Review: Get Santa, by Martin Stanley
As a reward for being a fan and an email subscriber to Martin Stanley’s newsletters, fans of Stanley were recently emailed a 13,500-word short story, Get Santa, which featured the his main characters,...
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Paradise Is Where I Expected To Be
There's regular family and there's Gutter family. Where sometimes someone leaves you, sometimes someone saves you. And salvation? May just be a lot like Hell.Paradise Is Where I Expected To Be by Mark...
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Saving Christmas
On the first Daze of Christmas,Paul Heatley gives us The Santa Clause. . .with guns and corpses.Saving Christmas by Paul HeatleyTim panics when it looks like the guy’s going for a weapon. He fires and...
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Keeping with the Season
On the second Daze of Christmas, Beau Johnson gives us a holiday tale about cleaning house.Keeping with the Season by Beau JohnsonI have always believed in the spirit of Christmas and giving, but not...
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The Last Christmas
On the third Daze of Christmas, Kurt Newton reminds us the end is nigh.The Last Christmas by Kurt NewtonJacob lay awake in the dark. He had stayed awake by keeping his eyes focused on the twinkling...
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Review: The Best of 2017
Another year down and another year full of great books from great authors. Here is a list of my Top 10 books from 2017. I looked at the reviews I posted this year for each book and took some blurbs I...
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The Tie that Binds
On the fourth Daze of Christmas,James Shaffer gives us whips, masks, and leather.The Tie that Binds by James ShafferHelen drugged him. She slipped some pills in the mulled wine. Blame it on warm...
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Altercation on Ballet Boulevard
On the fifth Daze of Christmas, John Weagly highlights the beauty of a Christmas classic.Altercation on Ballet Boulevard by John Weagly “Two! I got two!” Bobby called to passersby. “Who needs two?”...
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Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
On the sixth Daze of ChristmasRobb White reminds me of the importance of Karma this holiday season.Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth by Robb T. White“Go fuck yourself, motherfucker!” That was my Mom’s...
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Slay Ride 2: Jingle Bullets
On the seventh Daze of Christmas,Tom Leins revisits some old friends.Slay Ride 2: Jingle Bullets by Tom LeinsChristmas Eve. The Merry Gentlemen Rest Stop. The space-heater is turned up high enough to...
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Gifts of Red and Green
On the eighth Daze of Christmas, 'Tis the season to look back, and regret.Gifts of Red and Green by J.J. SinisiI couldn’t tell what it was supposed to be. A forest landscape or a tulip, maybe? She...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
On the ninth Daze of Christmas,Kurt Newton gives us the Twelve Days of Christmas (Gutter style).The Twelve Days of Christmas by Kurt NewtonOn the first day of Christmas They sent me looking for a...
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Book Review: Life During Wartime
The Gutter is back from its sabbatical with. . .A review from our resident, voracious reader.Review: Thomas Pluck's Life During WartimeThomas Pluck has range. The stories in his forthcoming collection,...
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Review: Meat City on Fire, by Angel Luis Colon
Down and Out Books has come out with some great books as of late and they just pushed the bar even higher with the release of Angel Luis Colon’s Meat City on Fire (And Other Assorted Debacles). It was...
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Three Fingers of Scotch
Send your best man out, you expect the job done. Unless the target is just a little bit better.Three Fingers of Scotch by Jonathan BrownTaking a punch in the face is never good. That’s why when Jensen...
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Review: Accidental Outlaws, by Matt Phillips
“You’re the dirt in which you stand. You’ve never been anything. You’ll never be anyone. You’ll always get taken, be brought down, get kicked in your ribs. …the truth is in your bones- you’re a...
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Diagnosis: A-Hole
The holidays bring out the best in us. Even our inner asshole.Diagnosis: A-Hole by Paul GreenbergThe week before Christmas, I was diagnosed as bipolar. That was the day I decided to let my inner...
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Review: The Bloodletting, by Greg Barth
“It has never been my habit to write about the good and decent folks” – Greg Barth It was with some apprehension I tackled Greg Barth’s new release, TheBloodletting. Being that he has become one of my...
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A Defective Story
In life, there comes a time you must face your insecurities.In The Gutter, they just leap off the page.A Defective Story by Wayne ScheerRock Mason pushes his lanky body away from his desk and plops his...
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Jesse Gets Fixed
In The Gutter, a true friend stabs you in the front. Jesse Gets Fixed by Fred RockThe night was sticky and hot and I was sweating plenty even though it was well past sunset. Gravel crunched beneath my...
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