Pick of the day
claptrap
Posted by celticman on Tue, 19 Nov 2024
Collecting a plastic medal on his 30th anniversary. Clenched teeth and a rictus smile. The backslapping goodness of them all. Dry lips. Missing God knows what. Not enough saliva to spit. ‘This is just about the last fucking place I expected to be.’
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Letter of Rejection
Posted by Kilb50 on Mon, 11 Nov 2024
The poem The Children of Gaza does not exist. Instead, I saved time and energy by cutting out the middle person and writing my own letter of rejection.Read morePoem of the week
Either ore
Posted by queen beatle on Mon, 11 Nov 2024
The grum of our chapel bell marks the daily descent.
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Saltburn, by ABCTales Writer Drew Gummerson. Pre-Order your Copy!
Very big congratulations to Drew Gummerson whose new book Saltburn, has a publishing date and can be pre-ordered on the link below. Here's what Drew says:
Saltburn.
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Story and Poem of the Week, and Inspiration Point
Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point, posted by Di_Hard
Thank you so much for all the wonderful writing this week!
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House Anthems by Ralph Dartford, a Review by Ewan Lawrie
House Anthems
Ralph Dartford
Published by Valley Press
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Story and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem for the month of October, very kindly chosen by Di_hard:
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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
Tom Tom Turnaround (5) (ii)
Posted by HarryC on Sun, 06 Oct 2024
It was a hard decision. But a month later saw her sailing out of Liverpool on the Royal George with everything she owned in the world crammed into a brown cardboard suitcase, tied with string from the ball her father kept in his shed.
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