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The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube

By marandina on Fri, 12 Sep 2025

The Boy with the Rubik’s Cube The Grand Marine Hotel stands imperiously looking out over the Bristol Channel as it has done for many dust-coated...

Drama

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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (7)

By marandina on Tue, 02 Sep 2025

Part 6 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-6 Billy watched snake-eyed as a shape ghosted through the fog. Appearing...

Fantasy

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Prophesy - The Immortal Witch (6)

By marandina on Tue, 19 Aug 2025

Part 5 at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-5 Sunday morning brought with it a thick enveloping mist rolling inland...

Fantasy

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Borealis

By marandina on Wed, 13 Aug 2025

This is a poem posted this week at a weekly challenge on X/Twitter by the account @TopTweetTuesday. Whilst your first love should always be ABCTales...

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I know nothing at all about

Posted on Wed, 28 Apr 2021

I know nothing at all about Tarkovsky. (I thought he was a right back for Everton) Super poem that makes me wanna look Tarkovsky's work up.

Posted in Conversations About Tarkovsky in a Copenhagen Restaurant

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This is definitely 'quite

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025

This is definitely 'quite bonkers and entertaining'.

There's so much creativity in this piece and it's a genre I adore.

This is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.

I have added a pic to promote your work...

Posted in The UFO Bible 1

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I remember reading seashore's

Posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2025

I remember reading seashore's stuff when I returned to the site in 2020. It was visceral, honest and striking. It certainly made me sit up and take notice. I imagine she was a one-off. Coral made quite a mark during her lifetime.

A moving...

Posted in Our Old Girl… Remembering Coral

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This charming tale of

Posted on Mon, 28 Apr 2025

This charming tale of childhood imagination is today's Facebook, X/Twitter and BlueSky Pick of the Day.

Congratulations.

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Most of us have been there

Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2024

Most of us have been there but how many have made it back intact?

This wonderful piece is today's Facebook and X/Twitter Pick of the Day.

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"Contentment is precious, at

Posted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024

"Contentment is precious, at peace, with ‘enough’"

We live in a capitalist society where advertisments everywhere are designed to make you feel inadequate. It takes a long time to work out what's important. 'Having enough' is a great place...

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"...an acknowledged war hero

Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024

"...an acknowledged war hero and a humble witness all over the world, to the Saviour..."

A fine tribute to somebody I wasn't familiar with it until I read your poem. I looked up her details via the power of Google. It made very interesting...

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"A billion trillion raindrops

Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2024

"A billion trillion raindrops cling, shimmering to dark grey tracery of beech twigs, each tipped in a fine fawn point, holding the plans for a furl of zingy green to emerge in April and set the woods afizz."

I was right there with you in...

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That's another evocative read

Posted on Fri, 02 Feb 2024

That's another evocative read. You capture the splendor and history of the sites you visited adroitly. I would say it's unusual for a group to bond so well like that. The tour I went on in India with about 30 or so other people was marred by many...

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"Is it too late

Posted on Tue, 15 Nov 2022

"Is it too late
to find a purpose …
even now?"

Enjoyed the juxtaposition of photos taken years apart. The question asked in the poem is one many ask themselves. Often the answer is no. A thought provoking piece, for sure. Paul