Everyone gets a thank you, it's only right ... tinyurl.com/bdfwjprf #booksfromthebottomofthepile

So excited to have a poem in the new issue of @poetrybrum.bsky.social! Fragility and Tenacity: Nature in the Balance is curated by the wonderful Paul Roberts and I was honoured to be a part of it. You can read 'The Olive Tree of Vouves' here: poetrybirmingham.com/bex-hainswor...

And links to buy! Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel. You can book your room direct from Bearded Badger - www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...

Although my first book was published in 2002, now is the first time I have had two books in print at the same time, Seven Nights and the Flamingo Hotel and Saltburn. And I’m very proud of both, @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social @renardpress.com Slap on back! open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...

And your stay in Saltburn can be booked here - renardpress.com/books/saltbu...

With the full moon starting to wane, you can help to keep the light shining on the Witches of Flanders by supporting our Kickstarter. We are nearly there! 🖤🧹🐈‍⬛ kck.st/492NqKt

'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...

This wonderfully rich prose-poem from Rask Balavoine is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/raskba...

‘We have eyed the mystery of one another' 'Wren' by Rachel Deering from 'In the Shadow of Gods', available with Black Bough, a bumper collection. @racheldeering.bsky.social www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering

A poem from my collection, In the Shadow of Gods. Consider getting yourself a copy, links in post below or reviewing it. 👇

Tomorrow is the sixteenth anniversary of my Dad's death. In one the universe's nicer moments, a beautiful and thoughtful poem about the joy memories can bring is ABCtales.com Pick of the Day. Thank you to the poet, Makis, for making me smile.

Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social! My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here: theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84

"The spire of Christchurch rises like a splinter, desperate to slide free from slum muck. Itchy Park stinks like Eden, the rotten fruit of our bodies hasn’t fallen far. We are Eve, we are Hagar, we are Magdalene." theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84

I "put the sword down" over 20 years ago, now. 23 years lucky service - the nearest I got to the field of battle was flying overhead at 12,000 metres listening out for SAM batteries comms. Others are not so lucky. This is for them. #Weshallrememberthem, too. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p...

With Remembrance Day on the horizon, Ewan’s layered poem is poignant and very relevant. It is today’s Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/p... Please share if you can.

An excellent and absorbing piece from Caldwell for our Pick of the Day. Do read and share it. www.abctales.com/story/caldwe...

Thoughtful, wistful and delicately expressed: Makis's #poem Afterwards is our Social Media pick of the day. Please could fellow ABC-Talers share it on their social media, if they like it too. www.abctales.com/story/makis/...

Sunday - a time of tea in bed or cooked breakfast or a Sunday Roast - or all three if you're particularly hedonistic! This Sunday, it's the morning after the night before, and not everyone's too happy about that. www.abctales.com/story/philwh... @abctales.bsky.social

Story and Poem of the Month for October now LIVE on ABCTales: www.abctales.com/blog/insertp...

Be in at the start of one of Jane Hyphen's excellent stories. Two parts up so far and it's looking very good www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...

‘a yearning of notes flung to the sky gods that sail upon the high wind’ 🐺 @racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering

A poem from my collection, In the Shadow of Gods. 👇

Hold onto Halloween magic a little longer by reading this brilliant story from Hudsonmoon, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/hudson...

Next episode of The Further Chronicles...tomorrow. In the meantime, this is where we're up to, with Aefelthrith fumbling in the dark, and getting her collar felt for it! www.abctales.com/story/philwh... @abctales.bsky.social

#Poetry collection: 'The Paper Over The Cracks' available now at the 'Zon. Other books are available: www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...

tinyurl.com/bdfwjprf Some of them are even quite good.

3rd-time lucky? I've a new collection of poems. Available in all formats, [all 3-mats?] today. It's a nice looking book, the cover almost looks professional [It isn't, I did it]. Book is here: tinyurl.com/593d8cvp Have a look, it costs 0p. If poetry's not your bag, I've other books ...

Assuming superposition, multiverse etc. to be true and the consequent theory that an infinite number of possibilities of my own self may exist, I'd like to be the one that sells some #books. www.amazon.co.uk/.../Ewan-Law...

Story: Standing Around www.abctales.com/story/sean-m... Splinters, diggers, and daisies.

Just wanted to share my poem 'Dancing with Mercutio in Klute Nightclub', published in the latest issue of @poetrywales.bsky.social 💙

Just a reminder that Circulaire, my new pamphlet, has all the spooky vibes of the season! 🎃 If haunted houses, séances, and bonfires are your jam, you can grab a copy from Written Off Publishing here: writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circula…💀 Or drop me a comment for a signed copy 🖤

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here's 'Séance', from my new pamphlet, Circulaire 🖤

This is a piece I wrote some time ago on ABCTales.com, about the shock and grief I felt when my daughter had her first tonic clonic epileptic seizure: tinyurl.com/3sb4mv6y. 12 years later, prejudice around epilepsy still appals me. Please take a moment to read #epilepsyawareness #writing #amwriting

Today's Pick is a lovely, mysterious poem from skinner_jennifer: www.abctales.com/story/skinne... Happy Halloween!

Wonderful writing, a treat, in fact, for our Pick of the Day. Do read and share ‘Ooze Next?’ by Turlough. www.abctales.com/story/turlou...

Join us for a very special tea party at the Cromford mansion in this splendid Halloween Tale by jnlhill3 www.abctales.com/story/jnlhil...

Poetic, vivid, mysterious, this fabulous short piece by rask_balavoine is sure to get you in the mood for Halloween, so it is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/raskba...

Gritty Scots #Noir, from one of ABC's finest. Do check out Colin Burnett's other books featuring Aldo - you won't regret it. Meanwhile, this excerpt,'Score of a Lifetime from a third novel featuring the same milieu, is deservedly today's Social Media Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/colinb...

Very proud to be included, via Saltburn, in this Renard Press 5 year anthology. Orders open now! With all proceeds going to the Bookbanks charity. Please have a look, share, spread the word. renardpress.com/books/renard...

Something rather exciting is coming in three short weeks – a beautiful collection of excerpts, poems, short stories, scenes from all the authors we’ve published in our first five years. 📚 All proceeds to our Bookbanks scheme. renardpress.com/books/renard... #beautifulbooks #booksky

A fine poem about the passage of time, full of marvellous wordplay and layering, Turlough's Early Lateness is our Sunday pick. Enjoy! www.abctales.com/story/turlou...

It was wonderful to interview the brilliant Bex Hainsworth @poetbex.bsky.social on her truly amazing poetry collection Circulaire - she's got some fascinating things to say about her poems and process so please read and share, then buy Circulaire! #poetry www.samszanto.com/post/bex-hai...

Story: Heartbeats www.abctales.com/story/sean-m... Jesuits, washerwomen, and peeping toms too.

Oh my, PAM Inc. strike again. Do please ignore this foolishness, but please do buy the book. www.facebook.com/share/v/17Qk...

#Poetryalert 'The Paper Over The Cracks'. Not for the prosaically-minded. Get yours here! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FSCXQH4F

If you’ve been thinking about buying Saltbrun now might be the time. It’s a perfect gift! Or any other Renard title obviously! renardpress.com/books/saltbu...

Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social - Buy this funny, tender, fantastically entertaining book (I really loved it) and help the publisher through a sticky patch.

Set in Brighton and being posted as it's written, this is our brilliant Story of the Week www.abctales.com/story/beanzi...

Very happy to have my story as Pick of the Day at @abctales.bsky.social Thank you 🙏

‘spines form crystalline in starry congregation.’ ❄️ @racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering