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Blurry, scratchy photo apparently showing a doorway in a red-lit room

Dec 13, 2024 Inner Worlds Issue 5

Meditation for Mars, by M. E. Garber

After stowing my suit and helmet on the shelf just inside the softly lit domed worship and meditation space, I pressed the button to cover the wide surface viewing portal, shutting out the iron-red landscape.

Black and white drawing of a person with many faces, looking wary or pensive.

Aug 31, 2024 Inner Worlds Issue 4

Editor's note

Welcome to issue four of Inner Worlds. For this issue we opened for longer stories than usual, and received over 350 submissions! As usual it

Sculpture of a brain in pink clear plastic

Aug 31, 2024 Inner Worlds Issue 4

A Prototype of Yourself, by Albert Chu

In the end, Jason agreed to the thinkbot treatment. His mom drove him out to the local nature preserve—a good spot, she said, to start things fresh.

Gloomy windswept grass prairie with a low range of hills under a cloudy sky

Aug 31, 2024 Inner Worlds Issue 4

Colossus, by Samir Sirk Morató

My grandfather died alone and afraid. Neither are surprising. He lived alone because he was afraid; he died in fear because he was alone.

Red flames of fire against a black background

Aug 31, 2024 Inner Worlds Issue 4

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.