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Inner Worlds is a quarterly digital zine of speculative stories about our inner lives. Issue 8 out now! Issue 9 on the way. Issue 10 submissions will open in January.
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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 4d
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
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dreadunderarm.bsky.social
Wrapping up my year-end recap:

Best fantasy novel: The Wingspan of Treason by
@inknest.bsky.social

Best short story: Our Last Evening in a Moon-Struck City by
@madeehahwrites.bsky.social

Best dark fantasy: The Way of Unity by
@skbalstrup.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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trollbreathmag.bsky.social
We are really excited for this issue! Subscribe now to get all the goodness on December 1st! Magazine.Trollbreath.com
Trollbreath Magazine Issue 6, Winter 2025 Bernie Jean Schiebeling, Jonathan Helland, Gretchen Tessmer, Mir Rainbird Cover of the December 1st Issue: A street corner with a bookshop. A little girl, a shadow, and a dog peek down a hole in the street leading into lights.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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cindyphanauthor.com
Graphic design skills I do not possess, as evidenced by this free template I selected because the other free templates kept crashing...

Still and all! Here are my awards eligible stories for this year ✨
2025 Awards Eligibility Post Cindy Phan “All Her Darling Little Ones” - Silk and Foxglove: A BIPOC Erotic Eco-Horror Anthology. “Ron, Howard” - Baffling Magazine, Issue 19.4. “What to do When a Demon is Talking Shit at You” - Inner Worlds, Issue 8. more stories and links at cindyphanauthor.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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othersidespec.bsky.social
We're officially OPEN TO NONFICTION AND REPRINT SUBMISSIONS! We are looking for full nonfiction pieces (not pitches) and reprints of stories currently unavailable for free online.

🪐See our guidelines for details: othersidespec.com/guidelines

🗡️Submit here: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/...
Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Nonfiction: We are looking for personal essays, literary/media criticism, creative nonfiction, and more by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only considering full pieces (up to 4,000 words) and cannot consider pitches. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines." Atop a purple illustrated background, white text reads "Reprints: We are looking for previously published speculative short fiction (up to 17,500 words by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors. At this time, we are only looking for stories that cannot currently be read online for free. OPEN NOW!! Find all the details at othersidespec.com/guidelines."
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
💥 Issue 9 TOC!!! 💥

Feat:
@crystalkoo.bsky.social
@jyzh.bsky.social
@nomonbooks.bsky.social
@sylviaheike.bsky.social
@angelvleal.bsky.social
@mythopoetica.bsky.social
@camdenscorner.bsky.social
@jamielnathan.bsky.social
@rjaurand.bsky.social
@yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social
@yoakeim.bsky.social
I Haven't Felt My Grief by Bleh 👅 Ghost Leopard by Crystal Koo Puparium by J. Y. Zhang Mumbi and the Second Coming by Celestine Ndanu K. The Monster by Mon Misir The Boy With The Headphones by Taija Sensei Mama's Labyrinth by Sylvia Heike To Sleep In Seagrass Beds by Angel Leal Moult by Anita Harris Satkunananthan What I'm Made Of by Camden Rose Hoofbeats by J. Nathan If You Can't Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine by RJ Aurand Wonderful by Yasmeen Fahmy 3 East by Ramez Yoakeim
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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mythopoetica.bsky.social
Moult is a reprint of one of my first pro sales. It was in a print anthology, so I'm glad people will be able to read it particularly since it was written in both English and Malay.
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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jyzh.bsky.social
aksdhaskjhdkj so grateful that my bug story will be reprinted in Inner Worlds!!!! 🥰🐛🦋
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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rjaurand.bsky.social
Longest title in the issue! 👇 👇 I spent most of the winter holidays last year rewriting this story, so it feels extra special to be able to share it with you this year. One week!
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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nomonbooks.bsky.social
This cover! 🔥 So excited to be included in this issue!
innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 4d
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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jamielnathan.bsky.social
Can’t wait to read them all. It includes my first magazine published piece. 💙📚📝

#WritingCommunity #SFFH
November 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social
Eeeee this is such a good TOC!!

