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This week's poetry pick was nominated by another ABC writer and I can't think of a better c hoice. Please do send us your nominations - we don't get enough! Congratulations to Scratch for his sparse, enigmatic Unknown Girl: http://www.abctales.com/story/scratch/unknown-girl Congratulations also to The Other Terrence Oblong, who just gets better and better, for his brilliantly witty piece The Work Problem: http://www.abctales.com/story/other-...

Congratulations this week to Bee for her stunning, multi-layered piece on memories, and to Barely Black Francis for his wonderful poem on parenthood: http://www.abctales.com/story/barely-black-francis/maudlin-tuesday-after... http://www.abctales.com/story/bee/all-ghosts-us As for the Inspiration Point, well, with Halloween next Friday it's a bit of a no brainer isn't it: poetry or prose with some reference to ghosts . Good luck!

Congratulations this week go to Mark Brown for one of the best pieces of flash fiction I've read and to Ewan for his wonderfully dark poem: http://www.abctales.com/story/markbrown/those-we-leave-behind http://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/light-gibbous-moon This week's Inspiration Point is poetry or prose on the theme of moving - and you can interpret that any way you want. Don't forget if you have an idea for the Inspiration Point we'd love to...

Laurie Avadis' Ex is on 93%! We really want to push him the rest of the way today - he only needs 9 more pledges to get to 100%. To incentivise the final supporters we're offering the chance to win two tickets to the launch party. We'll enter every supporter from now until 100% into a prize draw and pick a winner randomly. Here's the link: http://unbound.co.uk/books/ex

There have been some fantastic pieces this week. Congratulations to Rhiannonw and thornwood - both very different, but equally well-deserved picks: http://www.abctales.com/story/rhiannonw/no-ties-ip http://www.abctales.com/story/thornwood/legal-high-2-0 This week's Inspiration Point in a way follows on from last week's. It's from a vox pop on the top deck of a bus in Edinburgh this morning: " ..it's still another day". Poetry or prose around...