Current Issue
Pre-order now | Pub 10/31
16 Speculative Stories by
Black women writers
In this issue, sixteen Black women writers conjure strange wonders, eerie encounters, and futures beyond our reach.
From drowned cities and haunted cabins to cosmic missions and forbidden rituals, these stories bend time, space, and the human spirit. You’ll meet a Georgia undertaker who stops cremating bodies and awakens a town’s buried sins, a Haitian mother facing an impossible choice, a woman who time-jumps through her own life, and an astronaut preparing for liftoff as Earth collapses below her, and more.
Why We Publish
midnight & indigo was born from a deep love of reading and writing—of finding yourself in a story and realizing your voice belongs on the page. Our literary journal is a place where Black women writers and their readers connect. Since 2018, we've published work from over 400 Black storytellers across the globe, building a living archive that honors our past, speaks to our present, and imagines our literary future.
Get Published
Share your work, expand the archive.
We publish short fiction and nonfiction narratives that center the voices, lives, and imaginations of Black women writers. Our digital journal is updated year-round, and each triannual issue is a carefully curated collection of standout work across genres and styles.
If you’re telling a story that resonates, challenges, lingers—we want to read it.
Submissions are open and ongoing.
