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📚 Hybrid lit mag & art zine
💌 New print issue every month
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📍 Minneapolis, MN

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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 28d
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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judepickledplum.bsky.social
Oh wow, how fab.
paranoidxtree.bsky.social Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 7d
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
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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melissajorndwrites.bsky.social
Ah!! What an honor to be nominated! <3 thank you so much
paranoidxtree.bsky.social Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 7d
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
February 6, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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janstinchcomb.bsky.social
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!
paranoidxtree.bsky.social Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · 7d
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
February 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
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.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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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
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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smokiwuff.bsky.social
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)
January 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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.
January 25, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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ziibiing.com
this photo. minneapolis. 💜

📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune
photo of march, signs for renee good and against ICe, crowded street.
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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megiddings.bsky.social
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
maris.bsky.social Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 21d
I would absolutely love to give you a personalized book recommendation if you promise that tomorrow, not today, you purchase from Bookshop.org to benefit a Twin Cities bookstore.
Here's a very small thing you can do to send a little love to Minneapolis bookstores in the meantime. Search by state on Bookshop.org to support a particular independent bookstore, and rather than choosing your favorite local shop this week to receive a profit share, pick one that's in Minneapolis. Some favorites include Magers & Quinn, Moon Palace Books, Comma, Strive, and Wild Rumpus. Fuck ICE forever.
January 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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.
January 21, 2026 at 5:08 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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.
January 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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unicornriot.bsky.social
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
January 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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ziibiing.com
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
ziibiing.com ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · Jan 12
I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.

If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
Places to Donate to in Minnesota
Buy/Donate Materials: Help buy dashcams for legal observers Bethel Church Food Pantry TC Food Justice: Donate food Mutual Aid Funds: Lyndale School Mutual Aid Fund Rent Relief Fund for Southside Fami...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Minneapolis.
Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."
January 8, 2026 at 12:43 AM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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”
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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aniking.bsky.social
Holy crap! Congrats everyone and so incredible to be on this list!!
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
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.
December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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aniking.bsky.social
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
VOL. 60: Feels Like Rain — Paranoid Tree Press
Ani King | Kelly Emmrich
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December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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melissajorndwrites.bsky.social
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.
December 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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jennymliu.bsky.social
“Rage in Retail” has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize!

Thank you so much, @paranoidxtree.bsky.social, and congratulations to all of my fellow nominees! ⚡️💚
paranoidxtree.bsky.social Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · Dec 11
Announcing our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees. ⚡ 💚 Congrats & thanks to you all for sharing your talents with us at Paranoid Tree!
Nominees include Nikita Deshpande, Jenny M. Liu, Angela Townsend, Melissa Jornd, and Max Fischer. Images of the zines featuring each nominee.
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
Announcing our 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees. ⚡ 💚 Congrats & thanks to you all for sharing your talents with us at Paranoid Tree!
Nominees include Nikita Deshpande, Jenny M. Liu, Angela Townsend, Melissa Jornd, and Max Fischer. Images of the zines featuring each nominee.
December 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
A subscription to Paranoid Tree is the perfect gift for:

- Your cool artsy cousin
- Brave readers with eclectic taste
- Your biggest crush

Treat someone to a new short story in the mail every month. 💌

Get 2 free issues with each subscription—for a limited time!

paranoidtree.com/subscriptions
2 free zines with each new subscription! $5 off 6-month subscriptions and $10 off 12-month subscriptions. Copies of our September issue, "The Culling of the Forest, In Three Parts" Copies of our October issue, "Gang of Babies" Copies of our November issue, "Rage in Retail"
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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janstinchcomb.bsky.social
Make sure you read this today, Black Friday:
@jennymliu.bsky.social @paranoidxtree.bsky.social
paranoidxtree.bsky.social Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · Nov 24
"I spend too much on supportive shoes. There is a mound of black on the back of my door, hanging ghouls perfumed with company-gifted By Kilian—it is a wardrobe for a funeral, the mourning of."

New CNF by Jenny M. Liu. Sending solidarity to retail workers this season!

paranoidtree.com/read/vol-59
"Rage in Retail" by Jenny M. Liu, with art by Ruth Baccam The front and back of the zine. The back contains the author and artist bios. The front contains the text of the story (though it is not legible here). More images of the zine. Read the full story at paranoidtree.com.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM