Tractor Beam
@tractorbeamearth.bsky.social
Bringing Sci-Fi down to Earth ππβ¨
A ~*soilpunk*~ quarterly
Winter is here! Issue 4: THAW out now πβοΈπ―οΈ
π§βπ» Website: tractorbeam.earth
π Newsletter: tractorbeamearth.substack.com
π± IG: www.instagram.com/tractorbeam.earth
A ~*soilpunk*~ quarterly
Winter is here! Issue 4: THAW out now πβοΈπ―οΈ
π§βπ» Website: tractorbeam.earth
π Newsletter: tractorbeamearth.substack.com
π± IG: www.instagram.com/tractorbeam.earth
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@tractorbeamearth.bsky.social
Β· May 12
Hey Bluesky! π
We're Tractor Beam, a quarterly fiction publication dedicated to soilpunk: radical visions of hopeful futures built from the ground up. π β¬οΈ
We're Tractor Beam, a quarterly fiction publication dedicated to soilpunk: radical visions of hopeful futures built from the ground up. π β¬οΈ
This Friday, our podcast Book Worms is back! βοΈππ
Join us for a fun convo with Tara Labovich about their short story featured in our latest issue, Thaw.
Read "The Order of Soil" here: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-or...
Subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to get notified when we go live!
Join us for a fun convo with Tara Labovich about their short story featured in our latest issue, Thaw.
Read "The Order of Soil" here: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-or...
Subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to get notified when we go live!
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
This Friday, our podcast Book Worms is back! βοΈππ
Join us for a fun convo with Tara Labovich about their short story featured in our latest issue, Thaw.
Read "The Order of Soil" here: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-or...
Subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to get notified when we go live!
Join us for a fun convo with Tara Labovich about their short story featured in our latest issue, Thaw.
Read "The Order of Soil" here: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-or...
Subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to get notified when we go live!
π₯°π shout out to all our annotators helping bridge the gap between fact and fiction!
February 11, 2026 at 6:50 PM
π₯°π shout out to all our annotators helping bridge the gap between fact and fiction!
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One of the most validating things thatβs ever happened to me as a writer: @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social got subject matter experts to annotate my story about housing & soil remediation. I donβt know if anyoneβs read them but I love that theyβre there.
Full text: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-fl...
Full text: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-fl...
January 23, 2026 at 9:03 PM
One of the most validating things thatβs ever happened to me as a writer: @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social got subject matter experts to annotate my story about housing & soil remediation. I donβt know if anyoneβs read them but I love that theyβre there.
Full text: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-fl...
Full text: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/the-fl...
π₯° thanks for the shoutout as always, Gunnar!
January 22, 2026 at 5:58 PM
π₯° thanks for the shoutout as always, Gunnar!
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Don't sleep on Tractor Beam. They're doing great things with short fiction and really cool artwork.
#writing #writingcommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
Happy Winter Solstice soilpunks! πβοΈπ―οΈ
Issue 4: THAW is here. You can read @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's guest editor letter at tractorbeam.earth. And subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to get the first look at all the stories as they drop over the next few weeks!
#scifi #thaw #tractorbeam
Issue 4: THAW is here. You can read @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social's guest editor letter at tractorbeam.earth. And subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to get the first look at all the stories as they drop over the next few weeks!
#scifi #thaw #tractorbeam
Thaw | Tractor Beam
A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil
tractorbeam.earth
January 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Don't sleep on Tractor Beam. They're doing great things with short fiction and really cool artwork.
#writing #writingcommunity
#writing #writingcommunity
Reposted by Tractor Beam
I'm really proud of this little story of a big robot and all the lives around it in and above the soil, and I hope you enjoy it!
In βThe Valley In Thaw,β a long-dormant robot awakens to witness the seasonal rebirth of a valley and the fragile persistence of lives, human and otherwise, that occupy it.
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
The Valley in Thaw | Tractor Beam
If this is our home, how can we care for it?
www.tractorbeam.earth
January 9, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I'm really proud of this little story of a big robot and all the lives around it in and above the soil, and I hope you enjoy it!
