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| Story | Alfredos: After Michael Donaghy’s ‘Shibboleth’ | ralph | 4 | 9 months 3 weeks ago |
| Story | The planet of anal probes | Terrence Oblong | 3 | 9 months 4 weeks ago |
| Story | Expose him to light | Itane Vero | 6 | 9 months 4 weeks ago |
| Story | I Stayed Up For Portillo | Terrence Oblong | 11 | 10 months 1 week ago |
| Story | Blue Whale On A Bed Of Nails | jolono | 20 | 10 months 2 weeks ago |
| Story | These Are The Lines | Ewan | 3 | 10 months 2 weeks ago |
| Story | Message : Post Scriptum | Ewan | 5 | 10 months 2 weeks ago |
| Story | A Night Out on Castle Street | Ewan | 1 | 10 months 2 weeks ago |
| Blog entry | Ex-ABC-er Doing Well | Ewan | 2 | 10 months 3 weeks ago |
| Story | Sodality | Ewan | 7 | 10 months 3 weeks ago |
| Story | 17 Syllable Portrait | Ewan | 2 | 10 months 3 weeks ago |
| Blog entry | Rhubarb, Rhubarb | Ewan | 1 | 10 months 3 weeks ago |
| Story | J. C. Jones | hudsonmoon | 22 | 11 months 2 weeks ago |
| Story | Boris and the Art of the Deal | marandina | 16 | 11 months 4 weeks ago |
| Story | Archibald's Note | philwhiteland | 12 | 1 year 9 hours ago |
| Story | The Missing | Tipp Hex | 11 | 1 year 1 day ago |
| Story | Steelie 14 | celticman | 17 | 1 year 1 week ago |
| Story | So farewell then Steven Wells | Terrence Oblong | 5 | 1 year 1 week ago |
| Story | See You Next Tuesdays | Dazzla | 3 | 1 year 2 weeks ago |
| Story | The Son God | hudsonmoon | 25 | 1 year 3 weeks ago |
| Story | Orphic Pleasures | Ewan | 5 | 1 year 1 month ago |
| Story | The Face in the Pollock | Mark Say | 8 | 1 year 1 month ago |
| Story | Iteration 3017 Prologue | steerforth | 2 | 1 year 1 month ago |
| Story | Please Tell Him That I Said Hello | Turlough | 14 | 1 year 1 month ago |
| Story | Something Known | Kilb50 | 3 | 1 year 1 month ago |







There will be
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2020
...but as you know I'm writing Moffat III at the moment (12,000 words and counting). I always have a vanity project going, whilst I'm writing a novel. It helps to dive off into something else completely unrelated. Usually, The Picture Ranch or...
Read full commentPosted in Powerhousing II
Ah well,
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2019
don't we know? "This is John, he...we used to know each other." Joan is about 19, John has been away for 20 years.
Read full commentYes, I know people don't like holes, but I do like clues, rather than telling everything.
Anyway, glad you liked it...
Posted in A Polka Dot Dress
It's the mothballs
Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017
I remember, and the faint smell of Lion pee and Turkish Delight.... hahaha. I do not know anyone who has never explored their parents' wardrobe. When I was 8, my dad's wardrobe had hundreds of football programmes from the 40's and 50's; Rangers...
Read full commentPosted in Grimms5
This reminds me very much
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2026
of the kind of thing that Dan Coxon used to publish in his 'Tales from the Shadow Booth' Anthologies. There were 4 in the end, I think, They're still available on the 'Zon, as far as I know. Anyway, the stories in them were unsettling and almost...
Read full commentPosted in I. Deep Storage - Part Three
Er ... I know
Posted on Sat, 04 Apr 2026
... and so did the writers of Toy Story: the catchphrase is a joke: "you can't go beyond infinity" as one of the character's creators once said.
I agree, Trump's spending plans are as dangerous as his belief that politics and diplomacy...
Read full commentPosted in Artemis Too?
I collect
Posted on Mon, 30 Mar 2026
proverbs and saws, although I'm no carpenter, so I'm always pleased to read a new one. You've used this one very well.
Read full commentPosted in A Hungry Bear Doesn’t Dance
Congratulations, this is today's Pick of the Day, 23 March 2023
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
Touching, beautiful poetry, with a last line that will stay with me for a long time. That's why it's today's Pick of the Day. Congratulations.
Do please share if you like it too.
Read full commentPosted in A Steady Carry On
Ralph is one
Posted on Mon, 23 Mar 2026
of, not to say the very, best of our poets here on ABCTales. We're very lucky to have him.
Read full commentPosted in A Steady Carry On
Congratulations, this is Pick of the Day Monday 16th March 2026
Posted on Sat, 14 Mar 2026
Short - anything but sweet - and very credible piece about something that must happen thousands of times a day.
[I must admit, I never even notice the signs and signals. (I might not be being sent any, of course)]
Anyway, that's...
Read full commentPosted in The Misunderstanding
Congratulations, this is today's Pick of the Day, 9th March 2023
Posted on Mon, 09 Mar 2026
No L-plates required here (see collection title for this piece). This is intriguing and deft poetry and that's why it's our Pick of the Day today. Do please share this on your SM, if you like it too.
Read full commentPosted in Inspiration point (IP) The Language of Flowers
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