Allison Thai
@thaisibir.bsky.social
Vietnamese / anesthetist 💉/ ASD / editor in-chief of Plott Hound Magazine / special interests: Pokemon, Digimon, myth & folklore, languages
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Allison Thai
@thaisibir.bsky.social
· Jan 21
Hello new and old followers! I'm Allison: Vietnamese-American who writes and draws when I'm not knocking out people for surgery. I have stories in Podcastle, Apex, Worlds of Possibility, Anathema, etc. And I am the editor in-chief for Plott Hound Magazine, on the hunt for great animal stories! 🐾
I hate the uncanny valley "AI halo" that plagues AI slop. It's the modern-day will-o'-the-wisp that leads unaware people astray.
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I hate the uncanny valley "AI halo" that plagues AI slop. It's the modern-day will-o'-the-wisp that leads unaware people astray.
"At the Edge of the Tale" by @authortrsteele.bsky.social free to read online!
“You are either very wise,” said Twirl, “or very cruel.”
The unicorn’s long lashes swept over their cheek. “Why can I not be both?”
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“You are either very wise,” said Twirl, “or very cruel.”
The unicorn’s long lashes swept over their cheek. “Why can I not be both?”
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October 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"At the Edge of the Tale" by @authortrsteele.bsky.social free to read online!
“You are either very wise,” said Twirl, “or very cruel.”
The unicorn’s long lashes swept over their cheek. “Why can I not be both?”
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“You are either very wise,” said Twirl, “or very cruel.”
The unicorn’s long lashes swept over their cheek. “Why can I not be both?”
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"Hound of Annwn" by @remedy.bsky.social free to read online!
"You want to press your snout into the wound, but have just enough man-sense left in your dog-mind to hold back and stay still, your ears tucked down low..."
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"You want to press your snout into the wound, but have just enough man-sense left in your dog-mind to hold back and stay still, your ears tucked down low..."
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October 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Hound of Annwn" by @remedy.bsky.social free to read online!
"You want to press your snout into the wound, but have just enough man-sense left in your dog-mind to hold back and stay still, your ears tucked down low..."
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"You want to press your snout into the wound, but have just enough man-sense left in your dog-mind to hold back and stay still, your ears tucked down low..."
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After two months of letting the tanks cycle and mature, today is the day to add shrimp! Of course Morag is very curious of these little swimming critters.
October 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
After two months of letting the tanks cycle and mature, today is the day to add shrimp! Of course Morag is very curious of these little swimming critters.
"Mild Fish and Linen" by Veronica Mullin now free to read online!
"The name they had for him, or what passed for one, was a low tut and a breath through the nose, followed by a little rasp. It meant, as near as he could translate, 'Mild Fish and Linen.'"
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"The name they had for him, or what passed for one, was a low tut and a breath through the nose, followed by a little rasp. It meant, as near as he could translate, 'Mild Fish and Linen.'"
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October 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"Mild Fish and Linen" by Veronica Mullin now free to read online!
"The name they had for him, or what passed for one, was a low tut and a breath through the nose, followed by a little rasp. It meant, as near as he could translate, 'Mild Fish and Linen.'"
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"The name they had for him, or what passed for one, was a low tut and a breath through the nose, followed by a little rasp. It meant, as near as he could translate, 'Mild Fish and Linen.'"
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"Flames Sprout Wings" by @cdgoodman.bsky.social free to read online!
"I saw. I know. Night grows hot. Egg cracks embers. Flames sprout wings and a phoenix hatches awake."
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"I saw. I know. Night grows hot. Egg cracks embers. Flames sprout wings and a phoenix hatches awake."
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October 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Flames Sprout Wings" by @cdgoodman.bsky.social free to read online!
"I saw. I know. Night grows hot. Egg cracks embers. Flames sprout wings and a phoenix hatches awake."
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"I saw. I know. Night grows hot. Egg cracks embers. Flames sprout wings and a phoenix hatches awake."
