Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Train Now Leaving

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A final opportunity for enthusiastic overground-tube riding writers to show their joy in the wonders of east and south London. Sharpen your quills, pump your fountain pens, power up your laptops and get writing, you have until midnight on the 13th May 2012 to deliver a story of around 2500 words centred on one of the following stations Anerley,  Hoxton, Honor Oak Park, Norwood Junction, Penge West, and Shoreditch High Street.

Crystal Palace Mist copyright cherry potts 2012

We have an entertaining mix of  ghosts, music students, worried mothers, property developers, alien abductees and private investigators so far showing the surprising mix of what Londoners get up to, and how the transport infrastructure impacts their lives, or afterlives.

Please contact me to let me know if you are planning to submit, and for which station.

© Cherry Potts 2012

London Lies Latest

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St Paul's Wrapped ... awaiting the big reveal ... copyright Cherry Potts 2012

Gradually creeping towards printing… typesetting is finished and proof reading started, and the cover designs are being voted on by the authors. Fortunately they mostly seem to agree with my (unstated) favourite, so most of them will be happy, and I will too.

Authors Announced for London Lies

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Arachne Press’ London Lies Anthology in conjunction with Liars’ League is taking shape, and the following authors have kindly allowed us to include their work.

David Bausor
Emily Cleaver
Katy Darby
Simon Hodgson
Liam Hogan
Jason Jackson
Peter Lachaise
Alan McCormick
Laura Martz
Emily Pedder
Martin Pengelly
Cherry Potts
Joan Taylor Rowan
Clare Sandling
James Smyth
Rosalind Stopps
Harry Whitehead
Laura Williams
Nichol Wilmor

We hope the book will be in the shops in late July/ Early August.

Making Tracks: Submission Deadline extended for Stations Anthology

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Hoxton, View to the City copyright Cherry Potts 2012

Arachne Press’ paean to the glories of the Overground is gradually progressing, although there seem to be engineering works, and possibly signal failures.

We have stories in place for Brockley, Canada Water,Crystal Palace, Dalston Junction, Forest Hill, Haggerston, Highbury & Islington, New Cross, New Cross Gate, Rotherhithe, Shadwell, Surrey Quays, Sydenham and West Croydon.

We have stories promised for Canonbury, Wapping and Whitechapel.

So if you would like to make your mark with a tale from the tracks, we are still looking for stories featuring Anerley,  Hoxton, Honor Oak Park, Norwood Junction, and Shoreditch High Street, we’d like to hear from you. Any genre except children’s or Erotica; maximum length in the region of 2,500 words.  We like stories with strong narratives and engaging characters we also like weird, but aren’t keen on gore. You can post your story in the message box on the contact page.

Deadline has been extended to Sunday 15th May 2012

Jump on board

© Cherry Potts 2012