Oh and did I mention we published @kristenarnett.bsky.socialβs debut way back when? So youβd be joining illustrious company!
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β¦to mean formally experimental, literary/fabulist/speculative or other crosses, underrepresented stories/voices/perspectives, anything we havenβt seen before, books likely to be overlooked by mainstream publishing, etc etc etc. Marginalized writers are especially encouraged!
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We are accepting submissions for one more month!
The most recent book from this list, Show Me Where the Hurt is by @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, was just named a PEN/Bingham finalist! Could you be next?
What do we want? Boundary-breaking prose which we interpret broadlyβ¦
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Deaths in ICE custody (2026):
Hebar Sanchaz Dominguez
Victor Manuel Diaz
Parady La
Luis Beltran Yanez Cruz
Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
Geraldo Lunas Campos
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Survivors shot by ICE:
Luis David Nico Moncado
Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras
Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis
Patrick Gary Schlegel
Marimar Martinez
Carlitos Ricardo Prias
Jose Garcia-Sorto
Carlos Jimenez
Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins
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Died fleeing ICE:
Jaime Alanis Garcia
Josue Castro-Rivera
Carlos Roberto Montoya
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Shot and killed by ICE:
Alex Pretti
Renee Good
Keith Porter Jr.
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Isaias Sanchez Barboza
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Great opportunity to join our brand new multi-genre reading team!
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trumpβs Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: December 2025: Atrocities 581- 637
Early in President Trumpβs first term, McSweeneyβs editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
One month ago today: Newly released Epstein documents contained references to Trump, and two subpoenas were sent to Mar-a-Lago. In one email from 2020, a federal prosecutor wrote that Trump had flown on Epsteinβs private jet βmany more times than previously had been reported.β
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Thatβs right folksβ¦ @mcsweeneys.net is doing far better reporting than most corporate news orgs. π«Άπ»
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And another
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Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was shot & killed by ICE on Sept 12
ICE chased Jaime Alanis off the roof of a greenhouse; he broke his neck & died on July 12
ICE chased Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez into traffic where he was hit & killed on Aug 14
JosuΓ© Castro Rivera was killed the same way on Oct 23
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Coming out in October from @splitlippress.com: Upflow by Diego Gerard Morrison. Itβs excellent and very unique.
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Happy new year! We're now open for fiction collections. The most recently published book from this list, Show Me Where the Hurt Is b @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social, was recently longlisted for the PEN/Bingham award. Could YOU be next? Dust off that manuscript, and send it to us!!!
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Short fiction writers, finish out 2025 by polishing up your book manuscript, because TOMORROW we open for short story and flash fiction book submissions!
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Tractor Beam is excited to announce author Jeff Vandermeer (@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social) as the guest editor of our Winter 2025 issue, Thaw. βοΈπ―οΈπ
Winter begins...Dec 21! Subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) for a special Winter Solstice treat tomorrow.
#climatefiction #soilpunk #thaw
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almost unbearable, but so important:
@mcsweeneys.net
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trumpβs Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: November 2025: Atrocities 530-580
Early in President Trumpβs first term, McSweeneyβs editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
559. 11/18/25 β Trump warmly welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on his first White House visit in seven years, dismissing US intelligence findings that bin Salman likely had some culpability in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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photo of Hayden Casey and his book, SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, against a golden confetti-laden background!
We're hugging everyone we see because we're so thrilled: @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social 's book, SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, is longlisted for the 2026 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection!!!
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