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"After a Wolf Swallowed the Sun" by @linardos.bsky.social free to read online!
"Man wanted the sun, and he’d have sucked it dry, turned it to tall towers of glass and more machines. So I swallowed it, to protect it from the Man.”
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"Man wanted the sun, and he’d have sucked it dry, turned it to tall towers of glass and more machines. So I swallowed it, to protect it from the Man.”
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October 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"After a Wolf Swallowed the Sun" by @linardos.bsky.social free to read online!
"Man wanted the sun, and he’d have sucked it dry, turned it to tall towers of glass and more machines. So I swallowed it, to protect it from the Man.”
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"Man wanted the sun, and he’d have sucked it dry, turned it to tall towers of glass and more machines. So I swallowed it, to protect it from the Man.”
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"In the Sea of Binary Stars" by @herlizardness.bsky.social free to read online!
"We are both shadows of each other, but we are also ebb and flow, binary stars forever circling, both shining just as bright."
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"We are both shadows of each other, but we are also ebb and flow, binary stars forever circling, both shining just as bright."
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October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"In the Sea of Binary Stars" by @herlizardness.bsky.social free to read online!
"We are both shadows of each other, but we are also ebb and flow, binary stars forever circling, both shining just as bright."
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"We are both shadows of each other, but we are also ebb and flow, binary stars forever circling, both shining just as bright."
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"Your Birdsong Pleading" by @loragray.bsky.social now free to read online!
"So, why, sister, are you here, with your milky feathers, your downy breast, your songbird pleading for more time, more love, more sameness?"
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"So, why, sister, are you here, with your milky feathers, your downy breast, your songbird pleading for more time, more love, more sameness?"
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”Your Birdsong Pleading” by Lora Gray – Plott Hound Magazine
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October 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Your Birdsong Pleading" by @loragray.bsky.social now free to read online!
"So, why, sister, are you here, with your milky feathers, your downy breast, your songbird pleading for more time, more love, more sameness?"
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"So, why, sister, are you here, with your milky feathers, your downy breast, your songbird pleading for more time, more love, more sameness?"
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"Who is Wrong When They Are Hungry" by @emmiechristie33.bsky.social now free to read online!
"You step out of the skin around your legs and kick it off like you are a tree and it was bark you had to scrape off."
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"You step out of the skin around your legs and kick it off like you are a tree and it was bark you had to scrape off."
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October 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Who is Wrong When They Are Hungry" by @emmiechristie33.bsky.social now free to read online!
"You step out of the skin around your legs and kick it off like you are a tree and it was bark you had to scrape off."
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"You step out of the skin around your legs and kick it off like you are a tree and it was bark you had to scrape off."
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"Animapod" by Kite Marsh now free to read online!
"Always together; always side by side. I thought sometimes it would be more pleasant to be Eight, or One, and have some privacy to one side at least."
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"Always together; always side by side. I thought sometimes it would be more pleasant to be Eight, or One, and have some privacy to one side at least."
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October 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Animapod" by Kite Marsh now free to read online!
"Always together; always side by side. I thought sometimes it would be more pleasant to be Eight, or One, and have some privacy to one side at least."
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"Always together; always side by side. I thought sometimes it would be more pleasant to be Eight, or One, and have some privacy to one side at least."
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"To Dream of Birdsong" by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social now free to read online!
"Ren dreams in her pyrobed for three years as the ship diverts its course, travels to the next destination. She has died six hundred and seventeen times."
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"Ren dreams in her pyrobed for three years as the ship diverts its course, travels to the next destination. She has died six hundred and seventeen times."
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October 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"To Dream of Birdsong" by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social now free to read online!
"Ren dreams in her pyrobed for three years as the ship diverts its course, travels to the next destination. She has died six hundred and seventeen times."
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"Ren dreams in her pyrobed for three years as the ship diverts its course, travels to the next destination. She has died six hundred and seventeen times."
