Inner Worlds Issue 2

Inner Worlds Issue 2

Feb
28
Editor's Note

Editor's Note

Welcome to Inner Worlds’ second issue. In these twelve stories, you’ll find space travel, necromancy, a sentient house, a
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Feb
28
Because He Was a Doe Once, and His Feet Can't Forget the Taste of Soil, by Kyle E Miller

Because He Was a Doe Once, and His Feet Can't Forget the Taste of Soil, by Kyle E Miller

Ashley was only a few miles from home, but he had never been to this part of the countryside. He
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Feb
28
A white seabird flies above dark green turbulent water

Recollections of the Abyssopelagic Dredge, by Aster Olsen

Content warnings Violence. Transphobia. I try not to live with regret. Even now, I’d rather remember that shared moment
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Feb
28
The Memory, by Hussain Ayoub

The Memory, by Hussain Ayoub

Content warnings War. See the Memory. It has the eyes of your grandfather. The smile of your grandmother. It smells
5 min read
Feb
28
Close up on a toy carnivorous dinosaur with its mouth open, it has red eyes and a red tongue

Smalls the Wonder, by Cindy Phan

Content warnings Death. Ambrose Smalls was not a great man. Nor was he a wise man, or rich. He was
9 min read
Feb
28
Orange handled scissors on a sky blue background

Death of a Thousand Papercuts, by Avra Margariti

Content warnings Violence. Self harm. Infected wound. It starts with a papercut. You raise your pointer finger in the negative
4 min read
Feb
28
Green ferns pressing against a greenhouse window

Evergreen, by Dawn Vogel

Content warnings Parent with terminal illness. Lennox slammed the door on their way out of their mum's house,
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Feb
28
Rows of terrace houses, some of which are painted bright blue and yellow

Hauntless House, by Madalena Daleziou

Content warnings Threat. Control. You’re back again tonight. Back on the sofa you and your flatmate swore had sleep-inducing
9 min read
Feb
28
Abstract image with soft yellow, pink, and blue shapes

The Replay Weaver, by Amy Robinson

Content warnings Anxiety. Ember waited until the neuron traffic around her thinned and the darkness trended from grey to a
4 min read
Feb
28
Cradle with a frilly fabric hem and soft mobile, shot in a slightly sinister way

Teething, by Cassandra Daucus

Content warnings Body horror. Pregnancy. Birth imagery. Postpartum psychosis. Violence against an infant. Death of an infant. The baby is
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