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How Mother Superior Came To Stay
Arguing about religion? Your odds of winning are small. Argue in the Gutter with someone practically in religious robes? The odds drop from small to nun. (Sorry about that one, Lord.)How Mother Came To...
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Bog Annis
Careful where, or on who, you tread.Justice is coming. In this life, the next, or somewhere in between.Bog Annis by S.R. ManevThey found Annis Nyel’s body hidden among the thick, mossy roots of the...
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Cold Case
For Halloween, and the final story in the Gutteral Screams series, Chris McGinley spins a gothic tale about the unknown. And how you may be better off leaving it that way.Cold Case by Chris...
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Review: Don't Let Go, Harlan Coben
One of my simple pleasures in my reading life is getting to jump into a Harlan Coben novel and lose myself in the worlds he has created. While I enjoy all his books, his latest, Don’t Let Go, has Coben...
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The Twelve Daze of Christmas!!!
Our Holiday Spectacular is back! Can you smell cordite in the air?The Twelve Daze of Christmas by Bad-ass writersHello, everyone. It was an amazing Halloween, with a lot of fun pieces submitted and...
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Yellow Jackets
Protection means different things to different people. So does love. In the Gutter, it often comes down to the same thing. If you call that coming down.Yellow Jackets by Geoffrey PhilpWhen the...
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Brit Grit Alley
Brit Grit Alley features interviews, news and updates on what's happening down British crime fiction's booze and blood soaked alleyways.By Paul D. Brazill A short, sharp interview with hot new BRIT...
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Baby Ruth
If you're going to hustle a king's ransom,make sure the crown isn't cracked.Baby Ruth by Mark SladeDanny sat at the table, staring a hole in Rose. He sighed and reached into the left pocket of his...
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Two Nuns Walk Into A Bar
In the Gutter, even the best of habits are nasty.Two Nuns Walk Into A Bar by Eric Beetner“Listen up motherfuckers!”Roy says it, but everyone in the bar was looking at us already. Six foot tall, scruffy...
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You Have Reached Your Destination
Technology will take you anywhere.Even if you act like an asshole.You Have Reached Your Destination by Kurt NewtonWhere do you wanna go now, Frankie? "What the hell is this?" The look on Gina's face...
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Review: Crossed Bones, by S.W. Lauden
Just finished Crossed Bones by S.W. Lauden and I am ashamed this great piece of writing slipped past me for so long. This is a continuation of the Tommy and Shayna adventures we last read about in...
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REVIEW: Bolt Action Remedy
A little something different in today's Flash Fiction Offensive: Chris McGinley reviews the JJ Hensley novel Bolt Action Remedy.Bolt Action Remedy by JJ HensleyReview by Chris McGinleyTrevor Galloway...
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The Victim
There are a lot of unpredictable things in The Gutter. Guilt is the worst.The Victim by Kevin GarveyAfter you’ve been robbed a few times, you kind of get used to it. Your hands don’t shake as much, you...
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Review: The Mentor, Lee Matthew Goldberg
Let me start this review by just getting this out of the way: The Mentor is a flat-out kick-ass, balls-to-the-wall thriller that had me hooked from the beginning pages and kept reeling me in as Lee...
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What Two Thousand Dollars Buys You
Money's money, business is business. In the Gutter, it's often a dirty business, sometimes a deadly one. But sometimes a man gets bored and he gotta kill more than time.What Two Thousand Dollars Buys...
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Spare Tires
Blood is thicker than water.Even when that seed is spread like wildfire.Spare Tires by Geoffrey PhilpI knew something was up when one of the ushers whispered in my ear that the bride had arrived, but...
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Review: Knuckledragger, by Rusty Barnes
“I took a chocked up hold on the rubber grip of the bat and smashed his right elbow. I could feel the bone compress and break. It took the starch out of his dick, I’m happy to say”With these opening...
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Cheated
Sometimes you do your job and the person you're working with don't do theirs. Sometimes you're the one gets fired, sometimes you just quit. In the Gutter, whatever you decide: all solutions are...
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Brit Grit Alley
Brit Grit Alley features interviews, news and updates on what's happening down British crime fiction's booze and blood soaked alleyways.By Paul D. Brazill Last Year, I asked a bunch of Brit Grit...
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Review: Devil in The Hole
A change-up today in The Gutter. . .Chris McGinley reviews Charles Salzberg's Devil in The Hole. Review: Devil in The HoleJohn Hartman is a killer. He kills his wife. He kills his kids. He kills his...
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