A stone is not just a smooth rock of varying size, shape and texture, but a weight of measurement, about fourteen pounds. Each issue of Stone Quarterly presents fourteen outstanding literary and artistic works of varying sizes, shapes, and textures in an elegant online format. SQ publishes four virtual issues each year. NOTE: we are relaunching our site in Fall 2023.
Publisher & Nonfiction Editor Heather J. Macpherson writes from New England. Her work has appeared in the The Carolina Quarterly, Bennington Review, 580Split, Dr. T.J. Eckleberg Review, Niche, The Heron Tree, Parlour, The Broken Plate, The Worcester Review, The Best American Poetry Blog, OVS, Blueline, Spillway, Pearl and other fine publications. Her latest piece, “Thinking with Emerson: A Correspondence on the Poet’s Essay” with Philip Coleman can be found at asap/journal. She teaches writing at Clark University.
Fiction Editor Jack Croughwell is an educator, performer, and emerging writer from Lowell, Massachusetts. His fiction has appeared in Rock Salt Journal, Teleport Magazine, and The Mill Pages. He carries a yellow pen.
Poetry Editor Jeanna Ray, a lifelong writer, poet, and recent MFA graduate, spends most of her time experimenting with diverse forms of creative expression. She holds a B.A. in Communication and Theater Arts from Hampton University and an M.A. in Professional Writing from New England College, in addition to her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction.