Frustrated by working under lockdown and worried that the 2020 festival might not happen, Arachne Press decided to continue as though everything would be alright, and asked writers to something that responded or reacted to or was inspired by a sixteenth century poem that editor Cherry Potts has always found comforting in a crisis: Robert Southwell's Tymes Goe by Turnes; or that responded or reacted to or was inspired by some concept in it. The poem observes the ebb and flow of fortune, nothing stays bad for ever, nor anything good — so get on with it while you can. And they have. Oh, they have. This isn't exactly a response to Covid-19, but there's an echo there — in Katie Margaret Hall's epic train journey, New Orleans To Vancouver, and Jackie Taylor's Rewilding; but there is also concern for the environment, and relationships and lives in need of nourishment they are finding hard to find. As with Southwell's poem there is a fine balance between dread and hope. stories and poems from:
Brooke Stanicki
C.L. Hearnden
Claire Booker
Elinor Brooks
Jackie Taylor
Jane Aldous
Jane McLaughlin
Julian Bishop
Karen Ankers
Katie Hall
Keely O'Shaughnessy
Kelly Davis
Laila Sumpton
Linda McMullen
Lynn White
Margaret Crompton
Neil Lawrence
Patience Mackarness
Pippa Gladhill
S. B. Merrow
Sean Carney
