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Pick of the day

The Seeking of Sorley Ross

Posted by sean mcnulty on Fri, 17 Apr 2026

Zak’s Senses were reeling.
It was inevitable there’d be a degree of anxiety and expectation around tonight, so Zak’s Brain had called all Five of them in, to operate directly from his Command Centre. That way they could all be on hand to make an instant, co-ordinated response to any and every eventuality. Now, he was glad that he had.Read more

Poem of the week

After You'd Gone

Posted by Angusfolklore on Sat, 11 Apr 2026

After you'd gone, sometimes we would wake

and find you still there

in the favourite chair,

in the dust-ridden front room

alive with the sunlight streaming in.

And we would speak in surprise,

asking where had you been.

But you could do nothing

but stare through the cathedral beams

Story and Poem of the Week, with Inspiration Point

posted by di_hard

The Inaugural ABC Tales Superpoem

After the wonderful success of Penny4athought's excellent initiative, I'm very pleased to announce our brand new writing challenge, The Inaugural ABCTales Superpoem, which is Turlough's brilliant idea. Here's what he says:

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Before the Picks of the Week I'd like to say a very big thank you to Penny4athought for her wonderful writing challenge which is now entering its final stretch. It's been a spectacular success and I've really enjoyed all the fabulous entries.

Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem of the Month for March, very kindly chosen by Di-Hard:

New Writing Challenge Alert! Penny's Pass The Story

Penny’s Pass the Story

I’m delighted to introduce our shiny new writing challenge. Our very own Penny4athought will donate $50 to ABCTales if we can finish her story in ten parts.

How it works: