Plonq

Plonq (real name Dave Braun, born 1963) is the author of numerous short stories, some of them featuring his fursona, a snow leopard. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and is married to Atara.

The author first began writing Star Trek and Dungeons & Dragons stories in the 1980s under his real name as co-author, some of this material appearing in an Italian print publication. A brief stint as solo author of fan fiction for The Lion King saw the writer briefly adopt the pseudonym Snowcat before settling on Plonq as nom de plume.

As Plonq, the author has produced fan fiction for the My Little Pony, Bolt, and Transformers franchises and web original fiction featuring his furry Funny Animal alter ego, a snow leopard morph. They have appeared in both short story one-shot fic and multi-chapter completed fic formats. He counts authors such as Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett as influences, but forges his own signature style.

The stories have been posted in several venues online, including Fimfiction.Net and LiveJournal, but the most comprehensive collection of the author’s work is found at Archive of Our Own.

Plonq was the Guest of Honor at Mephit Furmeet 2000.