I find myself ripping off a lot of band-aids lately but I guess that’s par the course when life changes. You can’t control where it takes you and sometimes you hold on to things a little longer than you should. That was the case with me and being FIYAH’s Reviews Editors. It is a position Read more
We are thrilled to present the cover and table of contents for the 26th issue of FIYAH Literary Magazine. Cover illustrated by Anthony Peyton Young. Features include: Night of the Living Spa Weekend – a short story by M H Ayinde Kudzu Boy Dreaming – a short story by SJ Powell Homo Minimalensis – a Read more
Six years and running! FIYAH is chugging along like everyone else, doing our best while prepping for the next earth-shattering event. Putting out the best Black speculative fiction is the least we can do to ease the collective anxiety. In the last year, we’ve added 20 new works of prose and 9 poems by Black Read more
Artist Raki Sy created the utterly horrific cover for FIYAH #25. We asked about her inspirations and what’s coming up next. What inspired you to originally want to be an artist? I’d say it was my fascination with making-of’s, I watched a lot of Disney/ Pixar movies growing up and some of the VHS tapes Read more
We are thrilled to present the cover and table of contents for the 25th issue of FIYAH Literary Magazine. Cover illustrated by Raki Sy. Features include: A Small Bloody Gift – a short story by Naomi Day Tet fe Mal – a short story by Zin E. Rocklyn The Plaster – a short story by Laura Barker Read more
Artist N’kai DeLauter created the cover for FIYAH #24, “Hauntings and Horrors.” We asked how she became so cool, and what inspires her amazing work. What inspired you to originally want to be an artist? My older sibling is an artist. As a kid I really looked up to them and how talented they were, Read more
We are thrilled to present the cover and table of contents for the 24th issue of FIYAH Literary Magazine, illustrated by artist N’kai DeLauter. Features include: The Blooms of Sorrow – a short story by Amanda Helms Girl Eats Girl – a short story by Gnesis Villar Sugar Honey Iced Tea – a short story Read more
Folklore and folktales are frequently confused. Folktales are stories passed down from generation to generation, particularly those that are part of a culture’s tradition. These include stories about the tortoise and the hare, Anansi the spider, and other African fables. Folklore on the other hand is the unwritten literature of a people, their cultural canon Read more
An artist by the name of Mikhail Baryshnikov once said, “When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Behind him he has all the decisions he has made in life. Each time, he has chosen, and in what he is onstage, you see the result Read more
