HOOT POSTCARD 160, DECEMBER 2024

Last Summer’s Sandals by: Scott LaMascus art by author Scott LaMascus is a writer and public-humanities advocate living in Oklahoma City. He hosts the McBride Center series for national writers who visit Oklahoma, most recently including David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower Moon.

HOOT POSTCARD 159, FALL 2024

a pen and ink sketch of three faces to the right of the document, to the left is a poem titled Zone Three

Zone Three by: Cynthia Atkins art by: Octavio Quintanilla  

HOOT POSTCARD 158, NOVEMBER 2024

Photo of a scaffolding pole with a sticker that says "Protect Trans Kids"

Untitled in Philadelphia

HOOT POSTCARD 157, OCTOBER 2024

Silhouette of a woman looking upward surrounded by the silhouette of birds. To her left is a piece of flash fiction titled "flight"

Flight by: Kat Martuccio Kat Martuccio is a copywriter in New York, NY. Find more of her work at blueitalics.com.

HOOT POSTCARD 156, SEPTEMBER 2024

Was He The King Of Baking Powder? by Nina Prater  Nina Prater is a poet, mother, and farmer. Her first poetry chapbook is forthcoming with Belle Point Press. Nina, her husband, and their two inquisitive children live on a small farm in the Arkansas Ozarks.

HOOT POSTCARD 155, AUGUST 2024

light pink background with image of chocolate bars and a knife behind it, next to the image is a poem titled Girl's Night

GIRL’S NIGHT by Lisa Allen Lisa Allen lives in the suburbs of Kansas City and holds MFAs in Poetry and Creative Nonfiction. With Poet Rebecca Connors, she is the co-founder/director of the virtual literary arts space The Notebooks Collective.

HOOT POSTCARD 154, JULY 2024

image of two red fish and a poem next to it titled: Fish

Fish by Remi Recchia, PhD Remi Recchia, PhD, is a Lambda Award-winning poet, essayist, and editor. He is the author of six books and chapbooks, most recently Addiction Apocalypse (Texas Review Press, forthcoming), and the editor of Transmasculine Poetics (Sundress Publications, 2024).  

HOOT POSTCARD 153, SUMMER 2024

Image of an abandoned strip mall with a pink textured pattern over it. Over the image is a poem titled "Freeloader with Fresh Towels"

Selected lines from Freeloader with Fresh Towels by Alexandra Naughton Alexandra Naughton is a writer, publisher, and literary events organizer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the founder of Be About It Press, established in 2010. Follow her on Instagram @alexandranaughton 

HOOT POSTCARD 152, JUNE 2024

illustration og a cup of coffee and a poem titled Old Country in white script above it

Old Country  by Michelle Reale Michelle Reale is the Founding and Managing Editor of both OVUNQUE SIAMO: New Italian-American Writing and The Red Fern Review. She is the author of several collections of poetry.

HOOT POSTCARD 151, MAY 2024

frog sitting and looking at plant fronds

Frog by Mehreen Ahmed   Mehreen Ahmed is a multiple contest winner for short fiction. Her works have appeared in Litro Magazine, HOOT Review, EllipsisZine, MadSwirl, Alien Buddha and others. Her works have been Pushcart, James Tait, and botN nominated.