Release day is here!!! Help us celebrate all of the incredible authors who contributed to the Forged in FIYAH anthology! Snatch a copy or five for yourself wherever books are sold. Shout out to Matt and the @tordotcompub.bsky.social team for seeing this project through.

The happiest of book birthdays to Forged in FIYAH, edited by @davaun.bsky.social, a landmark celebration of everything Black speculative fiction has to offer! Available in hardcover and paperback.

Happy pub day to @davaun.bsky.social DaVaun Sanders and this brilliant anthology! A story close to my heart is finding fresh readers today over at Reactir Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social to celebrate the launch. Dive in and enjoy the journey!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Once there was a girl born ravenous." We're thrilled to share a story from Forged In FIYAH: Celebrating Ten Years of Black Speculative Fiction! A woman who eats a town's sins is led astray by a mysterious visitor... You can read @shereereneethomas.bsky.social's novelette "Petite Ville" now!

Vivid worldbuilding shout-outs like this are why Forged in FIYAH keeps lighting up the shelf — Tonya’s piece sounds electric.

This Must-Have Monday I have THIRTY-TWO new books to feature! Incl 🔥a collection of the best from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social! 🗝️Latine horror as edited by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social! 🗡️ Toby Daye returns with a revisit to Blind Michael's lands (😱) with @seananmcguire.bsky.social! buff.ly/RCW3s81

Must-Have Monday #307 - Every Book a Doorway

Sky serpents, chronically ill witches in haunted houses, and sapphic bone brides!

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My contributor copy of the FORGED IN FIYAH anthology from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social is here! Edited by the super-talented @davaun.bsky.social this beauty hits shelves tomorrow, and you can delve into these incredible tales of fantasy, sci-fi, and horror, perfect for Black Spec Fic Month in October.

Sulla says, "Check out my author, Emmalia Harrington, and 17 other greats in the Forged in FIYAH! Anthology" @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social

I read @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app's The Fae Island Incident, 1892 from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social l's Forged in FIYAH! anthology. She hits my weakness for complex worldbuilding with an emsemble cast. It's quite the balancing act.

I read @yvettel.bsky.social's Worry Dolls from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social's Forged in FIYAH! anthology. An exploration of being BIPOC in a wyt institution, as well as getting unwanted "help."

Y'all say you support Black writing. Put y'all damn money where your mouth is. @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social is one of our most important journals publishing speculative work by Black writers established as so for a while, & @tonyarmoore.com is my mutual & my comrade as a Black writer, so cop this shit.

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 2w ago

Three days to our anthology release! Fave lines from "The Nth Verse" by @tonyarmoore.com for our reading pleasure today 🖤 from one of our former acquiring editors! Just a few more days to get your pre-order locked in 🔒

One of several gems from the Forged in FIYAH anthology that we'll share over this weekend! @tonyarmoore.com's vivid worldbuilding is in full effect in her story 🔥

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 2w ago

Three days to our anthology release! Fave lines from "The Nth Verse" by @tonyarmoore.com for our reading pleasure today 🖤 from one of our former acquiring editors! Just a few more days to get your pre-order locked in 🔒

I read @ebonidunbar.bsky.social's The Possibility from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social's Forged in FIYAH! anthology. Strong worldbuilding and characterizations help fuel the emotions of the story. Plot wise, I was not expecting (redacted.)

A special Friday indeed when we get to rave about the OG and architect of the magazine herself, the incomparable @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app! Check out a snippet from her original short piece "The Fae Island Incident, 1892"!

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 3w ago

FOUR DAYS until the Forged in FIYAH anthology releases! Today we celebrate the queen herself @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app with fave lines from "The Fae Island Incident, 1892" 🔥🔥 Not only as a bedrock founding member of the mag, L's talents and labor have quite literally transformed the SFF landscape/

My first story set in my home of San Diego! The inspiration for this was a Twitter post I saw from a white pagan years ago who said with all seriousness “you can’t accuse me of oppression because I was a Black slave in a past life”.

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Forged in FIYAH anthology is SO proud to share fave lines from "We Got Options," an original story brought to you by @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social founding member and OG, @brentclambert.bsky.social!

Pleased to gift you with more phenomenal work from our very own @brentclambert.bsky.social 🔥🔥🔥 Scoop the Forged in FIYAH anthology today for this and more Black SFF from some of today's finest voices!

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Forged in FIYAH anthology is SO proud to share fave lines from "We Got Options," an original story brought to you by @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social founding member and OG, @brentclambert.bsky.social!

