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Paranoid Tree Press
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📚 Hybrid lit mag & art zine
💌 New print issue every month
📬 Submissions always free & open
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📍 Minneapolis, MN

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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
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Excited to be sharing our 2025 Best of the Net nominees! Thank you to all the writers and artists who make our pages look so pretty.

Savor each story at paranoidtree.com 💌 ⚡
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Party Alert!

In partnership with @conium.bsky.social, we will be hosting Shapes & Sound, a reading event & book/zine party. Come hang with us at Dual Citizen Brewery on 11/8. Beverages will be available for purchase and we’ll have some snacks for y’all to enjoy! No RSVP and totally free. ❤️
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Join Our Team! 💌 Paranoid Tree is looking for a new Assistant Editor. This paid position will be local to the Twin Cities. More details and our application can be found at the link in our bio! Apply by September 19 🥦⚡️
August 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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If you could paint the Mona Lisa a new smile, what would it look like? Thanks to Leo Covault, you've got options. We're obsessed with his paper doll illustrations for our latest issue, feat. CNF by Max Fischer.

Shoutout to our friend Garrick for giving in to the impulse to assemble this one. 💌
Volume 55 is titled "A Certain Florentine Woman Died in the Plague of 1538" Art by Leo Covault. The Mona Lisa is disassembled as a paper doll, with different hairstyles, smiles, and clothing options. A quote from the story by Max Fischer: "Her body was stolen, then recovered in 1913. Denizard wiped the fingerprints from the curves of her neck with his own retouches to prevent her aging. In 1970, they found teardrops wept in 1503 and insects eroding her frame, beechwood replaced with maple replaced with sycamore and metal. Five hundred years of humid stench breathed over her exposed skin and of eyes and iPhones pilfering her face buckled the poplar panel, a misshaping no carbon tetrachloride treatment could prevent."
August 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Back Issue Summer Sale!!! We're tired of hoarding all these oldies, but goodies all to ourselves. Become a Paranoid Tree completist! Volumes 1-30 are only $3 apiece! Sale ends Mon, Aug 11. Check it out at the link in our bio. Happy reading!
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Read @heyhaylimay.bsky.social‬ capture the creepy crawl of childhood nostalgia, drenched in deep berry-toned art by Kiki Lana.

New issue out now! 💌 🍇 🐜

paranoidtree.com/read/vol-54
A quote from the issue. It reads, "The night is full with the sound of a million insects longing. A waxing gibbous is all that lights her way, aside from the ever-shifting glow of the television through the screen of the open door." "Mulberries and Molts" by Hayli Cox, art by Kiki Lana.
June 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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"The radio plays a melody from the past; I’m only half listening. I’d say it makes me think of you, but that is only part true. There’s an 88% chance we exist as a series of unexpressed possibilities—here, now, then, everywhere."

A little love poem to wrap up your week: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-53
An image of a radio tower with a red light at the top, shaped like a heart. This is volume 53 of Paranoid Tree, with a poem by Ana Reisens and art by Vivian Steckline. Find the issue online & in print at paranoidtree.com.
June 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Volume 53 just landed! Featuring sky-high art by Vivian Steckline and a dreamy double feature of poems by Ana Reisens.

Read them online & in print ✈️ paranoidtree.com/read/vol-53
The front side of Vol. 53 depicts an airplane taking off into the sky, above a radio tower. The red light at the top of the tower is shaped like a heart. The back side of vol. 53 contains the author and artist bios. A close-up of a single folded issue of vol. 53, as it would appear in the mailbox of our print subscribers.
June 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Sending a hug and a poem to anyone who needs them today. 💕

Read more of "Compassion Fatigue" by Nikita Deshpande, with art by Leah Kehr ➡️ paranoidtree.com/read/vol-52
A quote from the poem: "You walked out of the sea for something. When you had nothing but a cave for a home and dripping stalactites for a roof, you'd scratch rock into the walls by lamplight to say I am here." "Remember how you had to pick up and leave, fearful of the littlest crackle in the sky? Until you came upon another cave, another home." "And the first thing you did was to touch its walls by dark, hoping for the rough cadence of another person's hand in a language you hadn't built, speaking back I am here, I am here."
April 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"O! Little shirtless man, so neon and so small. Why do you run through my neighborhood on the hottest of days?"

