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MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
| Published: | 22 Sept. 2024 |
Contents: Issue 25
| Cheribun Galore! |
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Content Warning: MacQueen’s Quinterly (aka MacQ) contains an eclectic range of literary and artistic works, many of which are suitable only for mature adults. However, an “[R]” after titles below simply indicates reprinted works (or, more accurately, republished works, since MacQ the journal is published online and not in print). Unless otherwise noted, all works published in this journal are copyrighted by their respective authors and artists, and may NOT be reproduced without written permission from individual copyright holders. Thank you for respecting copyrights. Works by an individual may appear under multiple genres below. For a complete list of works by each person, see Index of Contributors. |
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Cheribun Galore! |
| Part 1: | |
| Jerome Berglund | Under the Sun [micro-cheribun] |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | Larry Vietnam [cheribun story] |
| Daryl Scroggins | Arming Obedience |
| Part 2: Long-Listed Finalists in MacQ’s Cheribun Challenge #2 |
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| Cynthia Anderson | What’s Left Behind |
| Tina Barry | I am from Pennsylvania USA my please how about you! [found cheribun] |
| Margaret Dornaus | Inside Out |
| Arvilla Fee | The Way Back [cheribun story] |
| Linda Nemec Foster | The Plum Tree of My Childhood |
| Terri L. French | Solfeggio [cheribun story] |
| Hazel Hall | Ghosts of Gershwin [cheribun story] |
| Kat Lehmann | Take Only Photos [braided cheribun] |
| Patience Mackarness | In Her Footsteps |
| James Penha | Political, But Not a Screed |
| Julie A. Sellers | The Permanence of Light |
| Garrett Stack | Small Talk |
| Erin Tuthill | Look |
| Dick Westheimer | Best Intentions |
| Marceline White | Summer in the city |
| Scott Wiggerman | The Things I Do for Porn [braided cheribun] |
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Ekphrastic Works |
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| Phil Barnett | Two Photos & Poems [haiku and senryu], after the poet’s photographs |
| Roy J. Beckemeyer | Egrets Weaving, Egrets Woven [prose poem], after a photograph by Elaine Soulé |
| ◊ | Flamingo Aflamencado [prose poem], after a photograph by Elaine Soulé |
| ◊ | Green Heron, Emergent [prose poem], after a photograph by Elaine Soulé |
| Emily Fortney | cradle [poem], after the poet’s photograph |
| Lynne Kemen | Erik & Frida Clasp Hands [poem], after an untitled painting by Baya |
| ◊ | Suzon [poem], after a painting by Édouard Manet |
| Judy Kronenfeld | Prospect [poem], after a painting by Mark Rothko |
| Joe LaCroix | The Good Snow [poem], after a painting by Suzette Lebenzon |
| Robbi Nester | A railing somewhere in the Czech Republic [poem], after a sculpture by Libor Hurda |
| ◊ | What He Collected [poem], after a painting by Rousseau |
| Gary S. Rosin | Becoming Old Town [poem], after a photograph by Christopher Woods |
| ◊ | Before the Bustle [poem], after a photograph by Gerrie Paino |
| Susan Thanas | Homage to Roulin [poem], after a painting by Vincent van Gogh |
| Note: If you’re interested in submitting ekphrastic works to MacQueen’s Quinterly, wonderful! We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read Ephective Ekphrastics: A Guide for Verbalizing Art, tips by Jack Cooper and Clare MacQueen in KYSO Flash which include additional examples of what Clare’s looking to publish here in MacQ as well. See also the excellent recommendations from Robert L. Dean, Jr. in his essay on craft: Finding the Door: One Writer’s Approach to Ekphrasis (MacQ-13, May 2022). | |
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Essays, Etcetera [nonfiction forms] |
| Kendall Johnson | Seeing Beyond The Clamorous Now; Part 3 of Writing for Vision Series [essay + five of Johnson’s artworks] |
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Fiction: Flash and Micro* |
| Guy Biederman | Mistaken [micro] |
| ◊ | Truck Stop Open [micro] |
| Jennifer Dickinson | Independence Day [flash] |
| ◊ | Teenage Trouble [flash] |
| Kathleen McGookey | Without You [micro] |
| Sayantani Roy | The Slap [flash] |
| Daryl Scroggins | Five stories from The Light I Want to Keep, his forthcoming collection of flash literature: |
| ◊ | Cross-Training for Love [flash] |
| ◊ | Desert Figures [micro] |
| ◊ | On the Tract-House Building Line, 1971 [flash] |
| ◊ | Shortcut [flash] |
| ◊ | Vigilance [micro] |
| Stuart Watson | See Humor & Wordplay below. |
| Christopher Woods | Saturday Night in Nirvana, Texas [micro] |
| See also Cheribun Galore! above for cheribun stories by Robert L. Dean, Jr.; Arvilla Fee; Terri L. French; and Hazel Hall. | |
| *Note: At MacQ, Flash Fiction = 501-1,000 words, and Microfiction, no more than 500 words. These word counts do include titles! | |
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Haibun [prose + haiku or senryu] |
| Doug Anderson | The Numbers |
| Emily Fortney | Finding My Belly Button [anomalous] |
| Linda Nemec Foster | On the Open Fields, the Low Mist... |
| Terri L. French | Merrimack Mill, 1913 [haibun story] |
| Bob Lucky | See Humor & Wordplay below. |
| Sayantani Roy | Dead Trees Are Filling Up Skies |
| Marybeth Rua-Larsen | A Victimology of Hair |
| Lew Watts | The Sun Also Sets |
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Haiga Forms [micro-poem + visual art] |
