See Sarah Frideswide's shortlisted poem "Sticky Bobs" in the Rough Diamond Poetry Prize anthology. ISBN 9798170944415. Available from Amazon.

The ghost of 17th century highwayman, One-Armed Nick, attempts to navigate his existence alongside the community of Anglican nuns on his doorstep in the ancient forest of Wychwood, Oxfordshire, not always helped by the talking kitten Fluffy Frost.

What would you do as a young, female recruit in the British Army, out in the woods on a December night?

Edited by Sarah Frideswide

The Separation of Death Can Never Be Undone

Gaping Holes in Government Policy

For the love of one Danish town

A Message from Jack Kerouac

Poem published by Dust Poetry in issue 14, June 2025.

Sarah Frideswide is a lifelong writer who was first published at age seventeen and is currently studying for her MA in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University, specialising in short fiction and poetry. She is a book reviewer for Foreword

It is well known that the creative industries in the UK are in poor shape financially.

Studies suggest that women publish more books than men and are often getting higher sales.

There are increased calls for open access across the industry, but at the same time, there is a threat to authors’ and publishers’ intellect