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Our Story and Poem of the Month for May have very kindly been chosen by Simon Barget. Here's what he picked: Story was easy with Sean McNulty’s Phantosmia head and shoulders above the rest -- there’s a pun in there somewhere. https://www.abctales.com/ story/sean-mcnulty/phantosmia The lack of stiff competition lends an honorary mention to one more of his Moloney/Elder flights/forays: The Eerie Nerve. https://www.abctales.com/ story/sean-mcnulty/...

It's a bank holiday so it's raining, but I hope you're enjoying it all the same. Lots of fine writing to choose from, but getting straight to the point: Story of the Week is maddan's 'The Munro Academy Poltergeist'. I've really enjoyed all of maddan's horror stories and this one is another excellent tale. You can read it here: https://www.abctales.com/story/maddan/munro-academy-poltergeist Poem of the Week is Jane Hyphen's brilliant 'If I can...

We have had some brilliant things this week - please do read our ongoing prose series - esepcially Janus, Ugly Puggly, Legend of the Pah and The Castle. I'm also trying out a new idea for the Inspiration Point so do have a go and let me know if you find it helpful Anyway - Story of the Week is the first part of Kilb50's The Castle which is a fantastic read, and our Poem of the Week goes to Ewan for his wonderful All the Diamonds Raining (but do...

One of our lovely poets is East Ridge Review's featured writer for May. Click the link if you'd like to find out more about her: https://www.eastridgereview.com/rachel-deering

Hope you are all well and enjoying the green euphoria of late Spring. Our poem of the week celebrates this beautifully - it's lenchenelf's Eve's Tears. You can read it here: https://www.abctales.com/story/lenchenelf/eves-tears Our Story of the Week is the excellent Legend of the Pah (8) by Jane Hyphen. You can read it here: https://www.abctales.com/story/jane-hyphen/legend-pah-8 The new Inspiration Point is here: https://www.abctales.com/...

Posted by airyfairy on Fri, 13 May 2022 The longer days and warmer weather has definitely brought something out in ABC Talers - there's been some cracking stuff on the site this week. That being said, one poem in particular stood out for me. Our Poem of the Week is 'Stories I won't tell you' by london_calling79. It is a visceral piece, digging down into the realities of a particular kind of grief. It pulled me into its narrative, and although I...

A very big thank you to skinner_jennifer for choosing the Story and Poem of the Month for April. Here's what she says: Reading so many great poems and stories, I've found it difficult to pick out my favourites, but here goes. After much deliberation I decided that Marandina's: Life Through A Prism just had to be poem of the month. It captures the hope and confidence that I believe in, and is very encouraging to read. Life Through a Prism |...

Reading through this past week's posts has been an absolute pleasure as always - thank you so much for all the wonderful things you've published. My choices for the Story and Poem of the Week are as follows: Story of the Week (don't read this if you're feeling delicate - he will take you right back there with him) is K Cider - September 1988 by Andy Hollyhead https://www.abctales.com/story/andy-hollyhead/k-cider-september-1988 Poem of the Week...

Always feels a privilege to award Picks of the Week, but it is never easy to pick just one thing. However, Poem of the Week is These Hands by Ewan. There is something very profound about our hands and Ewan’s poem captures it beautifully. So much so that I am using it as our Inspiration Point this week. You can read the poem here: https://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/these-hands Story of the Week is Sean McNulty’s A Mortal Drag. I am a huge fan of...