Cherry Potts is a Londoner born and bred. She is the author of two collections of short stories: Mosaic of Air, and Tales Told Before Cockcrow: Fairytales for Adults; a photographic diary of a community opera The Blackheath Onegin, and has had several stories in anthologies. Her Lesbian Fantasy Epic, The Dowry Blade is out in February 2016 and she is currently working on her next collection, a science fiction novel, and a timeslip-young-adult kinda thing. She also runs workshops for writers exploring NLP (Neurolinguistic programming) approaches to language and characterisation and teaches Creative Writing at City University as a visting lecturer.In her spare time Cherry is the owner of Arachne Press, and (co)editor of London Lies, Lovers' Lies: Short Stories, Weird Lies, The Other Side of Sleep, Solstice Shorts and Stations: Short Stories Inspired by the Overground Line.