Issue 5 of Meditating Cat Zine is here! Gingerbread Marshmallow Cat hopes you enjoy reading with your hot cocoa and blankets, wherever you are (and if you are in the tropics or the Southern hemisphere, have fun with the heat). Happy December!! Link to read: Click here
Aaannnd the party is on!! This is Curios' Neverland, MCZ's Halloween 2022 Special Issue. We hope you have fun reading it! This is entirely family-friendly (because, Curios cannot handle anything creepier than rat kings either), so no worries about reading this late at midnight. Who knows, if you do, Curios' spirit will visit you... (please call an exorcist to return Curios to his original home if this does happen, if not MCZ will collapse).
Big thanks to Sophia for creating the art, our staff writers, Angie and Sharon, for writing additional pieces, and lastly to all our contributors! Curios also deserves many more treats for editing and keeping this zine on its two (or four, hehe) feet. This time, the link to the pdf for download will be slightly different, because our awesomeness is too much for this poor website to handle. by Claire Kroening It’s daybreak As fog clouded over my window screen I thought of taking the next flight out west To see your smile I thought about heading to the waves Collections of glass-painted shells by the sand I wish I were there Because my heart throbs of reaching you It feels like blackberry vines kneading us apart Leaving inked pens over scribbled pages It’s daybreak And I want to make you laugh To clear away the late-summer depression For a single moment Claire Kroening is a Non-binary poet from Wisconsin. Their poems have been published in Honeyfire Lit, Feed Us With Words, Maythorn Magazine, Velvet Feilds Magazine, among many others. When they aren't writing, they are studying art history, reading the latest dark fantasy books, and travelling.
by Claire Kroening Close your eyes and clasp on tight Little sunbeams bursting Just believe in who you are Alone among a sea splattered of stars Trust in how your feelings weave Free without sleepless nights With you, I can never tell Meet me in aster seas Mend me in, reveal what’s real Tracing the palm of my hands A secure place to stand Watch the stardust in your eyes Technicolor shades citrus bright Claire Kroening is a Non-binary poet from Wisconsin. Their poems have been published in Honeyfire Lit, Feed Us With Words, Maythorn Magazine, Velvet Feilds Magazine, among many others. When they aren't writing, they are studying art history, reading the latest dark fantasy books, and travelling.
by Italo Ferrante Italo Ferrante (he/him) is a queer writer who earned a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick. He is currently undertaking an MA in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. To date, his work has been selected for publication by Train River, Nymphs & Thugs, Dreich, Queer Zine, Flash Journal, Reinvention, Poetry Salzburg, Impossible Archetype, Sage Cigarettes, Cardiff Review, and Orchard Lea Press.
Hello!! The Meditating Cat Zine is back with the launch of Issue 4, for Autumn 2022. We hope you enjoy reading. The Meditating Cat Zine thanks our readers for their continued support, and our contributors and the staff for making this issue possible in the first place. Special thanks goes to Sophia Lai, who created this issue's cover and its mascot cats, Maple Leaf Cat and Pumpkin Cat. Download:
Caitlin Smith is a multidisciplinary surrealist completing her master’s degree at the University of Sunderland. Working at present as a freelance commissioner, with Cats Commissions, outside of her practice, Caitlin frequently is requested to draw portraits of humans and animals. Working with a plethora of mediums, Smith favours relief printmaking processes & painting, acrylic being her preferred choice. At present, her practice explores the figurative narrative of the internalised femme fatale conjuring fragmented paintings and prints. She strives to eradicate the unspoken autocracy and biased attitudes implemented within both society & the Arts, alongside prioritising inclusivity, and representation. Smith visually transcribes an outrageous oeuvre displaying themes of politics, societal taboos, and conflict.
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