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Japanese food saturates the merch scene so it's really refreshing to see Viet food. More cute merch of other Asian cuisines please!
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Japanese food saturates the merch scene so it's really refreshing to see Viet food. More cute merch of other Asian cuisines please!
I aim to have final decisions for Plott Hound's fall 2025 issue by the end of this week. Really great stuff in the hold pile, it's going to be down to making some hard decisions again!
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I aim to have final decisions for Plott Hound's fall 2025 issue by the end of this week. Really great stuff in the hold pile, it's going to be down to making some hard decisions again!
2 day livestream workshop on designing prehistoric creatures with legendary creature designer Terryl Whitlatch, who designed Sebulba and Jar Jar in Star Wars. I joined to mine good stuff for novel worldbuilding that'll involve fantastical creatures.
September 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
2 day livestream workshop on designing prehistoric creatures with legendary creature designer Terryl Whitlatch, who designed Sebulba and Jar Jar in Star Wars. I joined to mine good stuff for novel worldbuilding that'll involve fantastical creatures.
Today I attended a venom conference run by the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation. As a lifelong lover of venomous critters, I find it very satisfying to learn info on the biochemistry, research, and treatment of envenomations at the physician and Ph.D level, the nitty gritty science.
September 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Today I attended a venom conference run by the Asclepius Snakebite Foundation. As a lifelong lover of venomous critters, I find it very satisfying to learn info on the biochemistry, research, and treatment of envenomations at the physician and Ph.D level, the nitty gritty science.
"Death Walks on Silent Paws" by Katie Mansion now free to read online!
"Long had she lived, and long would she yet, she served London’s people and ferried their dead. The form of a cat served her well, for death should tread delicately, quiet and prudent."
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"Long had she lived, and long would she yet, she served London’s people and ferried their dead. The form of a cat served her well, for death should tread delicately, quiet and prudent."
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September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"Death Walks on Silent Paws" by Katie Mansion now free to read online!
"Long had she lived, and long would she yet, she served London’s people and ferried their dead. The form of a cat served her well, for death should tread delicately, quiet and prudent."
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"Long had she lived, and long would she yet, she served London’s people and ferried their dead. The form of a cat served her well, for death should tread delicately, quiet and prudent."
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Issue 1 essay "Foxes Are Totally Trustworthy (Until They Aren't)" by Yoon Ha Lee now free to read online!
"In the end, every story—mine, yours—is a fox story, both untrustworthy and essential."
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"In the end, every story—mine, yours—is a fox story, both untrustworthy and essential."
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“Foxes are Totally Trustworthy (Until They Aren’t)” by Yoon Ha Lee – Plott Hound Magazine
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September 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Issue 1 essay "Foxes Are Totally Trustworthy (Until They Aren't)" by Yoon Ha Lee now free to read online!
"In the end, every story—mine, yours—is a fox story, both untrustworthy and essential."
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"In the end, every story—mine, yours—is a fox story, both untrustworthy and essential."
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"This, too, is magic" by @crossingwinter.bsky.social now free to read online!
"I will rear, kick, drive you back if you attempt to get too near. Instinct is a powerful magic that flows through the winding rivers of battlescars on my flanks."
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"I will rear, kick, drive you back if you attempt to get too near. Instinct is a powerful magic that flows through the winding rivers of battlescars on my flanks."
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September 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"This, too, is magic" by @crossingwinter.bsky.social now free to read online!
"I will rear, kick, drive you back if you attempt to get too near. Instinct is a powerful magic that flows through the winding rivers of battlescars on my flanks."
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"I will rear, kick, drive you back if you attempt to get too near. Instinct is a powerful magic that flows through the winding rivers of battlescars on my flanks."
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"He Came Starving to the Altar" by @furryfootage.bsky.social now free to read online!
"He was her murderer, but he was also her husband, and it was his duty to convey her bones to the Brazier of Rites and burn them so her spirit could enter the Field of Reeds."
