About

** Please note: As of December 2021, Midwestern Gothic and MG Press will be closed permanently. Read about the decision here. Thanks for all the memories. **

 

Midwestern Gothic, LLC is an independent book publisher in Chicago committed to publishing diverse, outstanding writing inspired by the Midwestern United States by writers who live or have lived here. Our company is built around two distinct efforts, the literary journal Midwestern Gothic (ISSN 2159-8827), and book publisher MG Press.

FOUNDERS/FICTION EDITORS

Jeff Pfaller’sshort fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in James Gunn’s Ad Astra, Jupiter, North Chicago Review, and Fiction on the Web. His short story, “The Cellar Door,” earned an honorable mention from L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest. He can be found online at http://jeffpfaller.com

Robert James Russell is the author of the novellas Mesilla (2015, Dock Street Press) and Sea of Trees (2012, Winter Goose Publishing), and the chapbook Don’t Ask Me to Spell It Out (WhiskeyPaper Press, 2015). Find him online at http://robertjamesrussell.com.


POETRY EDITOR

Christina Olson is the author of Terminal Human Velocity, Before I Came Home Naked, and Rook & The M.E.: A Law & Order-Inspired Narrative. Her poetry and nonfiction has appeared in journals including The Southern Review, RHINO, Gulf Coast, Mid-American Review, Puerto del Sol, The Normal School, Anti-, Gastronomica, Passages North, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Brevity, Black Warrior Review, and Quarterly West. Born in Ohio and raised in Western New York, she lives in Georgia and online at http://www.thedrevlow-olsonshow.com.


DIGITAL MARKETING DIRECTOR

Allison Reck is a graduate of the University of Michigan with degrees in English and French & Francophone studies. In her free time, she can be found in museums or opera houses, following her passion for art history and opera. She was born and raised in Michigan.


SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER


ASSISTANT EDITORS


Lauren Crawford is an Ann Arbor-based writer and editor with a penchant for telling jokes poorly and a passion for writing in the margins. Her first published poem was about a unicorn, and it was written exclusively in rhyming couplets (she was ten at the time). She loves science fiction novels, Suprematism, and survival horror video games, and has begun to run out of places to properly store her books. She still writes about unicorns. Find her at www.lauren-crawford.com.


Marisa Frey graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in English and Art History and currently copyedits for a news and media company. Inclusive language and a well-placed em-dash make her happy, as do snow, a good reading nook, and any chance to break out her hiking boots. She is a Northern Michigan native.


COPYEDITORS

Mackenzie Meter is a born-and-raised Michigander with a love for running, hammocking, and homemade soups. She currently works as the marketing manager for an Ann Arbor brewery, where she gets to write about (and enjoy) excellent beer. A lifelong reader, writer, and lover of words, she couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of Midwestern Gothic.

Sara Moore Wagner is a poet, a mother, and a part-time instructor at various universities in the Cincinnati area. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in many journals, including Reservoir, The Wide Shore, The Pittsburgh Review, The San Pedro River Review, Illuminations, Vine Leaves, and The Yellow Medicine Review. She has also been nominated for a Pushcart prize. She has a deep love for folklore, cheap antiques, and Tori Amos. She’s so excited to join Midwestern Gothic!