Pick of the day

Appetite
Posted by cliffordben502 on Sat, 05 Sep 2026
The holding cell is smaller than Lindsay’s walk-in closet was, in the old apartment, and this seems to her the most important fact about the room — more important than the bolted bench, or the toilet with no lid, or the small window of wired glass. She has already found the correct way to sit on the cell’s bench: spine flat to the wall, ankles crossed at a slight angle, hands stacked in her lap like something laid out for a viewing.
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Tobruk, Or Not Tobruk?
Posted by Turlough on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
A breakfast meeting to remember, and one that transformed my way of broadening my outlook on the world.Read morePoem of the week
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Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
A very big welcome to a shiny new month and I hope everyone's lawns are turning green once again.
My first picks for September are as follows:
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Contemplation of Roses by Annest Gwilym: A Review by Ewan Lawrie
Contemplation of Roses
I am very pleased to have been asked to write a review of long-time ABCTales member, Annest Gwilym’s latest poetry collection.
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I'm delighted to announce that Excavatum: A Northern Folk Story, 1953 by our very own Sean McNulty is available to order on Amazon now.
It was originally posted on ABCTales so I've already enjoyed it and can 100% recommend!
Read moreStory and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem of the Month for July, very kindly chosen by Mark Say:
Story of the Month
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Read morePosting 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
Tobruk, Or Not Tobruk?
Posted by Turlough on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
A breakfast meeting to remember, and one that transformed my way of broadening my outlook on the world.
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Clearing Out
Posted by maudsy on Sun, 12 Jul 2026
How do you unpick a life?
A Silver Spoon?
A Stanley Knife?
A riddle rewritten eighty times
A code of unsolved
Synaptic rhymes
Ten pairs of pants stuffed in a drawer
All large, all beige
And never worn
A hundred pairs of sports socks stabled
In wicker baskets
Each one labelled
Who never ran nor joined a gym
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