Arachne Press

Anthology Flash Short Stories 

Story Cities: A City Guide For The Imagination edited by Rosamund Davies, Cherry Potts and Kam Rehal

October 7, 2019 Phil Olsen Alexandra Penland, Arachne Press, Ash Lim, Cherry Potts, Dave Murray, Kam Rehal, Kristin D. Urban, Kristin Urban-Watson, Maja Bodenstein, Quiet Man Dave, Rosamund Davies

-Reviewed by Kristin D. Urban- 112 pages of 51 flash fiction stories from 42 authors underneath nine different sections, Story

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Anthology Poetry Short Stories 

Shortest Day, Longest Night 2015-2016 ed. Cherry Potts

June 5, 2018June 4, 2018 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Cherry Potts, Chloë Moloney, Jamie Der Wahls, Jill Sharp, Katy Darby, Lisa Kelly, Shortest Day Longest Night, Solstice Shorts Festival, Tim Cremin

– Reviewed by Chloë Moloney – ‘Anger floods in to fill the lull. I never even wanted bloody kids. Yet

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Anthology Short Stories 

Solstice Shorts (ed. Alison Moore, Anita Sethi, Cherry Potts, Imogen Robertson & Robert Shearman)

March 8, 2015March 8, 2015 dj4twinx Aita Sethi, Alison Moore, Arachne Press, Cherry Potts, David Matthews, David Turnbull, Felicity Skelton, Helen Morris, Imogen Robertson, Jane Pickering, Margaret Atwood, Roald Dahl, Robert Shearman, William Davidson

 -Reviewed by Felicity Skelton- Arachne Press, a small, inventive, company publishing mainly short fiction and poetry, held a festival on

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Seasonal/End of year 

Fiction Round-Up 2014

December 23, 2014December 20, 2014 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Bare Fiction, Cuba in Splinters, David Rose, Feeding the Doves, Fiona Moore, Gay Propaganda, Heathers, Jenalyn, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Louis XXX, Lysiane Rakotoson, May-Lan Tan, Mermaids, Niagara, Pankhearst, Peirene Press, Posthumous Stories, Rainn, Richard T. Watson, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2014, Shit Happens, Strong Room, The Art of Nottingham, The Dead Lake, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, Things to Make and Break, Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh! Uh!, Unsettled, Unthank Books, Unthology, Weird Lies, Words and Women: One

-Compiled by Richard T. Watson– It’s time once again to look back at the past twelve months and raise a

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Anthology Short Stories 

Words and Women: One (ed. Lynne Bryan & Belona Greenwood)

September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 dj4twinx Alice Kent, Arachne Press, Belona Greenwood, Caroline Jackson, Dani Redd, Feminism, Lynne Bryan, Pankhearst, Saboteur Awards 2014, Stations, Susan Dean, Unthank Books, Wendy Gill, Words and Women, Words and Women: One

-By Richard T. Watson– Shortlisted for the Saboteur Awards 2014, Unthank’s Words and Women: One is an anthology of stories

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Saboteur Awards 

Saboteur Awards 2014: Fiction

June 5, 2014October 12, 2014 dj4twinx Arachne Press, Bare Fiction, Chasing the King of Hearts, Colin Barrett, David Rose, Drifting Down the Lane, Escape Kit, Follow the Trail of Moths, Hanna Krall, Jenalyn, Johnny Monroe, Jonathan Taylor, Kirsty Logan, Kontakte, Liars' League, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Moon and Mountain, Nikesh Chukla, Nine Arches Press, Philip Boehm, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Posthumous Stories, Richard T. Watson, Rising, Saboteur Awards, Saboteur Awards 2014, Season of the Needle, Sidekick Books, Steve Nash, The Apple Anthology, The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales, The Time Machine, Things to Make and Break, Under the Radar, Wayne Holloway-Smith, Weird Lies, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Women and Words One, Young Skins

-In which Richard T. Watson sums up the categories he presented at the 2014 Saboteur Awards- Best Magazine Magazines are