We especially love lifting up all the authors who've taken time away from their own projects to allow FIYAH to exist. Thank you, Tonja! Y'all give her a follow and support her upcoming novel 🖤🖤🖤

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy Wednesday! Back in your feed with a snippet from "Rescue Drone D-10.191" by @tonjakjohnson.bsky.social, an original science fiction story from the Forged in FIYAH anthology!

Just ONE WEEK before we get to celebrate the Forged in FIYAH anthology release!!! Check out our latest featured author, @veronicaghenry.bsky.social

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're just a WEEK OUT from our release of the Forged in FIYAH anthology!!! Today's fave lines hail from @veronicaodavis.bsky.social "Redemption is the Color of Dried Blood" 🔥

There's so much LABOR happening behind the scenes of FIYAH that goes unrecognized. It's an honor to make space for and share work from the staff who've allowed us to publish Black SFF over these past ten years. Thank you, @emmaliawrites.bsky.social!

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 3w ago

We're back this week with more fave lines from the Forged in FIYAH anthology! Today we shout out "Talented Tenth" by @emmaliawrites.bsky.social, one of our most stalwart acquiring editors throughout their time with the mag!

I read @brentclambert.bsky.social's We Got Options from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social's Forged in FIYAH! anthology. It begins by skewering "progressive" microagressions, before morphing into (spoilers!)

I read @tobiogundiran.com's On the Origin of Species from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social's Forged in FIYAH! anthology. It examines obsession and what it costs.

I read @tonyarmoore.com's The Nth Verse from @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social's Forged in FIYAH! anthology. It blends "ocean" adventure, found family, and moral complexity.

A Friday snippet for your reading pleasure! "Those Who Hunger" from @wcdunlap.bsky.social has something you didn't know you needed 🔥 Check out her story and more original Black SFF in the Forged in FIYAH anthology, releasing September 29!

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 4w ago

Back with another one! This Friday gifts us with some choice lines from @wcdunlap.bsky.social's "Those Who Hunger" in the Forged in FIYAH anthology. WC is a staunch supporter of Black SFF writers and master storyteller with multiple short stories in the world. We're so pleased to share her latest!

Too often writers pour into the community and platforms we so desperately need, at the cost of their own work. "Forged in FIYAH" is intentional about holding space for the authors whose labor made the magazine possible. In that spirit, we praise Eboni and invite you to enjoy her stories!

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thrilled to share more fave lines from Forged in FIYAH! Behold "The Possibility" by @ebonidunbar.bsky.social who served as a core member of @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social as managing editor. She continues supporting authors in the beloved NSS community, all while adding to her trove of released stories..!

Friends who've subbed to our latest issue, responses are coming in the next couple of weeks...! We're behind on all of the things but promise we haven't forgotten about you 🖤

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More goodness from the Forged in FIYAH anthology, today we get a glimpse of @clclarkwrites.com! Another sampling of the beautiful contributions Black authors have made to speculative fiction, and we are FEASTING through this entire collection. Share with a friend who needs more magic in their TBR 🔥

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 4w ago

We share a Wednesday fave line from "Flight," an original piece gifted to us from @clclarkwrites.com aka "The Patron Saint of Sword Lesbians" 🔥🔥🔥Preorder "Forged in FIYAH" for some of the best voices in Black SFF! Editor signed copies available while supplies last from @sistahscifi.bsky.social 🥰

Another day we get to share fave lines from a Forged in FIYAH author...! Check out @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and Crown Hill Chronic(les) 🔥🔥🔥

DaVaun Sanders@davaun.bsky.social · 4w ago

Today the Forged in FIYAH anthology fam spotlights "Crown Hill Chronic(les)" original fiction from the legend himself, @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social! A pillar in the Black SFF community, beloved mentor, and spiller of tea who championed FIYAH from year one. 🔥🔥🔥

AHHH SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS

FIYAH Literary Magazine@fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 4w ago

In two short weeks our Forged in FIYAH anthology will be out in the world! So naturally we'll take this time to scream about all the authors who contributed their stellar work, beginning with @mhayinde.bsky.social!!!

really miss being a contributing member of #TeamShortStories but i promise one day i will be back in the meantime, i do have a short story coming out this!! month!! in the upcoming @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social anthology!

Hungry for more of that epic world? Peep an adjacent story in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social No. 17 "The Techwork Horse." She's also gifted our pages with "Night of the Living Spa Weekend," one of the funniest stories I've had the pleasure to publish in FIYAH No. 26.

Preorder this phenomenal collection of talent today. Editor signed copies available from @sistahscifi.bsky.social 🥰 While I've got your attention, y'all know about the Invoker Trilogy, right? Catch up on the Sunday Times Bestseller while we're all waiting on the finale to drop 🔥