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Christina Ladd @christinaladd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The world may have moved on, but MN is still picking up the pieces of our occupation. If you have a few bucks and want to support a great zine + a great cause, consider @paranoidxtree.bsky.social 's upcoming chapbook! www.paranoidtree.com/silence-neve...

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SILENCE NEVER SAVED ANYONE — Paranoid Tree Press

A micro-anthology of stories and poems by Minnesota writers, honoring the immigrants and resilience in our communities during the ICE occupation in the winter of 2026.

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Huge news: We made a tiny book. With these stories about the 2026 ICE occupation of Minnesota, we honor the immigrants and community action that make us proud to call MN home. We hope it inspires you to keep speaking up for what's right. 💌 Preorder & more info: paranoidtree.com/silence-neve...

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

“We pulled the moon down, tucked the darkness of night into its own box to sleep” New prose poetry from Alexa Brockamp Hoggatt in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-67

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VOL. 67: Packing Up the Streetlights — Paranoid Tree Press

Alexa Brockamp Hoggatt | Michayla Grbich

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

"When I get bored, get on a chair. I’m all business. You want to talk to me? Talk to me later." We're so charmed by the strong voice of poet Pam Williams, paired with Sharaya Reetz's brilliant flower artwork. Volume 66 is out now. Read the poems online & in print: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-66

A copy of volume 66, featuring two poems by Pam Williams and artwork by Sharaya Reetz. The artwork depicts a large flower rising up through the center of the page, and a tiny woman curled up upon its petals.

Another view of volume 66, showing off the author and illustrator bios on the back side of the zine.

A close-up of the cover of Volume 66, featuring the titles of the poems "Can't Move, Stay Down, Like I'm Dead or Something" and "I Want to Write It More, Need Paper for That" by Pam williams

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 15/06/2026

Excited to share the next acquisition for our Lost/Found imprint: EDGE OF THE KNOWN BUS LINE by @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social, a reissue of their award-winning 2018 novella which follows a woman’s gruesome fight for survival after a city bus drops her in a brutal wasteland of cannibals and cultists!

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

One of my favourite stories I’ve written (and one of the weirdest) is out in Paranoid Tree Press! Read it to finally understand all of my nonsense Maritime slang

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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Another banger up at @paranoidxtree.bsky.social VOL. 65: A Glossary of Terms You Will Need While Uncovering the Long-Buried Secrets of a Small Town in Atlantic Canada www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-65

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VOL. 65: A Glossary of Terms You Will Need While Uncovering the Long-Buried Secrets of a Small Town in Atlantic Canada — Paranoid Tree Press

Janel Comeau | Jess Stanley

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Lori Sambol Brody @lorisambolbrody.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I liked this hermit crab mystery in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

’magine (verb) ...The locals will say this when you talk about what you found in the woods behind the old Landry place, but you’ll see in their eyes that they know exactly what you’re talking about. Can you solve this mystery by @verybadllama.bsky.social? Full story: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-65

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Huge thanks to @paranoidxtree.bsky.social for publishing and nominating “Feels Like Rain” for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social, and to @megpokrass.bsky.social, Gary Fincke, and @dseuss.bsky.social for choosing this as one of the winners! You can grab a copy at www.bestmicrofiction.com

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"Maybe I wake up still dreaming about peeling a pile of tangerines..." 🍊 ICYMI: Contributor @aniking.bsky.social was published in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social! 👏 buff.ly/bzIwimT

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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Another absolute stunner from @paranoidxtree.bsky.social

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

TODAY! Get your subs in!

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

"We throw jokes at the pain & hope it doesn’t throw back. When someone asks how we’re doing, we say I’m alright, like it’s a shield, like it’s not a lie soaked in yesterday’s silence." —from "We Don't Talk About That" by Oladosu Michael Emerald. Read the full poem: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-64

The artwork for the zine featuring the poem "We Don't Talk About That." The imagery features a young black man soaring through space, holding the world in his hand, propelled by a pair of butterfly wings.

A close-up of the cover of the zine featuring the poem "We Don't Talk About That."

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Minnesota writers: We're looking for stories & poems under 400 words in response to the ICE occupation of our state. Submissions close THIS THURSDAY, APRIL 30. 📣 ⚠️ Submit & more info about our chapbook project: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine

A call for Minnesota writers

Seeking stories & poems in response to the 2026 Minnesota ICE occupation

Deadline: April 30

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Hey, Minnesota writers! We're looking for stories & poems under 400 words in response to the ICE occupation of our state. Send us your writings of resilience, strength, joy, grief, and healing. Deadline is April 30! Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine

A CALL FOR MINNESOTA WRITERS: SEEKING STORIES & POEMS IN RESPONSE TO THE 2026 MINNESOTA ICE OCCUPATION

WHAT WE WANT:

GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION
THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION
WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX
DEADLINE: APRIL 30
PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOK

WHO CAN SUBMIT:

- MUST BE BASED WITHIN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
- ANYONE AGE 14 OR OLDER
- WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE WORK FROM PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND OF IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY ICE

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Calling all Minnesota-based writers! We're creating a chapbook of art and writing in response to the illegal ICE occupation of our state. Send us your poems, stories and essays under 400 words — by April 30. Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

This new micro does in 400 words what Grey's Anatomy barely accomplishes in 22 seasons. Get your paws on "Between Dog & Wolf," a real-life, high-stakes medical drama by Lorraine Hanlon Comanor—paired perfectly with clocklike art by Eloise Koltun. New issue out now 🐾 paranoidtree.com/read/vol-63

The new issue of Paranoid Tree, featuring the full unfolded zine alongside a small, folded copy tucked into an envelope.

