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Erin Brown @babblewocky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delicious stories inside! @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social

Author Erin Brown smiling and holding up a copy of the anthology Forged in FIYAH

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s the day! FORGED IN FIYAH, edited by @davaun.bsky.social is out now! This anthology features an absolutely stellar lineup of Black SFF authors, and it is such an honour to appear among them. 🥹

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The ToC for FORGED IN FIYAH, featuring stories by: Maurice Broaddus, MH Ayinde, Tonja K Johnson, C.L. Clark, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, WC Dunlap, Veronica G. Henry, Sheree Renée Thomas, Tonya R. Moore, Brent Lambert, Tobi Ogundiran, Tade Thompson, Nelson Rolon, Eden Royce, Eboni Dunbar-Scott, Yvette Ndlovu, Emmalia Harrington, and LD
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Raven @colorful-raven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

got notice my preorder is in at @ravenbookstore.bsky.social !

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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.

Cover of Forged in Fiyah Celebrating ten years of Black Speculative Fiction, done in hues of purple, green, and blue. Two elegantly dressed magicians stand in a forest around an anvil, holding hammers, about to strike a glowing chalice.

Back cover of Forged in Fiyah listing all contributors names: M.H Ayinde, Maurice Broaddus, C.L. Clark, Eboni Dunbar, WC Dunlap, Emmalia Harrington, Veronica G. Henry, Tonja K. Johnson, Brent Lambert, L.D. Lewis, Tonya R. Moore, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Tobi Ogundiran, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Nelson Rolon, Eden Royce, Sheree Renee Thomas, Tade Thompson

Beginning of story "All That Remains" by Eden Royce (me!) starting with the quote "The most marvellous thing to watch is the death of a person." -Pauline E. Hopkins, Of One Blood, or, The Hidden Self

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Sheree Renée Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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!

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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.

A paperback copy and a hardcover copy of Forged in FIYAH edited by DaVaun Sanders resting on a starry background.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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.

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Emmalia H @emmaliawrites.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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.

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ArtRogueMel @artroguemel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ARC Review: Forged in FIYAH: Celebrating Ten Years of Black Speculative Fiction Editor: DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social PubDate: Sept 29th 2026 #booksky #arcreader #arcreview #forgedinfiyah #speculativefiction

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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 🔒

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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/

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Didi is a trans immigrant 🏳️‍⚧️ @didichanoch.northsky.social · 24/09/2026

We already have our copies of Forged in FIYAH, which will go on shelves on Tuesday.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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" 🔥

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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!

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Let’s go!! 🔥🔥🔥 This anthology is not to be missed!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

✨SO NICE WE DID IT TWICE✨ The Forged in FIYAH anthology celebrates not one, but TWO starred reviews! I'm overjoyed to see such a warm reception and confirmation of what we've all known for the longest: Black SFF writers are among the best storytellers in the game.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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..!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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 🥰

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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. 🔥🔥🔥

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Forged in FIYAH anthology releases September 29!! These next few weeks I get to gush about these incredible authors and share a fave line or two from their original short stories. To start we salute @mhayinde.bsky.social with The Clothmaker of Kehin 🔥🔥🔥

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Emmalia H @emmaliawrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Me and 17 other FIYAH alumni will appear in @davaun.bsky.social's Forged in FIYAH anthology later this month. I'll be posting a mini review of each of my fellow authors before the September 29th publication date.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Book Review: Doctor Doom can ball in MARVEL: WHAT IF… THE MULTIVERSE WAS DOOMED? Comics Beat's Avery Kaplan reviews the prose novel Marvel: What If... The Multiverse Was Doomed? by DaVaun Sanders.

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Book Review: Doctor Doom can ball in MARVEL: WHAT IF… THE MULTIVERSE WAS DOOMED?

Comics Beat's Avery Kaplan reviews the prose novel Marvel: What If... The Multiverse Was Doomed? by DaVaun Sanders.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Love this!!! Thank you so much for this thoughtful review 🔥

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Bryan Young @swankmotron.com · 11/08/2026

The Launchpad Astronomy Starter pack is something you want to be following if you want to follow authors who have taken the science in their sci-fi to the next level, courtesy the Launchpad Astronomy workshop. go.bsky.app/SY9r5mz

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today we CELEBRATE!!! "Marvel: What If... The Multiverse Was Doomed" is out in the world! All of your support, preorders, check-ins, promo assists, nudges to hit the gym, hydration/sleep reminders...means everything. I'm deeply blessed with such a caring village.

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Nerd Initiative @nerdinitiative.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Shawn sat down with @davaun.bsky.social about his new book What If..The Multiverse Was Doomed which is out today!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

ONE WEEK before we release! Sooo much I want to cartwheel about (like all these cameos) BUT trying not to spoil my own novel like I was Tom Holland 😂 Share with a reader who needs their Marvel fix before Avengers: Doomsday ⏳

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Maurice Broaddus @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

-“Crown Hill Chronic(les)” in Forged in FIYAH (edited by @davaun.bsky.social) - Inspired by Midtown Indianapolis, a pop up funeral home, and @januarieyork.bsky.social once telling me she wanted to be a mortician when she was younger.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Cannot wait for y'all to dive into this collection of timely stories from some of the best writers to ever do it!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This one is special, closing out a ten year run of Black SFF 🥹 Share this with a Black author or poet of speculative fiction who will help us send off issue #40 in style 🔥🔥🔥

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Difficult post, but past time to rip the band aid off. FIYAH is going on hiatus indefinitely, with issue #40 currently set to be our last for the time being. The mag cannot continue running at a loss, and needs time to reassess operations from top to bottom if a viable path forward is to be created.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This was an absolute delight to be a part of! Give us a listen 🔥

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Every time I step away from this dystopia WIP the headlines drag me right back 🫠

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This one was soooooo fun! Grateful for the chance to blab about my work, give us a listen ♥️

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ordering food at a restaurant has made me a chef.

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Tordotcom Publishing @tordotcompub.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Starting the week with the best kind of mail - book mail! Galleys are in for Forged in FIYAH edited by @davaun.bsky.social!🤩 A celebration of Black speculative fiction unlike anything seen before, featuring the masterful prose of some of today's most accomplished writers.

A copy of Forged in FIYAH edited by DaVaun Sanders standing in front of a blue velvet pillow on a blue leather couch.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Don't sleep on this one...!!!

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Decades ago I dreamed of my work appearing beside some of the best to ever do it. Never did I imagine *assembling* such a collection of authors. "Forged in FIYAH" is coming. Get that preorder in today if you love to see Black authors thriving and putting out phenomenal work 🔥🔥🔥

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I just really love seeing good things happen for good peeps 🥹 we really out here winning despite this crazy place

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Let's goooooo!!! Cannot WAIT for y'all to dig into these stories with us 🔥🔥🔥

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Sonia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Please help get the word out that I am open for submissions. Thyme Travellers is an award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction and horror. My publisher and I are making it a series. Submissions are open for short stories, pro rate pay: soniasulaiman.com/thyme-travel...

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Thyme Travellers 2 – Call for Submissions

Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, will be publishing a sequel to the award-winning and acclaimed anthology Thyme Travellers featuring speculative fiction by Palestinian writers. Editor So…

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Opening a nachos spot exclusively for me and mine called Nacho Cheese.

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

It’s been six months since the publication of PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE! This Southern Gothic historical fic novella chronicling coming of age, putting duty to the dead before the constraints of living family, and the strange, yet beautiful magic of funeral rituals has had a wonderful reception.

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Watching old Fresh Prince episodes with the fam and the GROAN these twins let out at 47's cameo in season 4 🥹

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