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Story and Poem of the Month

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Sun, 01 Oct 2023

Our Story and Poem for the month of September have very kindly been chosen by Di_Hard It is a huge responsibility and honour to try to narrow down all the great writing from September into a shortlist. More and more fabulous work kept appearing and the choice became harder and harder. Here is a sample : highly recommended poems https://www.abctales.com/story/jane-hyphen/i-found-sea https://www.abctales.com/story/lenchenelf/hush https://www...

Don Paterson (2023) Toy Fights: A Boyhood.

Posted by celticman on Fri, 29 Sep 2023

Don Paterson is around the same age as me. But he’s won a stack of poetry and literary awards and is Professor of Poetry at St Andrew’s University. That’s the university that usually comes out near the top for all the English nobs that can’t get into Oxbridge and even a few that can. Don Paterson, like me, grew up in a council estate in Dundee. Dundee is on par with drug deaths with Glasgow, which every year wins the award for dying. That’s how...

The Castle

Posted by Kilb50 on Fri, 29 Sep 2023

My historical novel, The Castle , from which extracts were posted on AbcTales last year, is now available on Amazon in digital, paperback and hardback editions. Overview of book: Cornwall, 1646; England is in a state of civil war. In the town of Falmouth, the population awaits the arrival of General Fairfax’s Parliamentary army which is sweeping through the south west. Only Pendennis Castle remains under Royalist control, its garrison refusing...

Rhino, Film 4, written and directed by Oleh Sentsov

Posted by celticman on Thu, 28 Sep 2023

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/rhino/on-demand/74813-001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino_(film) Right-wing followers of the moron’s moron and former President Trump are trying to indict President Joe Biden ( https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/28/biden-impeachment-inquiry-what-to-know ) because of his son, Hunter’s, links with Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Corruption was and remains at a high levels in Ukraine. Standard...

Dinno's Adventure and Other Tales by ABCTales writer Mary-Ann Storm

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Wed, 27 Sep 2023

Big congratulations to Mary-Ann Storm who writes on ABCTales as Mary-Ann and has just published her first collection of children's stories' Here's what she says about it: 'Dinno's Adventure takes you on a self discovering journey, whilst it highlights the importance of family and friendships.In this fun pact adventure of short stories lessons are learned and anything is possible and can be overcome,if you just believe in yourself.' There doesn't...

Minari, Film4, written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung.

Posted by celticman on Fri, 22 Sep 2023

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/minari/on-demand/73507-001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minari_(film) Minari is a type of planet used in cooking South Korean dishes that grows like a weed. Monica’s mother Soon-ja (Youn Yuh-jung) travels from South Korea to help look after her grandchildren. She plants minari seeds in the creek bed where it grows abundantly. There’s a metaphor there. As Jacob Yi (Steven Yeun/ Yeun Sang-yeop) explains his...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 22 Sep 2023

Posted by airyfairy Hope everybody has had a good week! Story of the Week is another funny, charming and insightful tale from Hudson Moon. We all get The Bothers, and Hudson offers a solution which is guaranteed to work. Until it doesn't. A delightful read for your weekend: The Bothers | ABCtales Poem of the Week is Dynamaso's 'Scratched'. It's beautifully written, slightly unnerving, and will stay with you long after reading: Scratched |...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 22 Sep 2023

Hope everybody has had a good week! Story of the Week is another funny, charming and insightful tale from Hudson Moon. We all get The Bothers, and Hudson offers a solution which is guaranteed to work. Until it doesn't. A delightful read for your weekend: The Bothers | ABCtales Poem of the Week is Dynamaso's 'Scratched'. It's beautifully written, slightly unnerving, and will stay with you long after reading: Scratched | ABCtales This week's...

Night of the Kings, Film4, Directed and written by Philippe Lacôte.

Posted by celticman on Thu, 21 Sep 2023

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/night-of-the-kings?.none.none.popular|| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Kings Most prison movies tend to be about escape, or redemption, or both and act as morality plays. Stephen King’s short story turned into a longer film, The Shawshank Redemption , is familiar to most of us. Night of the Kings has a fairy tale feel to it which lifts it out of the ordinary. The plot is simple. Roman (Koné Bakary...

Josiah and Archibald hit the air(waves)*

Posted by philwhiteland on Thu, 21 Sep 2023

Great news about Josiah and Archibald! The very first story in their adventures - 'A Dubious Undertaking ' - which appeared first here on ABCTales, has been selected for broadcast on Yorick Radio's podcast on Friday, 17th November, 2023. I'm very excited about this and very much looking forward to hearing how these two make the transition to audio. My thanks to everyone here who have been kind enough to read the continuing Undertakers stories...

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