FIYAH Issue #15

CONTENTS

Letter from the editor

PROSE

Red Cloth, White Giraffe
Yvette Lisa Ndlovu // 4065 words
When a deceased young woman's burial is delayed by family members' greed, her spirit is forced to chart a new path to a meaningful afterlife.

The Last Testament
Aurelius Raines II // 5049 words
An android that resembles its young inventor's slain big brother grows to realize the purpose behind its creation: vengeance. TW for a passage of police violence against a Black person.
CONTENT WARNING: police violence against a minor

The Black Menagerie
Endria Isa Richardson // 6956 words
Past and present, conjure and haunts weave through this San Francisco-based tale of a wary author inexorably drawn to a mysterious, timeless woman.

Your Name is Oblivia
Vincent Tirado // 4451 words
At the Styx & Stones Bar and Grill, an enigmatic bartender named Oblivia infuses memory itself into her patrons' drinks-for a price.

POETRY

The Technicolor Simulations: Test #2020-Z
Maya C. James

Late Moonwalk
Uche Ogbuji

Libations
Soonest Nathaniel

EXTRAS
Thanks