Fiction

midnight & indigo is a literary journal dedicated to short fiction and narrative essays by Black women writers.Featuring 19 Black women writers, the third issue includes contributions by Vanessa Anyanso, Itoro Bassey, Jennifer Celestin, Stefani Cox,...

Sylvia has it all, or so she thinks. She and her handsome husband, Garry, are the epitome of success: an immaculate house of their dreams, a beautiful and talented 17-year-old daughter, flourishing careers, and nearly twenty years of perfectly wedded...

Sylvia Blackwell has it all, or so she thinks. She and her handsome husband, Garrett, are the epitome of success: an immaculate house of their dreams, a beautiful and talented 17-year-old daughter, flourishing careers, and nearly twenty years of...

Many of us dream of being doctors, lawyers, pediatricians, or even the president of the United States. We have heroes that we look up to, and role models whose actions become our blueprint as we journey into adulthood.At no time do we dream of being...

Well beyond his passing in 2009, Michael Jackson remains one of the most adulated and mysterious stars in the world. Incredible singer, brilliant musician, amazing performer, he was just as talented as he was eccentric, adored as well as reviled with...

The Métis are the descendants of Cree and Assiniboine women who joined with French and Scottish men to raise children and shape a hybrid culture in the heart of Canada. In "Métis, Mixed Blood Stories," four generations of adolescents come of age during...

Metanoia means a change of mind. In the New Testament, the word is sometimes interchanged with repentance. But this type of penance is not about ruefulness, guilt, or disgrace. It represents making a decision to turn around or to move in a new direction...

Spirit Guide, Meridian has no idea the storm she is involved with until her father is sent to Etheria's prison. With the Hall of Souls on their heels, Meridian and the spirit guides seek out an ally from the Fairy Queen. The Queen has her own agenda and...

Editorial Review: I have read every book in this series and honestly I felt this was the best one yet. I know that can sound cliche but in this case it's true. The fairy nymphs take a central role in the story along with the demon court. One of the many...

On Earth with only fragments to piece together her mysterious circumstance, the once spirit guide, Meridian carries a curse that has robbed her of her existence. Etheria's leader is still up to any tricks available to make sure she never returns to the...

Returning home as Assistant Principal at Frederick Douglass Elementary-the school she attended as a child, is a dream come true for Danielle "Danny" Foster. Her happiness, however, soon gives way to fear and enormous stress. Douglass will lose its...

At the least likely time, any of us may find that we have crossed an invisible threshold, to just alongside what we have come to believe is Normal. In this collection, readers and protagonists alike step across that threshold, on excursions ranging from...

Generations of Hawai'i's residents have been raised on stories about the Menehune as magical and mischievous little people, living primarily in the mists of Island forests, in the history of our oldest places, and at the very edge of our vision. But...

The many facets of black family life have not always been fully visible in American literature. Black families have often been portrayed as chaotic, fractured, and emotionally devastated, and historians and sociologists are just beginning to acknowledge...

What more could Sincere ask for? He has everything he could have ever dreamed of. What would happen if his "perfect life" was not so perfect anymore? Could he hold everything together? Could he bounce back? Are there any secrets that could destroy...

She is dead and buried. By the grace of God, she was allowed to see how her life affected others before entering heaven, recalling details of the events that led to her amazing life, which began in slavery and ended in freedom.Mary Lou was born into a...