Read one of the 135,956 stories from our 20,089 authors

  • Sign in / Sign up
  • Find ABCtales on Facebook
  • Follow ABCtales on Twitter
Home
  • Home
  • Read
  • Write
  • Forums
  • Blogs

The Unexpected

By drkevin

Wed, 30 Dec 2020
  • 286 reads
 

 

This is a story about a man called Jim.
In unenlightened times he would have been called dim.
He did surprising things on a whim,
While his mum looked on, with prayer and hymn.
All in all, his prospects remained grim,
But one day he came home.
"Hello mum, I've married Tim".

Certificate 15
Poem
Unclassified
Humour
Other Fiction
Miscellaneous
Facebook Twitter 
  • Log in to post comments

Search form

Type of tale

Type of tale

Biography
Non-fiction
Other
Poem
Poetry Monthly
Story

Genre

Autobiography
Biography
Children's
Crime
Drama
Erotica
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Horror
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Journal
Love
Miscellaneous
Nature
Noir
Opinion
Other Fiction
Other Non-fiction
Philosophy
Quotations
Rant
Reviews
Romance
Science fiction
Spiritual
Surreal
Talecatching
Travel
Unclassified
Western
Young Writers

Read

  • New
  • Cherrypicked
  • News and Features
  • Inspiration point (IP)
  • Competitions
  • Great feedback
  • Picks of the Month
  • Authors you follow
  • My bookmarked stories

New forum topics

  • Word Association
  • Being Human Festival
  • Model geyser problem
  • THE 16 DAYS ACTIVISM.
  • How do you deal with the sad/heavy stuff?
More

New blog posts

  • Luis Elizondo (2024) Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs. Who are you?
  • Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
  • Natalie Goldberg (2025) Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft.
  • Story and Poem of the Month
  • Anna Brown
More

About us

  • About Us
  • FAQ
  • Meet the team
  • Contact us

legal

  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies

Help keep this site free! Please click the button to donate to ABCtales.com

© Copyright 2000-2007 Burgeon Creative Ideas Ltd, and the members of ABCtales.com. All rights reserved.