Pick of the day
Ghostbot (Part One of Two)
Posted by marandina on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
“Death is the greatest illusion of all” - Rajneesh
Ghostbot (Part One of Two)
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A Savage Poindexter
Posted by sean mcnulty on Sat, 24 Aug 2024
Saturday morning I went for my usual walk up to the old fort, along the back of the wall and past the cemetery, and then down the hill which has that nice view of the bay to the left. It was a walk that was only possible to achieve under conditions of total sobriety, or if locked in the fever of a drunkard’s binge. There was no accomplishing it in-between either of those states. It was too hard for the functioning alcoholic, too easy for thRead morePoem of the week
Building A Raven
Posted by Angusfolklore on Wed, 28 Aug 2024
First you venture to where even the crows
don't know about,
the snow-capped height in the unforgiving light,
with the merciless dawn daring you to make
anything be born.
Wizards stirred history in the rage dark caves
beneath this hill fifteen centuries ago,
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Story and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem of the Month for August, very kindly chosen by Mark Burrow, and apologies for the lateness of this which you can blame on good old Greater Anglia Railway:
It’s been another excellent month of stories and poems on ABCtales.
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I'm extremely pleased to announce that our very own celticman will be appearing at Bloody Scotland, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival!
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I'm very pleased to announce that Ewan Lawrie's new novel, Mr Martinez has just been published!
You can order it here on Amazon:
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Picks of the Month
A Martian Sends a Postcard Home 2024
Posted by HarryC on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
(with apologies to Craig Raine)
Smart-phones are electronic gadgets with many apps.
Humans treasure them for their frivolousness.
They cause attention deficit addiction disorder
and make humans to do strange things, like dress
up as dogs to film themselves, or climb high
buildings and fall off.
I have never seen one fly - except
when the battery dies.
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A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (December)
Posted by Pedro1307 on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
December
So Gordon then.
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