HOOT POSTCARD 177, MARCH 2026
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.
HOOT POSTCARD 176, FEBRUARY 2026
Sense of Mourning by: David J. Schast David J. Schast is a Philadelphia-area former classical musician whose poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The American Poetry Review, HOOT Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, Sheila-Na-Gig Online, 3rd Wednesday Magazine, and The F-Word.
HOOT POSTCARD 175, JANUARY 2026
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.
HOOT POSTCARD 174, DECEMBER 2025
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.
HOOT POSTCARD 172, NOVEMBER 2025
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.
HOOT POSTCARD 171, OCTOBER 2025
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.
HOOT POSTCARD 170, FALL 2025
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
HOOT POSTCARD 169, SEPTEMBER 2025
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.
HOOT POSTCARD 167, JULY 2025
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.
HOOT POSTCARD 166, JUNE 2025
Worryby: Marcia L. Hurlow art: Gregory Stump Marcia L. Hurlow‘s chapbook of poetry, Dog Physics, was published by Main Street Rag Publishing, fall 2024. Her second full-length collection, Practice Rapture, will appear June 2025 from Pine Row Press.
