diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 557f451..8e6c829 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "generational-arena",
  "jemallocator",
  "memmap",
+ "pin-project",
  "serde",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6986236..828ec43 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ futures = "0.3.8"
 generational-arena = "0.2.8"
 jemallocator = "0.3.2"
 memmap = "0.7.0"
+pin-project = "1.0.2"
 serde = {version = "1.0.118", features=  ["derive"]}
 smallvec = "1.5.1"
 tokio = {version = "0.2", features = ["full"]}
diff --git a/src/data/mod.rs b/src/data/mod.rs
index 2c57a77..90af972 100644
--- a/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ pub use freeze::Freeze;
 mod search;
 pub use search::*;
 
+/// The key used to look up a single entry in `O(1)` time.
+pub type EntryKey = sha256::Sha256Hash;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Store
 {
@@ -122,3 +125,13 @@ impl Store
 	freeze.into_new()
     }
 }
+
+// Primitive access
+impl Store
+{
+    /// Look up a single entry in `O(1)` time with its key.
+    #[inline] pub fn get(&self, key: &EntryKey) -> Option<&Entry>
+    {
+	self.data.get(key)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/data/search.rs b/src/data/search.rs
index f3e865e..f3617bf 100644
--- a/src/data/search.rs
+++ b/src/data/search.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ use std::collections::{
     VecDeque,
 };
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::{
+    sync::{
+	mpsc,
+    },
+};
+use futures::prelude::*;
 
 const STACK_CACHE_SIZE: usize = 8;
 
@@ -21,13 +28,55 @@ pub struct StoreSearchAllIter<'a, T: ?Sized>(&'a Store, Option<Range<'a, String,
 // Searching by tags
 impl Store
 {
+    
+    /// Create a `Stream` that searches for all entries with *all* of these provided tags on background tasks.
+    ///
+    /// The stream outputs `EntryKey`s, which can be used to look up the `Entry` in the store in `O(1)` time.
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    /// This is allowed to produce duplicate entries, if either:
+    /// * An entry has multiple of the same tag set
+    /// * An entry has multiple of the tags provided to this function set
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// It is not guaranteed that the search will complete before the stream ends, if one of the background tasks panics; although this is unlikely.
+    /// If one of the tasks panics, it is ignored.
+    ///
+    /// This is only useful in a multithreaded environment where tasks can be scheduled on different threads, otherwise use `tag_search_all`
+    pub fn tag_search_all_detached<U: Into<String>>(self: Arc<Self>, tags: impl IntoIterator<Item=U>) -> impl Stream<Item = EntryKey> + 'static
+    {
+	let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(16);
+	let mut sorted: SmallVec<[_; STACK_CACHE_SIZE]> = tags.into_iter().map(|x| x.into()).collect();
+	sorted.sort();
+	tokio::spawn(async move {
+	    let range = match (sorted.first().map(|x| x.as_ref()), sorted.last().map(|x| x.as_ref())) {
+		(Some(low), Some(high)) => self.tags.range::<str, _>((std::ops::Bound::Included(low), std::ops::Bound::Included(high))),
+		_ => return,
+	    };
+	    future::join_all(range.map(|(_, &ti)| {
+		let store = Arc::clone(&self);
+		let mut tx = tx.clone();
+		tokio::spawn(async move {
+		    let data_hashes = &store.data_hashes;
+		    for x in store.tag_mappings.get(ti)
+			.map_into_iter()
+			.filter_map(move |&idx| data_hashes.get(idx))
+		    {
+			if tx.send(*x).await.is_err() {
+			    return;
+			}
+		    }
+		})
+	    })).await;
+	});
+	rx
+    }
     /// Search for all entries with *all* of these provided tags.
     ///
     /// # Notes
     /// This is allowed to produce duplicate entries, if either:
     /// * An entry has multiple of the same tag set
     /// * An entry has multiple of the tags provided to this function set
-    //TODO: Parallelize this with futures::Stream ver to do the `tag_search` lookups in parallel.
     pub fn tag_search_all<'a, T: ?Sized + Ord + 'a>(&'a self, tags: impl IntoIterator<Item= &'a T>) -> StoreSearchAllIter<'_, T>
     where String: Borrow<T>
     {	
@@ -73,6 +122,10 @@ impl Store
 	let _x: Vec<_> = self.tag_search_any(vec!["hello", "one", "two"]).dedup_ref().collect();
 	let _x: Vec<_> = self.tag_search_all(vec!["hello", "one", "two"]).dedup_ref().collect();
     }
+    async fn _assert_test_search_par(self: Arc<Self>)
+    {
+	let _x: Vec<_> = self.tag_search_all_detached(vec!["hi"]).collect().await;
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a, T: ?Sized> Iterator for StoreSearchAllIter<'a, T>
@@ -93,7 +146,7 @@ where T: Ord,
 		    .map_into_iter()
 		    .filter_map(move |&idx| data_hashes.get(idx))
 		    .filter_map(move |x| data.get(x))
-		    // Ensure all our `tags` are present in the entry's tags
+		// Ensure all our `tags` are present in the entry's tags
 		    .filter(move |entry| tags.iter()
 			    .filter(move |&x| entry.tags
 				    .binary_search_by_key(x, |t: &String| -> &T { t.borrow() })
diff --git a/src/ext.rs b/src/ext.rs
index f19da8f..8a32d11 100644
--- a/src/ext.rs
+++ b/src/ext.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 use std::iter::FusedIterator;
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
 use std::borrow::Borrow;
+use futures::prelude::*;
 
 /// An iterator that may be empty.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct MaybeIter<I, T>(Option<I>)
 where I: Iterator<Item=T>;
 
+mod streams;
+pub use streams::*;
+
 pub trait OptionIterExt<I, T>: Sized
 where I: Iterator<Item=T>
 {
diff --git a/src/ext/streams.rs b/src/ext/streams.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..716daa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ext/streams.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+use super::*;
+use pin_project::pin_project;
+use std::{
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+
+#[pin_project]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct MaybeStream<I,T>(#[pin] Option<I>)
+where I: Stream<Item=T>;
+
+pub trait OptionStreamExt<I, T>: Sized
+where I: Stream<Item=T>
+{
+    /// Map this `Option<Stream>` into a stream that will yield the items of the stream if it is present.
+    fn map_into_stream(self) -> MaybeStream<I,T>;
+}
+
+impl<I: Stream<Item=T>, T> Stream for MaybeStream<I,T>
+{
+    type Item = T;
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+	match self.project().0.as_pin_mut()
+	{
+	    Some(i) => i.poll_next(cx),
+	    _ => Poll::Ready(None),
+	}
+    }
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
+	match &self.0 {
+	    Some(i) => i.size_hint(),
+	    None => (0, Some(0)),
+	}
+    }
+}
+impl<E, T, I: Stream<Item=T>> OptionStreamExt<I, T> for Result<I, E>
+where I: Stream<Item = T>
+{
+    #[inline] fn map_into_stream(self) -> MaybeStream<I, T> {
+	MaybeStream(self.ok())
+    }
+}
+impl<T, I: Stream<Item=T>> OptionStreamExt<I, T> for Option<I>
+where I: Stream<Item = T>
+{
+    #[inline] fn map_into_stream(self) -> MaybeStream<I, T> {
+	MaybeStream(self)
+    }
+}
+
+
+