Slough Press is an American small press publisher that specializes in unique literature in all genres, publishing since 1973 from Texas in Austin, Dallas, and College Station. Publisher and founder, Dr. Charles "Chuck" Taylor, Jr., is an academic and Creative Writing professor at Texas A&M University at College Station; nevertheless, the mission of Slough Press is to offer novels/fiction, poetry, and non-fiction that anyone can read. The innovation found in most Slough books can be in point of view, language used, writing process, cultural connections, or lifestyles and philosophies that are illustrated. Most Slough authors are from the South or Southwest.