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| Phil Barnett & Gary S. Rosin |
Collaborative Shahai (“ripples, reflections”) [micro-poem + photograph] |
| Christopher Woods | That old screen door [picture-poem] |
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Humor & Wordplay |
| Phil Barnett | Forest Grump [photograph] |
| ◊ | True Story [prose poem] |
| Tina Barry | See Cheribun Galore: Part II above. |
| Kate Bowers | A Centipede in Love [poem] |
| Jeff Friedman | My Anger Cleans Up the Mess [prose poem] |
| Michael H. Lester | Tarot With Tea [poem] |
| Bob Lucky | The Portugese Lessons Finally Pay Off [haibun] |
| Victoria Melekian | Let the Horses Go [poem] |
| Thomas A. Thomas | Should Not Have Ordered Anchovies [R] [poem] |
| Stuart Watson | Eviction Notice [microfiction] |
| ◊ | Just Heavenly [microfiction] |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Hallucinate |
| *Note: An “[R]” after a title above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Micro-Poems |
| Phil Barnett | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Goran Gatalica | Seven Micro-Poems [haiku] |
| Bob Lucky | Three Gembun |
| Gary S. Rosin | Every Morning |
| *Note: Beginning with Issue 7 of MacQ, micro-poems are no longer than 51 words each as counted by Mac Pages (the approximate equivalent of 280 characters, i.e., the former Twitter limit), with each word containing an average of 5.5 characters. The limit of 51 words includes punctuation, spaces between words, and the title if the micro-poem has one. Haiku, senryu, cherita, and tanka, for example, do not have titles. | |
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Poetry: Lineated |
| Kate Bowers | See Humor & Wordplay above. |
| Elizabeth Rae Bullmer | The Art of Detachment |
| ◊ | Every Minute of Every Day |
| Gary Grossman | White Oak |
| Lynne Kemen | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Judy Kronenfeld | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Michael H. Lester | une femme dangereuse |
| Michael H. Lester | See also Humor & Wordplay above. |
| Victoria Melekian | Morning Sun |
| ◊ | We Are Losing Our Night Sky |
| Victoria Melekian | See also Humor & Wordplay above. |
| Jane Edna Mohler | Open House |
| ◊ | November Reckons |
| Robbi Nester | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Elaine Sorrentino | Unexpected Gifts |
| Rebecca Surmont | Carstruck [triolet variation] |
| Susan Thanas | Lemon Aid |
| Susan Thanas | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Thomas A. Thomas | A Kind of Prayer for My Bedridden Wife [R] |
| ◊ | While hearing the poet [R] |
| ◊ | Some Blessings of Dementia [R] |
| Thomas A. Thomas | See also Humor & Wordplay above. |
| *Note: An “[R]” after a title above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Prose Poems |
| Phil Barnett | See Humor & Wordplay above. |
| Roy J. Beckemeyer | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Guy Biederman | Alfa |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | Crosswalk Jesus: A Moment in Four Facets |
| Kika Dorsey | Complaining in the Castle |
| ◊ | Hair |
| ◊ | Skin to Skin |
| Marcus Elman | 184 Steps |
| ◊ | The Old Taipei Market |
| Linda Nemec Foster | Autumn |
| Jeff Friedman | Sanitorium Days |
| Jeff Friedman | See also Humor & Wordplay above. |
| Oz Hardwick | The Behavioural Field |
| ◊ | The End of Narrative Expectation |
| Kathleen McGookey | A Month Before They Died |
| ◊ | Minutes of No Particular Significance |
| ◊ | Near and Far |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Kummerspeck |
| ◊ | The Light Drinks the Dark and Sinks Down |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See also Humor & Wordplay above. |
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Visual Arts |
| Please do not copy images and/or image URLs from this website without written permission from the copyright holders. Unless otherwise noted, all works in MacQueen’s Quinterly are copyrighted by their respective artists and authors. Thank you for respecting copyrights. | |
| Part 1: | |
| Phil Barnett | See Ekphrastic Works and Humor & Wordplay above. |
| Phil Barnett and Gary S. Rosin |
See Haiga Forms above. |
| Emily Fortney | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Kendall Johnson | See Essays, Etcetera above for his essay with five of his artworks. |
| Gerrie Paino | Five Photographs [R]: |
| ◊ | Sunrise, Huntington Beach |
| ◊ | Stairs, Grand Pacific Wedding Gardens |
| ◊ | Streetlamp, Berea, Ohio |
| ◊ | Meditation Sculpture by Hans Schuler |
| ◊ | Bumblebee on Echinacea |
| Christopher Woods | Five Photographs [R]: |
| ◊ | Lone Window |
| ◊ | Pigeon, Brenham |
| ◊ | The Red House |
| ◊ | Winter Road |
| ◊ | The Yellow Step |
| Christopher Woods | See also Haiga Forms above. |
| Part 2: | Inspirations for Ekphrastic Works |
| Suzette Lebenzon | Ashes, Seaglass, and Snow [R] [mixed-media painting, 2024] |
| Édouard Manet | A Bar at the Folies Bergere [R] [painting, 1882] |
| Gerrie Paino | Fountain, Medina Town Square [R] [photograph] |
| Henri Rousseau | The Dream (Le Rêve) [R] [painting, 1910] |
| Elaine Soulé | Snowy Egret and Great Egret [photograph] |
| ◊ | Green Heron [photograph] |
| ◊ | Flamingo Preening [photograph] |
| Vincent van Gogh | Portrait of Postmaster Joseph Roulin [R] [painting, 1888] |
| Christopher Woods | Old Brenham Wall [R] [photograph] |
| *Note: The “[R]” after titles in the Table of Contents indicates republished works (aka reprints). | |
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