Thaw

The Valley In Thaw

If this is our home, how can we care for it?

Jan 9 • Tractor Beam

There Where I Am Not

But did they save the polar bears?

Jan 6 • Tractor Beam

We Don’t Talk About The Weather In Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico

“Would a hoper be looking west?”

Jan 4 • Tractor Beam and William

Mother of Worms

Carry my worms, please?

Jan 2 • Tractor Beam

When The Land Speaks

Can five animals preserve the permafrost?

Dec 30, 2025 • Tractor Beam

Can hope take flight?

Dec 28, 2025 • Tractor Beam

The Order Of Soil

Did anyone ever teach you the difference between dirt and soil?

Dec 26, 2025 • Tractor Beam and Tara Labovich

A vault, or a library?

Dec 23, 2025 • Tractor Beam

Who’s pulling for you?

Dec 22, 2025 • Tractor Beam

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

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