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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...

Happy New Year! 2022 has got off to a great start on the site with wonderful writing. Nevertheless our Poem of the Week is marandina's Ynys Wydryn which you can read here: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/ynys-wydryn-glastonbury-tor And Story of the Week is Jane Hyphen’s Five Other People Are Looking At This Item which you can read here: https://www.abctales.com/story/jane-hyphen/five-other-people-are-looking-item Our new Inspiration...

Hoping everyone is safe and snug with mince pies and mulled wine. Our Story of the Week is the Christmas treat of Pad Life: So Here It Is’. https://www.abctales.com/story/airyfairy/pad-life-so-here-it Our Poem of the Week is JupiterMoon’s beautiful poem ‘and when we should have felt like strangers’. https://www.abctales.com/story/jupitermoon/and-when-we-should-have-felt-strangers Many more great things to read from this week - have been loving...

It’s been lovely to read a few Halloween / Samhain creeping onto the site. Keep them coming. Meanwhile, as usual, it’s very hard to choose just one Poem and Story of the Week so have a good of what’s been posted this week - there are lots of gems. Our Story of the Week has to be celticman’s Creeping F-ing Jesus. I suppose it’s very unusual to have Story of the Week twice in a row, but it’s so moving and well-written and you must read them if you...

Happy Friday to all! As always, it's very hard to pick just one poem or story - there is always such a variety of wonderful writing to choose from. Poem of the Week, this week, is hoalarg1's Beyond Reflection. A beautiful poem, tragic too, it stays with you. A very skilfully written poem. You can read it here: https://www.abctales.com/story/hoalarg1/beyond-reflection But please have a read of these poems if you haven't already from Rhiannon,...

A big thank you, firstly, to everyone who participated in the ABC virtual reading. There was a brilliant and varied contribution. Also huge thanks to Mark for all the organisation and hosting. This week's Poem of the Week is Di_Hard's ‘jörmungandr’ - such a beautiful and moving poem. https://www.abctales.com/story/dihard/jormungandr This week’s Story of the Week is jxmartin’s latest Corona Log Entry. Always so well written, carefully reporting...

Please remember there’s an online reading event on the 26th of August, organised by Mark Burrow for us all. If you want to sign up to read or be in the audience, the link and info is here: https://tinyurl.com/9t4mr45u Poem of the Week is ‘In IKEA, he dreams about the woman he loves’ by stevepoet. It’s a fabulous love poem. https://www.abctales.com/story/stevepoet/ikea-he-dreams-about-woman-he-loves Story of the Week is The Train You Rode In On...