“How To Be Cool”
Friend of the Gutter Todd Stadtman briefly reviews the new book by the Gutter’s own Keith Allison, Cocktails and Capers: Cult Cinema, Cocktails, Crime and Cool! Go on over and look and then make sure to pick up Keith’s book, too!
“Life Got You Down? Time to Read The Master and Margarita”
At Lithub, Viv Groskop writes about Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. “Written in the 1930s but not published until the 1960s, The Master and Margarita is the most breathtakingly original piece of work. Few books can match it for weirdness. The devil, Woland, comes to Moscow with […]
23 Great Stories To Freak You Out!
Lithub has a list of great horror books to read this October–all by women! “[If] you’re not sure where to start this season, here are a few recommendations of great writers of horror (the genre admittedly here broadly defined) to get you started. Of course, this is by […]
The Phantom Playhouse
Friend of the Gutter Kimberly Lindbergs has some Spookoween appropriate material for you to read and thrill to at The Phantom Playhouse!
Stealing Books
Leah Henrickson writes about rare book heists, the film American Animals and the larcenous ways of the library of Alexandria at the Independent.
Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley!
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century writes a history of Mary Shelley in pop culture for SyFy. “There’s no denying that Mary Shelley led a fascinating life. She was the child of two prominent political writers, one of whom was a renowned proto-feminist who died shortly after childbirth. […]
The Cultural Gutter 