HOOT – a {mini} literary magazine on a postcard – flash fiction, poetry, memoir, non-fiction, book reviews

Draws a Dog Instead by Dave Seter Dave Seter is an environmental engineer, poet, essayist, and the author of Don’t Sing to Me of Electric Fences. He has been named Sonoma County Poet Laureate 2024-26.

Liberation Paradox (Poultry Variation)by: Jeff Schroeck Jeff Schroeck is a musician and writer from Cliffwood Beach, NJ, now living in South Philly. His poetry chapbook ‘The Thought Of The Sight Of It’ was released in 2023 by Two Key Customs.

My Mother as a Grilled Corn Muffinby: Jennifer Shikes Hainesphotograph by author Jennifer Shikes Haines (she/her) is a disabled poet and retired educator based in Southeast Michigan.  She enjoys exploring questions of what does, and doesn’t, connect our world. 

Such a Crush by Julia Clebsch Julia Clebsch is a lesbian writer of lyrical non-fiction exploring place, family, and the relationship between humans and nature. Read at Salem Literary Festival (MA), 2x Finalist WOW, published in Legacy, Five Minutes, Lesbian Connection.

Sea of Lingerie by Jane Hertensteinart by Janet Cameron Jane Hertenstein is a Pushcart nominee and the author of over 100 published stories both macro and micro: fiction, creative non-fiction, and blurred genre.

Plexippusby Julie Cyr Julie Cyr has been published by Slipstream, Broad River Review, and Lost Horse Press in the Nasty Women Poets Anthology, among others. She lives in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire with her husband and two sons.  

in an impaired time by O.P. Jha  O.P. Jha (He/Him) writes poems and fictions on love, peace and environment. His poems appeared in more than one hundred journals and five anthologies including “We were seeds” and “We are resilient”. X: @OPJha17

EAR HAIRby Crockett Doob illustration by author Crockett Doob’s work has been published or is forthcoming in The Missouri Review, Cleaver Magazine, The Good Life Review, and Does It Have Pockets. He lives in Rockaway Beach, NY, and does not surf. 

Rental by: Alina Zollfrank Alina Zollfrank dreams trilingually in the Pacific Northwest. Her work has been published nationally and internationally and nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart. She’s a disability advocate and hopeful gardener.