Chinonye Omeirondi, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/chinonye-omeirondi/ A Home for Black Women Writers Mon, 26 Jul 2021 06:44:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Chinonye Omeirondi, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/chinonye-omeirondi/ 32 32 153713158 “Chiamaka, Chisimdi” https://www.midnightandindigo.com/chiamaka-chisimdi/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 04:00:15 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=78049 The day Chiamaka disappeared, her father left the house in precisely three pieces. The first piece left at sunset, when the world, consumed by endless night, became his sworn enemy. A cowardly enemy at that, who only struck among shadows and darkness, never in broad daylight, never man-to-man. This piece was primarily made of a violent mixture of anger and animosity, and in its wake, it was determined to strike back at the world around it, leaving broken china and shattered bottles on kitchen tiles — birthing millions more bits of pieces. The second piece escaped through an open window

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