Yesterday, suspecting drink poisening, I had a lethargic day. I fell asleep around 3 p.m and awoke at 21.30 p.m. It was dark, not overly so – so I sat up knitting until about 3 a.m and then went back to bed. Around 4. a.m I awoke suddenly. The moon behind cloud, floated to the North and the stars bright as shiny pins were visible. The light from the window illumated the entire room. I had this strange eery feeling of danger. As I lay still,...

So many good pieces to choose from this week - thank you to all writers for making the site such a vibrant community. We've had a flurry of new members too, so a big welcome to you all. Story of the Week is Stephen Thom's 'How to Make Snow' - He doesn't post very often but when he does it's consistently brilliant. Poem of the Week (for the second week running, and zero apologies for that!) goes to Ewan for his chilling 'Be Prepared'. If you...

I went off today into Norwich...

A reminder that we welcome ideas for our weekly Inspiration Point, in fact we often nick find ourselves inspired by a poem or piece of prose posted on the site. So if you can think of a topic which you feel would have others rushing for their laptops please email it to us!

Poetry Monthly – August Hello all and thanks to people who contributed to the Poetry Monthly theme for July – Where I Write. As usual, quality and range was impressive. Here are some poems to go back to: https://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/random-access-memory https://www.abctales.com/story/linda-wigzell-cress/writing-move https://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/written-where-0 Now, on to August. Picture this - I’m sitting in a swing seat in a...

The Tidy House first came out in 1982. It is 'differently brilliant.' The book The Tidy House is written as a group effort by Carla, Lindie and Melissa, three 8year old schoolgirls in East London who their teacher, Carolyn Steedman taped. So the story itself is written by the girls and presented by Carolyn. The girls appear to have had fun with their homespun saga of Mums, Dads, troublesome little boys, birthday treats, the family cat, Polkadot...

This year because I've been chased about by wicked people - in a kind of half clan war cum gosh its been ages since we last bullied you kind of drama and now you're so poor - that means we can really torment you! So Wake up from the Amnesia you've suffered over 50 years since the operation to remove the brain tumor... it's a strangely enlightening positive in a negative wrapper...

Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 25 Aug 2017 This week's Story of the Week grabbed me right from the start. TJW's 'This Is My Rifle...This Is My Gun' will stay with you for a long time. Owing to space restrictions on the site it's in two parts: https://www.abctales.com/story/tjw/my-rifle-my-gun https://www.abctales.com/story/tjw/my-rifle-my-gun-end Poem of the Week is Ewan's lyrical, hypnotic 'Counting'. This lodges in your mind like the most...

This week's Story of the Week grabbed me right from the start. TJW's 'This Is My Rifle...This Is My Gun' will stay with you for a long time. Owing to space restrictions on the site it's in two parts: https://www.abctales.com/story/tjw/my-rifle-my-gun https://www.abctales.com/story/tjw/my-rifle-my-gun-end Poem of the Week is Ewan's lyrical, hypnotic 'Counting'. This lodges in your mind like the most pleasant of earworms, and you may find yourself...

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/wasting-away-the-truth-about-anorexia My mind went blank and I started to type Alzheimer’s into the search box of Channel 4’s programmes. In a way that’s instructive. You can just start again, wipe out what went before and retype. We are learning about Alzheimer’s. I can throw in phrases like amyloid plaque. Perhaps do a simple drawing of what it means in a cave of dendrites. But I don’t really know what it...