Literary Fiction

Midwestern Gothic

by Scott Thomas

Four novellas take a hatchet to the idyllic image of the American Midwest—open plains, quaint main streets, and tranquil lakes hiding rot beneath their surfaces. Kansas native Scott Thomas excavates the dark undercurrents of heartland life, revealing the Gothic horrors lurking in wheat fields and small-town nostalgia.

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