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"He was her murderer, but he was also her husband, and it was his duty to convey her bones to the Brazier of Rites and burn them so her spirit could enter the Field of Reeds."
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September 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"He Came Starving to the Altar" by @furryfootage.bsky.social now free to read online!
"He was her murderer, but he was also her husband, and it was his duty to convey her bones to the Brazier of Rites and burn them so her spirit could enter the Field of Reeds."
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"He was her murderer, but he was also her husband, and it was his duty to convey her bones to the Brazier of Rites and burn them so her spirit could enter the Field of Reeds."
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"When the Crow Sings" by Anna Madden is now free to read online!
"Her voice is a thundering, a wooing.
It grays into a many-beaked murder
eating the hearts of mortal man."
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"Her voice is a thundering, a wooing.
It grays into a many-beaked murder
eating the hearts of mortal man."
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“When the Crow Sings” by Anna Madden – Plott Hound Magazine
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September 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
"When the Crow Sings" by Anna Madden is now free to read online!
"Her voice is a thundering, a wooing.
It grays into a many-beaked murder
eating the hearts of mortal man."
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"Her voice is a thundering, a wooing.
It grays into a many-beaked murder
eating the hearts of mortal man."
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"Respect the Hustle" by @risawolf.bsky.social is now free to read online!
"It was a shamble type of eve, the moon bulging quiet and hush-hush up in the sky. I had a full pouch and none was buying, not even the raccoons tussling in the big cans."
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"It was a shamble type of eve, the moon bulging quiet and hush-hush up in the sky. I had a full pouch and none was buying, not even the raccoons tussling in the big cans."
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September 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"Respect the Hustle" by @risawolf.bsky.social is now free to read online!
"It was a shamble type of eve, the moon bulging quiet and hush-hush up in the sky. I had a full pouch and none was buying, not even the raccoons tussling in the big cans."
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"It was a shamble type of eve, the moon bulging quiet and hush-hush up in the sky. I had a full pouch and none was buying, not even the raccoons tussling in the big cans."
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"The Buffalo Woman" by Jacy Morris is now free to read online!
"Something was taking them. The rumors had been spread by her lover who had seen fields of the dead, their horns taken, their skins removed, their meat left to rot."
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"Something was taking them. The rumors had been spread by her lover who had seen fields of the dead, their horns taken, their skins removed, their meat left to rot."
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September 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"The Buffalo Woman" by Jacy Morris is now free to read online!
"Something was taking them. The rumors had been spread by her lover who had seen fields of the dead, their horns taken, their skins removed, their meat left to rot."
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"Something was taking them. The rumors had been spread by her lover who had seen fields of the dead, their horns taken, their skins removed, their meat left to rot."
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These Arctic wolf drawings I bought from one of my favorite artists, Aaron Blaise, are now displayed in my house as the perfect expression of my lifelong love for art, animals, and animation.
September 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
These Arctic wolf drawings I bought from one of my favorite artists, Aaron Blaise, are now displayed in my house as the perfect expression of my lifelong love for art, animals, and animation.
"Cold Blood" by Kristy Ettel now free to read online!
"Where dusk frays into threads of night,
a serpent spills from fissured stone,
his body a gutter, ice-glimpse of blackness
like obsidian vine drunk on night’s wine-light."
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"Where dusk frays into threads of night,
a serpent spills from fissured stone,
his body a gutter, ice-glimpse of blackness
like obsidian vine drunk on night’s wine-light."
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“Cold Blood” by Kristy Ettel – Plott Hound Magazine
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September 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Cold Blood" by Kristy Ettel now free to read online!
"Where dusk frays into threads of night,
a serpent spills from fissured stone,
his body a gutter, ice-glimpse of blackness
like obsidian vine drunk on night’s wine-light."
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"Where dusk frays into threads of night,
a serpent spills from fissured stone,
his body a gutter, ice-glimpse of blackness
like obsidian vine drunk on night’s wine-light."
plotthoundmag.com/cold-blood-b...