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Story of the week
A Coming-Together
Posted by Schubert on Mon, 17 Mar 2025
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.Read morePoem of the week
Wind from the sea
Posted by queen beatle on Mon, 17 Mar 2025
Inspired by the painting by Andrew Wyeth
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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
A very happy Spring Equinox to all ABCTalers for yesterday and thank you for the wonderful stories and poems you've posted here this week
My choices for today:
Poem of the Week goes to queen beatle for her stunning ekphrastic 'Wind from the Sea'
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'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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Our Story and Poem for the month of February, very kindly chosen by Mark Burrow
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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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Picks of the Month
A series of horses decreasing in size
Posted by lavadis on Tue, 18 Feb 2025
My parents had at least three children Read more
Goose-Stepping Down Main Street
Posted by hudsonmoon on Sun, 09 Feb 2025
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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