midnight & indigo - Issue 14

Eight Black women writers from the U.S., the Caribbean, and Africa share unforgettable short stories and essays that prove memory is anything but still.
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PUB DATE: SEPTEMBER 16th

Eight Black women writers from the U.S., the Caribbean, and Africa share unforgettable short stories and essays that prove memory is anything but still.

In these pages, ordinary lives become extraordinary. We follow Mr. Garvey, an aging father navigating the early stages of dementia, whose search for something familiar transforms into a meditation on love and home. Another blends food and feeling, as one woman invites her former lover back to her table—serving a dish that carries both heartbreak and healing. A Florida family braces for a Category 4 hurricane as a daughter uncovers a family secret. And Selma Montgomery wrestles with the Civil Rights–era legacy written into her name, and the expectations that come with it.

The essays turn inward, offering intimate reflections on identity, history, and belonging. A woman seeks solace in the Montana wilderness, discovering resilience and wonder in the presence of bison. A Brooklynite explores memory as resistance, mapping a complicated love for a neighborhood transformed by change. A writer crafts a lyrical memoir-in-verse that illuminates the beauty and imperfection of survival. And another confronts chronic pain, faith, and the body’s fragility with raw honesty and strength.

ISBN: 979-8-9919208-6-5
Pages: 123
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches

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Morgan Christie, Chandra Marshall, Nyasha Mutunhu, Chiamaka Okike, Rimi Oni, Bria Soleil, Nagueyalti Warren, and Nala Washington.

Short Stories

“When the Leaves Fall” by Morgan Christie
Walk with Mr. Garvey, an older man navigating the early stages of dementia, whose search for something familiar becomes a meditation on father-daughter love.

“Pepper Soup” by Chiamaka Okike
Follows an amateur cook as she reflects on a past relationship with a lover, whom she met at a market and deeply loved despite their differences. After he breaks her heart over a meal, she invites him over for another one.

“Footnote” by Nyasha Mutunhu
Places us inside a home bracing for a Category 4 hurricane, where a daughter discovers a Polaroid that sparks a conversation.

“Namesake" by Nagueyalti Warren’
Selma Montgomery wrestles with the weight of her Civil Rights–era name, uncovering her own voice as she questions whether we are more than the expectations we inherit.

Essays

Under the Big Sky by Chandra Marshall
A needed break from the city and a once intense obsession with bison. She sets off on a quest to finally see some in the wild and reflect on her
relationship with nature, culture, and herself.

Belonging in Gentrification: A Brooklyn Love Story by Bria Soleil
Maps a complicated love for a neighborhood across decades of change, finding belonging in memory as much as place.

You Will Always Be Slightly Broken by Nala
Washington
Explores the writer’s life as a mosaic of moments, lyrical, imperfect, radiant in its honesty.

The Hard Year by Rimi Oni
Reflects on chronic physical pain with courage and
curiosity, asking how faith and self-understanding shift when tested, and whether we can, or should, begin again.
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A woman wrestles with the weight of her Civil Rights–era name. Another sets off on a quest to finally see Bison in the wild. Life as a mosaic of moments: lyrical, imperfect, radiant in its honesty.

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An older man navigates the early stages of dementia, whose search for something familiar becomes a meditation on father-daughter love. An amateur cook invites her ex over for a meal.

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A daughter discovers a Polaroid that sparks a conversation. A complicated love for a Brooklyn neighborhood maps across decades of change. A reflection on chronic physical pain with courage, humor, and curiosity.