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Pick of the day

Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 1

Posted by Eric Marsh on Sun, 03 May 2026

Chapter 1.

The Lady Comes Home.

The SS Pedal Power came chuffing into the docks with all the dignity a steam‑driven vessel could muster.

The Less Miserables Lose a Friend (1)

Posted by SoulFire77 on Thu, 30 Apr 2026

The bottle was in the truck when Wesley woke up.Read more

Poem of the week

Through The Mist Of Time

Posted by skinner_jennifer on Sun, 26 Apr 2026

Recalling in moments of silence

the clarity of nature's balance...

where rhythms most fragile are

born in spring,

deep rooted in time, repeated

miracles curious for summer

feast, describing symbols that

lure me to the past.

Set my imagination to the sky,

Family Man by Colin Burnett. Review!

I'm very pleased to annnounce the publication of Colin Burnett's new book 'Family Man'

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Before announcing our Picks of the Week, I have a couple of things to tell you.

Firstly, you have until midnight on Sunday May 3rd to get your entries in for Turlough's wonderful ABCTales Superpoem. Not much time left now! All details here:

The Inaugural ABC Tales Superpoem

After the wonderful success of Penny4athought's excellent initiative, I'm very pleased to announce our brand new writing challenge, The Inaugural ABCTales Superpoem, which is Turlough's brilliant idea. Here's what he says:

Story and Poem of the Month

Our Story and Poem of the Month for March, 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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