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The MacGuffin – Vol. 41, No. 3 (September 2026)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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SEPTEMBER 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vol. 41, No. 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This issue of\u00a0The MacGuffin<\/em>\u00a0truly ROCKS, as embodied by the sculptures of Mark Yale Harris, this issue\u2019s featured artist. We keep on rocking throughout the text with Larry Thacker\u2019s \u201cMoon Rock\u201d handling the pyrotechnics and fog, while Kate Garklav\u2019s \u201cGarden Gems\u201d and K. J. Stevens\u2019s \u201cKilldeer\u201d both keep things glam with specimens that sparkle and shine like the ballrooms of Mars. We end up rocking maybe a little too hard with Steve McDonald\u2019s poem \u201cMarine Layer,\u201d necessitating Suzanne Scarfone\u2019s \u201cI give you the balm\u201d before we lay low and recuperate for a week in Alex Moersen\u2019s super-sized \u201cDigestion, Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The MacGuffin, established in 1984, is a national literary magazine created on campus. The journal is a 160-page, 6-inch by 9-inch perfect-bound collection of poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, and visual art, including black and white photos, prints and drawings. Our MacGuffin is published three times per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission of The MacGuffin is to encourage, support, and enhance the literary arts in the Schoolcraft College community, the region, the state, and the nation. By fulfilling its role as a national literary journal, The MacGuffin brings national and international prestige to Schoolcraft College. It is our main vehicle for our contribution to literary excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s a MacGuffin?<\/summary>
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The moving force (and sometimes the solution) of a work of mystery fiction is referred to as a MacGuffin, a concept that originated in Victorian England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfred Hitchcock used the term and said, \u201cNo film is complete without a MacGuffin because that\u2019s what everybody is after.\u201d The MacGuffin might be the papers everyone is looking for or the ring that was stolen \u2014 in short, the MacGuffin is any device or gimmick that gets a plot rolling. The MacGuffin itself has little, if any, fundamental importance, and, according to Hitchcock, is nothing in and of itself.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The MacGuffin’s Purposes<\/summary>
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