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It's been a sad week on our site, with the loss of one of our own. Well Wisher has inspired many of you to write some brilliant fairytales - and this week's story of the week is one brimming with hope, Airyfairiy's magical two-parter, 'Round the Corner' - make sure your read both parts: https://www.abctales.com/story/airyfairy/round-corner-part-one https://www.abctales.com/story/airyfairy/round-corner-part-two Poem of the week is from the...

Summer is here! And it's just a bit too hot. stay in the shade and read the wonderful pieces on the site - starting with our brillaint picks of the week! Poem of the week from Elsie Katz, allows us to fill in the gaps with our own personal dreams of escape https://www.abctales.com/story/elsie-katz/go-now Story of the week is a stunning two-parter from JohnShade - it's really very special: https://www.abctales.com/story/johnshade/mask https://www...

What a great week for poetry, I've been dithering over: https://www.abctales.com/story/ladle/borrowed-days https://www.abctales.com/story/richard-l-provencher/its-more-poetry and https://www.abctales.com/story/parson-thru/fuente-de-la-mora They each did wonderful things to my heart and head - but I had to plump for Ewan's deceptively simple portrait of loss for poem of the week: https://www.abctales.com/story/ewan/here-are-things-0 There's been...

It's been a great week for writing on the site - plenty of good reads to catch up on in the spring sun over the weekend. It's very hard to choose but I've gone for two pieces about twovery different places. Story of the week goes to harveyjones35 with his evocative, Lima-or-after-jungle: https://www.abctales.com/story/harveyjones35/lima-or-after-jungle Poem of the week goes to Alfie Shoyger's gritty portrait of urban life: https://www.abctales...

It might still be a little cool for the flowers but there's been a host of beauties blooming on the site. Very hard to choose this week but: Story of the week goes to a stunning read from Canonette: https://www.abctales.com/story/canonette/britanny Poem of the week goes to Parson Thru for a meditation on writing - and other things... https://www.abctales.com/story/parson-thru/sewing-buttons Do give the IP a go this week: https://www.abctales.com...

It's been a great week for prose with Blighter's Rock's compelling adventures in Italy: https://www.abctales.com/story/blighters-rock/church-lost-souls-7 - which I hope will continue. Story of the week goes to a tale in three parts, exploring that path we all travel, Noo's Sleep Diary is full of rich imagery and is a great weekend read: https://www.abctales.com/story/noo/sleep-diary-part-3 There has been lots of wonderful and original poetry too...

There's been a treasure trove of pieces this week - such a range that everyone will have found a good read. I've pulled out a couple of particularly dazzling pieces. Story of the week comes with the promise of more, as it is part 1. An intriguing opening from Proudwing https://www.abctales.com/story/proudwing/astrobleme-part-1 Poem of the week is also full of narrative, a rich treat from Kilb50 https://www.abctales.com/story/kilb50/old-dog-fox-...

There's been some great pieces this week, particularly on the poetry front. I do hope more of our poets submit work to Cerasus Poetry - go on - you know you want too. Having said that, there's been some pretty stunning prose too. It's been very hard to to pick one but I've chosen Stephen Thom's gruesome but compelling two parter: https://www.abctales.com/story/stephen-thom/hydrotherapy-est-1894-1 So which poem to pick? So tricky, but I have to...

There's been an absolute blizzard of great writing lately, well done everyone and keep them coming. If you've been housebound you'll appreciate some reads to curl up with and I think these will fit the bill. Story of the week comes from Truth 42 with a thoroughly enjoyable read: https://www.abctales.com/story/truth42/agony-and-ecstacy We get three for the price of one with our poem of the week - Noo's dark triptych: https://www.abctales.com/...

Two sad but thoughtful pieces for picks of the week. Poem of the week is the small but beautifully crafted, Dot, by John thornfield: https://www.abctales.com/story/john-thornfield/dot Story of the week is, Poppy, by gletherby: https://www.abctales.com/story/gletherby/poppy Here's the inspiration point - have fun! https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip