The Inflated Graveworm is a quarterly print zine of "dark" literature.

The Inflated Graveworm

Number: 33
Distributed: Samhain 2025 (October 31, 2025)
Pages: 20
Circulation: 250 print
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Cover

The Hag and the Young Man by George Bellows (1922)

Fiction

Rubato, or The Rum Barrel Drum—Mitch Wargo
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Call Me Anything, But Don’t Call Me Casper—Paul Garson
Egg—Lauren Loud
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Nonfiction

True Hauntings: Muckross Abbey (County Kerrey, Ireland)—Lucy Blithe
The Truth About Synchronicities—The Graveworm
Chasing Synchronicities: The First Gate—T.D. Meis
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Poetry

Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night...—Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
Song—Aubrey De Vere (1814-1902)

Magic Lantern

The Jarmusch Dead Trilogy—David Powers
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The Inflated Graveworm has limited print distribution centered in Lakewood, Ohio (a suburb of Cleveland). The zine is available free in select stores in Lakewood, and issues can also be purchased through a subscription or downloaded as an epub file through our patreon page. Current print/distribution run is 250 copies.

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