FIYAH Literary Magazine: Year One

The best in speculative fiction and poetry from the groundbreaking first year of FIYAH: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. This collection includes wide-ranging tales in fantasy, science fiction, horror, magical realism & more.

Featuring over 22 short stories and five works of prose, FIYAH: Year One offers fresh, never before published new voices as well as longtime veterans of the SFF landscape. This collection dives into stories of healing and multiverses, interstellar travel and family, reincarnation and multiverses. Our authors hail from every corner of the diaspora, yet hold one thing in common: their stories are all unflinchingly, unapologetically Black.

Dive into FIYAH's short fiction authors, brought to you by Executive Editors Justina Ireland & Troy Wiggins:

Malon Edwards • Brent Lambert • Wendi Dunlap • DaVaun Sanders • V. H. Galloway • L. D. Lewis • Maurice Broaddus • Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali • Russell Nichols • Christopher Caldwell • Wole Talabi • Barbara L. W. Myers • Eden Royce • Danny Lore • Sydnee Thompson • Jennifer Marie Brissett • Xen • C. L. Clark • Stephanie Malia Morris • Emmalia Harrington • Arnica Ross • Melody Gordon

Poetry selections, edited by Brandon O'Brien:

Mame Bougouma Diene • Uche Ogbuji • Rodney Wilder • Resoketswe Manenzhe • Constance Collier-Mercado