After midnight refers to the time period following 12:00 a.m., the late night hours into early morning. It often implies quiet streets, night shifts, or nightlife when most people are asleep.
"Don't you want to join us?" I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that was already almost deserted. "No, I don't," I said. Franz Kafka
We shall see that at which dogs howl in the dark, and that at which cats prick up their ears after midnight. H. P. Lovecraft
I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight. Lisa Gardner
I'm actually in my 22-year-old son Jason's band, After Midnight Project. The music is like Coldplay-ish rock. Greg Evigan
I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream - I was surprised to find it happening. Haruki Murakami
Taciturn old people received the gift of tongues; ears that for years had been almost deaf were opened to it. Time itself had merged into eternity. Long after midnight the windows of the house shone like gold, and golden song flowed out into the winter air. Karen Blixen