On Christmas night, I found peace in my mother’s rendition of a Jody Watley song. Only inches from the speakers, Mama sat…
On Christmas night, I found peace in my mother’s rendition of a Jody Watley song. Only inches from the speakers, Mama sat…
Naomi smiled when she received Amir’s note to ask her out during History class because it confirmed her beliefs—that she was different…
Musu sat on a big rock. A beige bar of caustic soap stood vertically on the pile of dirty laundry at her…
337. It’s the number of miles from New York to Virginia. It’s approximately 3 two-hour movies or a season and a half…
I teach sixth graders by day and write anonymously for a local news column by night. I’ve never told anyone in my…
It’s here – midnight & indigo digital issue no.1! July 5, 2023 Featuring 10 short stories and essays by Black women writers…
Behind them, the sun is rising. They’ve been crammed in the car for hours. Jimmy and Josie shouting about castle building and…
I like to find myself in works of art. Sometimes I see my sister in them too—our relationship at different times captured…
Sean is not you. Sean doesn’t drag me from bed at three in the morning, mouth pasty, eyes red, to marvel from…
The past sticks with us forever, even when we change names or give up our brains to be wiped out. I have…
Now Mo never mentioned the former residences for 2728 Prospect Street, unless she was spitting mad, and even then it wasn’t enough…
When she hears his car door shut close behind him, Queen has just finished her to-do list. She writes one every day,…
It’s here – midnight & indigo issue no.5! In this collection, we meet characters across continents in various stages of becoming.…
Jesse arrives home an hour late. The humidity grips him as he climbs the four floors to his apartment. He remembers when…
The tap is leaking. I know this is not the first words I should say to you. ‘The tap is leaking’ is…