Well. Here we are, at the end. I can’t believe we’ve made ten whole issues together! Inside this, our final issue, you’ll find twelve short stories which use science fiction, fantasy, and horror to explore our internal landscapes; our thoughts, feelings, and other strange experiences associated with being human.

For this issue I asked for stories about endings, and you delivered. From the grotesque glory of Laura DeHaan’s “New Revised Dawn, Atroc. 3.1-13” to the tender beauty of Carol Mbugua’s “The Listening Room”, you’ll encounter loss, change, and growth here. Death and new life, sometimes in unknown forms.

Thank you so much for reading and supporting Inner Worlds. I hope you enjoy these wonderful stories as much as I have. If anything here strikes a note with you, please share it so that other can find it too, and let the author know that it moved you!

By the way, I'll be presenting a paper about Inner Worlds at a conference this June, and I'm gathering people's thoughts about mental health and speculative fiction through an online survey. If you would like to, I'd be very grateful if you could take a few minutes to share your reflections on Inner Worlds and why it mattered to you.

Sarah Jackson, March 2026

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