Notes from across The Pond. hudsonmoon is ageing gracefully (I think). “How Terribly Strange to Be Seventy - A Short Ramble” is today’s wonderfully diverting Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/hudson...

Love amongst the coffins! mybook.to/SubsequentPr...

I don't know how to start this post. I've done something incredibly brave, and I don't want it to seem like virtue signaling. I don't think I'm better than you. Ok, here goes. I started a free Substack (hold for applause). Please subscribe/share with fans of humorous #writing. macashton.substack.com

Happy 1st Birthday to my short story collection Saltburn! 🧂🔥🥳🍾🎊 @renardpress Reviews: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... Buy: renardpress.com/books/saltbu... Substack: open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...

Do read and share this lovely and very moving poem, My Soldier Father's Body Brush, by Yutka. It’s our Pick of the Day. www.abctales.com/story/yutka/...

Very happy that chapter 13 of my work-in-progress is a Pick of the Day at the wonderful @abctales.bsky.social Thank you! 🙏 www.abctales.com/story/marand...

Very nice birthday book haul.

I have arrived at the Flamingo Hotel. My room is small but the view is beautiful; I fear both my fellow guests and the staff. I hope I survive the week.

#PickOfTheDay Always good to see something new from Drew Gummerson, a truly talented writer. Minority Report Pt.1 is atmospheric, stream of conscientiousness stuff. Its End of the Pier, squalid 1960's atmosphere is laid on thick. Terrific. www.abctales.com/.../drewg...... Please share?

I loved being a part of this anthology!! Thank you so much for the shout-out, Ben 🐉

Wonderfully imaginative, Marandina's story unfolds in this chilling Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/marand...

A new pome "Homecoming" posted over on X/Twitter for #TopTweetTuesday. There's a video of me reading it (along with my cat Shelley in the background) over there if you can stand my Brummie drawl

My latest story: Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (13) The Village and the Beast www.abctales.com/story/marand...

Thrilled to have a new poem in the fabulous @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social! 🩸

No L-plates required here (see collection title for this piece). This is intriguing and deft poetry and that's why it's our #PickoftheDay today. Do please share this on your SM, if you like it too. #Poetry www.abctales.com/story/scozen...

Just found a lovely new review for In the Shadow of Gods.

Reposting this for March.

‘Rachel Deering writes with scalpel-sharp precision’ @brionycollins.bsky.social on @racheldeering.bsky.social ’s ‘In the Shadow of Gods’ www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering

Terrence Oblong's 'The War Museum' is a deliciously absurd piece of fantasy. We hope. www.abctales.com/story/terren...

Pick of the Day - only 104 years on and a nice echo of Waste Land for our times www.abctales.com/story/yutka/...

Our Friday Pick is Lille Dante's 'Never Gonna Give', another episode in the wonderful series about Julie and Danny. Please do share! www.abctales.com/story/lille-...

You think you know something about your family history. And then you don’t. Spiral Descent by Mark Say is our Pick of the Day. Please give it a read. www.abctales.com/story/mark-s...

Another mercurial, interesting and keenly written missive from his homeland. Turlough’s monthly diary entry ‘The Aromatherapist of Kozloduy’ is today’s Pick of the Day. Do read both parts! www.abctales.com/story/turlou...

New substack is up. On fly tipping, sharing good news, some good news, and a book festival. #IndiePublishing #Books substack.com/@drewgummers...

And look what Leicester Libraries have shared on Instagram. ☺️. Me as Dennis the Menace on #WorldBookDay supporting National Year of Reading. @renardpress.com @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social

Happy World Book Day! 📚 I’m proud to have two little pamphlets out in the world and I still have signed author copies available! 🌊 ☕️ Walrussey is for fans of ecopoetry and Circulaire is for those who love love! Just drop me a comment, £10 via PayPal, and I’ll cover p&p! 💛

Meet Danny in this first part of a brilliant story from Lille Dante, which is Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can, and there are two more parts posted for you to enjoy www.abctales.com/story/lille-...

