FIYAH Issue 38 includes the following stories and poems:

Prose

MINORITY MUSEUM // T.T. Gibran // 7968 words

You are a Museum algorithm with a suboptimal track record. Revive your Palestine Exhibit – exactly as the Curators expect — or face another performance review.

ON THE AUTONOMY OF WHALES // Amanda Helms // 3019 words

A well-meaning mother is embroiled in a shitstorm of her own making when she uses her child’s brilliant invention to communicate with the residents of Puget Sound.

COPULA // Briana N Cox // 6135 words

Prisoners cling to their fading remnants of identity in the midst of a dreadful war-time experiment.

THE CANINES NEVER LIE // Virgo Kevonté //  5513 words

A father sets aside the complexities of co-parenting and lycanthropy to enjoy some vacation bonding with his prepubescent son.

MIDNIGHT IN THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL // Lisa Bennett Bolekaja // 7946 words

A woman married into a wealthy family employs desperate, supernatural means to keep a sickly infant alive and her place within the household secure.

WHAT WE DO // Darise JeanBaptiste // 4646 words

Struggling to grasp a sense of purpose in a post-collapse America, an aunt considers her role in her orphaned niece’s life.

Poetry

This Time, Next Time // Akua Lezli Hope

Someday // Christopher Leigh Silverberg

Root Code // Argelia Salmon