Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw The TV Glow and the Horrors of Time
Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow” warns of the unstoppable, crushing force of time and the danger of the safe decision.
Tender is the Drac
Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker (1974), also known as La Grande Trouille (The Big Scare), might really only exist for two reasons: Peter Cushing and boobs. …I guess that’s three reasons. Sorry. But if that joke made you groan, you’re probably going to need more […]
Smoke and Mirrorshades: Barbecue and Cyberpunk
This week’s Guest Star is long time friend of the Gutter Jared Shurin. Jared is the editor of The Big Book of Cyberpunk. His previous anthologies have been finalists for (and usually lost) the Hugo Awards, World Fantasy Award, British Science Fiction Awards, and British Fantasy Awards. He’s […]
Everything In Latitude Zero Is Real
Everything is real and everything is possible in Latitude Zero. It is both a secret utopia beneath the sea where scientists and artists work in peace, waiting for the day when humankind will be ready to embrace Latitude Zero’s wonders, and a Japanese/American science fiction spectacle directed by […]
Keeping it Cozy
Sachin Hingoo learns to love taking turns in video games by calming down with Unpacking, one of the coziest games around.
From Scooby Doo to Shakespeare: Reputable and Disreputable Ghosts
I’ve decided to round off Switcheroo Month at the Gutter with ghosts. Are ghost stories reputable, you might ask? As a genre, not really, but as a literary device they’ve been used to explore some of the most serious themes imaginable, from personal tragedy and grief to unresolved […]
The Cultural Gutter 