A close-up on the artwork. A sleeping dog sits at the top of the page, in the 12:00 position.

Another close-up. A shadowy wolf sits at the bottom of the page in the 6:00 position.

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Pitt ✖️ werewolves 🟰 this month's micro. When was the last time you were this riveted by a piece of creative nonfiction? Thanks to Lorraine Hanlon Comanor and Eloise Koltun for keeping us on the edge of our seats. 🐺 🩻 Read the full story: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-63

The story is titled "Between Dog & Wolf," written by Lorraine Hanlon Comanor, with art by Eloise Koltun.

A quote from the story: "Across the hall outside OR 13, world-renowned cardiac surgeon Dr. Shumway is already scrubbing. His assistant, but several years my senior, helps me steer, as I’m also juggling a ventilator and myriad IVs with cardiac meds. The anesthesiologist for this car-crash victim, I’m responsible for controlling his erratic pulse and blood pressure, keeping his heart in optimal shape until the moment of harvest, the moment it’s transferred from his brain-dead body into one whose life is hanging by a thread. Outside the OR entrance, the recipient’s wife clings to the arms of her chair. We’ve just rolled past her when my patient, unresponsive for over twenty-four hours, grabs my forearm. I jump, his lines spaghetti, his alarms howl."

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Rent is due on Monday and many in our Twin Cities community are still trapped at home, meaning they can't work to pay rent. Can you help us keep our neighbors housed? Donate $10+ to one of these rent relief funds & we'll send you a free zine as thanks. 💌 Fund links: linktr.ee/paranoidtree

Keep our neighbors safe from ICE! Donate $10 or more to a MN rent relief fund & get a free zine. Email your receipt to hello@paranoidtree.com by February 28.

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Jude P @judepickledplum.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Oh wow, how fab.

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Emorra (EM-er-uh) @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Ah!! What an honor to be nominated! <3 thank you so much

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Jan Stinchcomb @janstinchcomb.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Oh, I haven’t had one of these in so long I hardly know what to do with it. 💕💕💕 Thanks @paranoidxtree.bsky.social and congrats to all. Subscribe if you want a soul-saving zine in your mailbox!

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Cheers to our Best Small Fictions nominees! We're honored to be the home for each and every one of these stories. 💌 ⚡

Best small fictions nominees:

GANG OF BABIES
by jan stinchcomb

MULBERRIES & MOLTS
by hayli cox

THE CULLING OF THE FOREST, IN THREE PARTS
by melissa jornd

A PIRATE'S LOVE IS A RUM DO
by jude potts

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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 30/01/2026

❤️

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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

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SMokiWuff @smokiwuff.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I'm a resident of the Twin Cities. A small team and I spent 3 days sculpting this for a competition/festival in extremely cold temperatures. We were disqualified for political messaging and one of the organizers defaced it. I have no regrets and I have never been more proud to be Minnesotan. (cont)

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Hi friends, just checking in from Minneapolis. Can we put out a couple asks for your support? 💕 Turns out, it's really hard to run a lit mag in your free time when the federal government has besieged your beloved city.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 23/01/2026

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

photo of march, signs for renee good and against ICe, crowded street.

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Going to throw a few more out here to add to Twin Cities Bookstores: Black Garnet is a newer bookstore in St Paul that specializes in BIPOC literature and has done a lot already to build a community space and there's also Louise Erdrich's Birchbark Books in Minneapolis

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Every once in a while, a poem lands with you at just the right time. Thanks to @ewam72.bsky.social & @cutandplaced.bsky.social for sharing the beauty and pain of this imagined—but all too real—Rockwellian scene with us. 🩵❤️ Read the full issue: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-61

“Norman Rockwell Paints ‘Deterrence,” poem by Evan Wambeke, art by Laura Weiler

I think the bomb is / going to drop / any day now / it’s been sitting / up there raindrop-shaped / waiting / to whistle / like / a boy / loose-toothed / in church like an American / robin / tucked behind evergreen / needles / waiting / for the wind / to carry him / out.

I think the bomb is going / to drop / real soon / here / you can feel / the air shifting—coming down / the streetlights / warming up / the sun is bound to disappear again

we all are

I think I love you

Is it too late / to say / I always have?

Get the issue online and in print. The artwork features a collage image of a 1950s American town, ripped along the top and bottom edge. A collage bomb is falling from the sky, and a sea of red lies below.

