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MacQueen’s Quinterly: Knock-your-socks-off Art and Literature
Contents: Issue 3: May 2020 |
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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 publishes 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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About Issue 3 |
| Clare MacQueen | Intro |
| ◊ | Editor’s Choice Award |
| ◊ | Statistics |
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Climate Crisis & Pandemic |
| Section I: | |
| Guy Biederman | Beast Mode [creative nonfiction] |
| Claire Everett | Never Was It More So [tanka tale] |
| Scott Ferry | The Japanese Andromeda [R] [poem, lineated] |
| Terri L. French | Neither here nor there [R] [haibun] |
| Gerry Jacobson | The Isolation [R] [tanka prose] |
| Peter Jastermsky | This Week’s Special [haibun] |
| Kat Lehmann | April [haibun] |
| Marietta McGregor | FaceTime: Session 3 [R] [haibun] |
| John Olson | Funny Shirts [R] [prose poem] |
| ◊ | Running for Cover [R] [prose poem] |
| Stella Pierides | See Ekphrastic Challenge below. |
| John L. Stanizzi | When I Get to Heaven [poem, lineated, in homage to John Prine] |
| Keith Woodruff | Letter to Wordsworth [prose poem] |
| ◊ | The Shore: On Reading Saigyo’s Poems of a Mountain Home [prose poem] |
| Section II: | COVID-ku [R] [micro-poems]: |
| Marta Majorka Chocilowska | Two senryu |
| Terri L. French | Two senryu |
| Peter Jastermsky | Two senryu |
| Arvinder Kaur | One senryu + one haiku |
| Brendon Kent | One tanka |
| Susan King | Two senryu |
| Michael H. Lester | Two senryu |
| Bob Lucky | One senryu |
| Mark Meyer | One haiku + one senryu |
| Andrew Riutta | One senryu |
| Alexis Rotella | Two senryu |
| Marilyn Ward | Two senryu |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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CNF, Essays, Etc. |
| Guy Biederman | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | Crapshoot in a White Coat [creative nonfiction] |
| Lana Hendershott | Kids Deserve Decent Names [creative nonfiction] |
| Linda Petrucelli | Blink [creative nonfiction] |
| Mary Rohrer-Dann | Elegy for Houses [creative nonfiction] |
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Ekphrastic Works |
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| Section I: | |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | Bach in Vienna [prose poem] |
| Ellaraine Lockie | Picture of Passion [R] [poem, lineated] |
| Robbi Nester | After Blossom [poem, lineated; after an etching by Phil Greenwood] |
| ◊ | Juxtaposition [R] [poem, lineated] |
| John Olson | The Seeing Machine, Chapter XXXIII [R] [from the ekphrastic novel about French painter Georges Braque] |
| Charles D. Tarlton | It Looks Like Manet to Me [tanka prose, after Ann Knickerbocker’s painting Thursday Night] |
| Section II: | Magician Writing Challenge |
| Aggie Zed | Magician (2001) [ceramic sculpture] + video of artist at work |
| Clare MacQueen | Background and Results: The Magician Ekphrastic Writing Challenge |
| Winner: | |
| Stella Pierides | So that we remember [haibun story] |
| Finalists: | |
| Nancer Ballard | After the Circus [poem, lineated] |
| Paul Negri | Mysterium Magnum [flash fiction] |
| Daryl Scroggins | Face of the Deep [prose poem] |
| Semi-finalists: | |
| Guy Biederman | What Darwin failed to mention is [flash fiction] |
| Michael Estabrook | Minotaur [poem, lineated] |
| Ann Fisher | Illusions [micro-fiction] |
| Cindy Bousquet Harris | Gunnysack [cherita sequence] |
| Madeleine Lascelle | Joe Tuesday [flash fiction] |
| Sarah Tinsley | Now You Don’t See Me [prose poem] |
| Note: If you’re interested in submitting ekphrastic works to us, wonderful! We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read our tips in KYSO Flash, Ephective Ekphrastics: A Guide for Verbalizing Art, which include additional examples of what we’re looking to publish here in MacQueen’s Quinterly as well. | |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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Featured Artist |
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| Aggie Zed | Ceramic Sculptures: |
| ◊ | airplane one [R] [“scrap float”] |
| ◊ | cat-woman puppet-man [R] |
| ◊ | horse-man [R] |
| ◊ | shark-man [R] |
| ◊ | shark-man and horse-man [R] |
| Aggie Zed | “What did those Magamen want?” [R] [digital art] |
| Aggie Zed | Magician (2001) [ceramic sculpture]: see Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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Fiction: Flash and Micro* |
| Roberta Beary | Little Women [micro] |
| Guy Biederman | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Damyanti Biswas | Afterwards, Only the Sea [micro] |
| Heather Bourbeau | Alice, Loved by the March Hare [micro] |
| ◊ | Lost Parrot [micro] |
| Jeff Burd | Training and Comfort [flash] |
| Ann Fisher | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Gary Glauber | Selective Service [micro] |
| Kyle Hemmings | Freakbeat [micro] |
| Lana Hendershott | Jimmie Spheeris on the Turntable [micro] |
| Madeleine Lascelle | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Paul Negri | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Mary Rohrer-Dann | After Sarajevo [flash] |
| Mary Hannah Terzino | Dodge [micro] |
| ◊ | Nunworld [flash] |
| *Note: At MacQ, Flash Fiction = 501-1,000 words, and Micro-Fiction, no more than 500 words. These word-counts do include titles! | |
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Fiction, Hybrids: Haibun Stories |
| Kyle Hemmings | Leaky [R] |
| Jonathan Humphrey | Recurring Arches (Duo for Vibraphone and Bare Feet) |
| Stella Pierides | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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Haibun and Tanka Prose |
| Claire Everett | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Terri L. French | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Gerry Jacobson | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Peter Jastermsky | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Kat Lehmann | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Bob Lucky | Pussy Cat Survives Trip Through Airport X-Ray Machine [haibun] |
| ◊ | Silence [tanka prose] |
| Marietta McGregor | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Andrew Riutta | Health Expo [R] [haibun] |
| Alexis Rotella | A Stranger Here [haibun] |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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Haiga, Taiga, Photo-Poems, etc.
