Jason Thayer
@thejasonthayer.bsky.social
Writer & EIC for @completesentence
"Thank you long ago beautiful boy who found me sitting in that dusty backyard at my first college party in Tucson, Arizona in 1995..." @the-megan-dance.bsky.social, on the ecstasy & agony of loving so hard it almost kills you. This one's fucking IMMERSIVE www.completesentencelit.com/post/long-ag...
Long Ago Beautiful Boy
By Megan Glionna
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"When the hurricane came, I watched my childhood street rearrange itself into a map of everywhere I’d ever wanted to escape, mailboxes floating past like lost punctuation..." Bethany Bruno, on the water that thrums within us and without. www.completesentencelit.com/post/the-oce...
The Ocean Never Really Leaves You
By Bethany O'Brien
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I have a couple other CS pieces (it's a fantastic magazine, always putting out really great stuff that I love reading!!) that IMO also fall into the "spiral into madness" category.
Complete Sentence@completesentence.bsky.social · 6mo ago"...there’s more Jeffs being born each minute, and more Jeffs dying too, dying from car accidents, cancers..." @joeyhedger.bsky.social spirals into madness, squinting hard into the self-forged lens we view others through & the world beyond www.completesentencelit.com/post/_jeff
My guy “Jeff” is up. Come meet him. Much thanks to @completesentence.bsky.social for being the best and pubbing this one!! www.completesentencelit.com/post/_jeff
Jeff
By Joey Hedger
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*raised hand emoji We publish single-sentence fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and anything that skulks between the this holy trinity.
Emily Rinkema@emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 7mo agoNow that @smokelong.bsky.social March Micro Marathon is all wrapped up, let's get a list going of journals looking for micros! Anyone?
Guess I should have told the clerk at the corner store about my essay after all...
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo agoMARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION ELITE 8 DAY 2 FINAL SCORES Brick 301, Glycerine 300 (!!) You Had Time 217, The World I Know 201 We congratulate the winners. What a wild ride these games were. We'll see Ben Folds / Cicily Bennion and Ani DiFranco / @susannadonato.bsky.social in the FINAL FOUR!
It's only fitting that my @marchxness.bsky.social run ends today on my dad's birthday, since his death is central to my essay, his absence animating so much of what I do creatively. Thank you all for the groundswell of support. I've got more to say to you, but first I'm hitting the showers.
30 mins left in the game and "Glycerine" is trailing by only a few votes! If you haven't voted for Jason's essay yet THERE IS STILL TIME!
Complete Sentence@completesentence.bsky.social · 7mo agoI didn't start a magazine of single-sentence prose 5 years ago to help me win @marchxness.bsky.social, but right now my essay on "Glycerine" is down against "Brick." If you're part of the Comp Sent hive, VOTE my essay and "Glycerine" SADDEST! Polls close 9am PST marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
Only down 17 with 14 minutes to go. If you've got anything left, put those shots up and in to Glycerine's hoop! marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Still 2 hours to beat back "Brick" and send "Glycerine" to the Final Four!
Complete Sentence@completesentence.bsky.social · 7mo agoI didn't start a magazine of single-sentence prose 5 years ago to help me win @marchxness.bsky.social, but right now my essay on "Glycerine" is down against "Brick." If you're part of the Comp Sent hive, VOTE my essay and "Glycerine" SADDEST! Polls close 9am PST marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
I didn't start a magazine of single-sentence prose 5 years ago to help me win @marchxness.bsky.social, but right now my essay on "Glycerine" is down against "Brick." If you're part of the Comp Sent hive, VOTE my essay and "Glycerine" SADDEST! Polls close 9am PST marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
"Brick" surged through the night and now "Glycerine" is down bad. If you've got ANY more votes in you, please help Bush beat the beast. Here's proof of Gavin Rossdale's impact on 10-year-old Jason, drawn at school under "I want to be..." marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
"Because craving connection with others, chasing it, is how we find communion; it’s how we survive our sadness." March Xness as a form of communion. This tournament's got me thinking a lot about belief. I'll pray (and vote) for "Glycerine" tonight, just to see how it goes.
Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 7mo agoLast night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg
Well this is rad and sad and weird and artful and a little creepy and it’s definitely swaying my vote. The Xness cover game is really bringing it this year and I love it.
Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 7mo agoLast night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg
"Glycerine" vs "Brick": Two sad, pretty songs up against each other today. I've got to go with my gut on this one. And by "gut" I mean my autonomic nervous system.
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo agoMore Elite 8, here we go: Listen, read, VOTE! marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
Um, completely incredible, overachiever! It's hilarious to envision us writers of a certain age furiously rehearsing our musical covers all over the country.
Enjoy this video and cover that will surely stand the test of time, promoting a really strong essay in this year's @marchx.bsky.social March Sadness '90s edition competition.
Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 7mo agoLast night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg
this year's March Sadness competitors are doing A LOT and it's just one more reason why this community is so fun
Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 7mo agoLast night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg
Only the bleakest of beaches for March Sadness. Don't forget to VOTE GLYCERINE in today's @marchxness.bsky.social matchup! marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 7mo agoLast night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg
Last night I shot a music video on the blacked-out beach for my synth'd out "Glycerine" cover. Big thanks to Dave Rosman for the violin, big thanks to YOU for voting Bush on to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! youtu.be/E1DOPrrgCgg
Glycerine (March Sadness)
YouTube video by Jason Thayer
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Will Ben Folds' brick shatter my dreams of making it to the Final Four? I've got a synth'd out "Glycerine" cover on deck that begs to differ... marchxness.com#/elite8-fold...
March Sadness 90s Edition
A yearly March Madness-style tournament of essays about songs we love (and occasionally loathe)
marchxness.com
Pardon the poor breath control, nonexistant embouchure, & sticky keys, but I think these ol gals did ok for having no interaction for over 25 years! VOTE @mfitejohnson.bsky.social / Celine Dion so all our hearts can go on & onnnnn... *takes a breath, stops the video* marchxness.com#/elite8-crow...
Sending our condolences to and appreciation of @jygravley.bsky.social and @emryal91.bsky.social for their excellent essays and deep March Sadness runs. We salute you and your work!
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo agoMARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 FINAL SCORES: BUSH 142, Blink-182 97 ANI DIFRANCO 137, Nirvana 113 Congrats to @thejasonthayer.bsky.social & @susannadonato.bsky.social! Taking the weekend off from games; expect an announcement a little later about Next Year’s Xness Theme however!
What whirlwind! This has been so fun and I'm delighted to have made it to the sweet sixteen. Kind of can't believe this is what has got me playing the uke again! Congratulations to @thejasonthayer.bsky.social I'm so excited to cheer for you in the next round!
March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 7mo agoMARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 FINAL SCORES: BUSH 142, Blink-182 97 ANI DIFRANCO 137, Nirvana 113 Congrats to @thejasonthayer.bsky.social & @susannadonato.bsky.social! Taking the weekend off from games; expect an announcement a little later about Next Year’s Xness Theme however!
MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION SWEET 16 DAY 4 FINAL SCORES: BUSH 142, Blink-182 97 ANI DIFRANCO 137, Nirvana 113 Congrats to @thejasonthayer.bsky.social & @susannadonato.bsky.social! Taking the weekend off from games; expect an announcement a little later about Next Year’s Xness Theme however!
As a sad 90s middle schooler I'd have been so stoked to hear my essay on Bush would one day resonate with future sad middle schoolers of the PNW. Great match today against @emryal91.bsky.social's moving musing on the sadness punctuating our lives. Bush v. Blink-182! marchxness.com#/sweet16-bus...
Catching up with @marchxness.bsky.social from within a house full of COVID (not me though 💪) to vote Nirvana and Bush today. It has come to my attention that Nirvana does not have enough votes. VOTE NIRVANA.
Okay so I loved "Adam's Song" as much as the next teenage millennial... But Adam snaps out of it at the end, and its message is more hopeful than sad. This round it's gotta be Bush.
Jason Thayer@thejasonthayer.bsky.social · 7mo agoMy @marchxness.bsky.social bracket has my Bush essay losing to Blink-182 today. Please consider fucking up my bracket, thanks! marchxness.com#/sweet16-bus...