This Stone House It’s curious. The rocks have faces. There’s Mother in bed, too blue to rise, a crack in the foundation. Father, all show, as decorative as cornices. Siblings, gone: My older sister…

Literary journal submission guidelines for Identity Theory. Our online magazine publishes interviews, fiction, essays, poetry, and more.

Writing, for me, is defiance of all mothers must or should do. It is my intention to be and do less than is expected or demanded of me, and to be all the happier and healthier for it.

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