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MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
| Published: | 1 Jan. 2025 |
Contents: Issue 26
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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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Featured Author |
| Kate Flannery | Five Vignettes from The Book of Michael—Presence, Absence, and Things In Between [CNF, memoir]: |
| ◊ | “Water Days, 1954” |
| ◊ | “To the Lake, 1960” [R] |
| ◊ | “The Healers, 1960” |
| ◊ | “The Hunter, Early 2024” |
| ◊ | “Hands, May 2024” |
| Collaboration: | Prayer X from Prayers for Morning: Twenty Quartets [visual art and prose poetry]: |
| Kendall Johnson | “October 26, 2023” |
| Kate Flannery | “Shifting Dunes” |
| John Brantingham | “Even Before Ur” |
| *Note: An “[R]” after a title above indicates republished work (aka reprint). | |
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Ekphrastic Works |
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| Roberta Beary | The Temptress [microfiction], after Edward Mason Eggleston |
| Guy Biederman | Beware of Attack Carpenter [microfiction], after a photograph by the author |
| Margaret Koger | The Artist’s Two Models [cheribun story], after James McNeill Whistler |
| Robbi Nester | Bridal Salon [poem], after unknown photographer |
| ◊ | The Gray Tree [poem], after Piet Mondrian |
| Eileen Pettycrew | The Writing Life [poem], after Erik Mattijssen |
| Gary S. Rosin | (“the Beaver Moon”) [haiku], after Michael A. Blanchette |
| Jonathan Yungkans | And All Our Wasted Time Sinks into the Sea and Is Swallowed Up Without a Trace [prose poem], after Leon Lundmark |
| ◊ | Palinodes Against the Breakers [poem], after Pierre Pellegrini, and after photographs by the author |
| ◊ | The Waves Advanced as the Tide Withdrew [prose poem], after René Magritte |
| 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] |
| John Brantingham | Writing Flash Fiction and Memoir to Fight a Tragic World View [essay] |
| Kate Flannery | See Featured Author above for her CNF vignettes. |
| Roseanne Freed | Ashkenazi Jewish families honor relatives [lyric essay] |
| ◊ | “I kept my legs crossed,” [Micro-CNF] |
| Kendall Johnson | Fields of Vision, Part 4 of Writing for Vision Series [essay + five of Johnson’s artworks] |
| ◊ | Losing Light, Part 5 of Writing for Vision Series [essay + paintings by Thomas Sgouros, William Thon, and Milford Zornes] |
| Mary Ann McGuigan | Bystanders [CNF] |
| Bill Ratner | Killer Art [micro-CNF] |
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Fiction: Flash and Micro* |
| Mikki Aronoff | I Think About Ordering In [micro] |
| ◊ | The Puddle of Me [micro] |
| ◊ | Shim Sham [micro] |
| Roberta Beary | Sunday Is Laundry Day [micro] |
| Roberta Beary | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Guy Biederman | Eclipse [micro] |
| ◊ | Here’s Where We Get Off [micro] |
| Guy Biederman | See also Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Nick Castine | The Toad [micro] |
| ◊ | What Happened to My Father’s Mustache? [micro] |
| Margaret Koger | See Ekphrastic Works above for her cheribun story. |
| Lorette C. Luzajic | Southern Soul [flash] |
| ◊ | Wasabi [flash] |
| Daryl Scroggins | Missing in Action [micro] |
| *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 & Related Forms [prose + micro-poem(s)] |
| Kevin Browne | Control [braided haibun] |
| ◊ | Shimmer [micro] |
| Margaret Dornaus | Concession |
| ◊ | November 5th |
| ◊ | Silver Linings |
| Margaret Koger | See Ekphrastic Works above for her cheribun story. |
| Bob Lucky | A Note to Sir Richard Burton |
| ◊ | Ding Dang Dung |
| ◊ | Jetlag Dream |
| Kate MacQueen | In substance [tanka prose] |
| Kala Ramesh | Unspoken |
| Gary S. Rosin | During Your Shower Break |
| Tracy Royce | My 86-Year-Old Mother Asks About Her Newborn Babies |
