ABCtales | Creative Writing Online

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)

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 more

Poem 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,

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

....

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.

Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival - some very exciting news!

I'm extremely pleased to announce that our very own celticman will be appearing at Bloody Scotland, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival!

Mr Martinez by Ewan Lawrie - Out Now!

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:

Want to join ABCTales?

We've had to suspend the automatic joining facility for a while so if you would like to join us please email

Posting From Your Android Phone - Fixed!

Some of you have been having issues with posting your work using an android phone. Ewan and John our techie have been working really hard to fix this.

More news