The Flame In You, by L. Nabang
Mom prayed for every bug Dad squashed. A whole three minutes, head bowed and everything. As soon as she finished, she’d do the sign of the cross.
Two Times I Looked Through The Eye Of The Universe, And The One Time I Became It, by Yasmeen Amro
When I miss him, I tell myself I’ll work up the courage to ask the stars where my husband’s ended up.
Editor's note
Welcome to issue three of Inner Worlds.
These fourteen short stories explore subjects including trauma, psychosis, dissociation, and compulsion, as well as care, companionship, self
Things Elan Reacquainted Himself With After Breaking Out of His Single-Day Time Loop, by D. A. Straith
Content warnings
Parental emotional abuse; Trauma; Food.
1. The colour ochre, painted by the city mageguard around his front door as a warning: do not
New Immortals, by Lex Chamberlin
Content warnings
Apocalypse; Gender dysphoria.
The steel bodies are all beautiful, and I see myself in none of them.
“It’s getting down to the