Contributor History
- Four Phantom Limbs, Online 02-19-2013
Biography
Maggie Queeney’s work has appeared in Meridian, Third Coast, and Nimrod. She holds an MFA from Syracuse University.
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January 21, 2020
I have taken a blow to the head.
Not one blow. Many blows. But one was worse than the others.
And my larynx is not my own. My heart isn’t either. But I have a phantom larynx and a phantom heart.
Not one blow. Many blows. But one was worse than the others.
And my larynx is not my own. My heart isn’t either. But I have a phantom larynx and a phantom heart.
January 14, 2020
We found the laptop in Cressey’s round room. It was black, thin, light as wood, and belonged to Dr. Marcus, the man who came on to me once, the one who smokes dope in the eaves, the philologist or psychologist. I can’t get these “terms” straight in my head anymore, what with these drugs they feed us. The afternoon pills, especially.
January 7, 2020
We turn the floodlights on the actors, extras in one of the world’s great short stories, surprising them mid-escapade, nocturnal animals caught playing dress up with our clothing, our fanciest possessions. Pearl choker on a possum, suit jacket on a raccoon. A skunk, a lynx, two tubby foxes moonlighting as twin nephews or as young men dating our daughters.
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