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FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, Issue #32, Fall 2024: Spacefaring Aunties
Contents
Prose –
FUCK THEM KIDS //Tatiana Obey // 6050 words
After Jaz borrows some money from her sister, one of her nieces sneaks aboard her racing ship. Reluctant babysitting quickly turns into a chance for them to bond.
DIDN’T EARN IT //K.W. Onley // 7199 words
Major Kit Forester and her three-man crew must survive in space for 24 hours without ground support due to a malicious hacker attack on Earth. But tensions rise as her crew slowly begins to undermine her authority, putting all of their lives at risk.
MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER // C. M. Lockhart // 6713 words
After a sudden shipwreck, Serena is forced to land on a planet where she meets Amber, who offers to fix her ship. When Serena realizes they both have toxic mothers, she makes a promise that could give Amber a better life.
THE CARCOSA PATTERN // Conrad Loyer // 6659 words
Dr. Octavia Kincaid discovers a sleeper vessel that went missing over 200 years ago. She breaks protocol and attempts to help the passengers on board before slowly falling victim to their collective nightmare.
ANANSI MOON //Ezekiel Springer Jr. // 14941 words
There’s some truth to every myth, and a three-man crew of smugglers decide to transport a professor and his odd assistant to an off-limits planet to find a legendary treasure.
Poetry –
Afrofutures Haibun in Multiverse: Verdie’s Beam // Regina YC Garcia
The Old Tradition // Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi
Midnight Wash N Go // Kat Garcia
Prose –
FUCK THEM KIDS //Tatiana Obey // 6050 words
After Jaz borrows some money from her sister, one of her nieces sneaks aboard her racing ship. Reluctant babysitting quickly turns into a chance for them to bond.
DIDN’T EARN IT //K.W. Onley // 7199 words
Major Kit Forester and her three-man crew must survive in space for 24 hours without ground support due to a malicious hacker attack on Earth. But tensions rise as her crew slowly begins to undermine her authority, putting all of their lives at risk.
MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER // C. M. Lockhart // 6713 words
After a sudden shipwreck, Serena is forced to land on a planet where she meets Amber, who offers to fix her ship. When Serena realizes they both have toxic mothers, she makes a promise that could give Amber a better life.
THE CARCOSA PATTERN // Conrad Loyer // 6659 words
Dr. Octavia Kincaid discovers a sleeper vessel that went missing over 200 years ago. She breaks protocol and attempts to help the passengers on board before slowly falling victim to their collective nightmare.
ANANSI MOON //Ezekiel Springer Jr. // 14941 words
There’s some truth to every myth, and a three-man crew of smugglers decide to transport a professor and his odd assistant to an off-limits planet to find a legendary treasure.
Poetry –
Afrofutures Haibun in Multiverse: Verdie’s Beam // Regina YC Garcia
The Old Tradition // Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi
Midnight Wash N Go // Kat Garcia
163 pages, ebook
First published October 1, 2024
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May 29, 2025
Containing 5 stories and 3 poems, this issue of FIYAH had a "spacefaring aunties" theme, which is just an awesome theme to have, honestly. Obey's "Fuck Them Kids" was a great amount of fun (spaceship-racer accidentally has a stowaway), along with "Anansi Moon" by Springer. Some of the stories were quite dark, though, like Onley's "Didn't Earn It" (especially hitting hard in this political climate), and Loyer's "The Carcosa Pattern" has a lot going on (also a recently-announced Sturgeon Award finalist--awesome!).
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