Pick of the day
How inscrutable his ways
Posted by Itane Vero on Sat, 11 May 2024
The first surprise is that the funeral is being held in the Holy Trinity Church. Honestly, I didn’t take Nathan for a churchgoer. Off course, I got the address through a WhatsApp message. But it didn’t ring a bell. But that is maybe the way our mind works. To me, Nathan was a free-spirited man. Someone who was going his own way. However, without being a selfish, egotistical person.
Read moreStory of the week
"Sounds Like They're Saying Words"
Posted by purplehaze on Sun, 05 May 2024
It is several years since I last drove the road to Aberdeen at 4.30am. Since then, many farmers appear to have cashed in on the great wind turbine klondike. The gazillion-candle lights they have plastered all over their farm buildings make the land mass look like spaceships have landed. Perhaps tractors aren’t big enough for them anymore, they have to be able to be seen from space. I find it depressing. How must it affect the geese comingRead morePoem of the week
STILL LIFE
Posted by Ed Crane on Mon, 29 Apr 2024
My three objects pictured as a (sort of) still life
Read moreFeatures
Story and Poem of the Week and Inspiration Point
Firstly I am really looking forward to seeing a few of you tomorrow evening, and hearing you read at our online reading event. There's still room in the audience if anyone wants to be a last minute attendee.
Read moreStory and Poem of the Month
Our Story and Poem of the Month for April, very kindly chosen by Drew Gummerson
An honour, as always, and a pleasure, to be the one doing the Picks of the Month.
I’ll be brief. So here we go.
Story.
Read more
ABCTales Reading Event May 18th, 7pm - Please Read
I'm very pleased to announce that the readers list is now full! It's going to be a wonderful evening with some brilliant readers, new and old. Thank you all so much for registering!
Read moreWant to join ABCTales?
We've had to suspend the automatic joining facility for a while so if you would like to join us please email
Read more
Posting From Your Android Phone - Fixed!
Some of you have been having issues with posting your work using an android phone. Ewan and John our techie have been working really hard to fix this.
Read more