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Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · Dec 8
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!

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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"
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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 · 2d
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...
docs.google.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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madeleinevasaly.com
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
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
OMG so psyched for you!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 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
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
We’re so excited too!! 🧡💕
December 16, 2025 at 7:33 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
www.paranoidtree.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
The honor is all ours!! 💕💕
December 13, 2025 at 8:20 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
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
💕💚
December 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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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
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jennymliu.bsky.social
New CNF (my first!) is out now at @paranoidxtree.bsky.social 🛍️

I wrote it almost exactly a month before I quit this job and didn't think I would ever send it out. Grateful to the editors for picking this up and Ruth Baccam for grasping the crux of this story when they created the accompanying art 💞
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 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
"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 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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lorisambolbrody.bsky.social
“You would never guess our power from the occasional King Cake cameo.” @janstinchcomb.bsky.social in @paranoidxtree.bsky.social

www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-58
VOL. 58: Gang of Babies — Paranoid Tree Press
Jan Stinchcomb | Kate Voronina
www.paranoidtree.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
So glad you thought so! ⚡️🖤
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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jjlofflin.bsky.social
“You know us.

We are the original gang of tiny plastic babies.”

What a delight to wake up to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social’s gang in my inbox
paranoidxtree.bsky.social Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · Oct 28
Our October issue is here and ready to CREEP. YOU. OUT.

Many thanks to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social for setting the atmosphere with this story & to Kate Voronina for putting such a delightfully horrific face on it. 💚 🖤

Read the full story ➡️ www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-58
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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janstinchcomb.bsky.social
Once more for the night crowd:
paranoidxtree.bsky.social Paranoid Tree Press @paranoidxtree.bsky.social · Oct 28
Our October issue is here and ready to CREEP. YOU. OUT.

Many thanks to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social for setting the atmosphere with this story & to Kate Voronina for putting such a delightfully horrific face on it. 💚 🖤

Read the full story ➡️ www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-58
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
Likewise! 💚💚
October 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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janstinchcomb.bsky.social
Because everything is terrible, allow me to share these little creeps with you. Always a pleasure to work with @paranoidxtree.bsky.social & thank you to Kate Voronina for the illustration.

www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-58
VOL. 58: Gang of Babies — Paranoid Tree Press
Jan Stinchcomb | Kate Voronina
www.paranoidtree.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
paranoidxtree.bsky.social
Our October issue is here and ready to CREEP. YOU. OUT.

Many thanks to @janstinchcomb.bsky.social for setting the atmosphere with this story & to Kate Voronina for putting such a delightfully horrific face on it. 💚 🖤

Read the full story ➡️ www.paranoidtree.com/read/vol-58
October 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM