“In Hades, He Lifted Up His Eyes”
Enjoy this free horror story, “In Hades, He Lifted Up His Eyes,” by author and friend of the Gutter James Bennett! You can also listen to it ready by Veronica DeGeneres–just got to the top of the sidebar here!
Dashiell Hammett at Library of America
Library of America has Dashiell Hammett’s story, “Creeping Siamese” as it’s story of the week. ‘Based on the scantiest of evidence—a red silk sarong—the detectives, including the Continental Op, begin working under the assumption that they should be looking for ‘brown men,’ that is, Asian immigrants. ‘This short […]
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Oval Portrait”
Read Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Oval Portrait” at the Library of America website!
“No Sleep Podcast”
Listen to spooky stories, including friend of the Gutter Sara Century’s “A Small Light,” on the No Sleep Podcast!
“Decoded: A science fiction, fantasy, and horror story-a-day anthology for Pride month”
Celebrate Pride Month with the story-a-day anthology, Decoded #2, edited by Monika Estrella Negra, S.E. Fleenor and friend of the Gutter Sara Century, who also provides illustrations! Decoded is “a collection of stories that reaches for stars, gets lost in forests, swims in the deepest oceans, and digs […]
“The Gutting of Couffignal”
Dashiell Hammett’s “The Gutting of Couffignal” is available for your reading pleasure at the Library of America’s blog. The story originally appeared in the Dec., 1925 issue of the influential pulp fiction magazine, Black Mask. Along with the story there’s a discussion of the publication pressures of writing […]
The Cultural Gutter 