As well as running this website, Hooshla puts out a print magazine. The first issue is included in Factory Direct #4, a bimonthly zine anthology published by New Mouth from the Dirty South . To order it, send $10.00 to :

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Here is a story from Hooshla, issue #1:

The Elephant Baby

"They're so lucky," said Marie to Lily, indicating a young couple fawning over their new baby.

"No, they're not," said Lily. "They're not lucky at all. That baby is an elephant in baby's skin. One of these days, a small cut will emerge on the baby's forehead. Nothing for the parents to worry about. Just a slight scratch. But it will be enough for the elephant, which will jump at the opportunity. It will squeeze its trunk out through the hole and before Mommy and Daddy know it-Boom! There's an elephant crushing the crib and nothing left of the baby but a discarded skin."

"I see what you mean," said Marie,"but, still, they'll be lucky to have an elephant of their own."

"Do you have any idea how much an elephant eats?" asked Lily. "They'll be in the poorhouse by the time they turn thirty."

"But they could train the elephant and start a circus," Marie objected. "I still say they're lucky."

Lily shook her head. "You can't have a circus with just one elephant. They'd have to get tigers and horses and bears, not to mention clowns and acrobats. Running a circus is not easy, after all. And it's no kind of life for a family with a baby."

"A baby?" asked Marie.

"Once they realize that their baby is an elephant, they'll be sure to want to have another," Lily explained.

"That's true," said Marie, "but, who knows? Maybe the new baby will grow up to be a world class elephant trainer and bring them fame and fortune."

"You never know," Lily conceded.

The young couple got up and left. They were still cooing and mewing at their little baby and ignorant of the uncertainty of their future.

"Should we warn them?" Marie wondered.