Gold Coast Editions was founded in Chicago's Gold Coast in 2026, with roots in New York City's Tribeca. We publish fiction and nonfiction with one foot in the late twentieth century and the other in the present—literature that could have been written in 1999 or 2026. We're drawn to work that's intimate, obsessive, stylish, and emotionally precise, with an eye toward cities, culture, identity, and the strange ways people move through the world.

Some of the writers who inspire us include Anthony Bourdain, Emma Cline, Leslie Jamison, Julia May Jonas, Melissa Broder, Otessa Moshfegh, Allie Rowbottom, and Elizabeth Wurtzel.

If you think your work belongs on our list, we'd love to hear from you. Please send work to emma@goldcoasteditions.com. We'd rather read something strange and unforgettable than something merely polished.