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A woman's envy is very much alive, even in the olden times! Case and point, you have the story of Minerva and Arachne.

Mayer André Marcel Schwob was born in Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine, France on 23rd August 1867 into a cultivated Jewish family. As a child he devoured the works of Poe and Stevenson in French and then again in English. His attachment to the bizarre and dark was already forming. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in 1888 he became a professional journalist and worked for the Phare de la Loire, the Événement and L'Écho de Paris. The 1890’s marked his establishment as a brilliant writer with the publication of six short story collections.

Why do spiders spin their webs? According to the ancient Greeks, it can be traced back to the myth of an arrogant young woman who angered the gods.

Zed and her family move unwillingly from London to Cornwall in an attempt to support her mother’s mental health. Gradually, the family fall apart, and it is only when Zed realizes that the local cormorants are playing a part in the disasters that consume them in revenge for an ancient wrong, that she and her sister, Amy, start working together to find a solution and call a truce.

Aráchnë nasce dalla necessità di scardinare le convinzioni sociali che crediamo siano corrette; in questi episodi analizziamo le problematiche, che viviamo costantemente, mettendoci a confronto e ne discutiamo apertamente senza censure.

This is a story from the More Tales from the Greek Legends collection.

Pełne humoru i przygód wprowadzenie do mitów greckich: opowieść o chłopcu, który sprawdza na własnej skórze, jak to jest być bohaterem. Tim wraz z Zoe zastanawiają się, jak ożywić kamienny posąg. Gdyby Jason mógł im pomóc… Tymczasem ktoś traktuje ich jak muchy, które trzeba złapać na lep. Takie tłuściutkie i pyszniutkie… Dość tego Arachne! Przynajmniej waza trafiła w dobre ręce. A nawet boskie! Boga złodziei i kłamców… O rany!

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Jeremy Dixon’s first full poetry collection, A Voice Coming from Then, starts from his teenage suicide attempt and expands to encompass themes of bullying, queerphobia, acceptance, and support. Includes unexpected typography, collage, humour, magic, discotheques, and frequent appearances from the Victorian demon, spring-heeled Jack.

When Rob Walton went into lockdown, he didn’t know that he would also go into mourning. Here, he writes about the life and death of his dad, and how sadness seeped into various aspects of his life. He also manages to find cheap laughs, digs at the government, celebrations of the young and old, unashamed sentimentality and suddenly disarming moments of tenderness.

We’ve given the planet a hard time over the last couple of centuries, and she’s showing the wear and tear of her least considerate offspring. We asked our authors: Where are the signs of renewal? Are there signs of regrowth? Have we pushed nature too far? What if it’s already too late? This audiobook presents poems and stories from the brink, responding to the floods and droughts and fires all around the globe with tenderness, compassion, fear, grief, and rage.