Excited to dig into this list, thanks for sharing one of our stories! π
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Excited to dig into this list, thanks for sharing one of our stories! π
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Wow thank you Γde! My story about popcorn saving humanity despite big agriculture and colonialism is in beautiful company. π
If you like ochre psychedelic mists, Iβve got a story for you!
Thank you @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social for publishing
If you like ochre psychedelic mists, Iβve got a story for you!
Thank you @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social for publishing
ππππ§ββοΈItβs that time again! I lost track of how many stories this is (what are numbers? why are numbers?). Flash is heavily represented this year, for people who want a quick read β³
#speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit
idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
#speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit
idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
2025 Recommended Short Stories
Itβs January somehow, which means itβs time to share my annual list of Sci-fi, Horror, Slipstream, and Fantasy stories I enjoyed. Fairβ¦
idehennessy.medium.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Wow thank you Γde! My story about popcorn saving humanity despite big agriculture and colonialism is in beautiful company. π
If you like ochre psychedelic mists, Iβve got a story for you!
Thank you @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social for publishing
If you like ochre psychedelic mists, Iβve got a story for you!
Thank you @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social for publishing
In βThe Valley In Thaw,β a long-dormant robot awakens to witness the seasonal rebirth of a valley and the fragile persistence of lives, human and otherwise, that occupy it.
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
The Valley in Thaw | Tractor Beam
If this is our home, how can we care for it?
www.tractorbeam.earth
January 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
In βThe Valley In Thaw,β a long-dormant robot awakens to witness the seasonal rebirth of a valley and the fragile persistence of lives, human and otherwise, that occupy it.
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
Read the final story from our Winter Issue, written by @epbirdsall.bsky.social and illustrated by Xiang Yata, out now!
Memory and reality blur as a young woman takes her dying great-grandmother on an Arctic voyage to fulfill her lifelong dream of seeing polar bears.
βThere Where I Am Notβ written by Tracey Fahey and illustrated by Julia Dufosse is available to read now on Tractor Beam! βοΈπ§β¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
βThere Where I Am Notβ written by Tracey Fahey and illustrated by Julia Dufosse is available to read now on Tractor Beam! βοΈπ§β¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
There Where I Am Not | Tractor Beam
But did they save the polar bears?
www.tractorbeam.earth
January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Memory and reality blur as a young woman takes her dying great-grandmother on an Arctic voyage to fulfill her lifelong dream of seeing polar bears.
βThere Where I Am Notβ written by Tracey Fahey and illustrated by Julia Dufosse is available to read now on Tractor Beam! βοΈπ§β¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
βThere Where I Am Notβ written by Tracey Fahey and illustrated by Julia Dufosse is available to read now on Tractor Beam! βοΈπ§β¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
Read βWe Donβt Talk About The Weather In Truth Or Consequences, New Mexicoβ written by William Hawkins and illustrated by Catherine Sieck (@catherinesieck), out now on Tractor Beam! πΊππΏ
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/truth-...
#TractorBeamThaw #newmexico #desert #regnerativefarming #coyotes
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/truth-...
#TractorBeamThaw #newmexico #desert #regnerativefarming #coyotes
Truth Or Consequences, NM | Tractor Beam
βWould a hoper be looking west?β
www.tractorbeam.earth
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Read βWe Donβt Talk About The Weather In Truth Or Consequences, New Mexicoβ written by William Hawkins and illustrated by Catherine Sieck (@catherinesieck), out now on Tractor Beam! πΊππΏ
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/truth-...
#TractorBeamThaw #newmexico #desert #regnerativefarming #coyotes
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/truth-...
#TractorBeamThaw #newmexico #desert #regnerativefarming #coyotes
βApocalypse is just an alternative spelling of anthropomorphism.β
In a near-future desert where daytime heat is lethal, a couple dismantling the ruins of the old world learns that survival, and hope, depend on acts of care for the land, and for each other...
#scifi #climatefiction #shortstory
In a near-future desert where daytime heat is lethal, a couple dismantling the ruins of the old world learns that survival, and hope, depend on acts of care for the land, and for each other...
