FIYAH Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce Issue # 40: Conjuring Academies and Spellbound Scholars.

Cover art illustrated by Ziziian.

cover for FIYAH Issue 40 featuring students at a magic school and a dragon sitting atop the clocktowerStories include: 

  • “Squirrels on Palm Trees” by Melissa A Watkins
  • “A Crude Awakening” by Victor Pope
  • “In The Father’s Footsteps” by Brienne Guirantes
  • “The Call of John Crows” by Nadine Tomlinson
  • “Saint Yaa Academy Walks at Night” by Aishatu Ado
  • “Deus Ex Fabulae (And Both Feet in the Door)” by LA Knight

Poetry includes:

  • “The Department of Beautiful Failures” by GLORIA OGO
  • “Enter: Heads” by Chiwenite Onyekwelu

This issue will be available for individual purchase and shared with subscribers November 2026.

Nelson Rolon is a Black-Hispanic writer born and raised in NYC. His debut novelette, “Saudade,” was published in FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction (2018). Nelson also served as Guest Editor for FIYAH Issue 29. His next short story will be featured in Forged in FIYAH, scheduled for release in September by TorDotCom. For technical issues regarding the website and customer service, email admin[at]fiyahlitmag.com.

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