Story, Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point.

The week before Christmas is often a little quiet on ABCTales. However there was some terrific writing posted. Anyway, our story and poem of the week are as follows.

Story of the Week
Fatboy74 produced a thing of wonder in his spooky story Half a Tangerine with grace-notes from M R James and clever references to this master and others of the genre and therefore it is most deservedly Story of the Week. It's a two-parter, so don't forget to click through to part 2
https://www.abctales.com/story/fatboy74/half-tangerine-part-1

Poem of the Week

Kilb50's deceptively simple poem, is sad and reflective, yet hopeful, I think. As we remember our own "little deaths" among the bushes, we realise that we can all savour life at every stage. 

https://www.abctales.com/story/kilb50/late-september-park-feeling-old

Inspiration Point is here:

https://www.abctales.com/inspiration-point-ip