Waxing Press

Waxing Press Small press based in Cincinnati dedicated to publishing new fiction. http://waxingpress.com Waxing Press (waxingpress.com) is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

We focus on literary work that other presses may shy away from, with a sharp focus on more experimental forms. Launched in 2015 by Ian Wissman, founding editor of the Cincinnati-based literary journal Milk Money Magazine, Waxing Press embraces the dark and the brooding: We look in the dark corners of fiction to find literature that drips with daring waiting to be drunk. In a culture obsessed with

false reality in a laminated, consumer-ready world, we see fit to remind the world of the weird and the wonderful. We want to remind readers that there is a liminal space where the sisterworld of reality lurks. It exists in our minds and here, on the page. Won't you turn it?

Check out our new review of House of Leaves, which is more about the experience of re-reading House of Leaves than an ac...
07/23/2019

Check out our new review of House of Leaves, which is more about the experience of re-reading House of Leaves than an actual review. Alas, we hope you enjoy it.

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Read Daniel Green's review of Tom LeClair's Passing Away over at Full-Stop Mag: http://www.full-stop.net/2019/03/05/revi...
03/05/2019

Read Daniel Green's review of Tom LeClair's Passing Away over at Full-Stop Mag: http://www.full-stop.net/2019/03/05/reviews/daniel-green/passing-away-tom-leclair/

"[PASSING AWAY] may most adeptly assimilate the influence of those adventurous writers whose work Tom LeClair the critic has so usefully illuminated." Postmodernist literary critic and novelist Tom LeClair's PASSING AWAY (Waxing Press) reviewed: http://www.full-stop.net/2019/03/05/reviews/daniel-green/passing-away-tom-leclair/

This week's Waxing Press Review is the seminal novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. https://bit.ly/2VC6Bly
03/04/2019

This week's Waxing Press Review is the seminal novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. https://bit.ly/2VC6Bly

A look into the problematic past of HP Lovecraft, which has larger themes concerning current times. The Night Ocean by P...
02/26/2019

A look into the problematic past of HP Lovecraft, which has larger themes concerning current times. The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge

When Charles sets out on his Love-quest to discover the true nature of "Howard's" (H.P. Lovecraft) relationship with the teen-aged "Barlovius" (Barlow), it sets off a series of events that lead to his su***de. This is basically on page 2, by the way, so I haven't spoilt nothin’.

One of the best fantasy novels I've ever read, Mervyn Peak's _Titus Groan_ is a dingy, sludgy, dark fantasy novel that e...
02/18/2019

One of the best fantasy novels I've ever read, Mervyn Peak's _Titus Groan_ is a dingy, sludgy, dark fantasy novel that explores political manipulation, power, and birth right.

Surreal, dark, grimy, fetid, but some how quick and not at all taxing or overbearing nor overwrought, Titus Groan is a ripe contender to be adapted for TV or film, especially in these political times.

What does George Saunders's _Lincoln in the Bardo_ have in common with a Twilight Zone episode? Check out our review:
02/04/2019

What does George Saunders's _Lincoln in the Bardo_ have in common with a Twilight Zone episode? Check out our review:

The idea of a transitory stage is age-old; the period setting is familiar to us Americans even in these 150 years separated from the Civil War—the war that still defines our national psyche, that tried to account for this nation's original sin. So it got me wondering, what can Saunders bring to fa...

Cincinnati's CityBeat talks with Tom LeClair about Passing Away, metafiction, and Trump. Passing Away is out now from Wa...
11/10/2018

Cincinnati's CityBeat talks with Tom LeClair about Passing Away, metafiction, and Trump. Passing Away is out now from Waxing Press:

Published by Cincinnati-based Waxing Press, the author says his most recent novel will be his last.

Tomorrow! Tom will be in Cincinnati to celebrate the release of Passing Away. More details below and at waxingpress.com
10/04/2018

Tomorrow! Tom will be in Cincinnati to celebrate the release of Passing Away. More details below and at waxingpress.com

'Passing Away' is the fourth and final installment in his 'passing' series

Available now at waxingpress.com, Passing Away by Tom LeClair.Tom will be in Cincinnati this Friday reading at the Unive...
10/01/2018

Available now at waxingpress.com, Passing Away by Tom LeClair.

Tom will be in Cincinnati this Friday reading at the University of Cincinnati, and signing books at the Northside Yacht Club.

Pre-orders for Tom LeClair's final novel Passing Away are live on Waxing Press now. Pick out a bundle today and come out...
09/12/2018

Pre-orders for Tom LeClair's final novel Passing Away are live on Waxing Press now. Pick out a bundle today and come out to our events scheduled for October 5th when Tom will be in Cincinnati for the release.

Pre-order is now live for Tom LeClair’s Passing Away .

An Interview with Tom LeClair, whose forthcoming novel, Passing Away, is out this October."The layers of deception and s...
08/01/2018

An Interview with Tom LeClair, whose forthcoming novel, Passing Away, is out this October.

"The layers of deception and self-deception in these four books are so thick and convoluted that even the author doesn’t know for sure who and what are reliable. In truth, if you can believe me, I’ve designed the books that way."
-Tom LeClair

As we're getting ready to release Tom LeClair's forthcoming Passing Away  on October 1st, we took the time to sit down with Tom to talk about the new book, unreliable narrators, deception, and Keever's life after passing.

We're excited to announce that Waxing Press will be publishing Tom LeClair's novel, Passing Away, October 1st, 2018. Rea...
07/17/2018

We're excited to announce that Waxing Press will be publishing Tom LeClair's novel, Passing Away, October 1st, 2018. Read about LeClair's final novel at the Waxing Press blog and stay tuned for more news, interviews, and events for Passing Away.

It is with great excitement that we announce the forthcoming release of Tom LeClair’s latest—and final—novel, Passing Away .

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