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Identity Theory @IdentityTheory

Online lit mag publishing fiction, poetry, CNF, interviews, micro, hybrid, & more. Est. 2000. bsky.app/profile/identitythe…

Joined March 2007
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"there are some things, in this town, this body, this summer this circle this night you just don’t say; all you can do is wait your turn, braid clover stems, and watch, and hope the bottle says it for you." Read "spin the bottle" by @feliciakrol identitytheory.com/spin-the-…

spin the bottle: A Poem by Felicia Krol - Identity Theory

it’s easier if i show you.

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Erik Fatemi@ErikFatemi
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. @IdentityTheory published my very first short story a few years ago, and gave me the confidence to keep writing. So grateful that they found a home for my latest one, “A Good Cause.”
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"The other parents wouldn’t have a clue. They’d watch him bidding over and over, like he had money to burn, and he’d get out of there for free. It was brilliant. There was just one hitch: Susan." New fiction from @ErikFatemi: "A Good Cause" identitytheory.com/a-good-ca…
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"The other parents wouldn’t have a clue. They’d watch him bidding over and over, like he had money to burn, and he’d get out of there for free. It was brilliant. There was just one hitch: Susan." New fiction from @ErikFatemi: "A Good Cause" identitytheory.com/a-good-ca…

A Good Cause by Erik Fatemi - Identity Theory

With a different husband, she could have been bidding along with everyone else. But she’d made the mistake of choosing him.

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Jennifer Fox@jennfoxwriter
Apr 9
Can you think of a better way to start your day than receiving an acceptance from @IdentityTheory ? I can’t! 😁
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"We began to know mornings again. We began to know nights. We began to know seasons, shifts in the wind, scent of honeysuckle, humid warmth, sweet rot, clean cold." New micro from Rachel Abbey McCafferty. identitytheory.com/the-recre…

The recreation of time by Rachel Abbey McCafferty

At the end, we slept in shifts indoors; the sun and the moon kept their secrets.

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T.E. Hahn@TEHahnFiction
Mar 20
My fiction is published in the @IdentityTheory March Equinox issue today. Please check it out. I'm so honored and grateful to Vic and the folks at the journal that I've admired for so long. identitytheory.com/the-18th-…

The 18th Hole by T.E. Hahn - Identity Theory

At first, we were concerned about the dangers, but then there were no children left to protect.

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11 new micros published today in our spring issue. identitytheory.com/section/m…

Micro - Identity Theory

Prose up to 500 words. Poetry up to 9 lines.

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New micro issue drops tomorrow.
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New fiction. identitytheory.com/monkey-se…

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.

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We've nominated "Baggage" by Fannie H. Gray for Best Small Fictions 2026. Read it here: identitytheory.com/baggage-g…

Baggage by Fannie H. Gray - Identity Theory

Pack the pills first.

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Duotrope@Duotrope
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New publisher listing for: Identity Theory Micros @IdentityTheory (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) duotrope.com/magazine/identi… #WritingCommunity
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Our Best Microfiction 2026 nominees...
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This week's cartoon from Alan Michael Parker.
Honey, why is the island so much closer today?

ALT Honey, why is the island so much closer today?
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barbaric yawp > ai slop
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"I didn’t drown, of course. Dad just liked to scare me once in a while, get me out of my comfort zone. That’s how I try to look at it now, as an adult." Read "We Only Get Drier" by Jason Hardung identitytheory.com/we-only-g…

We Only Get Drier by Jason Hardung - Identity Theory

Still, it was love, and this type of love would pull me through later in life when there was no other kind.

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New and Un-Identified: "The Alphabet of a Sidewalk Story" by Juliet Waller identitytheory.com/the-alpha…

The Alphabet of a Sidewalk Story - Identity Theory

Yes, it’s true this all started with a crow. Or maybe it all started with the bagels.

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Our old friend Thomas Perry has passed. nytimes.com/2025/09/30/books…

Thomas Perry Dies at 78; Writer of Popular, Unconventional Thrillers

His many novels, including the prizewinning “The Butcher’s Boy” and the Jane Whitefield series, could have sympathetic villains and intriguing heroes.

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Congratulations to this year's Best of the Net nominees!
Identity Theory Best of the Net 2026 Nominees: Fiction Deities by Jo Withers Nonfiction White Woman Freedom by Matthew Henry Poetry Little Bluestem by Pamela Manasco In Dreams by Shira Haus Reasons for Staying by Sarah Mills Sonnet for the Dreamers Craving Sleep by Janna Miller A chainsaw whirs through February air by nat raum As Is by Jillian Clasky Art Politeness of Giraffes by Alan Michael Parker Rothko Burger by Alan Michael Parker The Subway Boar by Alan Michael Parker

ALT Identity Theory Best of the Net 2026 Nominees: Fiction Deities by Jo Withers Nonfiction White Woman Freedom by Matthew Henry Poetry Little Bluestem by Pamela Manasco In Dreams by Shira Haus Reasons for Staying by Sarah Mills Sonnet for the Dreamers Craving Sleep by Janna Miller A chainsaw whirs through February air by nat raum As Is by Jillian Clasky Art Politeness of Giraffes by Alan Michael Parker Rothko Burger by Alan Michael Parker The Subway Boar by Alan Michael Parker
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This week's cartoon from Alan Michael Parker.
Cartoon of woman reaching for papers in downward dog position. Caption: Downward Donna, File Clerk

ALT Cartoon of woman reaching for papers in downward dog position. Caption: Downward Donna, File Clerk
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Submissions are set to open October 1st. We'll be finalizing responses to outstanding submissions for the rest of September. This has been a social media post in the year 2025. It was written from a bed with no sheets. The sheets are in the laundry. They will return soon. Fresh.
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