I am extremely pleased to announce that one of my stories, "Hive Mindset," has been accepted for publication in Plott Hound magazine! It's about technology and bugs. No, not those kinds of bugs! Well, come to think of it... yes. It's about those kinds of bugs, too.

Release the Hounds!

I am extremely pleased to announce that one of my stories, "Hive Mindset," has been accepted for publication in Plott Hound magazine! It's about technology and bugs. No, not those kinds of bugs! Well, come to think of it... yes. It's about those kinds of bugs, too.

ursineunder.world

@furryfootage.bsky.social wrote an incredible story for us last year. Check it out! plotthoundmag.com/he-came-star...

Begging y'all once more to read @plotthoundmag.bsky.social these are anthropomorphic stories supported at remarkable pro rates and a labor of love for everyone involved

Starlight Necromancer (Vae/Vaer)@starlightnecro.bsky.social · 2w ago

The furry community is really bad about promoting furry media that's actually made BY FURRIES and will instead exclusively promote childrens media that happens to have anthro characters There's furry books, comics, there used to be conlang projects Support your fellow artist if you want furry art

Wondering what animal stories to send our way? Need ideas? Check out the tags in the bottom righthand column of our website (also pictured below). We'd especially love to see stories by animals not on that list (that are also scifi, fantasy, and/or horror). plotthoundmag.com/submission-g...

Our pack is sniffing through the pile of submissions from July, and we're excited to start assembling Issue 06!

Plott Hound Magazine closes to submissions in 24 hours. (::counts toes:: We think that's right.) It's not too late to send something our way! We're looking for speculative fiction with animal POVs. Currently open to fiction, essay pitches, and fiction reprints. Visit our Moksha to learn more.

Moksha

A quarterly e-zine for animal-centered stories, poems, and essays.

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Reading @plotthoundmag.bsky.social stories tonight and really enjoyed the wonderfully eerie, "A Pale Herd, a Worm Moon" by @srinivassimo.bsky.social "The night-calves lifted their ghostly heads, at the end of long ghostly necks, and watched her with milk-drop eyes." plotthoundmag.com/a-pale-herd-...

Plott Hound will close to submissions Wednesday night. If you have something to send us, now is the time! plotthound.moksha.io/publication/... Moksha is set to Mountain Time (UTC−06:00), so for all those last minute submitters out there, plan accordingly.

Originally published in Clarkesworld, "Some Remarks on the Reproductive Strategy of the Common Octopus" by @bogiperson.bsky.social makes a return as a Plott Hound Retold Tail! plotthoundmag.com/some-remarks...

Originally published in Asimov's Science Fiction, "Mangy White Dog" by @ympang.bsky.social makes a return as a Plott Hound Retold Tail! plotthoundmag.com/mangy-white-...

Originally published in Translunar Traveler's Lounge, "The Weaver of Uswalpur" by Abhijeet Sathe makes a return as a Plott Hound Retold Tail! plotthoundmag.com/the-weaver-o...

We're not ostriches with heads stuck in the sand. We're well aware of the AI submission deception earthquake rippling through SFF publications. It hit us, too. Here is Plott Hound's statement on creative integrity. plotthoundmag.com/plott-hounds...

Wondering what animal stories to send our way? Need ideas? Check out the tags in the bottom righthand column of our website (also pictured below). We'd especially love to see stories by animals not on that list (that are also scifi, fantasy, and/or horror). plotthoundmag.com/submission-g...

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Plott Hound Magazine@plotthoundmag.bsky.social · last mo.

As you ponder what to send us, please be kind. We are doing our best. Please don't submit AI-generated work. Please don't submit work that was edited by AI. Please don't look at your AI work and think, "No one's gonna know." Please be kind.

Five days in and ten days left for our Issue 06, Summer 2026 open submission period!

As you ponder what to send us, please be kind. We are doing our best. Please don't submit AI-generated work. Please don't submit work that was edited by AI. Please don't look at your AI work and think, "No one's gonna know." Please be kind.

Aaaaaand we're open! Plott Hound Magazine Issue 06 - Summer 2026 is open to submissions, and we are very excited to read your words. You can submit to four categories: flash fiction, short stories, reprint fiction, and essays. We're open June 1st-15th!

Moksha

A quarterly e-zine for animal-centered stories, poems, and essays.

plotthound.moksha.io

We need to get an interview or essay from him/it(?)-at-least-partly-her sometime

I think we can definitely answer some questions posed by @thaisibir.bsky.social and @plotthoundmag.bsky.social with this comic.

beetle moses@beetlemoses.bsky.social · last mo.

A very nice story, filled with sadness, but also a touch of hope.

Plott Hound Magazine@plotthoundmag.bsky.social · last mo.

"This is how it ends, I thought. Not with tusks clashing or men with guns, but with this—one old elephant passing everything she is into one who will carry it forward." "The Last Memory Keeper" by Argelia Salmon (Issue 5) now free to read online! plotthoundmag.com/the-last-mem...

If you're a speculative fiction writer and aren't following @plotthoundmag.bsky.social you need to start immediately.

Plott Hound Sunday breakfast Alihan's Coffee & Breakfast 6th Street, Pittsburgh PA 8:00-9:30ish AM, July 5th Complimentary for past contributors (my treat!) Let's chat about the submission and publication process, what we're looking for, and just animal fiction in general!

I will be at Anthrocon this year! I was too late to register for official writing-related con panels or meetups, but I still want to hold a casual, unofficial Plott Hound meetup for anyone connected with or has interest in the magazine. Details of meetup in reply below:

Sending post-rejection threats to me or the slush readers, not to mention racist and/or sexist comments aimed at me, an Asian woman, is a swift ticket to being banned from ever submitting to Plott Hound again. Byyyyye.

"This is how it ends, I thought. Not with tusks clashing or men with guns, but with this—one old elephant passing everything she is into one who will carry it forward." "The Last Memory Keeper" by Argelia Salmon (Issue 5) now free to read online! plotthoundmag.com/the-last-mem...

One week left before we open to submissions! We're looking for flash fiction, short stories, and reprint fiction set in an animal point of view as well as essays expounding on animals. We'd love to see more dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and alien creatures of all kinds!

Submission Guidelines – Plott Hound Magazine

A sharp nose for amazing animal stories

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Very proud of this one! #furrylit #furrywriting

Plott Hound Magazine@plotthoundmag.bsky.social · last mo.

“hhheeelllllllp…” we repeat. It is strange—a hollow impression. Singular. Unlayered. Without meaning to us, but, apparently, with meaning to this creature." "Stellar Waves" by @roscoegbeetle.bsky.social (Issue 5) now free to read online! plotthoundmag.com/stellar-wave...

"[The dung beetle] is hard at work, moving piles of animal manure along the sand for hours on end, day after day. Somewhere between this rolling motion and the sun crossing the sky, the Egyptians found their god." Khepri's significance explored in Issue 5's essay: plotthoundmag.com/khepris-dail...

"Chrysalis doesn’t hope. It rehearses collapse in beautiful detail— mapping fractures in advance so nothing feels like breaking." "SUR/REAL" by Yuliia Vereta (Issue 5) now free to read online! plotthoundmag.com/sur-real-by-...

"You were made to be eaten, my love. Eaten and digested, or else you will not live, survive, endure, eternal. Do not be afraid. I was eaten too." "Clementine grows into a tree" by @crossingwinter.bsky.social (Issue 5) now free to read online! plotthoundmag.com/clementine-g...