Midwestern Gothic publishes written works.
Literary magazine . Literary magazines usually publish short stories , poetry and essays along with literary criticism , book reviews , biographical profiles of authors , interviews and letters . Little magazines , often called `` small magazines '' , are literary magazines that publish experimental literature and non-conformist writings of relatively unknown writers . Midwestern Gothic is an American literary magazine based in Ann Arbor , Michigan and Chicago , Illinois . Founded in 2010 by Robert James Russell and Jeff Pfaller , Midwestern Gothic publishes both fiction , essays and poetry .