About the Author

Jessica Mayhew's first pamphlet, Someone Else's Photograph, was published by Crystal Clear Creators in 2012. After graduating from UCL with a Masters in English Literature, Jessica Mayhew spent a year working in southeast Asia, and during this time wrote a pamphlet, Amok, which was published by Eyewear Publishing in 2015. Her poetry, fiction and essays have been published in magazines including Ambit, Stand, Staple, Brittle Star, Magma, and The Interdisciplinary Literary Studies Journal. She has also given readings at the Nottingham and Ledbury Poetry Festivals. Jessica currently lives in Hertfordshire with her street dog, Brack

Reviews

"This outstanding first collection brings a blaze of insight...The language is dateless, direct. In the piercing isolation of the last word of ‘Helroad’, the reader senses how deeply Mayhew has entered these once-remote stories. " 
*'Under The Radar' by Nine Arches Press*