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Bringing Sci-Fi down to Earth 🌎🍂✨ A new ~*soilpunk*~ quarterly publication Fall is here! Issue 3: SOMETHING’S ROTTING out now 🧑‍💻 Website: tractorbeam.earth 💌 Newsletter: tractorbeamearth.substack.com 📱 IG: www.instagram.com/tractorbeam.earth

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · May 12

Hey Bluesky! 👋

We're Tractor Beam, a quarterly fiction publication dedicated to soilpunk: radical visions of hopeful futures built from the ground up. 🌍 ⬆️

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 10h

We're digging deeper with Lana, Tractor Beam's Co-Founder, Co-Editor-in-Chief, and potted tomato plant in another life! 🍅🌱✨ Watch here: www.instagram.com/p/DPbqeGmjuoR/

You can learn more about Tractor Beam by visiting the link in our bio and stay tuned to meet the rest of the team... 👀🚜🛸🪱

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for tuning in to these last two weeks of climate fiction stories.

Fall is only just beginning...we've got lots of fun #soilpunk #interviews, #writingprompts, #behindthescenes, and more in the works. Subscribe to our Substack and IG (link in bio) to get the latest updates and stay wormy!🪱🤓📚🍄🐛

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 6d

In "The Undercity," a man forges a new relationship with his neighbor and her three young sons against the backdrop of a city-wide composting initiative, while mourning his husband.

Read the final story in Tractor Beam Issue 3, written by Michael Zahniser and illustrated by David Huang! 🍄🪱🌃✨

The Undercity | Tractor Beam

Gone or everywhere?

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Sarah Royston @sarahkat.bsky.social · 7d

Resistance is fertile in this powerful piece! "Sporesong" is visually and lyrically stunning 👌🍄✊️

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 7d

The penultimate story in Issue 3 of Tractor Beam is out now: "Sporesong" written by Genesis Whitlock and illustrated by Olivia Twist!✨

Can a single spore seed a revolution? 🍄🌱💥 Read to find out...
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/spores...

#comic #soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting #climatefiction

Sporesong | Tractor Beam

Can a single spore seed a revolution?

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 7d

The penultimate story in Issue 3 of Tractor Beam is out now: "Sporesong" written by Genesis Whitlock and illustrated by Olivia Twist!✨

Can a single spore seed a revolution? 🍄🌱💥 Read to find out...
www.tractorbeam.earth/story/spores...

#comic #soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting #climatefiction

Sporesong | Tractor Beam

Can a single spore seed a revolution?

www.tractorbeam.earth

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Emily Greenberg @egreenberg.bsky.social · 8d

Spec fic writers! Hope you'll consider submitting to @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social's open call for issue 4, due 10/15. They pay $1000 for each accepted piece, have a beautiful website, and a great social media presence. More info + submit: form.asana.com?k=65SA73Wqwg...

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 7d

👏🍄🍿🌱💥

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Rain Corbyn (They/Them) @raincorbyn.bsky.social · 8d

In a change of pace, I’ve written a hopeful climate fiction piece about survival, psychedelic mushrooms, ecoterrorism, and popcorn. It’s free to read in @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social ‘s latest issue!

#soilpunk #tractorbeam #clifi #sporror

tractorbeamearth.substack.com/p/joy-is-the...

Joy is the Present Tense of Survival

What are the odds of popcorn germinating?

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 8d

Check out the latest story from Tractor Beam Issue 3, written by Rain Corbyn (@raincorbyn.bsky.social) and illustrated by Csenge Csató, out now! 💫

And tune in tomorrow for more of SOMETHING'S ROTTING...

#climatefiction #scifi #climateoptimism #botany #rebellion #mushrooms #fallreading #soilscience

Joy is the Present Tense of Survival | Tractor Beam

What are the odds of popcorn germinating?

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 8d

In "Joy is the Present Tense of Survival," a bontanist on a return to earth mission learns about the past through an intellegent fungal network "The Ochre". He begins to suspect that The Company might not be telling the whole truth...at least not about the popcorn. 🌳🍿💥

#soilpunk #fungi #shortstory

Joy is the Present Tense of Survival | Tractor Beam

What are the odds of popcorn germinating?

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Sarah Royston @sarahkat.bsky.social · 9d

A briny blast of soilpunk (with extra punk), and a masterclass in character, setting and voice. Love this!

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 9d

Henry wants to upload his consciousness to his desktop game. He just needs to get through a couple of weeks on this cold beach first...

"Sandbag Squidward," written by Ashlee Lhamon and illustrated by Hisham Akira Bharoocha is available to read now on Tractor Beam! 🌊🌾🦺🌾🎮

#soilpunk #climatefiction

Sandbag Squidward | Tractor Beam

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 9d

Henry wants to upload his consciousness to his desktop game. He just needs to get through a couple of weeks on this cold beach first...

