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Our Sunday pick is a clever response to our Inspiration Point. A poem which finds lyricism in gameplay and the path to defeat. Enjoy! www.abctales.com/story/soulfi...
Jane Hyphen's wonderful letter to The Moon addresses so many issues; clear as the moonlight and brilliant, it is Pick of the Day! Please do share, if you can www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...
And today’s Pick of the Day is the final chapter of Ivan the OK-ish’s Bron. We’ve loved reading this novel in progress. Congratulations on completing it! www.abctales.com/story/ivan-o...
Enjoy an extended version of Turlough’s monthly diary with his 100 word rule 14b(i) suspended in part so you can enjoy a travelogue included as well. ‘The Dumplings of Count Tiškevičius’ is today’s Pick of the Day but do read both parts! www.abctales.com/story/turlou... Please share if you can.
Your home is not quite the same as it was. And neither is the person in it. The very unsettling start to SoulFire77's new three-parter is our Pick of the Day: www.abctales.com/story/soulfi...
This ominous final part of Marandina's gripping story of two teenagers battling an ancient evil, is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/marand...
Today's #PickoftheDay is Mark Say's excellent 'The Painter at the Crucifixion'. Atmospheric, and involving, it is very fine writing indeed. Do please share if you like it too. www.abctales.com/story/mark-s... #Art #deZurbaran #fiction
This wonderful description of a sea side town, in Eric Marsh's latest Amandarella story, is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/eric-m...
Congratulations to Turlough for his excellent poem, Misplaced Person Seeks Pomegranates. It’s our Pick of the Day. Please read and share. www.abctales.com/story/turlou...
A tense search for the intrepid Amandarella. More beautifully written prose from Eric Marsh ‘Amandarella and the Marduk Affair Chapter 8’ is the Saturday Pick. www.abctales.com/story/eric-m... Image source and author: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Or... Ordnance Survey
Our Friday Pick is a thoughtful, beautifully written story from Makis about a very human dilemma, that maybe doesn't go quite the way you expect: www.abctales.com/story/makis/...
Down into the darkness in this wonderfully written piece by LizF www.abctales.com/story/lizf/t... Picture Credit: tinyurl.com/2wtz86pd
Today's #PickoftheDay is a little gem - although it's not a lettuce. No, it is a succinct poem with so much packed into very few words. Marandina's Rhapsody in G Major is reminiscent of some of the work of the Imagists. Do please share if you like it too www.abctales.com/story/marand... #Poem
'When a dog knows too much he will soon return to the place where all dogs are made and you must begin to pack for his departure.' www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...
Another collection of utterly believable characters from Celticman, in his contribution to our wonderful 'The Way We Heard' challenge. Enjoy! www.abctales.com/story/celtic...
Our wonderful new Poem of the Week is Ralph's Uncoupling: www.abctales.com/story/ralph/...
Nostalgia and boyish antics on a hot summer’s day. Take a trip down memory lane with Makis’s ‘The Pop Lorry’ It is today’s Pick of the Day www.abctales.com/story/makis/...
Eric Marsh's latest part of The Music Box is our pick of the day today. It shows good world building and has an interesting premise. Well done. www.abctales.com/.../eric-mar... Do please share. Part 1 is here : www.abctales.com/.../eric-mar... if you need to begin at the beginning.
Another gripping tale from the world of Less Miserables SoulFire77’s ‘The Less Miserables Face the Council’ is today’s Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/soulfi... This is part one of three. Do read them all! Please share if you can
Today's Pick of the Day is the latest part of Ivan-the-Ok-ish's drily funny, well written and a pleasure to read Bron, which you can find here www.abctales.com/story/ivan-o... If you need to start at the beginning, go here. www.abctales.com/story/ivan-o...
And today’s pick is Unni Kumaran’s excellent Listen: The Cosmos is Talking to You. It’ll take you from the look of a cow, to the planets in the sky and back again. www.abctales.com/story/unniku...
'Let go of the week Let go of the work' Borrowed time, by celticman: www.abctales.com/story/celtic...
An inspirational story told in a grounded way. Beanzie's 'meta boozing' is Friday's Pick of the Day www.abctales.com/story/beanzi... Please share if you can
'Tracy and Ben hadn't even worked their notice, that was the level of desperation they’d felt to get the hell out of there.'. Bernadette has other ideas in this wickedly funny story by Jane Hyphen: www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...
High calibre writing, the wonderful setting of historic York and an unsettling story arc of unexplained phenomena. Can’t wait for more of airyfairy’s ‘Somewhere’ Chapter 2, Part 2 is today’s Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/airyfa... Do go back to the beginning and read from the start!
Turlough returns, with his latest wonderful Diary entry, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share, if you can www.abctales.com/story/turlou...
Quirkily funny, with a uneasy touch of the unseen. #York is a place full of history, this piece creates a sense of place with great skill. It's our #PickoftheDay Please do share www.abctales.com/.../air.../s... If you need to visit Part 1 first, go here www.abctales.com/.../air.../s...
Our Sunday Pick is the first part of a new episode with SoulFire77's brilliant characters, the Less Miserables. Working out what you really want is never easy, but sometimes a friend can help: www.abctales.com/story/soulfi...
This first half of a wonderful new story from Maddan, is spooky Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/maddan...
Our wonderful Poem of the Week - Shipwreck Green, by Makis: www.abctales.com/story/makis/...