Find out more about the fabulous writers in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly!
Historical:
Katherine Mansfield
Cover and title page Artist:
Nancy Panganiban
Terri Campion is a New York based Writer/Actor/Educator. Terri’s plays have been produced and staged in various venues in New York and New Jersey and most recently at The Bank Street Theater, with the premiere of her one-act play, “My Girl” in January 2026. Her novel in stories, adapted from her award-winning solo show, “Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow,” was published by Willow River Press in April 2024. Other writings have appeared in Washington Square Review; Inkwell Journal; Meriwether; Smith & Kraus. Terri is a member of both the Dramatists Guild and the Authors Guild. She is currently working on a theatrical version of her book and a few other one-acts. Her play, ‘A Ride Share‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Sabrina Cleary is a former metro Atlanta English teacher who holds a BFA in acting and a master’s in project management. Her short stories, poems, stage plays, and audio dramas have appeared in various literary magazines, and her teen novel was released by Immortality Press. Dig deeper at theclearyscene.com. Her story, ‘Select Reviews Posted by Bryce Darun‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Maria Connour is a recent graduate of Ohio Northern University, where she studied English and Art. She now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she works for the Cincinnati Public Library System. Her work has appeared in The Awakenings Review, The Afterpast Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and Girls Right the World. Follow Maria on Instagram: @mconnour. Her story, ‘Four Women and One Good Thing‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Ronnie Crocker spent a career in daily newspapers, writing and editing about everything from capital punishment to craft beer. His experiences in journalism now inform his fiction. He’s also on Substack, where he writes about Texas and other things. He lives in Houston. His story, ‘Mad Dog‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
MaryClaire King is a native of Charleston, South Carolina who resides permanently in Paris, France. Following a career in international marketing, she now works as a writer, teacher, editor, and translator. She holds a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from Agnes Scott College. Her work has appeared in The Broadkill Review, and she is currently seeking representation for her first novel. Her story, ‘The Slope‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Adam Kohut is an American writer who lives in the Netherlands. “CHUCK TROMBONE” is a story from his linked collection, “MEATSIES.” Other stories from the collection are featured or forthcoming in Mid-American Review and 3:AM Magazine. Another was a finalist for CutBank’s Montana Prize in Fiction. His story, ‘Chuck Trombone‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Ashley Krusen has been writing fiction and exploring the connective power of storytelling since she was ten. A nature-lover at heart, she currently works at a wildlife refuge in South Jersey and spends her spare time reading, puppet-making, and searching for the perfect tiny trinket to complete her curio shelf. Her story, ‘Refuge‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Ellen McGrath Smith teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. Her fiction has appeared in 34th Parallel, Carbon Culture, Wordrunner, Riprap, Thumbnail, Switchback, Weave, Wordgathering, Atticus Review, Extract(s), Spry, and Kestrel. One of her stories is included in The Right Way to Be Crippled and Naked: The Fiction of Disability. Her chapbooks Scatter, Feed and Lie Low, Goaded Lamb were published by Seven Kitchens Press in 2014 and 2023 respectively, and her book of poetry, Nobody’s Jackknife, was published in 2015 by West End Press. Her story, ‘Alone of All Her Sex‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Karen Saari writes plays with themes of redemption, hope and humor in the face of obstacles. Her work has been produced by Playhouse on the Square (Memphis), Flint Repertory Theatre (Mich.), Music Theatre of Madison (Wisc.), Magnetic Theatre Company (Asheville, NC) and more. Her titles include BAD IN BED (A FAIRY TALE), IN A CLEARING, ‘RAIN ON FIRE, TRAGEDY SOUND, JOYLAND and TEN DAYS IN A MADHOUSE (book and co-lyrics). She is the winner of the 2025 Playhouse on the Square New Play Competition, 2025 Panowski Playwriting Competition, three-time O’Neill semi-finalist, 2020 Talkback Theater Prize, 2024 Wilde Award (Best New Play), among other awards and accolades. Saari earned an MFA in playwriting from Augsburg University and is department chair of theater and speech at Madison College in Wisconsin. Her play, ‘Mornings with June‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Shannon Skelton lives with her family in Birmingham, Alabama, where she teaches first-year writing at Samford University. She holds an MFA in fiction from Georgia College and State University and an MAE in English education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her work has been published in the Flannery O’Connor Review, Image, Relief, and Ruminate. Her story, ‘An Inventory of Bunnies‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
Featured Writer from the Annals of History:
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), a member of the modernist movement, began writing short stories as a teenager in New Zealand. She moved permanently to Europe when she was 19, becoming part of the circle of modernists that included Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence. She was strongly influenced by the short stories of Anton Chekov. Although she was married twice to different men, and had many male lovers, Katherine Mansfield was openly bisexual and her female lovers are well documented, both in her own journals and elsewhere. Her one documented pregnancy miscarried when she was 21 years old. Katherine Mansfield became an increasingly prolific and respected writer, especially in her late 20’s to early 30’s, after she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Her last years were spent writing and in pursuit of a cure for her tuberculosis; she spent long stretches at sanitoriums and sought out experimental treatments. When she died of tuberculosis in 1923, at age 34, she left behind several published volumes of short stories and poetry, as well as a large body of work that her surviving husband, John Murray, published as two short story collections and one book of poetry. Her story, ‘The Stranger‘ appears in the Summer 2026 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly.
The Lemonwood Quarterly’s Spring 2026 featured artist:
Nancy Panganiban is the Arts Editor for The Lemonwood Quarterly. She is primarily a painter and produces artwork that examines the natural world and its inhabitants, as well as our connection or disconnection to it. Working from her studio in Boise, Idaho, Nancy focuses on the natural sciences—especially geology and paleontology—the visual arts, and the fascinating intersection of the two realms. Nancy has participated in over 30 group shows and has had two solo shows, the latest in 2023 featured 40 paintings. She has also been active in local arts organizations, including Treasure Valley Artist Alliance, Boise Open Studios, and Swell Artist Collective. Nancy’s intricate mandala painting, Pollen Nation, appeared on the cover of the Spring 2025 issue of The Lemonwood Quarterly and the title page art for all the stories in that issue was created from details taken from that same mandala painting. Nancy Panganiban’s painting, Miao Dao, is featured on the cover of our Summer 2026 issue, and she contributed all the artwork for this issue’s eleven title pages. More of Nancy’s fabulous creations can be found on her website Art by Nancy Panganiban.