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Saboteur Awards 

Saboteur Awards 2014 – 31st May

May 29, 2014 Editor Allographic Press, Andrew Wynn Owen, Arachne Press, Ashley Stokes, Bare Fiction, Dan Holloway, David Clarke, Emily Cleaver, Fay Roberts, Flarestack Poets, Florence O'Mahoney, Hesterglock Press, Jacqueline Saphra, Jenni Pascoe, Jericho Tavern, JibbaJabba, John Clegg, Kate Garrett, Kiran Millwood-Hargrave, Kirsten Irving, Lucy Ayrton, Lyndsay Waller-Wilkinson, May-Lan Tan, Nichola Deane, Nine Arches Press, Oxford, Pankhearst, Paul Hawkins, Peirene Press, Rising, Rose Drew, Rowena Knight, Saboteur Awards 2014, Stairwell Books, Steve Nash, Stewed Rhubarb Press, The Emma Press, Thomas McColl, Tim Wells, Tina Sederholm, Unthank Books, William Thirsk-Gaskill

On Saturday 31st May, at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern, we will be announcing the results of the public vote for this

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Saboteur Awards 

Saboteur Awards 2014: The Shortlist!

May 1, 2014May 25, 2014 Editor Afric McGlinchey, Against Rape, Agnes Marton, Anti-Slam, Arachne Press, Bang Said the Gun!, Bare Fiction, Belona Greenwood, Burning Eye, Charles Whalley, Cherry Potts, Chris McCabe, Colin Barrett, Daniel Cockrill, David Coates, David Rose, Donut Press, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Enemies, Fay Roberts, Fiona Moore, Galley Beggar, George Ttoouli, Grist Books, Hannah Krall, Harriette Lawler, Harry Man, Hollie McNish, Jabba Jabba, Johnny Monroe, Jon Stone, Jonathan Taylor, Kate Tempest, Kathleen Bell, Katy Darby, Kirsten Irving, Kirsten Luckins, Kirsty Logan, Liars' League, Lisa Matthews, Literal Fish, London Lines, Lucy Ayrton, Lynne Bryan, Maria Vlotides, Marianne Villanueva, May-Lan Tan, Nikesh Shukla, Nine Arches Press, Other Voices: Alternative Spoken Word, Oystercatcher, P.O.W., Pedestrian Publishing, Peirene Press, Penned in the Margins, Poems After Frida, Poems in Which, Poetry Bus, Rebecca Tamás, Red Squirrel Press, Rising, Rob Auton, Rosie Breese, Saboteur Awards 2014, Salt, Shindig Leicester, Sidekick Books, SJ Fowler, Sophia Walker, Steve Nash, Tall Lighthouse, Tony Husband, Translating Concrete Poetry, Under the Radar, Unthank Books, Vagabondage Press, W.N. Herbert, Wayne Holloway-Smith, White Rabbit's Are You Sitting Comfortably?, William Thirsk-Gaskill, Yvonne Reddick

Vote now! The results will be announced at the Awards on 31st May, book tickets now!   Over the course

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Short Stories 

Weird Lies (ed. Cherry Potts)

November 14, 2013November 14, 2013 dj4twinx Alex Smith, Andie Berryman, Andrew Lloyd-Jones, Angela Trevithick, Arachne Press, Barry McKinley, Cherry Potts, Christopher Samuels, CT Kingston, David Mildon, Derek Ivan Webster, fantasy, Joshan Esfandiari Martin, Lee Reynoldson, Liars' League, London Lies, Lovers Lies, Rebecca J Payne, Red Dwarf, Richard Smyth, sci-fi, Weird Lies

-Reviewed by Andie Berryman– The Liars’ League is a monthly spoken word event held in London and other UK locations

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Short Stories 

Mosaic of Air by Cherry Potts

October 19, 2013October 30, 2013 Editor Andie Berryman, Arachne Press, Cherry Potts, LGBT, Mosaic of Air

-Reviewed by Andie Berryman– Mosaic of Air is a lesbian collection originally released in 1992 with its re-release in 2013.

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