T.D. Carter, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/t-d-carter/ A Home for Black Women Writers Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 T.D. Carter, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/t-d-carter/ 32 32 153713158 The Devil in the Paisley Dress https://www.midnightandindigo.com/devil-in-the-paisley-dress/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:12:39 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=81603 The smell of bergamot grease and hot iron always brings it back—the sticky, humid pulse of an Alabama Sunday morning. At five years old, my world was a haze of golden-brown skin polished with coconut butter until I shone like a new copper penny. In the kitchen of our Chambers County home, Aunt Mae reigned over the stove. The scent of bacon drifted through the house, thick and salty, colliding with the rich, bitter perfume of “grown-up” coffee. To me, that scent was the smell of opinions and secrets. I longed for a sip of that dark chocolate gold—adults and

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