Pick of the day
The Misunderstanding
Posted by GlosKat on Sat, 14 Mar 2026
They dumped the last of the cardboard boxes on the apartment floor, and stood up.
‘Glad that’s over’, said Sarah. ‘Thanks Holden, much appreciated’.
‘You’re welcome’, said Holden, giving her his most winning smile and waiting for the offer of coffee and what that would imply ...
There was an awkward silence. Sarah looked puzzled, and then annoyed.
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The War Museum
Posted by Terrence Oblong on Sun, 08 Mar 2026
Gennady was proud that he had ran the War Museum in Nizhniy Novgorod for thirty three years, ever since it had first opened. Read more
Poem of the week
My Soldier Father's Body Brush
Posted by Yutka on Tue, 10 Mar 2026
Mind’s secret tool. Sole that has ceased to work
for decades now, but in the past
received impressions of dark war paths,
overcast skies
of Russian winters -
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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:
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Teeth Tales
A very big thank you to all who took part in ScoZen's brilliant Teeth Tales writing challenge.
The results will be announced on Tuesday so keep an eye on the front page!
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Firstly I'd like to thank everyone who's entered ScoZen's Teeth Tales writing challenge.
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Our Story and Poem of the Month for February, very kindly chosen by Marandina:
Well here we go again….another February gone!
The world is as bonkers as it was last year. Just look no further than our…erm…world leaders for proof of madness.
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We've had to suspend the automatic joining facility for a while so if you would like to join us please email
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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.
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