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| Roberta Beary | not my gay son [photo-poem] |
| Neil Hulme & Gary S. Rosin |
Waiting for the Future [photo-poem] |
| Ellaraine Lockie & Alexis Rhone Fancher |
Sky Spoof [photo-poem] |
| Mark Meyer | worlds within worlds [R] [haiga] |
| Carol Raisfeld | muddy roads [R] [taiga] |
| Carol Raisfeld | Three Photo-Poems: |
| ◊ | morning breeze... [R] |
| ◊ | garden party [R] |
| ◊ | feet in stirrups [R] |
| Alexis Rhone Fancher | Mother’s Day [photo-poem] + Artist’s Commentary |
| Gary S. Rosin | See entry above for Neil Hulme, in this section. |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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Poems, Lineated |
| Cynthia Anderson | Crossing Over [cherita sequence] |
| Nancer Ballard | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Robert L. Dean, Jr. | Visitor |
| Steve Deutsch | Message in a Bottle |
| Michael Estabrook | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Matthew Feinstein | Before Bliss |
| ◊ | To My Younger Self |
| Scott Ferry | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Cindy Bousquet Harris | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Peter Jastermsky | Two Micro-Poems: |
| ◊ | “morning lizard” [R] [senryu] |
| ◊ | “counting my blessings” [R] [cherita] |
| Carol Raisfeld | Three Senryu: |
| ◊ | “nude beach” [R] |
| ◊ | “gossiping” [R] |
| ◊ | “anger management” [R] |
| Kevin Ridgeway | Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose |
| John L. Stanizzi | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Charles D. Tarlton | Ornithology |
| Lily Lavender Wolf | gemstone love [R] |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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Prose Poems |
| Cassandra Atherton | Asphyxia |
| ◊ | Japanese Bath |
| Theresa Coty O’Neil | El Camino |
| Maureen Kingston | Catfishing |
| John Olson | See Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Lynn Pattison | Burglar |
| Brad Rose | Gold Doubloons |
| ◊ | Keeping an Eye on You |
| Daryl Scroggins | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Sarah Tinsley | See Ekphrastic Challenge above. |
| Paul-Victor Winters | Steamer Duck in the Garden of Eden |
| Lily Lavender Wolf | change [R] |
| Keith Woodruff | Junk Drawer |
| Keith Woodruff | See also Climate Crisis & Pandemic above. |
| Note: An “[R]” after titles indicates reprinted works. | |
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Tanka Prose |
| See Haibun and Tanka Prose 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. | |
| Roberta Beary | See Haiga, Taiga, Photo-Poems above. |
| Phil Greenwood | See entry for Robbi Nester under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Neil Hulme | See Haiga, Taiga, Photo-Poems above. |
| Ann Knickerbocker | See entry for Charles D. Tarlton under Ekphrastic Works above. |
| Mark Meyer | See Haiga, Taiga, Photo-Poems above. |
| Carol Raisfeld | See Haiga, Taiga, Photo-Poems above. |
| Alexis Rhone Fancher | See Haiga, Taiga, Photo-Poems above. |
| Robin Rosenthal | Five Oil Paintings: |
| ◊ | Avocado Gondolas [R] |
| ◊ | Bag on Paper [R] |
| ◊ | Egg on Blue Plate [R] |
| ◊ | Red High Heels [R] |
| ◊ | White Stacked Cups [R] |
| Gary S. Rosin | See entry for Neil Hulme under Haiga, Taiga, Photo-Poems above. |
| Aggie Zed | See Featured Artist above. |
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