddan’s sequence of monthly horror stories and so...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Two wonderful picks for you today, but firstly, please have a look at our Virtual Reading Event announcement: https://www.abctales.com/blog/insertponceyfrenchnamehere/virtual-reading-night-sunday-december-11th With huge thanks to oonemorething for organising and Mark Burrow for offering to MC, this is going to be a brilliant event and we would love to see you there - do come! Our Story of the Week is The Pregnant Waitress by csquirrel which is...

VIRTUAL READING NIGHT SUNDAY DECEMBER 11TH

I'm very very pleased to announce that we will be having another of our spectacular virtual reading events on Sunday December 11th Timings not yet firmed up but we usually start around 7pm and go on until around 9pm. Everybody is very welcome and we're speciifically doing this at the weekend so our friends across the pond can come Please get in touch EARLY if you want to read as the list always fills up fast, and you are more than welcome to...

AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND BY EWAN LAWRIE: A REVIEW

Available right now on Amazon, At the Back of the North Wind by ABCTales' very own Ewan Lawrie: https://tinyurl.com/5x6x829t At The Back Of The North Wind is the third instalment of Moffat's adventures. He returns to the land of his birth to seek out answers to questions surrounding his origins. Meetings with old friends and foes ensue, before a final denouement that is both shocking and gruesome. If a ripping yarn is your thing this is for you...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 11 Nov 2022 Poem of the Week goes to 'Legacy' by Ciadish. This beautiful meditation on loss has both warmth and hope and has struck a chord with a number of readers, including me. I'm sure it will continue to resonate with many more: Legacy | ABCtales Story of the Week is the start of another of Mac Ashton's hugely enjoyable romps, 'One Night At Kedasi'. We're also promised a return visit by some of the characters...

Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem for the month of October have very kindly been chosen by onemorething. Here's what she says: It’s a huge pleasure to choose the Picks of the Month. However, there is so much great writing on the site in the course of a month that it’s always a hard job! And yet, gongs have been awarded! For Story of the Month, we must return to the start of October and Jane Hyphen’s A Real Doctor. It’s hilarious, makes me smile just thinking...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

There have been so many great pieces on ABCTales this week, especially prose - thank you so much to all our wonderful writers for sharing them! Two very different choices today. Story of the Week goes to csquirrel (and this is the first thing he's posted on the site since 2009!!) for the brilliantly surreal 'Our Second Core Belief is Loyalty-Based Leadership'. Our Poem of the week is Catherine Poarch's 'Down Pigsty Hill' which reminds us of the...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point 21 October 2022

Posted by Ewan on Fri, 21 Oct 2022 As usual it’s very difficult to single pieces out, because, as always there is a great deal of excellent material to choose from. Story of the Week Celticman’s Ugly Puggly continues to entertain and shock in equal measure. Check out the latest – at the time of writing – here . The '70s Look And The Battle For My Soul , Lou Blodgett’s account of a 70’s childhood in the US, and its effect on him is wryly funny...

The Rialto. Nature and Place Poetry Competition

This might be of interest to some of our wonderful poets. Do let us know how you get on NATURE AND PLACE POETRY COMPETITION 2023 The Rialto working in association with the RSPB, BirdLife International, Cambridge Conservation Initiative and The University of Leeds Poetry Centre. Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by the judge Ian McMillan. Closing Date March 1st 2023...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by airyfairy on Sat, 15 Oct 2022 Two very different, and very thoughtful, pieces this week. Story of the Week is jxmartin's 'Ian - the aftermath', about the devastation of a hurricane. One commenter on ABC has likened this author's beautifully written diaries of American life to the BBC broadcasts by the late, great Alistair Cooke, and I would certainly agree. The same warmth and friendliness, accompanied by acute observation: Ian- the...

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