Start your week off on the right foot with a piece of micro CNF.

Read "A Stranger Runs" by Angela Townsend, with art by Ian Kim.

Find it online & in print: paranoidtree.com/read/vol-51
An image of the front side of volume 51, featuring the story "A Stranger Runs." The artwork depicts a shirtless man and a dog running against a blurry landscape. The front and back of volume 51. On the back side are the author and illustrator bios. Volume 51 folded up and tucked into an envelope, alongside a Paranoid Tree sticker. This is how the issue arrives in the mail to print subscribers.
March 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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VOL. 50 IS HERE. Read it if you dare. 🏴‍☠️🦜⚔️

Find "A Pirate's Love is a Rum Do" by @judepickledplum.bsky.social with art by @utttoka.bsky.social online & print.

paranoidtree.com/read/vol-50
Copies of volume 50, featuring an empty bottle of rum, two parrots, and swordfish with their beaks crossed. A closeup on the fish that make up the border of the art around the story. The front and back of the volume 50 zine. The front side displays the full story text. The back side includes the author and artist bios.
February 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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THIS SATURDAY.

Register at buff.ly/40Ub5s4.

See you soon. 💌
50th issue party, featuring readings from Halee Kirkwood, Exodus Oktavia Brownlow, Abigail Oswald, and Jude Potts. Also featuring a bookshelf scavenger hunt and prizes. This Saturday, February 22, at 2:30 p.m. CT via Google Meet.
February 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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We’re turning 50—issues old!

Since 2020, we’ve published 98 writers & artists across 16 countries, and mailed 5,000+ zines all over the world.

Come celebrate with us & our readers: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social, @abigailoswald.bsky.social, @judepickledplum.bsky.social!

RSVP at bit.ly/pt50th 💌
50th issue party! Saturday, February 22, 2:30pm CT via Google Meet. RSVP to attend at bit.ly/pt50th Our readers: Halee Kirkwood, Exodus Oktavia Brownlow, Abigail Oswald, Jude Potts To make the most of the bookshelf scavenger hunt, join from somewhere near your home book stash. Winners will need to verify the books they found to claim their prizes (in the form of Paranoid Tree zines and subscriptions). Google Meet offers auto-generated captions, and we will have the readers’ text displayed onscreen. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide an ASL translator for this event. An RSVP is necessary to join this event. We will email attendees a link to join closer to the day of. Register at bit.ly/pt50th
February 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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"I like to think I would still remember the combination to everything I locked away. How the ache in my back started with a polka-dot Jansport."

New poem alert!

Read "Can I Make Collages On Your Floor?" by Kara Lewis w/ art by Natalie Vestin ✂️ 💿 🖼️ https://buff.ly/3PXmqkO
The front side of volume 49 in print, featuring the poem "Can I Make Collages on Your Floor." It features a collage of late 1990s/early 2000s nostalgia, such as stacks of CD roms, photos of women from magazines, and images of suburban model homes. A folded-up copy of the zine, tucked into an envelope next to a Paranoid Tree sticker. Both sides of the zine. On the back side are the bios of the author and artist.
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Our final 🚨 READER REVEAL🚨 for our 50th issue party: Jude Potts!

We can't wait to share our 50th issue with you next month—a rhythmic, humorous piece that is sure to be a blast read aloud by Jude.

This is a virtual event. RSVP now to get on the list ➡️ bit.ly/pt50th
Reader reveal: Jude Potts. Join us Saturday, February 22 at 2:30 p.m. CT via Google Meet. RSVP to attend at bit.ly/pt50th
January 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Our third 🚨 READER REVEAL 🚨 for our 50th issue party next month!

Join us for a live virtual reading by Halee Kirkwood & others.

Plus: A bookshelf scavenger hunt with 🏆 PRIZES 🏆 in the form of free subscriptions to Paranoid Tree.

This event is RSVP only, so sign up today! bit.ly/pt50th
50th issue party reader reveal: Halee Kirkwood! Joins us Saturday February 22 at 2:30 pm CT via Google Meet. RSVP to attend at bit.ly/pt50th
January 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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🚨 Our second reader reveal for our 50th issue party: It’s @abigailoswald.bsky.social, y’all!

