When I reviewed SAVAGE LEGION, I said the book was one that I noticed had something larger to say than could be found in the text. And that holds true again with SAVAGE BOUNTY. Where Legion held up the mirror of an ugly society and kept you in a headlock while looking at it, Bounty Read more
FIYAH is happy to do it’s FIRST EVER cover reveal for AND THIS IS HOW TO STAY ALIVE coming from Neon Hemlock Press October 26th, 2021. Pre-sales will begin on May 1st via Kickstarter. The book is part of Neon Hemlock’s 2021 Novella Series. Neon Hemlock is doing great work in creating space for queer BIPOC Read more
Do you remember that opening scene in the movie Us where little Adelaide gets lost at the Beach Boardwalk? She wanders around this dark carnival and her life ends up forever changed because of it. This book reminds me of that pivotal scene expanded into a novel. It’s gorgeous while somehow never losing sight of Read more
At its core, this is a book about how colonialism permanently erupts the idea of home. Can you exist in the world without a home? If home isn’t just a place, then why fight so hard for the land you stand on? Can you come back to a home you never even knew? Are you Read more
There is power in allowing people to tell their own stories and not only power, but nuances that could never be captured by an outsider. Eden Royce gives us a radiant example of this needed phenomena in ROOT MAGIC. It’s a historical fantasy Middle Grade set in the 60s and the atmosphere comes off the Read more
Tau continues his journey in the second book of Evan Winter’s unbelievably well-paced series. If you’ve read RAGE OF DRAGONS then you already know what I’m talking about. Somehow, that book managed to maintain nearly non-stop action without sacrificing any characterization. It’s a feat that I remain intensely impressed by. I watched a talk Winter Read more
No work exists in a vacuum and this anthology is no exception. It was without a doubt, years in the making. A Black SFF magazine getting to work with a publisher with as high a profile as Tor just isn’t something that would have happened five or six years ago…
“Cast your vision, young hoodoo, as far as you can see. Determine the challenges the tribe will face. Prepare the tribal soul to meet them.” This is how novelist and performance poet Arthur Flowers describes his “speculative work,” which he sees as “everything I do.” If we as Black creatives are casting visions in a Read more
Stone & Steel Q&A With Eboni Dunbar STONE & STEEL is an upcoming book from Neon Hemlock’s first wave of novellas. Eboni Dunbar, FIYAH’s Managing Editor, is the talent behind it and we’re catching up with her today before the book’s release on September 5th. Mark your calendars everyone! It’s a great book with Read more
You can tell when someone has written the story of their heart because the work just sings. And you’ll find that here in RAYBEARER. And I think because I felt the love pouring off the page, it was impossible for me to put this book down. There are some stories you walk away from knowing Read more
