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Inkscape
Some maps remember their makers. Some refuse to forget.
Thomas Brinn is an apprentice cartographer trained to preserve the past, not invent the future. But when an unfinished map awakens within the Cartographers' Guild, it binds itself to him—and begins to rewrite the world beyond its parchment edges.
The land it reveals is forests hesitate between drafts, paths shift underfoot, and truth carries weight enough to fracture reality. Every correction leaves a scar. Every choice reshapes more than intended.
As Thomas is drawn deeper into the living map, he learns that creation is never neutral. Grief stains geography. Trust alters terrain. And control, once exerted, invites resistance. Guided by a girl who exists in a state of permanent incompletion, and shadowed by Inkborn creatures born of error and regret, Thomas must confront the cost of intervention in a world that listens too closely.
At the centre of the map lies an Unfinished Heart—a place where intention hardens into permanence.
To reach it, Thomas must offer something the map cannot draw for him.
And once given, it cannot be taken back.
Inkscape is a haunting, philosophical fantasy about memory, responsibility, and the danger of trying to make the world hold still.
Thomas Brinn is an apprentice cartographer trained to preserve the past, not invent the future. But when an unfinished map awakens within the Cartographers' Guild, it binds itself to him—and begins to rewrite the world beyond its parchment edges.
The land it reveals is forests hesitate between drafts, paths shift underfoot, and truth carries weight enough to fracture reality. Every correction leaves a scar. Every choice reshapes more than intended.
As Thomas is drawn deeper into the living map, he learns that creation is never neutral. Grief stains geography. Trust alters terrain. And control, once exerted, invites resistance. Guided by a girl who exists in a state of permanent incompletion, and shadowed by Inkborn creatures born of error and regret, Thomas must confront the cost of intervention in a world that listens too closely.
At the centre of the map lies an Unfinished Heart—a place where intention hardens into permanence.
To reach it, Thomas must offer something the map cannot draw for him.
And once given, it cannot be taken back.
Inkscape is a haunting, philosophical fantasy about memory, responsibility, and the danger of trying to make the world hold still.
253 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 5, 2026
About the author
Peter Barns
38 books1 followerAuthor - Poet - Versifier
Born in Harlsden on the outskirts of London in 1943, Peter Barns spent his formative years living beside Regent's Park.
Educated at a Secondary Modern school, he left with just one qualification in 'O' Level Art.
Passing through a variety of occupations after leaving school, he finally ended up working in the construction industry as an electrician. After taking his City & Guilds, he became an electrical engineer and spent the next twenty years working on building sites. Somewhere in there he got married and divorced - a couple of times - and had two children.
He moved to the Highlands of Scotland in the late 1980's along with his partner. With the move came a new occupation - counselling people with alcohol and drug problems - which he did for six years before managing a charitable company recycling redundant computers back into the community.
Now retired he spends his time writing and refurbishing houses.
Born in Harlsden on the outskirts of London in 1943, Peter Barns spent his formative years living beside Regent's Park.
Educated at a Secondary Modern school, he left with just one qualification in 'O' Level Art.
Passing through a variety of occupations after leaving school, he finally ended up working in the construction industry as an electrician. After taking his City & Guilds, he became an electrical engineer and spent the next twenty years working on building sites. Somewhere in there he got married and divorced - a couple of times - and had two children.
He moved to the Highlands of Scotland in the late 1980's along with his partner. With the move came a new occupation - counselling people with alcohol and drug problems - which he did for six years before managing a charitable company recycling redundant computers back into the community.
Now retired he spends his time writing and refurbishing houses.
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