Join us for:
🎙️Live readings
📚 A bookshelf scavenger hunt
🏆 Priiiizes!

It’s a virtual event, so please RSVP to attend: bit.ly/pt50th

More reader announcements soon.

See you there 💌
50th issue party reader reveal: Abigail Oswald! Saturday, February 22 at 2:30pm CT. Via google meet. RSVP to attend at bit.ly/pt50th
January 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Our first reader reveal for our 50th issue party!

Come hear @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social read new and recent work—plus join in a fun a bookshelf scavenger hunt *with prizes*!

This is a virtual event and you must RSVP to attend. Sign up at bit.ly/pt50th

More reader announcements coming soon 💌
50th issue party with Exodus Oktavia Brownlow. Saturday, February 22, at 2:30 pm CT via google meet. RSVP to attend at bit.ly/pt50th
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Next month, we're publishing our 50th issue—and we're celebrating this milestone with a virtual party!

🎙️ Live readings
🧩 A bookshelf scavenger hunt
🎁 Prizes galore

Join us online on Saturday, Feb 22 at 2:30 p.m. CT.

More info & RSVP: bit.ly/pt50th
Our 50th issue! OMG
January 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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I know the year is almost over, but do you have time for one last poem?

Read "Ecstatic Cow" by Ruth Towne, a sentimental look through a grandmother's hand-me-down herd of ceramic cows. 🐄

Online & in print 💌 paranoidtree.com/read/vol-48
An excerpt from Ruth Towne's poem. It reads, "One muscular red bull stops with me. Its gold-speckled neck, its gilt horns and hooves are bright as sunlight moving over earth. I say, 'Sir, who belongs to whom?'" An image of the illustration for Ruth's poem, by the artist Ines J. It depicts small cows on a shelf and teardrops raining from the sky.
December 30, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Sending all the goodness to our Best Microfiction nominees!

We're so grateful to be able to work with such a wide variety of talent.

Read 'em all at https://buff.ly/4glBx34 ⚡ 💌
Best Microfiction nominations: "A Woman of No Consequence" by Kanya Kanchana "After Dad Leaves, Ma Becomes an Onion" by Tara Isabel Zambrano "Olga, the Saint of Longing" by Spencer Nitkey "At the Bottom of the Rabbit Hole, Proceed to Checkout" by Michelle Ann King "For the Dogs" by Nathan Sorrentino
December 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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If you're looking for a last-minute gift in that $25 sweet spot, check out our best holiday deal.

And your gift helps support our artists and writers, so you can stress about one less thing!

Shop our subscription sale: https://buff.ly/4gwcH0j
$25 6-month subscriptions + 2 free zines of your choice = 8 total issues (a $40+ value)
December 11, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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In our latest micro, Nathan Sorrentino explores the heroic adventures dogs get up to while the rest of the world sleeps.

People often ask if we have any kid-friendly stories, and this is our new #1! A must-read for dog lovers of any age.

Read the story: https://buff.ly/4fUGaRA
Copies of the micro, titled "For the Dogs," illustrated as a single-page comic book zine. A close-up of one comic square. It reads, "Dogs have excellent noses capable of sniffing out squirrels from miles away." Close-up on another comic square. This one reads, "Dogs view squirrels as an absolute evil in need of retribution, especially when they come with lasers from Mars." Several versions of the comic zine, including the front again, the back side (which has the author and illustrator bios), and the 4x6-inch folded zine.
December 3, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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A fun little micro for the #writingcommunity 🐾

This piece is full of so much action and humor, we couldn’t help but illustrate each line.

It’s our first comic issue, y’all!

Check out “For the Dogs,” by Nathan Sorrentino with art by Caytlin Kuszewski.

Full story ➡️ paranoidtree.com/read/vol-47
An excerpt from the zine: “Dogs sleep while their masters sit on the couch wearing sweatpants and watching cheap morning game shows.” “Dogs have keen eyesight that allows them to see through the peanut butter of the night sky into the field of diamonds beyond. Dogs steal telescopes from their masters’ children’s school in order to keep an extra vigilant guard.” “Dogs view squirrels as an absolute evil in need of retribution, especially when they come with lasers from Mars.” Find the full story online & in print.
November 26, 2024 at 8:36 PM