Cartoon: Rapunzel's washing machine

This week's banger from @ampydoo.bsky.social

Listing of the Day Today's listing of the day is: Identity Theory Micros @identitytheory.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Today's listing of the day is: Identity Theory Micros @identitytheory.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

Life, Fluid by Jay Parr - Identity Theory Sticky-slick dog vomit squishes up warm between my toes...

Okay, one more for tonight. A little 120-word microfiction about car crashes and love and loss, graciously hosted by the lovely folks at Identity Theory @identitytheory.bsky.social

CN, there's blood. It's the aftermath of a car crash.

Unraveling Helen by Selby Liebert - Identity Theory Mostly she imagines what it would be like to cry – cry! – and what her eyes would look like after.

Wow. Just discovering @identitytheory.bsky.social , and this #Microfiction by @sqliebert.bsky.social is ridiculously good.

www.identitytheory.com/unraveling-h...

If you were into @identitytheory.bsky.social’s March Equinox micro issue, send us something to read! We are always open for micro subs and are reading for the June Solstice issue now.

And if you haven’t read our latest yet, what are you waiting for??

It’s the last day of March and it actually feels like spring in Ohio, so it’s a great day to read the March Equinox issue of @identitytheory.bsky.social micros!

Cartoon: Gerry, don't wake the myth

The 200th cartoon from @ampydoo.bsky.social on Identity Theory.

The recreation of time by Rachel Abbey McCafferty At the end, we slept in shifts indoors; the sun and the moon kept their secrets.

“We began to know mornings again. We began to know nights. We began to know …”

@ramccafferty.bsky.social in @identitytheory.bsky.social www.identitytheory.com/the-recreati...

Just out! New micro! By me!

There are faint echoes of long-forgotten people and events here. Teenage Me dug out the memories, Present Me merged them into fiction. Damn, I might get emotional about this one. Thank you @identitytheory.bsky.social & @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social for giving it a chance.

The Order of Things by Jonathan Daniel Gardner My face felt rearranged, like I’d slept in an argument.

"My face felt rearranged, like I’d slept in an argument. My pulse throbbed in places that usually kept quiet. Every nerve seemed to be taking initiative. I felt assembled rather than rested."

New micro from Jonathan Daniel Gardner: "The Order of Things"

Sister, Haunt the Kitchen Pipes by Cameron Blue They say, “I never know what’s next.” What they mean is, “When will it stop?”

"I sat with her and read The Velveteen Rabbit over the tinkling rain. It was our last good day."

New micro from Cameron Blue.

The recreation of time by Rachel Abbey McCafferty At the end, we slept in shifts indoors; the sun and the moon kept their secrets.

Delighted to welcome spring with this resilient little micro in @identitytheory.bsky.social. www.identitytheory.com/the-recreati...

March Equinox issue of Micro @identitytheory.bsky.social just dropped! Please read these 11 weird and wonderful shorties: www.identitytheory.com/section/micro/

The recreation of time by Rachel Abbey McCafferty At the end, we slept in shifts indoors; the sun and the moon kept their secrets.

From our spring micro issue launched today: "The recreation of time" by @ramccafferty.bsky.social

Unraveling Helen by Selby Liebert - Identity Theory Mostly she imagines what it would be like to cry – cry! – and what her eyes would look like after.

"Helen imagines having legs made of skin, and what it would be like to feel nylon stockings or have a massage or get her toenails – toenails! – painted. Choosing a color."

Read "Unraveling Helen," new micro by @sqliebert.bsky.social

Sisters by Karen Schauber - Identity Theory Her words vaulted at me in slow-motion, the letters slamming one at a time.

"Just before I stood up, I glanced back some fifty years, to when Clara turned to me and patted the imperceptible round of her belly, that sardonic smile forming."

New micro: "Sisters" by @karenschauber.bsky.social

The girl who bullied you in middle school dies at seventeen - Identity Theory just like in that drunk driving awareness ad that used to play on TV when you were little.

"The girl who bullied you in middle school dies at seventeen"

New micro by @edgwareviabank.bsky.social

If You Want Your Son to Fall in Love with Fishing the Way You Did, - Identity Theory remember, first and foremost, how beautiful you think we are

"remember, first and foremost, how beautiful you think we are; hold us up like love letters to your childhood."

New micro from @keithwoodruff.bsky.social

That time Elvis swallowed the collapsible, telescoping camping fork

The latest from @ampydoo.bsky.social

New micro issue drops tomorrow.

The Micro side of @identitytheory.bsky.social has transitioned from Micro Mondays to quarterly issues. Our first Micro issue in this new format will be released on the March Equinox. It features 11 unsettling, contemplative, speculative, sad, and sometimes funny micros. Out this Friday! 🩶

One big problem with the world is how few people in power I can imagine sitting down and reading a book

Entries or (Emotional Accounting in Late Capitalism) by Cara Benson Truth is, some days I live merely to hit send. I understand the desire to press a button and get instantaneous results.

Inspired by @mattjakubowski.bsky.social's post that he got a piece accepted @identitytheory.bsky.social, I'm re-upping this story of mine the published back in the day (2021).
www.identitytheory.com/entries-or-e...

Mr. Carrot Bunch's nightly flying dream

Mr. Carrot Bunch's nightly flying dream, presented by @ampydoo.bsky.social

Elmont's High C raised a couple of eyebrows

Last week's @ampydoo.bsky.social cartoon raised some eyebrows. Tune in tomorrow for the latest.

Executor of tangible goods: A Micro Poem by Molly Akin we invent our hauntings

One of the poems in the chap found a first home in @identitytheory.bsky.social: www.identitytheory.com/executor-tan...

Good morning! @identitytheory.bsky.social remains open for micro subs only! Please read the guidelines and send your little weirds my way! www.identitytheory.com/about/micro-...

Ethan Hawke Interview (Ash Wednesday) - Identity Theory In-depth conversation with writer-actor Ethan Hawke (Gattaca, Chelsea Walls) following the publication of his novel Ash Wednesday in 2002.

ASH WEDNESDAY throwback. www.identitytheory.com/ethan-hawke/

"Men get to go shave their heads and chant and leave behind the people they were. Women get to raise kids who look more and more like their sisters, have to keep living in the old life, living in it and living in it and living in it."

So real, poignant, and true, @jessdawn.bsky.social.

Monkey Sea Monkey Do - Identity Theory All we can do now is work with what we’ve got, even if none of it is what we asked for.

"All we can do now is work with what we’ve got, even if none of it is what we asked for."

Read "Monkey Sea Monkey Do" by @jessdawn.bsky.social