Walrussey, my debut pamphlet of ecopoetry, is now back in stock at the @blackcatpress.bsky.social shop! 🌊 Each copy is signed and you can grab yours here: www.blackcatpress.co.uk/product-page... 😘

‘D is for Deficiency’ from my latest pamphlet, Circulaire 💛 If poetry about the joy and messiness of existing in a body is your jam, then you can grab a copy here: writtenoffpublishing.com/shop/p/circu... I also have signed author copies available, just drop a comment! £10 via PayPal) ☕️

If you missed it the first time, the flamingo is back. Be more flamingo. Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel Bookings open: www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...

As Saltburn’s 1st birthday approaches here’s a pretty fine review. “This is the kind of wall to wall wackiness seen in Voltaire and Isabel Waidner.” renardpress.com/books/saltbu...

On Mania and Creativity. New substack up. Written before work, dogs staring at me, wanting walk. The usual. open.substack.com/pub/drewgumm...

Our Pick of the Day is an excellent poem by Angusfolklore. It’s called Hannibal's Last Hotel (182 BC) and you can read it here: www.abctales.com/story/angusf... Do share it too.

Story and Poem of the Month for February now live on ABCTales! www.abctales.com/blog/insertp...

Our brilliant Pick of the Day "On Achill Island': www.abctales.com/story/turlou...

Over the moon to have been commended in the @vervepoetryfest.bsky.social competition, judged by Victoria Kennefick, a poet I so admire! 🎉 Honoured to be on this list with so many poets and friends ❤️

#PoetryAlert Marked for silliness and occasional rhyme, enter at own risk www.abctales.com/story/ewan/n...

‪My latest story: 'Prophesy: The Immortal Witch 12' The creature in the cave www.abctales.com/story/marand...

Our Pick of the Day is a brilliant piece of writing from Lille Dante, The Mythic Embassy. Do read and share it. www.abctales.com/story/lille-...

An intriguing, slightly off-kilter story from the consummate Jane Hyphen ‘Purple Mountain’ is today’s Pick of the Day Parts 1 & 2 available on site now. www.abctales.com/story/jane-h... Do read both parts!

Take some time out and let Harry C transport you to a very ordinary town, full of ordinary, fascinating people and ordinary, fascinating places. A celebration of ordinary, fascinating life: www.abctales.com/story/harryc...

In t'local book club last week, a quiz kicked things off. Theme: Orange. Of 9 purported titles, you had to mark the ones you thought were real books, who wrote 'em, if marked them as books. Others were films, music, art,etc. This WAS an orange herring, not now. www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...

Ewan turns wellness guru for this Pick of the Day! Please do share if you can www.abctales.com/story/ewan/l...

Over the moon that the latest instalment of my work-in-progress is a Pick of the Day at @abctales.bsky.social Thank you 🙏

#FlashFiction #PickofthDay Great to see some of Lille Dante's work on ABCTales again. As usual, it's different and thoughtful writing, and that's why it's today`s Pick Of The Day. Fellow ABCTalers, please share on social media. www.abctales.com/story/lille-...

New substack is up. Featuring a Maximo Park concert, a book launch @kevinboniface.bsky.social @davidcollard.bsky.social and some thoughts on short stories, Elvis and bananas. substack.com/@drewgummers...

Immersive horror writing from marandina today as his excellent novel of witchcraft continues. www.abctales.com/story/marand...

This excellent piece, His Running Top, by Jane Hyphen is our Pick of the Day. It manages to be about the power of running in general and personal at the same time. www.abctales.com/story/jane-h...

A worthy pastiche written with authenticity and distinction SoulFire77’s ‘Courtesy Calls: The Fire Lane’ is today’s Pick of the Day. Do read both parts! www.abctales.com/story/soulfi... Please share if you can.

My latest story: Prophesy: The Immortal Witch 11 A banishing act www.abctales.com/story/marand...