Welcome to Midnight River Press
Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Midnight River Press is devoted to publishing stories that linger in the shadows—tales of beauty, sorrow, and the haunting power of history.
Available in May 2025!
Mademoiselle Frankenstein
A luminous reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Gothic horror classic, Mademoiselle Frankenstein brings new depth to this legendary story. It follows young Océane Frankenstein as she creates a creature amid the turmoil of the Revolutionary War. A story of love, grief, and the fragile boundary between creator and creation, Mademoiselle Frankenstein is as heartbreaking as it is unforgettable.
Available in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook.
Praise for Mademoiselle Frankenstein
“By giving both Océane and her Creature a multi-racial, multicultural, and deeply historicized mixed-American background, Robin Solit makes this creation tragedy a deeply suggestive reflection on the whole history of the United States and its various peoples, including the positioning of women in it, at the very time the USA is coming into existence.”
Professor Jerrold E. Hogle
Professor Emeritus of English, University Distinguished Professor
University of Arizona at Tuscon, USA
“Robin Solit's Mademoiselle Frankenstein is an evocative tour-de-force that works within the Gothic dystopian tradition of Mary Shelley's beloved Frankenstein. This reimagined classic, set against the backdrop of the American Revolutionary War, skillfully tells an austere yet tender story of a young woman whose tragic brilliance and profound sorrows birth a monstrous creation.”
-Tricia Reeks, Publisher, Meerkat Press
“With Mademoiselle Frankenstein, Solit provides not only a dazzling retelling of the Frankenstein story, but also an interpretation of Gothic horror that is as romantic as it is suspenseful. She has given us a novel every bit as good as Shelley’s original, better even because it drops Shelley’s narrative flaws. Robin Solit has delivered something quite exceptional.”
Professor Gary Hoppenstand
Department of English, Literary studies, Film and Media Studies, Popular Culture
Michigan State University, USA