I can’t wait to read it. Includes my fabric-filled story “Wonderful” which makes me cry every time I re-read it.
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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camdenscorner.bsky.social
Yes!!! Read my story about a mud familiar here 🍃
November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
innerworlds.bsky.social
💥 Issue 9 TOC!!! 💥

Feat:
@crystalkoo.bsky.social
@jyzh.bsky.social
@nomonbooks.bsky.social
@sylviaheike.bsky.social
@angelvleal.bsky.social
@mythopoetica.bsky.social
@camdenscorner.bsky.social
@jamielnathan.bsky.social
@rjaurand.bsky.social
@yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social
@yoakeim.bsky.social
I Haven't Felt My Grief by Bleh 👅 Ghost Leopard by Crystal Koo Puparium by J. Y. Zhang Mumbi and the Second Coming by Celestine Ndanu K. The Monster by Mon Misir The Boy With The Headphones by Taija Sensei Mama's Labyrinth by Sylvia Heike To Sleep In Seagrass Beds by Angel Leal Moult by Anita Harris Satkunananthan What I'm Made Of by Camden Rose Hoofbeats by J. Nathan If You Can't Make Your Own Regret, Store-Bought Is Fine by RJ Aurand Wonderful by Yasmeen Fahmy 3 East by Ramez Yoakeim
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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rjaurand.bsky.social
Look for me in this issue with this gorgeous cover!
innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 4d
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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sylviaheike.bsky.social
I have a new story coming out soon in this issue! 😊
innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 4d
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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gautambhatia88.bsky.social
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.

“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —

altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
A surprise drop for your weekend reading pleasure! Check out our special reprint issue: SINNERS, SAINTS & HAINTS! Guest editors: @edenroyce.bsky.social + @shakeemasmalls.bsky.social Cover by @goblinprincete.bsky.social

Black authors been IN these genre streets, don't let anyone say otherwise 🔥🔥🔥
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
Hey ⭐️ hey ⭐️ hey ⭐️

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March 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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innerworlds.bsky.social
Please keep us in mind if you have some spare pennies! 🪙

My dream is to increase our pay rate again for authors and artists. But for that we either need more subscribers or fewer stories, and choosing 14 stories out of 500 is hard enough as it is! 😅
August 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
innerworlds.bsky.social
Inner Worlds issue 9 will be out at the end of November, featuring this stunning cover artwork by @bydhiyanah.bsky.social ✨️🌿💜
Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
innerworlds.bsky.social
November is flying by! 🫨 Our next issue is out on the 30th. Maybe it's time for a cover reveal...?
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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jolantru.bsky.social
Sailing To Byzantium.

Deals with loss in so many levels.

ko-fi.com/post/Flash-S...
[Flash] Sailing To Byzantium
Joyce Chng published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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safiyacherfi.bsky.social
Honoured to have my story "Deliver" nominated! I love @innerworlds.bsky.social and all the work they publish, go and give the other stories a read 💫📖
innerworlds.bsky.social Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · 9d
🥁 It's Pushcart time! 🥁

Almost impossible to choose again, but here are our 2025 nominees:

Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju
Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff
Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan
Deliver by Safiya Cherfi
They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky
Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
Pushcart Nominations: Lungs by Busayo Akinmoju Come F*** Yourself by Sylvie Althoff Grand Mal by Mary Buchanan Deliver by Safiya Cherfi They Promised This Would Be Beautiful by Elena Sichrovsky Strangler Fig by Katharine Tyndall
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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sylvie-althoff.bsky.social
My first awards season eligibility post! All stories linked in the blog post, so you can check out any you've missed. If you like queer speculative fiction, I think there's definitely something here for you.
2025 Awards Season Eligibility — Sylvie Althoff
I’ve had six published stories in 2025! If you’ve enjoyed reading them, keep them in mind when submitting for this year’s awards season.
www.sylviealthoff.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM