Ecem Yucel
Ecem Yucel
 

PUBLICATIONS

 
 

FORTHCOMING

Poem ~ “Sexual Imagery in Four Ottoman Desserts (or The Sweet, Sweet Objectification of Women)” Weekly Features: Humor - The Hooghly Review

Creative Non-Fiction ~ “Penance” - Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art

Prose Poem ~ “Teeth” Murals: A Hooghly Review Special. Guest Editor: François Bereaud - The Hooghly Review Nominated for Best Microfiction 2025

 

SELECTED WRITING

-2024-

Flash Fiction ~ “Ad Astra” - JAKE

Flash Fiction ~ “Lovely Bones” - Ghost Parachute

Poem ~ “On the Rideau Canal” - Eunoia Review

Prose Poem ~ “Wishful Thinking” - Maudlin House

Flash Fiction ~ “Dunganga” The Alien Buddha's House of Horrors Anthology 7. Alien Buddha Horror Showdown Honorable Mention, 2024 - Alien Buddha Press

Poem ~ “Please Do Not Touch or Play the Piano. Thank You, Management” Weekly Features: Humor - The Hooghly Review

-2023-

Prose Poem ~ “Poetical Chairs” Summer Solstice Issue #50 - Gone Lawn Literary Journal

Prose Poem ~ “Siren's Song” Summer Solstice Issue #50 - Gone Lawn Literary Journal

Flash Fiction ~ “What Orpheus Couldn’t Do” Alien Buddha Zine #50 Special Issue (solicited by the Editor-in-Chief Red Focks) - Alien Buddha Press

Poem ~ “On Having a Crush on Hulk Hogan at the Age of Five” This Book is a Work, Part 2: Alien Buddha’s Pro Wrestling Themed Anthology - Alien Buddha Press

Prose Poem ~ “La Reine Quotidienne” - Maudlin House

Prose Poem ~ “On Watching the 100% Perfect Movie One Beautiful April Evening” Be Kind Rewind Anthology - The Daily Drunk Magazine

Prose Poem ~ “Ceci n'est pas une pipe” Issue 55 - Salamander Magazine

Prose Poem ~ “Anabel” Issue 55 - Salamander Magazine

Poem ~ “What Moves Sophie” Ghibli Week Submissions - The Daily Drunk Magazine

 

-2022-

Prose Poem ~ “The Radiologist and the Spider/man” - The Evergreen Review

Prose Poem ~ “Werewolf on the Moon” - The Evergreen Review

Prose Poem ~ “Watercolor Dream” - The Evergreen Review

Prose Poem ~ “You Have a Boulder Where Your Heart Used to Be”- The Evergreen Review

Flash Fiction ~ “The Boy Who Shot Bullets with a Slingshot” - A Thin Slice of Anxiety

Prose Poem ~ “The Endless Line of Y-shaped Lamp Posts” - Boats Against the Current Magazine

Prose Poem ~ “NASA Unveils the First Image from the James Webb Space Telescope” - HAD

Prose Poem ~ “Kissing Wilde’s Grave” - Overheard Literary Magazine

Flash Fiction ~ “Double Suicide” - Final Girl Bulletin Board

Flash Fiction ~ “Desiderium” - The Daily Drunk Magazine

Short Fiction ~ “Ottie” - The Alien Buddha's House of Horrors Anthology 5 - Alien Buddha Press

CNF/Prose Poem ~ “Stepping into a Black Hole” - Autofocus Literary Magazine

Flash Fiction ~ “Maiden’s Tower” Issue 8 - Stanchion Zine

Short Fiction ~ “I’ll Take It” Alien Buddha Zine #41 - Alien Buddha Press

Prose Poem ~ “I Meet John Lennon in a Dream” - Selcouth Station Press

Prose Poem ~ “Bad Wolf” - Selcouth Station Press

Prose Poem ~ “Van Gogh & The Cat” Issue 4 - Celestite Poetry Journal

Short Fiction ~ “The Color Purple” Alien Buddha Zine #39 - Alien Buddha Press

Short Fiction ~ “Violinist’s Hot Cocoa” Psalms of the Alien Buddha: Music Anthology Part 2 - Alien Buddha Press

Short Fiction ~ “The Funeral” - Idle Ink

Poem ~ “Have You Seen the New The Beatles Documentary?” Issue 40: Linger - Kissing Dynamite Poetry Journal

Poem ~ “My Mother Was 28 Years Old When My Shoe Size Was 28” February Issue: Life in Adornment - Ayaskala Magazine

Poem ~ “Ode to Spiders” What is the Deal with the Alien Buddha? Comedy Anthology Part 2 - Alien Buddha Press

Poem ~ “Tatterdemalion” Issue 6: Gressive - Wine Cellar Press

Poem ~ “Dunganga” The Red House: An Anthology of Genre and Speculative Poetry, Volume 2 - Cypress Press and Literary Journal

 

-2021-

Flash Fiction ~ “The Heart-Eater” The Alien Buddha's House of Horrors Anthology 4 - Alien Buddha Press

 

BOOKS

2020 Poetry Collection ~ The Anguish of an Oyster

Comprising forty-six poems that explore the themes of love, life, loss, melancholy, and nostalgia, Yücel’s debut poetry collection The Anguish of an Oyster beautifully captures the longing human soul and touches the hearts of her readers.

Cover art & design by Fatih Yalın

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TRANSLATIONS

2018 ~ Vahşetin Çağrısı (The Call of the Wild) by Jack London - Alakarga Sanat Publishing House

2016 ~ En Sevilen Klasikler (The Classic FM Hall of Fame: The Greatest Classical Music of All Time) by Darren Henley, Sam Jackson, Tim Lihoreau - Kitap Kurdu Publishing House