#scifi #climatefiction #shortstory
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
βApocalypse is just an alternative spelling of anthropomorphism.β
In a near-future desert where daytime heat is lethal, a couple dismantling the ruins of the old world learns that survival, and hope, depend on acts of care for the land, and for each other...
#scifi #climatefiction #shortstory
In a near-future desert where daytime heat is lethal, a couple dismantling the ruins of the old world learns that survival, and hope, depend on acts of care for the land, and for each other...
#scifi #climatefiction #shortstory
Looking for more weekend reading? Check out the full Winter issue, Thaw, at tractorbeam.earth. πβοΈπ
#winterreading #climatefiction #scifi #soilpunk #thaw
#winterreading #climatefiction #scifi #soilpunk #thaw
Thaw | Tractor Beam
A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil
tractorbeam.earth
January 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Looking for more weekend reading? Check out the full Winter issue, Thaw, at tractorbeam.earth. πβοΈπ
#winterreading #climatefiction #scifi #soilpunk #thaw
#winterreading #climatefiction #scifi #soilpunk #thaw
In a frozen prison, women are enlisted to gestate worms that could reanimate the worldβs dead soil.
βMother of Wormsβ written by Bradley J. Collins (@jfisher1215.bsky.social) and illustrated by Ard Su is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πͺ±πβ¨
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/mother...
βMother of Wormsβ written by Bradley J. Collins (@jfisher1215.bsky.social) and illustrated by Ard Su is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πͺ±πβ¨
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/mother...
Mother of Worms | Tractor Beam
Carry my worms, please?
www.tractorbeam.earth
January 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
In a frozen prison, women are enlisted to gestate worms that could reanimate the worldβs dead soil.
βMother of Wormsβ written by Bradley J. Collins (@jfisher1215.bsky.social) and illustrated by Ard Su is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πͺ±πβ¨
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/mother...
βMother of Wormsβ written by Bradley J. Collins (@jfisher1215.bsky.social) and illustrated by Ard Su is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πͺ±πβ¨
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/mother...
thanks for spreading the word! π
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
thanks for spreading the word! π
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@tractorbeamearth.bsky.social is open for submissions. They have a very specific niche but if you write dystopian scifi(or at least post climate change) it might be a good fit.
Via @harlinhayley.bsky.social
tractorbeam.earth/about
#writersky #submissionsCall #solarpunk #soilpunk #scifi
Via @harlinhayley.bsky.social
tractorbeam.earth/about
#writersky #submissionsCall #solarpunk #soilpunk #scifi
About | Tractor Beam
A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil
www.tractorbeam.earth
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@tractorbeamearth.bsky.social is open for submissions. They have a very specific niche but if you write dystopian scifi(or at least post climate change) it might be a good fit.
Via @harlinhayley.bsky.social
tractorbeam.earth/about
#writersky #submissionsCall #solarpunk #soilpunk #scifi
Via @harlinhayley.bsky.social
tractorbeam.earth/about
#writersky #submissionsCall #solarpunk #soilpunk #scifi
On the Siberian tundra, a young herder and an anthropologist fight to protect mammoth hybrids engineered to keep the permafrost from melting.
"When The Land Speaks" written by Jason Collins and illustrated by Varvara Nedilska is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πβοΈβ¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
"When The Land Speaks" written by Jason Collins and illustrated by Varvara Nedilska is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πβοΈβ¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
When the Land Speaks | Tractor Beam
Can five animals preserve the permafrost?
www.tractorbeam.earth
December 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On the Siberian tundra, a young herder and an anthropologist fight to protect mammoth hybrids engineered to keep the permafrost from melting.
"When The Land Speaks" written by Jason Collins and illustrated by Varvara Nedilska is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πβοΈβ¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
"When The Land Speaks" written by Jason Collins and illustrated by Varvara Nedilska is available to read now on Tractor Beam! πβοΈβ¨
#clifi #soilpunk #thaw
Could we go back? Is there anything left for us to return to?
