Byways, an anthology of stories and poems from across the UK and elsewhere, exploring the urban shortcuts, well-trodden meanders, ancient pathways, hillside and field paths. The public and the secret ways that take us away from the crowds and out of our vehicles. Mainly in English but including a handful of poems in Welsh (with translation), join us off the beaten track.
Arachne Press has a track record (pun intended) of publishing what academics call psychogeography, but we call well-routed. We also have history with climate concern. We combine the two here, offering drama and solace from experiencing the world at the slow pace of a walk, whether the short cut to the chippy, or an all day hike in the hills.
with contributions from Adele Evershed, Amelia Foster, Angela Arnold, Annemarie Cooper, Annie Kissack, Attalea Rose, Cath Humphris, Des Mannay, Diana Powell, Eabhan Ní Shuileabháin, Em Gray, Gloria Heffernan, Gregory McGreevy, Gwyn Parry, Heather Lane, Helen Campbell, Jane McLaughlin, Jeff Phelps, Jonah Corren, Josie Levin, Judith Mikesch-McKenzie, Katie Harrison, Katie Margaret Hall, Kelly Davis, Laura Besley, Lisa Farrell, Lizzie Lovejoy, Mab Jones, Maddison Price, Marcus Smith, Michael Shann, Michelle Penn, Mitzi Dorton, Nicholas McGaughey, Phil Wood, Raymond Luczak, Rhys Owain Williams, Ros Woolner, Sara Louise Wheeler, Seth Crook, Simon Chandler, Sue Burge Sue Moules and Thea Smiley
Table of Contents:
Contents
Rhys Owain Williams Desire Line
Marcus Smith Line and Squiggle
Annemarie Cooper A Summer Walk
Simon Chandler Breuddwyd y Man Lwybr
Judith Mikesch-McKenzie The Tow Path at Carraig Na Siuire
Michael Shann Snickets and Ginnels
Laura Besley Worlds Apart
Gwyn Parry Llwybr Cyhoeddus
Jane McLaughlin The Sweet Track
Sue Moules Who Else Walks This Path
Helen Campbell Mapped
Thea Smiley Morning Dip
Seth Crook Eggbox Path
Cath Humphris Breadcrumbs
Em Gray Terrapins
Katie Margaret Hall The Fire Tenders Path
Jeff Phelps Where The Ridgeway Runs
Angela Arnold Walking With All of It
Raymond Luczak Taxila Alley
Lisa Farrell The Haunted Path
Mitzi Dorton High Bridge
Michelle Penn The Turning
Annie Kissack To the Stream
Phil Wood Unbinding
Mab Jones Bridlepath
Lizzie Lovejoy The Byway Listens
Sue Burge Pilgrimage In fourteen Sections
Nicholas McGaughey Offas Dyke
Adele Evershed Dangerous Structures
Kelly Davis Swimming Through Barley
Des Mannay Dunes
Katie Harrison Windows 2019
Sara Louise Wheeler Dechraur Daith
Amelia Foster March 1st
Attalea Rose Listen
Gloria Heffernan A Drink of Silence
Gregory McGreevy Hopewell
Maddie Price My Home in The Falls
Josie Levin And Your Shoes are Soaked but Maybe Mine Will Dry if I Lay Them Flat
Heather Lane Fen Walk, Aldreth
Diana Powell Palimpsest
Eabhan Ni Shuileabhain A Good Day
Jonah Corren Cadover Bridge
Ros Woolner Safety Notices
About the Author :
Cherry Potts is the Director of Arachne Press, for whom she is editor of almost all our anthologies and runs the Annual Solstice Shorts Festival.
Cherry is the author of an epic fantasy novel, two collections of short stories, a photographic diary of a community opera, and has had many stories in anthologies, magazines and online. Her novel of sibling hatred in the 1920s, The Bog Mermaid, won the Quill LGBTQ+ Prose prize 2022.
Review :
There's something intensely moving about these poetic journeys which
focus on the spirit of place and the deep connections we have with our
landscapes and people.
Matthew M.C. Smith author of The Keeper of Aeons
Byways is a gazetteer of the private places and the gaps in the map
- the very best places of all. Armchair travel has never been so seductive.
Mike Parker author of The Map Addict