"Sandbag Squidward," written by Ashlee Lhamon and illustrated by Hisham Akira Bharoocha is available to read now on Tractor Beam! 🌊🌾🦺🌾🎮

#soilpunk #climatefiction

Sandbag Squidward | Tractor Beam

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks for reading and sharing 🤘🪱💚

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DJ Jones @colloquypublishing.bsky.social · 10d

Just finished reading this short story about the negotiation between man and nature that needs to happen. Some really interesting ideas and a great punk rock main character. #shortstory #solarpunk #speculativefiction

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 12d

Check out the latest story from SOMETHING'S ROTTING, written by Rodrigo Culagovski (@culagovski.net) and illustrated by Claire Merchlinsky: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/dead-m...

And subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to be the first to receive the rest of the stories as the drop on site! 💌

Dead Man’s Switch | Tractor Beam

A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil

www.tractorbeam.earth

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 10d

After setting up shop in a small, swampy town, two friends make a discovery that helps them communicate in an age of censorship and oppression...

Read the new comic, "Swamp Press," written and illustrated by Jules Kang Sharpe, live now on Tractor Beam! ✏️📰💫

www.tractorbeam.earth/story/swamp-...

Swamp Press | Tractor Beam

A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil

www.tractorbeam.earth

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 10d

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Sarah Royston @sarahkat.bsky.social · 11d

In the shadow of the Reserve of Persisting Complexity, a rag-tag community finds that webs are stronger than walls...

I'm thrilled to introduce my Grubbers to the world, with such beautiful illustrations by Manon Cezaro!

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 11d

Read the new short story written by Sarah Royston (@sarahkat.bsky.social) and illustrated by Manon Cezaro, live today on Tractor Beam! 💫

And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌

#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting

Grubbers | Tractor Beam

Why'd you leave?

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Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 11d

Read the new short story written by Sarah Royston (@sarahkat.bsky.social) and illustrated by Manon Cezaro, live today on Tractor Beam! 💫

And subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) get the last half of Issue 3's stories in your inbox as they drop on site 💌

#soilpunk #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting

Grubbers | Tractor Beam

Why'd you leave?

www.tractorbeam.earth

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 11d

In "Grubbers," an older woman living in a mushroom-farming refuge outside the city walls meets a recent runaway on the eve of a friend's birthday party. She spends the day collecting the ingredients for a soup, to make a surprise worth remembering. 🍄🍜🧅💥

#climatefiction #shortstory #fallreading

Grubbers | Tractor Beam

Why'd you leave?

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Sarah Royston @sarahkat.bsky.social · 12d

"Trees [...] never fully trusted humans. Their chemical-trace sign for us includes the ideas of movement, fire, seeds, and danger."

Gorgeous, mind-bending mycelial writing from @culagovski.net 🍄🌱💚

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 12d

A troubled young woman is brought into a covert community, dedicated to connecting with a planet-wide, cross-species mushroom-based communication system and learns to go deeper than she ever thought possible... 🍄🌏💫

#soilpunk #climatefiction #mycology #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting #shortstory

Dead Man’s Switch | Tractor Beam

A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil

www.tractorbeam.earth

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 12d

Check out the latest story from SOMETHING'S ROTTING, written by Rodrigo Culagovski (@culagovski.net) and illustrated by Claire Merchlinsky: www.tractorbeam.earth/story/dead-m...

And subscribe to our Substack (link in bio) to be the first to receive the rest of the stories as the drop on site! 💌

Dead Man’s Switch | Tractor Beam

A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil

www.tractorbeam.earth

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 12d

A troubled young woman is brought into a covert community, dedicated to connecting with a planet-wide, cross-species mushroom-based communication system and learns to go deeper than she ever thought possible... 🍄🌏💫

#soilpunk #climatefiction #mycology #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting #shortstory

Dead Man’s Switch | Tractor Beam

A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil

www.tractorbeam.earth

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Rodrigo Culagovski @culagovski.net · 12d

My story "Dead Man’s Switch" is up today on @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social !

www.tractorbeam.earth/story/dead-m...

#soilpunk #tractorbeam #TractorBeamSomethingsRotting

Dead Man’s Switch | Tractor Beam

A quarterly publication of soilpunk fiction: Radical visions rooted in soil

www.tractorbeam.earth

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L.R. Lam @lrlam.bsky.social · 13d

Hi, can I interest you in some fantasy written by a nonbinary author? With trans and intersex characters? Not based on a franchise by a transphobic author!

Dragonfall, Emberclaw, and my rewritten debut, Pantomime, are out now, and I could very much use some help getting the word out about them. 💖

Tractor Beam @tractorbeamearth.bsky.social · 13d

Traveling by moonlight, a group of moths act as celestial messengers to tell the physical world of soon-to-be-departing spirits, continuing the cycle of life and death. 🪰🌝🪰

Read "Sphinx," written and illustrated by Liana Jegers, out now on Tractor Beam!

Sphinx | Tractor Beam

Where do we start the story?

www.tractorbeam.earth