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Obituary Game
This one is a little...outside the (shoe)box...of what we normally run. But when a story is this fucking good, fuck the rules. That's punk rock.There are several themes here in the Gutter. File this...
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Review: Fierce Bitches by Jedidiah Ayres
Chris LeekIndependent ReviewerContact Chris to have your work reviewed.BioBlogTwitterRight, if you are all done hunting for eggs and eating chocolate, lets get back in the Gutter and take a look at...
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Brit Grit Alley
Brit Grit Alley features news and updates on what's happening down British crime fiction's booze and blood soaked alleyways.By Paul D. Brazill Ey up! Out now! The Cops Of Manchester by ColBuryIncludes...
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Cuddling with Mike Monson
“Ryan, have Mike come to dinner,” my wife says to me while she sets the table. In a whisper, “So you can get him out of here ASAP.”“I know, I know.” I say, not wanting to hear her get pissy about me...
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Classic Film Review: Laws of Gravity (1992)
By Anthony MorettaWritten and directed by Nick Gomez, Laws of Gravity is a hard-hitting snapshot of a few days in the lives of petty crooks Jimmy (Peter Greene) and Johnny (Adam Trese), lumbering...
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Belly or the Head
They say that those who don't remember history are condemned to repeat it.Down in the Gutter, what's the difference? Remember. Forget. Either way, you're still pretty much fucked.Belly or the Head by...
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Review: Josh Stallings' All the Wild Children
By Gabino IglesiasOrder From AmazonIt's 2013. I'm on the bus, reading Josh Stallings' memoir, All the Wild Children. It's fun and sad in equal measure, wonderfully real and brutally honest, creative...
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Review: Grave Digger Blues by Jesse Sublett
Chris LeekIndependent ReviewerContact Chris to have your work reviewed.BioBlogTwitterJoe Clifford recently said in his introduction to Zelmer Pulp's exciting new Sci-fi collection: “You think the world...
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The Champ
Some folks will tell you a wife's duties know no boundsBut when you're married to a pugilist, you've got to draw the line.The Champ by Dakota TaylorIf I hear the joke one more time, I'll scream. I'll...
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Brit Grit Alley
Brit Grit Alley features news and updates on what's happening down British crime fiction's booze and blood soaked alleyways.By Paul D. Brazill The big news down Brit Grit Alley this week is a very...
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Underrated Brooklyn Crime Movies
By Bill BoyleAnthony’s Laws of Gravity review last week got me thinking about other underrated Brooklyn crime movies. Being from Brooklyn, I have an especially low tolerance for bad shit set there....
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Wrong Turn
Easy money rarely is.And if you hop that downbound train enough times, there's a good chance you'll end up in the Gutter...Wrong Turn by Tod ConnorThey knew they had taken a wrong turn. He remembered...
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Bareknuckles Pulp No. 30: Fucking Amateur Night in the Philly Mob Talent Show
The Bareknuckles Pulp Dept. comes roaring back with exactly what the title says. Featuring Vincent & Louie from Mr. Dunham's novel THE STREET MARTYR, coming soon from our full-length wing, Gutter...
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Review: Pale Horses by Jassy Mackenzie
By Gabino IglesiasOrder from AmazonWhen Sonet Meintjies, a base jumper, falls to her death while attempting to parachute off a newly built sixty-five-story skyscraper in Johannesburg, South Africa, it...
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Review: Junkie Love by Joe Clifford
Chris LeekIndependent ReviewerContact Chris to have your work reviewed.BioBlogTwitterUnless you have been living under a rock in the Atacama desert for the past couple of weeks, you can’t have failed...
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Brit Grit Alley
Brit Grit Alley features news and updates on what's happening down British crime fiction's booze and blood soaked alleyways.By Paul D. Brazill Dancers, romancers. Things of the night. All kinds of...
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Classic Film Review: The Hit (1984)
By Anthony MorettaThe Hit is crime tragedy in the strictest Shakespearean sense. Meaning, almost everyone dies at the end. The funeral march early in the film sort of hints at this. And in between,...
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The Mule
Why bother talking? People hear what they want to hear.And the demons you're trying to outrun always scream the loudest...The Mule by Andrew HilbertWhack!Detective Lou Tenant’s knuckles crashed into...
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RIP Cort Mcmeel
No short story today. We're reposting Les Edgerton's tribute to our brother Cort. The Bareknuckles Pulp Dept. will be back next week.A warrior has fallen by Les EdgertonHi folks,A warrior has fallen....
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Heavier Than It Ought to Be
You can't pick your family and you can't pick your pain.Beau Johnson shows us the true meaning of dysfunction.Heavier Thank It Ought to Be by Beau JohnsonI’ve blocked memories. I know that now. By...
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