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'Dead Reckoning' by Philip Whiteland. Out Today!

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Mon, 26 May 2025

For all Archibald and Josiah fans (and I know we have many on ABCTales), I'm very pleased to announce that Dead Reckoning by Philip Whiteland is available today in paperback and can be ordered with this link: https://mybook.to/DRPrint

Michiko Aoyama (2023) What are you looking for in the library, translated from Japanese to English by Alison Watts.

Posted by celticman on Mon, 26 May 2025

Reading is what I do. So what are you looking for in the library sounds like my kind of book. If, like former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, you argue there is no such thing as society then this is not for you. Existential nihilism it is not. In Michiko Aoyam’s novel everything is connected and everyone has a purpose but they might just need that little nudge to find their destiny. The beating heart of the book is Sayuri Komachi. She is...

Does God Want Us All to Be Rich?

Posted by mallisle on Sun, 25 May 2025

Blessings for obedience to God were promised to Israel thousands of years ago, before the time of Jesus. It is dangerous to take promises from the Old Testament and apply them to ourselves. Israel was very much God's chosen nation. We are not God's chosen nation. The church might be the people of God but even then, it is unlikely that all the promises made to Israel would equally apply to us. Before the time of Christ also means that they are...

Imbolo Mbue (2022) How Beautiful We Were

Posted by celticman on Fri, 23 May 2025

Kosawa is a mythical village in Africa, a kind of utopia were people lived free and easy before oil was discovered. It brings immense wealth. None of it trickles down to the villagers Instead their rivers are polluted and they can no longer fish. Their land is similarly poisoned. Young children, in particular, die. But the villagers were told by the oil company representatives, Pexton, that everything was being done that could be done. Any...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 23 May 2025

Posted by onemorething: Another fine week of tales and poems. This week's Story of the Week is jolono's excellent Life Lessons Number 3 with Butch which was evocative and sad and layered. https://www.abctales.com/story/jolono/10-life-lessons-number-3 Thus week's Poem of the Week is Jessiibear's lovely Sea-Salt. https://www.abctales.com/story/jessiibear/sea-salt Our new Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip Have...

Rhubarb, Rhubarb

Posted by Ewan on Fri, 23 May 2025

This may be of interest particularly to those of us "Up North" Bradford 2025 Rhubarb Poetry Comp Closes July '25.

Are You Man Enough To Be Woman

Posted by Lille Dante on Mon, 19 May 2025

“It's hard to be true to the one that's really you” - Wayne/Jayne County

The Empty Man (2020), FilmFour, co-edited, written, and directed by David Prior.

Posted by celticman on Fri, 16 May 2025

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-empty-man This is David Prior’s film. I was going to write a post about Celtic playing Aberdeen. Couldn’t be arsed. Or A Brief History of Seven Killings , but that would need too much thought. I know, thought isn’t rationed like sweeties, but I’m sure you know what I mean. The Empty Man seemed ideal because I knew it would be shite. And I wasn’t disappointed. I quite like horror which seems an oxymoron. I...

Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point

Posted by Insertponceyfrenchnamehere on Fri, 16 May 2025

Another fabulous week for ABCTales. A very big thank you to all our writers and poets for sharing their wonderful words with us. My choices for this week are as follows: Story of the Week goes to hudsonmoon for J.C Jones III - A Surprise Guest in the hope that he'll write another one soon. Poem of the Week is Jessibear's beautiful Tempranillo Haze. https://www.abctales.com/story/hudsonmoon/j-c-jones-iii-surprise-guest tempranillo-haze The new...

The Bible - Medieval Myth or Word of God?

Posted by mallisle on Wed, 14 May 2025

A game of Chinese whispers is played by sitting in a circle and each person speaking into the next person's ear. By the end of the game the simple phrase you began with has been distorted into something completely different. Is this how the Bible was written? Wasn't it passed down by word of mouth? There would have been an oral form of the story, especially at a time when the majority of people couldn't read, but there would have been a written...

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