Midwest Weird

Today on Midwest Weird: “In-Home Party” by Erin Johnston. Erin Johnston is the co-creator and editor of Midwest Weird. And with Heath Smith and Amy Lee Lillard, she hosts the 80s and 90s pop culture podcast Fuzzy Memories . For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird.com . _____ Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine from Broads and Books Productions . We’re the home of weir...

Today on Midwest Weird: A special reading of Donzerly Light , our weird pop culture column from Heath Smith. Heath Smith is a special pop culture contributor to Midwest Weird. Read his column, Donzerly Light, at midwestweird.com, and get it direct to your inbox when you sign up. Heath is co-host of Fuzzy Memories , the 80s and 90s pop culture podcast. Keep listening to the end of this episode for...

Today on Midwest Weird: “Gabriel's Horns” by Kip Knott. Kip Knott is a writer, poet, teacher, photographer, and part-time art dealer living in Ohio. His most recent book of poetry, The Misanthrope in Moonlight, is available from Bottlecap Press. You can follow him on Instagram at @kip.knott and read more of his work at www.kipknott.com. For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird...

Today on Midwest Weird: “Red Velvet” by Aarushi Bahadur. Aarushi Bahadur is a senior at St. Paul Academy in Minnesota. She’s a Scholastic writing award winner, a student journalist, a theater kid, and an ardent vinyl collector. Her work has previously been featured in Iris: Art + Lit Magazine. For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird.com . _____ Midwest Weird is an audio liter...

Today on Midwest Weird: “We Knew a World” by JP Solheim. JP Solheim’s short fiction has earned recognition in contests held by Glimmer Train and Craft, and their short fiction has been published in Bellevue Literary Review, Confrontation, MQR: Mixtape, and The Pinch. They are part of the MFA in Creative Writing and Literature faculty at Stony Brook University, where they also serve as Associate Di...

Today on Midwest Weird: “Drug Test” by Sam Sharp. Sam Sharp grew up in the low hills of north central Ohio. He writes essays and stories about complicated relationships between people, places, and the animals who call them home. He recently earned his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Wyoming with a concurrent degree in Environment and Natural Resources. You can read his work in Weste...

Today on Midwest Weird: “Destroying Angels” by Russell Brakefield. Russell Brakefield is the author of Field Recordings (Wayne State University Press), My Modest Blindness (Autofocus Books) and Irregular Heartbeats at the Park West (Wayne State University Press). He received his MFA in poetry from the University of Michigan’s Helen Zell Writers’ Program. For a full transcript of this episode, visi...

Today on Midwest Weird: “36 Hours in the SPAM® Museum” by Graham Marema. Graham Marema received her MFA at the University of Wyoming with a concurrent degree in Environment & Natural Resources. She is an activist, traveler, and musician. Her work has appeared in the American Literary Review, Litro Magazine, and 3Elements Review. For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird.com...

Today on Midwest Weird: “You’re Invited” by Jane Lovell. Jane Lovell is a writer and zine maker from St. Louis, Missouri. Her work has previously appeared in Abyss & Apex Magazine. For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird.com . _____ Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine from Broads and Books Productions . We’re the home of weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern...

Today on Midwest Weird: “The Highway” by Maxine Firehammer. Maxine Firehammer is a horror writer living in Saint Paul. She has previously had work appear in Hash Journal, The Molotov Cocktail, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. She is a 2024 Pushcart Prize nominee. For a full transcript of this episode, visit www.midwestweird.com . _____ Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine fr...

Today on Midwest Weird: “Negation” by Jessica Klimesh. Jessica Klimesh (she/her) is a US-based writer and editor whose creative work has been published or is forthcoming in Cleaver, Flash Frog, trampset, Atticus Review, Brink, Club Plum Literary, Ghost Parachute, and Bending Genres, among others. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, and Best o...

Today on Midwest Weird: “Growth” by Keira Perkins. Keira Perkins writes both short fiction and poetry, most of it speculative. She is also a scientist, which is mostly not speculative. Keira lives in Indiana with her husband, dogs, cats, and whichever stray animal she’s brought home that week. Keira can be found at keiraperkins.com, where she blogs about knitting, ghosts, miscellaneous trivia and...

Midwest Weird is an audio literary magazine featuring weird fiction and nonfiction by Midwestern writers. From strange styles to unique identities, from written tales to oral tradition, from Iowa to Indiana and everywhere in between, we’re the podcast home for stories that stick with you. Listen every other week for the edge of creation, come to life. Season 2 premieres February 12! Listen and sub...