Forgotten Plans
It's easy to make plans, locked behind slab grey walls. All you need is the ability to dream....But you find it's much hard to execute out in the real world, especially in the Gutter....Forgotten Plans...
View ArticleRuthless Honesty From Fox and Tom
Out of the Gutter Online is proud to announce a new feature from Gutter author T. Fox Dunham. Strap yourself in for a rough ride with a man who is regularly put through hell but just keeps coming...
View ArticleDick
It's hard to introduce a story such as this without hitting on any adolescent puns.So, without further ado, we present to you, Todd Morr's Dick.Dick by Todd Morr“Dude, you are such a dick.”I did not...
View ArticleFilm Review: Spring Breakers (2013)
By Bill BoyleSpring Breakers is a goddamn beautiful movie. Typical spring break nonsense subverted at every turn. What Harmony Korine does with colors. The sound editing. Franco, as Alien, giving a...
View ArticleBrit 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 This week down Brit Grit Alley, I have a short, sharp...
View ArticleHeavy Lego
Who says there's no honor among thieves? The best criminals live by a very strict code. Especially in the Gutter....And rule #1: you don't fuck with kids..Heavy Lego by Beau JohnsonOK. So here’s the...
View ArticleNews From The Fox Den
A bit of writing from T. Fox Dunham as he announces the East Coast release party for his first novel, The Street Martyr, available in book stores and online October 1st.Party to be held at Tabora Cafe...
View Article(Modern Classic) Film Review: AFFLICTION (1997)
By Anthony MorettaAffliction is what happens when a helluva filmmaker works with a helluva cast: cinema layered like a fuckin' Napolean pastry.Director Paul Schrader - working from his adaptation of...
View ArticleMona
Never underestimate the bonds of small town sympathies ... or their ties that bind.And sometimes in the Gutter, you can find both wrapped up in a pretty little package....Mona by Marietta MilesMona...
View ArticleReview: Deep Blood by Philip Thompson
Chris LeekIndependent ReviewerContact Chris to have your work reviewed.BioBlogTwitterI have a thing for crime novels set in the rural South. You can blame the likes of William Gay, Tom Franklin and the...
View ArticleLegal Mail
We here at FFO love it when a writer manages to break the mold.Steve Gregory uses his personal perspective to give us something both creatively unique and gritty.Mail by Steve GregoryPrison Mail Lawyer...
View ArticleBrit 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 You don't have to be a man or strange to attend the...
View ArticleOne Night Stand-Off
Reinventing wheels is all fun and good, but sometimes you need to kick it old school.Don't matter much in the Gutter. Old and new shoes both land you in the same steaming piles of shit.One Night...
View ArticleQuestions, Answers; Answers, Questions
If you want the straight story, you better get your story straight.What's the difference, you ask? In the Gutter, brother, it's the difference between walking and doing 25 to Life....Questions,...
View ArticleBrit 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 OUT NOW: Moonchild's Sins by Darren Sant.The Blurb:Kicked...
View ArticleNeo-Classic Crime Film: THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (2013)
By Anthony MorettaAs my partner-in-grit Bill Boyle pointed out in casual conversation, director Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines ("Pines") is a book on screen. Not to get it twisted, this...
View ArticleCorner Flag
Sacrifice the body; win the game! Jason Beech brings us a story that echos through so many of our childhoods. Corner Flag by Jason BeechI arrive at the footy field early, like I always do, setting out...
View ArticleHemingway Drank Shots
We have a few patron saints in the Gutter. And you better believe Papa is one of them.Do yourself a favor and read this fucker twice. There's a lot of shit going on here beneath the surface.Hemingway...
View ArticleBrit 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 This week down Brit Grit Alley I have some Top Tips:...
View ArticleKillin' Floor
You might remember these two from last year's "Desert Heat."If not, all you need to know is they are bad mutherfuckers, who love the blues.Killin' Floor by Bill BaberWhen Gaff and me got paroled from...
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