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Another fabulously chilling tale for December from SoulFire77. It’s our Pick of the Day. Do read and share The Provider.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another fabulously chilling tale for December from SoulFire77. It’s our Pick of the Day. Do read and share The Provider.
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Penny4athought’s seasonal poem is atmospheric and beautifully crafted.
Take a winter constitutional at:
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It is today’s Pick of the Day
Please share if you can.
Take a winter constitutional at:
www.abctales.com/story/penny4...
It is today’s Pick of the Day
Please share if you can.
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Penny4athought’s seasonal poem is atmospheric and beautifully crafted.
Take a winter constitutional at:
www.abctales.com/story/penny4...
It is today’s Pick of the Day
Please share if you can.
Take a winter constitutional at:
www.abctales.com/story/penny4...
It is today’s Pick of the Day
Please share if you can.
Dip into slow-time of wide, cool silence in this wonderful new poem from Queen Beatle, which is Pick of the Day!
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December 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Dip into slow-time of wide, cool silence in this wonderful new poem from Queen Beatle, which is Pick of the Day!
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www.abctales.com/story/queen-...
At ABCTales it's taken as read that Turlough's Monthly digest - a sort of 'Letter from Bulgaria', is funnier than Alastair Cooke's from America. This one is particularly diverting, not least because of the #badinage in the comments. It's today's Pick of the Day.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
At ABCTales it's taken as read that Turlough's Monthly digest - a sort of 'Letter from Bulgaria', is funnier than Alastair Cooke's from America. This one is particularly diverting, not least because of the #badinage in the comments. It's today's Pick of the Day.
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Graceful, poetic writing with a fine sense of detail. This is our Sunday pick. Enjoy!
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November 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Graceful, poetic writing with a fine sense of detail. This is our Sunday pick. Enjoy!
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www.abctales.com/story/beanzi...
Fast paced and atmospheric Lily (Chapter 6) from Soulfire77 is our Pick of the Day. A father goes in search of his daughter…
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November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Fast paced and atmospheric Lily (Chapter 6) from Soulfire77 is our Pick of the Day. A father goes in search of his daughter…
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Join Turlough as he takes us to the amazing, and quite literally breathtaking, mountains of Peru. A journey to treasure! www.abctales.com/story/turlou...
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Join Turlough as he takes us to the amazing, and quite literally breathtaking, mountains of Peru. A journey to treasure! www.abctales.com/story/turlou...
Our Pick of the Day is the start of something dark and thrilling. It’s the first part of Lily by Soulfire77. Why don’t you read and share it too?
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November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Our Pick of the Day is the start of something dark and thrilling. It’s the first part of Lily by Soulfire77. Why don’t you read and share it too?
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airyfairy’s brain has gone AWOL.
Will she find it again?!
Find out by reading the unfolding drama at:
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It is today’s Pick of the Day
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Will she find it again?!
Find out by reading the unfolding drama at:
www.abctales.com/story/airyfa...
It is today’s Pick of the Day
Please share if you can.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
airyfairy’s brain has gone AWOL.
Will she find it again?!
Find out by reading the unfolding drama at:
www.abctales.com/story/airyfa...
It is today’s Pick of the Day
Please share if you can.
Will she find it again?!
Find out by reading the unfolding drama at:
www.abctales.com/story/airyfa...
It is today’s Pick of the Day
Please share if you can.
#POD today is Soulfire77's ongoing Sci Fi piece that grips from part one. The Harvest Floor (Ch.Three) is plausible & convincing, with echoes of Soylent Green, Do give it a try and share if you like it too fellow ABCTalers.
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Pt 1 & 2 www.abctales.com/user/soulfir...
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Pt 1 & 2 www.abctales.com/user/soulfir...
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#POD today is Soulfire77's ongoing Sci Fi piece that grips from part one. The Harvest Floor (Ch.Three) is plausible & convincing, with echoes of Soylent Green, Do give it a try and share if you like it too fellow ABCTalers.
www.abctales.com/.../harvest-...
Pt 1 & 2 www.abctales.com/user/soulfir...
www.abctales.com/.../harvest-...
Pt 1 & 2 www.abctales.com/user/soulfir...
An uproarious fanfare for the common man. This is our marvellous Sunday pick. Enjoy!
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November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
An uproarious fanfare for the common man. This is our marvellous Sunday pick. Enjoy!
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Well done to 'Ivan the OK-ish' on all 5 parts of The Ride. Nicely written, despite ending up with one of the last things anyone might imagine happening in the Mersey Tunnel. abctales.com/story/ivan-ok-… (but do start at Part 1, obviously!).
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Well done to 'Ivan the OK-ish' on all 5 parts of The Ride. Nicely written, despite ending up with one of the last things anyone might imagine happening in the Mersey Tunnel. abctales.com/story/ivan-ok-… (but do start at Part 1, obviously!).
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A wonderful poem here from Turlough, Dolly Blue Monday. It’s our Pick of the Day. Do read and share.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A wonderful poem here from Turlough, Dolly Blue Monday. It’s our Pick of the Day. Do read and share.
