FIYAH Literary Magazine is thrilled to announce Issue # 40: Conjuring Academies and Spellbound Scholars. Cover art illustrated by Ziziian. Stories 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 […]
FIYAH Literary Magazine is thrilled to present the Table of Contents for Issue # 39: Black Kishōtenketsu. Cover art illustrated by Anjoladave. Stories include: “The Great Proxima Agricultural Fair” by K.W. Onley “What the Lotus Said to the Water Lily” by Jahid Wilson Jr “The House” by Ann Michelle Harris “Pixels” by T’Asia Driggs Poetry […]
FIYAH Literary Magazine is happy to present the Table of Contents for Issue # 38. Cover art illustrated by Ashanti Fortson. Stories include: “Copula” by Briana N Cox “Minority Museum” by T.T. Gibran “On the Autonomy of Whales” by Amanda Helms “The Canines Don’t Lie” by virgo kevonté “Midnight in the Devil’s Punchbowl” by Lisa […]
We concluded nine years of publishing Black speculative fiction in 2025! Our authors and poets continue to tackle genre convention, break fresh ground in tried and true tropes, and demonstrate why Black creators are among the best to weave a story. From contributors sharing their very first publication in our virtual pages to veterans deep […]
A spectacle can be a lot of things: a distraction, entertainment, maybe even a dog whistle to attract all the wrong people. But I’m not afraid of a spectacle. I’d even go so far as to say we need more spectacles. The “we” (of marginalized, disenfranchised voices) need not hide, but rather put pen to […]
FIYAH Literary Magazine is happy to present the Table of Contents for Issue #37. Cover art illustrated by Kymani Gayle. Stories include: “Legion” by Karama Neal “The Things We Bury in Each Other” by Timothy Ngome “The Sobolo Prophet” by Irene W Collins “Rather Be the Devil” by Jordan Alexander “Into the Briarpatch” by Ella […]
FIYAH Literary Magazine is happy to present the Table of Contents for Issue #36: GODS & MONSTERS. Cover art illustrated by Odera Igbokwe. Stories include: “Riding the River from Below the Bowels of a Broken Home” by Nkone Chaka “The Dolphin House” by Jaimie K. Wilson “Soul Food” by C. M. Harmon “A Nameless Thing” […]
FIYAH Literary Magazine is happy to present the Table of Contents for Issue #35: BLACK ISEKAI. Cover art illustrated by Josh Awol. Short stories include: “Heavenly Harpoon” by Erin Brown “The Time Grandma Jumped into a Lake and Transformed into a Kung Fu Warrior” by E.A. Noble “The Cut” by SJ Powell “Fire is Hot […]
FIYAH Literary Magazine presents its upcoming writers and stories for Issue 34. Cover art courtesy of Raki Sy. Features include: “The Cast of Black,” a short story by Antoinette Van Sluytman “Moonrise,” a short story by Bethany C Morrow “Brother, May I,” a short story by Chandler Harrison “How We Survive,” a short story by […]
Eight birthdays for FIYAH Literary Magazine! In that time, we’ve published 32 issues featuring the best speculative stories from Black writers all over the world, month after month, year after year. We’re not the only game in town for these talented word scribes, but we’re nothing if not consistent. That level of resiliency, we hope, […]
