Issue 1 contents

Near Colebrook by William Doreski
On Loan to the Art Museum by Pat Sturm
On the Española Road by Rebecca Spears
Northern Blackbird by Darius Degher
Writing a book is like falling in love by Augustin Erba
Stars by Edith Södergran, translated by Janice D. Soderling
So, you think you can write? by Helena Axelson Fisk
A Distant North by J. D. Riso


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Spring reached Sweden the same time Frostwriting’s first issue hit the net, and worry started competing with happiness instantly: will it get as warm, joyful, fun and exciting as we wished and planned for? Or will we have a steady downpour, squashy shoeprints all over the place and near-perpetual darkness? Getting what one longs for is always a huge risk. Doing what one aimed for can be even riskier. But the alternative is getting and doing nothing, so here we are, creating another birthday to remember.

We have had submissions from the great unknown, and we’re grateful to the writers out there who thought of us. We have fished in the pond of writers from our ad hoc writing community at the small Gavle University, and we’re equally grateful for their support.

This is the soft opening, the buds and rivulets of spring. There’s more to come, with summer riches just around the corner. For now, let Augustin Erba inspire you with his Falling in love. Let Janice D. Soderling show you how to sing true in two languages, through her translation of Edit Södergran’s Stars. Check out a Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition using Pat Sturm’s eyes, and read William Doreski to remember that sometimes, we’re closer than we’d like to think.

We’re still open for submissions. Add your bud to the bouquet.

Happy reading

Helena Axelson Fisk
Editor–in–chief