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Today’s Pick of the Day is Makis’s excellent Why We Bother.
A story about voting and looking out for potential orange idiots.
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A story about voting and looking out for potential orange idiots.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Today’s Pick of the Day is Makis’s excellent Why We Bother.
A story about voting and looking out for potential orange idiots.
www.abctales.com/story/makis/...
A story about voting and looking out for potential orange idiots.
www.abctales.com/story/makis/...
The World is Closed. A powerful response to this week's Inspiration Point by Jane Hyphen:
It’s not safe to swim here
The water is toxic
And the sea is tangled
With everything you ever wanted
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It’s not safe to swim here
The water is toxic
And the sea is tangled
With everything you ever wanted
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November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The World is Closed. A powerful response to this week's Inspiration Point by Jane Hyphen:
It’s not safe to swim here
The water is toxic
And the sea is tangled
With everything you ever wanted
www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...
It’s not safe to swim here
The water is toxic
And the sea is tangled
With everything you ever wanted
www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...
Today's Pick of the Day is Caldwell's taut, compelling and unnerving story, 'The Day She Chose to Be Good'
Do please share on your own social media, if you like it too.
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Do please share on your own social media, if you like it too.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Today's Pick of the Day is Caldwell's taut, compelling and unnerving story, 'The Day She Chose to Be Good'
Do please share on your own social media, if you like it too.
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Do please share on your own social media, if you like it too.
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Another wonderful account from Turlough’s already brimming collection of life writing.
Make your own mind up about Irn Bru!
‘Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches’ is Sunday’s Pick of the Day
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Make your own mind up about Irn Bru!
‘Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches’ is Sunday’s Pick of the Day
www.abctales.com/story/turlou...
Please share if you can.
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Another wonderful account from Turlough’s already brimming collection of life writing.
Make your own mind up about Irn Bru!
‘Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches’ is Sunday’s Pick of the Day
www.abctales.com/story/turlou...
Please share if you can.
Make your own mind up about Irn Bru!
‘Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches’ is Sunday’s Pick of the Day
www.abctales.com/story/turlou...
Please share if you can.
Our Saturday Pick is Jane Hyphen's wry and beautifully written ode to exasperation: www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our Saturday Pick is Jane Hyphen's wry and beautifully written ode to exasperation: www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...
Our Pick of the Day is a chapter of beanzie’s ongoing tale, My Dinosaur Era. Brilliant writing. Do read and share it.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Our Pick of the Day is a chapter of beanzie’s ongoing tale, My Dinosaur Era. Brilliant writing. Do read and share it.
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www.abctales.com/story/beanzi...
Somewhere between Richard Matheson and HG Wells.
Caldwell’s “The Second Shadow” is intriguing, mysterious and a tale beautifully told.
It is today’s Pick of the Day
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Caldwell’s “The Second Shadow” is intriguing, mysterious and a tale beautifully told.
It is today’s Pick of the Day
www.abctales.com/story/caldwe...
Please share if you can.
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Somewhere between Richard Matheson and HG Wells.
Caldwell’s “The Second Shadow” is intriguing, mysterious and a tale beautifully told.
It is today’s Pick of the Day
www.abctales.com/story/caldwe...
Please share if you can.
Caldwell’s “The Second Shadow” is intriguing, mysterious and a tale beautifully told.
It is today’s Pick of the Day
www.abctales.com/story/caldwe...
Please share if you can.
Our pick for today packs a punch or two: 'Land of Hope and Fury' by Ewan
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November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Our pick for today packs a punch or two: 'Land of Hope and Fury' by Ewan
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www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...
Makis brings a glimpse of peace in this troublous time, in our Pick of the Day. Please do share if you enjoy it too
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November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Makis brings a glimpse of peace in this troublous time, in our Pick of the Day. Please do share if you enjoy it too
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www.abctales.com/story/makis/...
#PickoftheDay is Turlough's 'Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin'.
Like being in the pub with JP Donleavy,Roddy Doyle or Dave Allen. Or maybe all three. Turlough's easy, cosy, self-deprecating humour never fails to make me smile. Do share
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Like being in the pub with JP Donleavy,Roddy Doyle or Dave Allen. Or maybe all three. Turlough's easy, cosy, self-deprecating humour never fails to make me smile. Do share
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November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#PickoftheDay is Turlough's 'Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin'.
Like being in the pub with JP Donleavy,Roddy Doyle or Dave Allen. Or maybe all three. Turlough's easy, cosy, self-deprecating humour never fails to make me smile. Do share
www.abctales.com/.../turlough....
Like being in the pub with JP Donleavy,Roddy Doyle or Dave Allen. Or maybe all three. Turlough's easy, cosy, self-deprecating humour never fails to make me smile. Do share
www.abctales.com/.../turlough....
'We are who we were and this area is what I was and am.' jx martin takes us on a magical journey through the neighbourhood of the past, full of memory and echoes: www.abctales.com/story/jxmart...
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
'We are who we were and this area is what I was and am.' jx martin takes us on a magical journey through the neighbourhood of the past, full of memory and echoes: www.abctales.com/story/jxmart...