Pack the pills first.

What made the cut?

voices echo between emptying aisles

Nostalgia and What Becomes of Our Writing

just like in that drunk driving awareness ad that used to play on TV when you were little.

Identity Theory has published original literature—fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and more—online since 2000.Based in southern Nevada and featuring an international staff of three dozen editors, ...

We have nominated the following Identity Theory pieces for anthologies and awards in recent years.

I lived two lives while your dark hair dragged over my shoulder.

I emerge from the forest to discover I died.

Kristina Moriconi’s 'What Becomes of a Body' is a lyrical and fragmented exploration of how we recover after a serious physical trauma.

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I took the pills and slit my wrists because no one understood.

I emerge from the forest to discover I died.

The cashier points to the sign that reads NO PRAYER WITHOUT PURCHASE and says are you planning to buy something or what?

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

It was a foreign concept to me, this idea that the religious commitment of people I barely knew would impact my life choices.

We’re kinda back at it.

Established in 2000, Identity Theory is an online magazine of literature and culture that has published hundreds of writers and thousands of creative works, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, revi...

It hurts to look at you.

Interview with author/historian Howard Zinn on the Updated Edition of A People's History of the United States.

Dave Zirin talks about his new biography of Howard Zinn

Identity Theory has published original literature—fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and more—online since 2000.Based in southern Nevada and featuring an international staff of three dozen editors, ...

Identity Theory, a decades-old online literary and cultural journal, is seeking talented volunteer editors. View our open editorial positions.

The Best Kind of Recency Bias

My mother has said that she cannot stay in one body. It suffocates her.

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

Her bony embrace was a fiction.

“Have they factored into their equations the true toll these roles take on a body, on a brain?”

Her bony embrace was a fiction.