Editors' Letters

Fatimah Asghar Introduces Underground, Tractor Beam's Spring 2026 Issue

Guest Editor Fatimah Ashghar on reparenting their relationship with the Earth and the necessity of resistance in moments of precarity

Mar 21 • Tractor Beam and Fatimah Asghar

Jeff VanderMeer Introduces Thaw, the Winter 2025 Issue

Guest Editor Jeff VanderMeer on the origins of "thaw" and the impossibility of light without darkness

Dec 21, 2025 • Tractor Beam

Sophie Strand Introduces Bodies, A Hauntingly Soilpunk Mini-Issue

Guest Editor Sophie Strand on death, decay, and becoming food

Oct 30, 2025 • Tractor Beam and Sophie Strand

Something's Rotting, A Note From Patricia Kaishian, Issue 3 Guest Editor

Introducing the fall issue with thoughts on life, death and mushrooms from Guest Editor, Patricia Kaishian

Sep 22, 2025 • Tractor Beam

Issue 2, The Garden Is Live! Introduced by Guest Editor, Leah Thomas

Thoughts on Summer Solstice, Gardens, and our reciprocal relationship with nature.

Jun 20, 2025 • Tractor Beam

Introducing Tractor Beam, the Soilpunk Seasonal

Editors and Tractor Beam co-founders Claire and Lana introduce Tractor Beam's first issue, soilpunk and their vision for the future

Mar 16, 2025 • Claire Gustavson, Tractor Beam, and Lana Z Porter

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