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Friends, our community here in MN desperately needs help protecting against ICE. Please join us in donating directly to these orgs that provide food, safety & legal support to MN immigrants. And if you’ve been meaning to pick up a zine from our shop, there’s never been a better time. 💌

We’re donating 25% of our January profits to: Open Arms of Minnesota, Monarca Rapid Response, and Immigrant Law Center MN.

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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

To organize local news events we are counting days since Dec. 2, regarded as the beginning of what fed authorities call “Operation Metro Surge.” The “Twin Cities Metro Activity Dashboard” page shows updates re police activity. It has ~1300 data points.

map with points for raids and other events

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 14/01/2026

made some updates to the list. if you want to give to a gofundme, the ones in spanish are getting way less than other, and they are asking for much less

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 08/01/2026

Minneapolis.

Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We’re having a super proud mom moment for @aniking.bsky.social being selected for the 2026 Best Microfiction anthology! 🎉 And huge thanks to the editors of @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social & @dseuss.bsky.social for your hard work and care in selecting these pieces. Congrats to all the winners!

Best Microfiction winner: Ani King for “Feels Like Rain”

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Holy crap! Congrats everyone and so incredible to be on this list!!

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

It's impossible to isolate just one gorgeous, pithy line from this new story by @aniking.bsky.social. So, here, have them all. Read the full story and more at paranoidtree.com/read/vol-60. Wishing you all a warm, dry & well-fed holiday season. 🍊

Paranoid Tree Volume 60 features the story "Feels Like Rain" by Ani King, with art by Kelly Emmrich.

MAYBE I WAKE UP STILL DREAMING ABOUT PEELING A PILE OF TANGERINES, ABOUT EACH PEEL COMING LOOSE IN ONE PIECE, ABOUT PUNCTURING EACH SEGMENT OF EACH TANGERINE, AND THE SOUR STING ON THE SIDE OF MY TONGUE, AND MY HANDS AND CHIN ALL STICKY, SO I WALK UP TO ALDIS AND BUY TWO BAGS OF TANGERINES WITH A BIG HANDFUL OF CHANGE, AND OUTSIDE ALDIS I SEE A GUY I KNOW SITTING ON THE CURB UNDER THE OVERHANG, WITH A GUITAR AND A CUP, SAYS BROTHER, I’M HAVING A HARD TIME, THEN HE PLAYS ME A SLOW VERSION OF “EVEN FLOW,” AND WHEN HE’S DONE I CLAP AND THEN MAYBE I SAY HEY, I’M KEVIN.

MAYBE I OFFER HIM A CUT OF MY TANGERINES, AND HE TELLS ME HIS NAME IS BRUCE AND THEN BRUCE PLAYS ME THE FIRST FEW BARS OF “NO RAIN,” AND WE LAUGH BECAUSE IT DEFINITELY FEELS LIKE RAIN, AND MAYBE WE SIT THERE ON THE CURB AND SHARE THE WHOLE FIRST BAG OF TANGERINES, THEIR PEELS CURLING UP LIKE SHED EXOSKELETONS AT OUR FEET, AND THEN THE PEELS START TO RISE UP ON TORN, UNEVEN ARMS IN THE WIND, AND THEY WAVE THE CURLING ENDS OF THEIR ORANGE FLESH TAILS, SO BRUCE MAKES UP A SONG ABOUT A BAND OF KILLER TANGERINES AND WE END UP SINGING OH BABY, THEY’RE GONNA GETCHA GETCHA GETCHA BLONDIE-STYLE, AS THEY SHIVER, SHIMMY, AND SHAKE ACROSS THE ASPHALT,

AND THE TREES ARE SWAYING AND BENDING IN THE WIND, THE TANGERINE SKINS SKITTER ALONG THE EDGE OF THE CURB, AND TUMBLING AND DANCING OUT INTO THE EDGES OF THE PARKING LOT, AND IT’S REALLY STARTING TO COME DOWN, ALRIGHT, SO MAYBE I ASK BRUCE TO MAKE A RUN FOR IT WITH ME BACK TO MINE, AND I SAY TRUTHFULLY, MY CAR IS WHAT I MEAN BY MINE, AND BRUCE ASKS IS THIS HOW YOU USUALLY PICK UP GUYS, SO I HAND HIM ANOTHER TANGERINE AND SAY YEAH, MAN, SOMETIMES.

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I fricking love a zine, so @paranoidxtree.bsky.social has been on my dream list for such a long time. Guess how excited I am to have this story in digital and print? GUESS?? And Kelly Emmrich’s art brings a whole new layer, I love it so much. www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-60

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VOL. 60: Feels Like Rain — Paranoid Tree Press

Ani King | Kelly Emmrich

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Emorra (EM-er-uh) @wordsfromemorra.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

My first Pushcart nomination! I am beyond grateful and honored. Thank you so much @paranoidxtree.bsky.social for loving my story as much as I did 💚

Screenshot of five story and author names that have been nominated by Paranoid Tree Press for the Pushcart prize. The fourth story says "The Culling of the Forest, in Three Parts" with the author name "Melissa Jornd." There is an arrow pointing to the story name to clarify which one is mine.

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