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Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

Posted by tcook on Fri, 27 May 2016

A great Story from a writer new to ABCtales gets the award this week: http://www.abctales.com/story/scintilla/kiss A Poem from a long time member, but a real gem: http://www.abctales.com/story/kilb50/today-we-dressed-and-pretended-be-rich And an Inspiration Point produced after re-reading the work of an original member: http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Congrats go to all!

Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

Posted by tcook on Fri, 18 Mar 2016

The choice of story is controversial - but it's the quality of the writing I admire rather than the philosophical drift of the piece. The IP should give you some fun! Congrats to all. http://www.abctales.com/story/michael-s-r-valentine/im-king-portobello http://www.abctales.com/story/tjw/one-night-between http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip

Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

Posted by tcook on Fri, 04 Mar 2016

A crazy poem, a crazy story and a chain saw give us our highlights this week. Enjoy! http://www.abctales.com/story/eb/nuthoused http://www.abctales.com/story/ice-rivers/dont-i-look-myself http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Don't forget to sign up to our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Just look up ABCtales. And if you are already one of us then please spread the word to your social media pals and let them know about all this great...

Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

Posted by tcook on Fri, 19 Feb 2016

A cracking story and poem for you. I like them both, a lot. The Inspiration Point is trickier than it looks - and it can give some startling results to your writing. I urge you to have a go. http://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/everlasting-pie http://www.abctales.com/story/lavadis/doubt-my-mistress http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip

Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

Posted by tcook on Fri, 05 Feb 2016

A wonderful poem and a poignant story for you this week - and an Inspiration Point that should make you cogitate a little! http://www.abctales.com/story/sid/recoil http://www.abctales.com/story/scorpio88/noah-and-blue-shawl-parts-1-and-2 http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Congratulations to sid and scorpio88.

Story, Poem and Inspiration Point of the Week

Posted by tcook on Fri, 22 Jan 2016

A great piece of prose this week from Ama-G. Very evocative and with a fine moral embedded within it: http://www.abctales.com/story/amag/mangos-memoir The poetry is sublime too. Esmerelda-O deserves a big cheer for this one: http://www.abctales.com/story/esmerelda-o/failures-last-stand And the Inspiration Point is a little different. Here's hoping it scratches those little grey cells: http://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Cheers, Tony

No Story and Poem of the Week

Posted by tcook on Fri, 08 Jan 2016

I really don't want to detract from the wonderful Picks of the Year so they will remain our highlight for another week. Picks of the Day will continue and there is a new Inspiration Point! Love to you all, Tony

Picks of the Year

Posted by tcook on Thu, 07 Jan 2016

Each year we select our favourites of the year. This is no exception. It's always a tough call - we have so much talent on ABCtales. So along with huge thanks to everyone who's submitted a story or poem this year here's the Editor's combined Picks of the Year: Poetry: 1st: Song for Lost Olivia by Elliot C. Mason http://www.abctales.com/story/elliot-c-mason/song-lost-olivia 2nd: Autumn by johnshade http://www.abctales.com/story/johnshade/autumn...

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Posted by tcook on Mon, 21 Dec 2015

A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all from us at ABCtales.com. It's been a good year for us with the three Unbound books reaching their funding targets due to the enormous efforts of the authors. Laurie Avadis's 'Ex' is selling well and it deserves to do so. It's an orginal and brilliant book so if you haven't bought it, then do so now! Ewan Laurie's 'Gibbous House' and Jack O'Donnell's 'Lily Poole' are due out early in the New Year...

Think of ABCtales this Christmas

Posted by tcook on Fri, 18 Dec 2015

We do survive on your donations - they make a huge difference to keeping ABCtales free to one and all. If you possibly can afford to do so and you use the site on a regular basis then please do give. The 'donate to ABC' button are at the bottom of every page. It's very easy to do! Pic credit: http://tinyurl.com/jhqw9hd

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