Dig into this special #soilpunksunday comic, βBirdwatchingβ written and illustrated by Maisie Cowell, available to read now on Tractor Beam. ππ¦βοΈπ
#sundaycomic #thaw #tractorbeam #soilpunk #winterreading
Dig into this special #soilpunksunday comic, βBirdwatchingβ written and illustrated by Maisie Cowell, available to read now on Tractor Beam. ππ¦βοΈπ
#sundaycomic #thaw #tractorbeam #soilpunk #winterreading
Birdwatching | Tractor Beam
Can hope take flight?
www.tractorbeam.earth
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Could we go back? Is there anything left for us to return to?
Dig into this special #soilpunksunday comic, βBirdwatchingβ written and illustrated by Maisie Cowell, available to read now on Tractor Beam. ππ¦βοΈπ
#sundaycomic #thaw #tractorbeam #soilpunk #winterreading
Dig into this special #soilpunksunday comic, βBirdwatchingβ written and illustrated by Maisie Cowell, available to read now on Tractor Beam. ππ¦βοΈπ
#sundaycomic #thaw #tractorbeam #soilpunk #winterreading
The year is 2548. A 200-year extreme drought has swept over earth, forcing the human race to rely on massive drilling operations to extract fresh water from deep below the surface of the dry sea bed. You are a maintenance worker, lonely yet quietly hopeful, as the earth stirs in its sleep...
December 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The year is 2548. A 200-year extreme drought has swept over earth, forcing the human race to rely on massive drilling operations to extract fresh water from deep below the surface of the dry sea bed. You are a maintenance worker, lonely yet quietly hopeful, as the earth stirs in its sleep...
Stay tuned this Sunday for the next installment of our Winter 2025 Issue, Thaw. πβοΈπ―οΈπ
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #regenerativefarming #shortstory #climatefiction
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #regenerativefarming #shortstory #climatefiction
December 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Stay tuned this Sunday for the next installment of our Winter 2025 Issue, Thaw. πβοΈπ―οΈπ
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #regenerativefarming #shortstory #climatefiction
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #regenerativefarming #shortstory #climatefiction
As Sister Claudine restores the prarie lands around her convent, she reconciles her seemingly wayward faith with love, purpose, and a future rooted in the soil. πΎβ€οΈπ
"The Order Of Soil" written by Tara Labovich and illustrated by Pola Maneli is available to read now on Tractor Beam!
"The Order Of Soil" written by Tara Labovich and illustrated by Pola Maneli is available to read now on Tractor Beam!
The Order of Soil | Tractor Beam
Did anyone ever teach you the difference between dirt and soil?
www.tractorbeam.earth
December 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
As Sister Claudine restores the prarie lands around her convent, she reconciles her seemingly wayward faith with love, purpose, and a future rooted in the soil. πΎβ€οΈπ
"The Order Of Soil" written by Tara Labovich and illustrated by Pola Maneli is available to read now on Tractor Beam!
"The Order Of Soil" written by Tara Labovich and illustrated by Pola Maneli is available to read now on Tractor Beam!
For more holiday reading, check out our full archive of short stories and graphic novellas at tractorbeam.earth and subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) to receive new stories as soon as they drop.
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #botany #artic #scifi
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #botany #artic #scifi
Thaw | Tractor Beam
A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil
tractorbeam.earth
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For more holiday reading, check out our full archive of short stories and graphic novellas at tractorbeam.earth and subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) to receive new stories as soon as they drop.
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #botany #artic #scifi
#TractorBeamThaw #soilpunk #botany #artic #scifi
A spy teams up with an idealistic botanist to trek across the Arctic to steal humanity's last unmodified seeds from their corporate overlords...and might just steal their heart along the way. β€οΈπ±βοΈ
"Mustard Seed" written by James Longine Yu and illustrated by Anuj Shrestha is out now!
"Mustard Seed" written by James Longine Yu and illustrated by Anuj Shrestha is out now!
Mustard Seed | Tractor Beam
A vault, or a library?
www.tractorbeam.earth
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A spy teams up with an idealistic botanist to trek across the Arctic to steal humanity's last unmodified seeds from their corporate overlords...and might just steal their heart along the way. β€οΈπ±βοΈ
"Mustard Seed" written by James Longine Yu and illustrated by Anuj Shrestha is out now!
"Mustard Seed" written by James Longine Yu and illustrated by Anuj Shrestha is out now!