Spin is a science fictional reworking of the Arachne myth, written a year or so after a trip to Messinias in 2010. The novella takes huge liberties with history, geography and mythology, but then Spin is not an historical fiction or a travel memoir. It is a story about art, creativity and ambition, inspired by a landscape that still haunts me and by the mythical contest between a mortal woman and a goddess that has held me spellbound since I was a child.
Spin originally appeared as a standalone paperback as part of the TTA Novellas series. Sadly the physical version is now out of print, but you can still read and enjoy Spin as a Kindle ebook.
The cover art is by Ben Baldwin.