FIYAH Issue 33 includes the following content:

Prose –

JULIUS CHEEKS: THE COOK WITH NO VOICE // L. M. Spann // 5076 words

An aspiring chef’s family recipes are put to the test in a prestigious cooking contest where one slip of magic can spell disaster.

SLIPCRAFT // Jarune Uwujaren // 3451 words

The line between craving and connection doesn’t blur for Ezinma, who can slip into the body of anyone she touches — until she meets Zora.

BENEATH A MIDNIGHT TIDE // Tonja K. Johnson // 7110 words

Lesha, grown restless within her lonely manor and exasperated by her mother’s incessant rules, finds solace with a boy who only appears in the forest twilight. (Content warning for some graphic murder scenes, and a scene of physical abuse inflicted on a teenager.)

THE INHERITANCE // C.T. Muchemwa // 3984 words

When his estranged father passes, Taona inherits a car with a ravenous secret in the backseat that may change his fortunes — for a price.

CHILDREN OF THE SINGULARITY // Danny Cherry Jr. // 9886 words

A Sentient freshly transferred from the Cloud navigates hatred against her kind and an unexpected friendship — all from the confines of her newly borrowed human body. (Content warning for a scene of graphic gun violence.)

Poetry –

I Named Her Eye // Beatrice Winifred Iker 

Mud Secret // Nnadi Samuel 

Wine Tasting on the Planet Ufahamu* // Miguel O. Mitchell