16.08.13 Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

While Tony is in France for his son's wedding, I'll be helping with the picks of the week. Again, thanks to everyone for bearing with the ongoing glitches during our transition to the new site - it always takes time to transition but the bugs are (slowly) being ironed out.

Congratulations this week go to celticman, who has written the most extraordinary take on the life that's passed you by that I've ever read, and a102866, who's written an incredible vilanelle. The IP comes, again, from our transition to the new site:

http://www.abctales.com/story/celticman/bystander

http://www.abctales.com/story/a102866/conscripts

http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point

As always, please post your story or poem based on the IP below so that we can all see what you've done with it!