| Five by Five: Short Stories Contributor(s): Potts, Cherry (Editor), Taylor-Rowan, Joan (Author), Darby, Katy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1909208612 ISBN-13: 9781909208612 Publisher: Arachne Press OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Women |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.06" W x 7.81" (0.43 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As part of our celebrations of the centenary of some British Women getting the vote, a showcase for five authors Arachne Press has published previously in anthologies, giving a wider perspective on their writing with five stories each. The collection as a whole has a tendency towards fantasy and magical realism, with unforgiving reality tempered with warmth in Guatemala in Cassandra Passarelli's (Liberty Tales) stories of overweight truckers, pregnant teenagers, pilgrimages, stolen children and stolen toys. Katy Darby's (London Lies, Stations, Shortest Day, Longest Night) SF and historical stories - future where hygiene is everything, an historical murder, a spectacularly disturbing bedtime story, an inconvenient 'miracle' and an illicit meeting. Joan Taylor-Rowan's (London Lies, Lover's Lies, Stations) acid humour and modern desperation as characters make new lives 'Down From London', or as stowaways in a central London Department store. Sarah James' (Longest Day, Shortest Night; Vindication) elliptical poet's sensibility of Elegant twists and restraint brought to flash fiction. Helen Morris' (Liberty Tales, Solstice Shorts) ability to get to the heart of a story, with wide-ranging emotional rollercoasters of trolls outwitted, drunken boat trips, world domination and the heart ripped out of a family to make you laugh out loud or weep inconsolably. Each of these writers has featured in Arachne Press anthologies. We liked their work so much we asked them to send more. This is the result. |
Contributor Bio(s): Potts, Cherry: - Cherry Potts is the author of two collections of short stories: Mosaic of Air (republished by Arachne Press in 2013, and Tales Told Before Cockcrow (currently out of print); a photographic diary of a community opera The Blackheath Onegin, and a fantasy novel, The Dowry Blade (Arachne Press 2016). Cherry has also had several stories in anthologies (including Arachne Press publications), magazines and online. She is currently working on her next collection, a science fiction novel, and a timeslip-young-adult kinda thing. Cherry is the Director of Arachne Press, for whom she is editor/co-editor of all our anthologies.Taylor-Rowan, Joan: - Joan Taylor-Rowan is a teacher of Art and Textiles, and world traveller. She is the author of The Birdskin Shoes, a tale of circuses and earthquakes in Mexico. She has had several stories read on Radio 4 and performed at Short Fuse, Storytales, Liars' League and Tales of the Decongested. She is currently writing a musical with a composer she met through Liars' League.Darby, Katy: - Katy Darby's first novel, The Whores' Asylum, was published by Penguin in February 2012. Her personal website is www.katydarby.com. She has published several stories in Arachne Press anthologies: 'Keep Calm and Carry On' for London Lies, 'The Horror, the Horror' for Stations, 'Character Study' and 'The Fool's Tale' for Liberty Tales, 'Hunt and Pray' and 'In the Blind' for Shortest Day, Longest Night and 'Comeback Special' for We/She. Katy regularly reads for Arachne in her acting capacity, and runs workshops for other writers on performing their work. |