Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem for the month of January, very kindly chosen by onemorething:

As always, with such a wealth of diverse and fantastic writing shared here, it’s very hard to choose just one poem and story.  

Poem of the Month is Kilb50’s To A Lone Sailor. Such a beautiful poem. It left me lost for words and deeply moved. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/kilb50/lone-sailor

Special mentions: 

Rosa Cruz’s Fair Maids of February is wonderful - you can sense Spring on the horizon. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/rosa-cruz/fair-maids-february

Socialeaf’s First Light glows with the simple hope of dawn. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/socialeaf/first-light

Story of the Month is Simon Barget’s My Father’s Bones - surreal and darkly funny. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/simon-barget/my-father’s-bones

Special mentions also for these great stories:

Bhi’s The Anatomy of Death - cleverly done, absorbing. Do read chapters 2 and 3 too. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/bhi/anatomy-death-chapter-1-call

I can’t help, but also mention Simon Barget’s A Day In The Life - it’s brilliant. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/simon-barget/day-life

Celticman has written a series of these - all worthy of a mention. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/celticman/davie-mccallum-1971

Another writer who you could always trust to deliver a reliably excellent tale is Sean McNulty. This one is for schooled and unschooled brutes alike. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/sean-mcnulty/huroosh