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midnight & indigo: celebrating Black women writers
midnight & indigo is a literary journal dedicated to short fiction and narrative essays by Black women writers.
midnight & indigo celebrates 12 Black women storytellers across the U.S. and the Caribbean with our inaugural Music issue; a collection of essays and short stories in which sound shapes identity, memory, and Black resilience. Press play, turn the page, and allow this issue to become the soundtrack to your literary soul.
A daughter’s memories unfold in a timeless Nat King Cole classic. R&B CD liner notes spark a young writer’s love affair with language and art.
Guttural hollers echo through church pews, summoning ancestral power and unbreakable bonds—an exploration of the sounds Black women hold on to and the ones they pass on.
Double Dutch rhythms become rites of survival inspired by Nina Simone's "Four Women." Earth, Wind, and Fire's "Reasons" serves as a prism through which a daughter examines her father’s grace and the legacies we carry. A personal mixtape invites time travel through communal memories. Purple Rain grants a young girl permission to shatter limiting beliefs. Fandom’s highs and heartbreaks collide when K-pop stages expose the tension between belonging and otherness.
A solo saxophone performance during a viewing of Spike Lee's Mo’ Better Blues becomes one woman's act of courage. A Thriller VHS tape and strange glass of water remind us that the most ordinary moments can harbor otherworldly refrains...and more stories and essays.
We believe that every story sings; may this Music Issue leave you humming long after the final page.
Contributors Tyiana Combs, Kathy Graves Rosemond, Ashley J. Hobbs, Latoya Johnson, Nwenna Kai, Ladidas Lumpkins, Jessica McCall,Natasha Atim Moore, Ilisha Nicole, Dinkinish O’Connor, Carolyn S. Parker, and Dr. Felicia L. Rutledge.
midnight & indigo celebrates 12 Black women storytellers across the U.S. and the Caribbean with our inaugural Music issue; a collection of essays and short stories in which sound shapes identity, memory, and Black resilience. Press play, turn the page, and allow this issue to become the soundtrack to your literary soul.
A daughter’s memories unfold in a timeless Nat King Cole classic. R&B CD liner notes spark a young writer’s love affair with language and art.
Guttural hollers echo through church pews, summoning ancestral power and unbreakable bonds—an exploration of the sounds Black women hold on to and the ones they pass on.
Double Dutch rhythms become rites of survival inspired by Nina Simone's "Four Women." Earth, Wind, and Fire's "Reasons" serves as a prism through which a daughter examines her father’s grace and the legacies we carry. A personal mixtape invites time travel through communal memories. Purple Rain grants a young girl permission to shatter limiting beliefs. Fandom’s highs and heartbreaks collide when K-pop stages expose the tension between belonging and otherness.
A solo saxophone performance during a viewing of Spike Lee's Mo’ Better Blues becomes one woman's act of courage. A Thriller VHS tape and strange glass of water remind us that the most ordinary moments can harbor otherworldly refrains...and more stories and essays.
We believe that every story sings; may this Music Issue leave you humming long after the final page.
Contributors Tyiana Combs, Kathy Graves Rosemond, Ashley J. Hobbs, Latoya Johnson, Nwenna Kai, Ladidas Lumpkins, Jessica McCall,Natasha Atim Moore, Ilisha Nicole, Dinkinish O’Connor, Carolyn S. Parker, and Dr. Felicia L. Rutledge.
125 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 17, 2025
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