Pick of the day

Someone New

Later I learn that George is a bona fide British lady, belonging to the Hyde-Lees name, and has only come to this bloody place to be with Yeats whom she encountered in London.  She may never have set foot here at all if it hadn’t been for his peculiar fancies.  Although the fact she’s a genuine Brit and not merely a West Brit does not bother me in the slightest, I consider withholding that knowled

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Story of the week

MUSSELS

MUSSELS
Miran worked the pocket knife like a lever, sliding it up and under the mussels until they came free of their moorings. She held each clump briefly, as though they might contain some small pulse. The shells were scarred and dark as oil, with streaks of blue-green where the light found them.
She dropped the cluster in the pail and moved on.
Morning came slow and cold.
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Poem of the week

bonfire night

This is now

That was when

Big boots and brown-shirted men

Splashed through ash and falling rain

Lost faces, crinkled eyes and loud cries

Token loads and lost meaning

Flash mobs and flames lick life away

It’s never too late—hate, hate, hate.

Heil, Heil, Heil.

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Features

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by marandina:

It’s been another busy week on site with lots of longer works posted.

I have enjoyed following multi-part pieces from Jane Hyphen, hudsonmoon, SoulFire77, Eric Marsh and Ivan the OK-ish, in particular.

 

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Story and Poem of the Month

 

 

Our Story and Poem for September, very kindly chosen by hudsonmoon:

 

 

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New Writing Challenge By SoulFire77 - Win Us Some Money!

 

 

Soulfire77 has very generously offered us a donation for each scary story posted between now and October 30th, so please fire up your laptops and follow his instructions below.

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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

White Noise

Now I'm in the system riding on ocean

waves of chemotherapy and medication

deeper than anything I've known before,

needles bruise; feeding Pembrolizumab –

Aprepitant – Ondansetron.

 

Restore this malfunctioning body, let me

be pure...crush the enemy. I imagine good

cells as they glow in bright white light that

shimmers as I anticipate autumn's energy

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For Present Company

These streets and their cigarette butts.  They lie dead in the puddles like forgotten men.  They’ll be gone soon in the coming slush.  Winter’s assignment is to give us all a good wash, person and paving alike.

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