Inner Worlds

Jun 18, 2026

"Be more real": Inner Worlds and the possibilities of speculative fiction for exploring and communicating mental and emotional experiences

This is a copy of a short paper I delivered at Figments: Madness, Health and Creativity, a conference hosted by the University of Glasgow in partnership with the Centre for Mad Culture UK on 15 June 2026.

Painting of grey and white clouds on an acid yellow sky.

Mar 9, 2026 Inner Worlds Issue 10

Issue Ten Editor's Note

Well. Here we are, at the end. I can’t believe we’ve made ten whole issues together!

Painting of an old three mast ship in a stormy night.

Mar 9, 2026 Inner Worlds Issue 10

New Revised Dawn, Atroc. 3.1-13 by Laura DeHaan

My love is a three-masted ship, proud and defiant against the very cheek of the fathomless deep, and I am her sailor spidered to the rigging; she is equally a lighthouse to my plover.

Giant furry kukeri mask with many mouths of sharp white teeth and staring eyes.

Mar 9, 2026 Inner Worlds Issue 10

The Girl Who Rang Bells by J. Mildanoff

Wooden teeth, a painted snarl, fur around the crown. A mask meant to terrify winter itself into retreat. Meant to keep the things that lurk in the shadows at bay.

Field of grass in the dark with glowing green patches.

Mar 9, 2026 Inner Worlds Issue 10

The Clearing by Miah O'Malley

Night presses low across the rewilded floodplain when she steps from the truck and closes the door with a muted click.