Pick of the day

A Coming-Together

Laura entered the lunchtime staff room like a breath of fresh air, attracting the usual suppressed glances of admiration from everyone, except Colin that is. Colin did what he always did; picked up the Times Ed' Sup', blushed and pretended he hadn't noticed her.

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Story of the week

The Lonely Goose on The Durme

I was planning to write about this bird, the new IP seemed a good place for it. . . . pic taken by meRead more

Poem of the week

Orphic Pleasures

this is so old it was written on vellum ...

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Features

'Gift, a son's story' by Dan Seagrave - out now!

I'm very pleased to announce the publication of 'Gift, a son's story' by Dan Seagrave. Dan writes as HarryC on ABCTales and is one of our most talented writers.

You can order your copy here (free on Kindle Unlimited)

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Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem for the month of February, very kindly chosen by Mark Burrow

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Free Online Event!

Free online event. Saturday March 22nd 11.30am

Six brilliant writers, six great talks!

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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 

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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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Bee's Journey

Picks of the Month

A series of horses decreasing in size

  My parents had at least three children Read more

Goose-Stepping Down Main Street

I’m too old to start goose stepping. Duck walks I can handle—my declining years having given me no choice. But it should make it easier to duck behind the sofa, lobbing a brick or two, when the Hats come calling.

So it goes, as the man once said.

Though, I don’t expect the Hats to be so polite as to ring the doorbell.

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