Fantastic Other is a magazine that positions itself at the intersection of literary and visual practice, and its themed issues function as curated group exhibitions in print and online. The Winter 2027 issue takes as its organizing principle the concept of TETHERED—a term that denotes constraint, attachment, and the voluntary or involuntary bonds that structure experience. The editors explicitly note that they are not always literal in their reading of themes, which signals a preference for work that engages the theme obliquely, through metaphor, formal constraint, or emotional register, rather than through direct illustration. The call is open to poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and art, with no limit on the number of art submissions per artist. There is no submission fee, and the magazine accepts JPG, PNG, and PDF files for visual work. The deadline is fixed: January 3, 2027, at midnight EST. General guidelines apply, and submitters are expected to read them before sending work. The absence of a prize or honorarium in the provided information suggests that acceptance is primarily a publishing credit, which places the emphasis on editorial curation and audience rather than financial reward. For creative practitioners, this is an opportunity to place work within a thematic frame that rewards conceptual coherence and tonal control. The editors' stated openness to non-literal interpretations means that a submission's strength will likely rest on how precisely and surprisingly it inhabits the theme, not on how explicitly it names it. The magazine's scope—spanning text and image—invites submissions that may sit uneasily within a single discipline, and the no-fee model lowers the barrier to entry while maintaining a selective editorial standard.