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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 19h

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 21h

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. 🥹

A stack of hardback copies of FORGED IN FIYAH

Modupe holding up a copy of FORGED IN FIYAH

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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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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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We are open for work! Editing - developmental editing - copy editing - line editing - proofreading - sensitivity reading - book coaching Design - typesetting - layout - book design - cover design (we don't illustrate ourselves but we can connect you to someone!). arcaneoblong.com

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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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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is the Battlestar Galactica re-reboot still happening? I think the only thing I’d be interested in is a proper retro-futuristic homage to the original. Like, I want chunky analogue technology and 70s hairstyles and a disco soundtrack pleeeeease…!!!

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

In addition to her published short pieces, Tonya continued expanding her body of work as an editor, guest-editing FIYAH issue No. 30. She's also a co-editor for the highly anticipated @tco-anthology.bsky.social and poetry editor with our friends @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social 🌻

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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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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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 🔥

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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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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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”.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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!

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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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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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 🖤🖤🖤

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Andrew Thatcher @andythatcher1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Good work Battersea!

Battersea Dog and Cat billboard titled with The only borders we care about. And three images of a border collie

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From my new essay about the new social contract AI/AGI is actually meant to force us to sign: catvalente.substack.com/p/grand-thef...

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Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I've launched a GoFundMe to help me get my cats to a safer home in Scotland, and you can pay-what-you-want using the GFM system and get 15 of my books as eBooks as a Thank You every Friday as an update! www.gofundme.com/f/help-autho... That's almost 700,000 words of fiction, pay what you want!

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Donate to Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland, organized by Tobias Buckell

Hi, I'm author Tobias S. Buckell, and these are my two cats, P… Tobias Buckell needs your support for Help Author Tobias Buckell and His Cats Move to Scotland

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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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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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

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Voces de lo insólito @vocesinsolito.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hoy recordamos uno de nuestros primeros relatos del año: «Las palabras de nuestra abuela», de M. H. Ayinde, una historia de fantasía sobre la colonización de un pueblo a través de la palabra escrita. Podéis leerlo en español en Voces 💚 www.patreon.com/vocesdeloins... @mhayinde.bsky.social

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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!

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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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Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Anyway, preorder Annabel’s book if you think it’s your jam, if you’ve not read the first book, it’s currently discounted on a lot of ebook stores right now All proceeds, as well as any money we earn through any other means go towards us making sure he continues to be as awesome as humanly possible…

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Omar Kooheji 🍉 @ohmz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Life is a bit of a roller coaster for us right now, lots going on which is raising our stress levels, one shining light on the horizon is that my wife’s book is coming out in a month, and I’m really excited that other people are going to get to experience it.

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The Void Dragon

'Truly enchanting' Trudi Canavan on The Outcast Mage 'Both classic and utterly original, this is heartfelt fantasy from a wonderful new voice' Tasha Suri ...

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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

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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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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!

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

By successfully ignoring all of humanity for its entire existence, this cat has proved itself to be the most cat-like cat ever. (It comes to bestow its intergenerational knowledge of peak indifference upon all other cats.)

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

Slow Horses is back and the E1 outro is Ebo Taylor?! Let’s go! 🔥

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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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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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!

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J.D. Heisler @turned-the-page.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Rarely does a sequel kick more ass than the original, but I was absolutely in awe of A Dance of Burning Blades by @mhayinde.bsky.social If you like epic fantasy, with heart-breaking characters and complex world building ditch your TBR and check out A Song of Legends Lost. #booksky #epicfantasy

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Once again, I wear my running backpack not because I am a FEARSOME RUNNING WARRIOR about to run an ultra, but because I am heading to the FANCY ARTISAN BAKERY to fill it with AWESOME CAKES which I will then take home and CONSUME.

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

Maurice is mentor to so many of us (sorry/thank you Sally). Plus his work as reprints editor at Apex, founder of Mo*Con, organizer for the GenCon Writers Symposium...AND his community building in Indianapolis, just...here: mauricebroaddus.com Give this man a follow. Better yet, buy all of his books!

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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

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 🔥

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

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.

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I need to stop watching clips of Aaron Pierre accidentally slipping into his London accent…

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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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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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!!!

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The spouse is watching the Watchmen TV show for the first time and man, I wish I could experience it for the first time again. It’s as close to perfect as anything gets for me…

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Related to which… I’m now working on my new projects in earnest and the process is bringing me so much joy. This alone confirms what a grift gen “AI” is. Like, WHY would I want to give this joy up to a machine?! Surely the process of creation is the entire point of creativity?! (Clue’s in the word!)

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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Book 3 of The Invoker Trilogy headed off to copy edits last week! Crazy and surreal to think that my firstborn series is now complete. They really do grow up so fast, innit. Exciting and scary to think that next year this book will be taking its first steps out in the big wide world.

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Some scams are easier to spot than others. That said, we get these semi-regularly and they are only getting more focused and custom-tailored, so be careful writers! And, no, we didn’t reply, but it was super-tempting.

Text from a scam email message which reads:

Hi Arthur C. Clarke,

I recently came across 2001: A Space Odyssey, the 25th Anniversary Edition, and wanted to reach out.

I’ve been connecting with authors whose books are available to readers but may not be reaching as many new audiences as they could.

I’m curious how has your experience been with book visibility and reaching new readers? And have you considered exploring new ways to promote your book or expand its reach to additional platforms?

I’d genuinely be interested in hearing your thoughts and experience.

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