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Deeply animal, deeply human, we're on the hunt for amazing animal stories 🦮🐾 All kinds of animal from living to extinct, from extinct dinosaurs to far future aliens, from possible to impossible. OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS MARCH 1st-15th!
If you're looking for a gut punch, give "Soft Underbelly" by Autumn Bettinger a read. It's meaty and thick with fox, hedgehog, and owl delights.
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
Hankering for some good poetry? Our poetry editor has sniffed out some beautiful poems, which you can find here:
We love essays that bring poetic luxury to powerful prose. "The Keys to Heaven's Gates" by @skendhasingh.bsky.social does just that. Take a minute and give it a read.
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
Looking to read more short stories?
Well you're in luck, because Plott Hound Magazine has a packful of them free to read online!
Another BCS cat story: "Shadowdrop" by @librariangoblin.bsky.social. The narrator is "I, Shadowdrop, most magnificently tragic of black cats," and they must save the city of Archaeopolis from malefactors. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/shad...
If you've ever wanted to read a story about the cuscus, look no further. If you've never heard of a cuscus...well then look further and then come back and read this story "Colors of Not-Belonging" by Rod A. White.
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
Isn't it lovely!
I've always loved Yoon Ha Lee's work, but, listen
HOW DARE
how dare you break my heart like this
We love deep, poignant points of view. "By the Mother's Trunk" by Lisa M. Bradley in Fireside Fiction is an example of just that.
Buried deep in the history of circus elephant's point of view, this tale guides us through moments in time no one living can recall.
One week left!
We've seen a lot of western, fire-breathing dragons this month, but we'd love to see more dragons (and other fantastical creatures) with deep cultural significance.
If you write/write about myths and legends from a deeply personal or deeply knowledgeable place, we'd love to see it!
Give "A Mountain Retirement" by Jeanne Kramer-Smyth a look. It's now free and available to read on our website, along with all of Issue 3.
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
We love animals and we love scifi, so "The Starship and the Temple Cat" by Yoon Ha Lee will always have a soft spot in our heart.
You can read it over at Beneath Ceaseless Skies!
We're open for poetry through March 15th!
From secret ocean civilizations to galactic alien life to undiscovered jurassic technology, we love poems that stretch beyond the possible.
If you'd like to get an idea of what we're looking for before submitting, you can find some of our poems here:
Check out "'Hold Your Horses' Close" by @rachiea.bsky.social. It's a flash fiction in Issue 3 of Plott Hound Magazine.
We love it, and we hope you will, too!
You know that feeling of pawing through a good book?
We love how "The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species" by Ken Liu expands and explores how books go beyond the human experience into something more. We love the more.
You can find it over at Lightspeed Magazine.
Do you know everything there is to know about elephants? Can talk ad nauseam about the cultural coevolution of crows and humans? Is picking apart Jurassic Park one of your favorite past times? Well, we'd love to hear all about it.
We're accepting essay pitches through March 15th!
While our magazine primarily features short stories and flash fiction, we also love to find poetic gems such as "Feline Domestication" by @marysoonlee.bsky.social
All of Issue 3 is now available and free to read on our website!
An essay I wrote for @plotthoundmag.bsky.social is now free to read! 🐕
It explores the dog & human bond across the personal & the mythological.
You can read it here:
tinyurl.com/2tza3wy3
#essays #dogs
From real-life aggregate organisms to scifi plural consciousness swarms, we love creatures that expand beyond singularity.
Check out one of the stories that does this so well: "Swarm X1048 - Ethological Field Report: Canis Lupus Familiaris, '6'" by F.E. Choe in Clarkesworld!
Here at Plott Hound Magazine, we want stories that really dig deep into what it’s like to be an animal and also teach us what it means to be human.
If you write scifi, fantasy, or speculative horror and have a piece that fits our vision, consider sending it our way! We close in 10 days.
Check out "Covenant of Echoes" by @sagemustang.bsky.social! This short story and all of Issue 3 is now free and available to read on our website.
We loved it and we hope you will, too!
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We love all kinds of animals stories, including dinosaurs and ancient, extinct creatures of all kinds.
One of our faves is "The Tales of the Three Beautiful Raptor Sisters and the Prince Who Was Made of Meat" by Brooke Bolander in Uncanny!
Calling all scifi and fantasy writers!
Plott Hound Magazine is looking for poignant, beautiful, hilarious, and/or startling prose, poetry, and essays.
Help us fill our dazzling menagerie of animal-centric stories. We're open until March 15th.
Check out "The Python of Idemili" by Bella Chacha. This short story and all of Issue 3 is now free and available to read on our website.
We loved it, and we hope you will, too!
REMINDER: If you submit a REPRINT (Retold Tale) to Plott Hound Magazine, please include where it was previously published in your cover letter.
(Brownie points if you provide a link to where it's posted online or available for purchase.)
Thanks and keep sending us your lovely words!
I feel blessed and grateful to be part of this beautiful issue. All love to the Plott Hound Family ❤🐕🐕
Looking for some incredible examples of animal-centric fiction?
Check out one of our favorite tales, Jackalope Wives by Ursula Vernon. You can read it over at Apex Magazine!
cover image of Plott Hound Magazine Issue 3 - Fall 2025, fox surrounded by antlers
Issue 3 is now available and free to read on our website!
plotthoundmag.com/issues/#issu...
We're delighted to see a score of submissions thus far.
If you're writing animal stories, poems, or essays, please consider submitting to Plott Hound Magazine!
View our guidelines and submit via Moksha: plotthound.moksha.io/publication/...