| ◊ | Returning to the Oncologist After the Mask Mandate Is Dropped [braided haibun] |
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Haiga & Related Forms [poetry + visual art] |
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| Roberta Beary & Kevin Beary |
Four Haiga from Caretaker I & II [haiku + paintings] |
| Charity Everitt | Miniature of Huan Li Painted With a Cat’s Whisker [picture poem] |
| Gary S. Rosin | Two Shahai [haiku + B&W photographs] |
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Micro-Poems |
| Deborah A. Bennett | Four Haiku |
| Joan C. Fingon and Lee Hudspeth |
Skyward [rengay] |
| Lee Hudspeth | Infatuation [split sequence] |
| ◊ | Recollection [split sequence] |
| Peter Jastermsky | Ransom Notes: Trio #1 |
| ◊ | Ransom Notes: Trio #2 |
| ◊ | Magic and Stealth: The Joy of Ransom Notes [poet’s commentary] |
| Kate MacQueen | Solving for the retired brain problem |
| Gary S. Rosin | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| *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 |
| Mary Ann Crowe | Notre Dame |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | History of Silence |
| Marcus Elman | After Reading Aitken’s A Zen Wave: Bashō’s Haiku and Zen |
| ◊ | Avatars of the Blue Planet |
| Charity Everitt | Holding Breath |
| ◊ | Miniature of Huan Li Painted With a Cat’s Whisker |
| Jonathan Fletcher | Catholic |
| ◊ | Though God May Not Exist, Catholic Guilt Most Certainly Does |
| ◊ | We Once Had a Baby |
| Kate MacQueen | Everyone has a Newton |
| Robbi Nester | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Eileen Pettycrew | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Kathryn J. Stevens & Harriot West |
murmurations [rengay] |
| Thomas A. Thomas | Sitting with Her Body |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
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Prose Poems |
| Roy J. Beckemeyer | Amplification [wordplay] |
| ◊ | Brisance |
| ◊ | Marginalia [wordplay] |
| ◊ | Three Ways a Widower Grieves |
| Guy Biederman | Crooked |
| Kevin Browne | Niche Work |
| Charity Everitt | Slivers of Time |
| Bob Lucky | A Few Observations, a Question, and Some Free Advice |
| ◊ | The Real Problem |
| Tracy Royce | Review |
| Jonathan Yungkans | See Ekphrastic Works above. |
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Visual Arts |
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| Part 1: | |
| Kendall Johnson | Fields of Vision [essay], which includes five of Johnson’s paintings |
| ◊ | Two paintings from Johnson’s Melting Into Air Series, which appear in Kate Flannery’s memoir, The Book of Michael—Presence, Absence, and Things In Between |
| Lorette C. Luzajic | 2Kool 2B Forgotten [painting, 2024] |
| Thomas Sgouros | Remembered Landscape (Lavender) [painting, 2009] |
| William Thon | Farnesworth Insight [painting, 2000] |
| Vincent van Gogh | The Mulberry Tree [painting, 1889] |
| Milford Zornes | From the Mesa [painting, 1944] |
| ◊ | Title unknown [painting, 1985] |
| ◊ | Title unknown [painting, 1992] |
| Part 2: | Inspirations for Ekphrastic Works |
| Michael A. Blanchette | November Moon [photograph, 2024] |
| Edward Mason Eggleston | Smiling Through [painting, 1932] |
| Leon Lundmark | Symphony of Night [painting, 1941] |
| Erik Mattijssen | Household Supplies [gouache painting, 2016] |
| Piet Mondrian | The Gray Tree [painting, 1911] |
| Pierre Pellegrini | Untitled winterscape in Switzerland [B&W photograph, 2016] |
| James McNeill Whistler | Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 [painting, 1871] |
| ◊ | Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl [painting, 1862] |
| Jonathan Yungkans | Couple at Wayfarers Chapel, Rancho Palos Verdes, 2013 [B&W photograph] |
| ◊ | Maple Leaf, Grocery Outlet, 2024 [photograph] |
| ◊ | Playing Cards, Grocery Outlet, 2024 [B&W photograph] |
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