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Out of the Gutter No. 2

Out of the Gutter No. 2

The Modern Journal of Pulp Fiction and Degenerate Literature
Endorsements
Title Page
Masthead and Indicia
Matthew Louis: From the Editor
Contents Pages

Flash
John McFetridge
“Plugged”
Albert Tucher “Tipping is Optional”
Christs Faust “Hit Me”
Stephen Rogers “Drive Thru”
Matt Wallace “Notes”
Keith Gilman “Bunker Hill”
r2 “Yellow Pellets”
Jacob Kohl “The One That Got Away”

Approximately 10 Minute Read Dept.
William Boyle
“Neighborhood Girl”
Michael Bracken “Professionals”
Paul A Toth “For All I Know”
J.D. Smith “The Flower Girl”
Rey A. Gonzales “Bad Luck
Clair Dickson “The Pleasure Business”
Grant McKenzie “White Volcano”
M.C. O’Connor “Tweaker”

Gangland
John Rickards
“Vengeance is Mine”
Ken Goldman “Fat Larry’s Night With the Alligators”
Mark Marquez “To Get to Uncle Johnny’s”
E.E. Howard “The Thug We Love”
The Classic American Gangster (comic)

15 to 20 Minute Read Dept.
Rick McMahan
“Out On the Razor’s Edge”
Steve Alten “Lost in Time”
William Carl “Rumble”
Julie Wright “Devil, Me and Cherry B”

Nonfiction
Edwin Decker: Guzzle and Go, Goddamnit
Seth Ferranti: Adventures of a Meth Monster
Dale Bridges: Hooked

Other
Mind of My Own
Li’l Dahmer
Submission Guidelines
Notes on Contributors

Out of the Gutter No. 2 Summer 2007
Chief Editor: Matthew Louis
Deputy Editors: DZ Allen, Dale Bridges, Hana K. Lee
Finance: Joel Huck
Associate Publisher: Hassan Brubuddy
Publicity: Barney Stims
European Editor: Offenbach Stutz
5.5” x 8.5” 200 pages Originally $13.50
Out of the Gutter Online

An excerpt from Michael Bracken’s interview in The Digest Enthusiast No. 8, June 2018:

The Digest Enthusiast: In “Professionals,” the narrator is a gay prostitute. In “My Sister’s Husband,” Pulp Adventures No. 27 (Fall 2017) the narrator is a middle-aged woman. How do you ensure your characters act and speak authentically, with respect to their gender, sexual orientation, race, etc.?

Michael Bracken: I’m never certain that they do, and can only hope that they come close enough that readers will accept any mistakes I make.

The key, though, is to build characters from the inside out rather than from the outside in. Regardless of our gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious beliefs, and whatever else divides us, we share many commonalities. We want to love and be loved. We want to feel safe and free from fear. We want to be happy and healthy. We want to be appreciated by our families and respected by our peers. The list goes on and on.

If we build characters from the inside out, the characters will “speak” appropriately and more genuinely than if we build characters from the outside in and rely on stereotypes or presume that all women speak one way and all gay men speak another.

Additionally, I try to minimize the use of jargon. A police office will use terminology from her job differently than a doctor, which is different still from a barista. Only a word or two is necessary for the reader to catch those differences.

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 4 Summer 2019

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 4

Don’t keep your new pals waiting. The new issue of Pulp Modern is here.

Pulp Modern Vol. 2 No. 4 Summer 2019
Alec Cizak: From the Editor
Rex Weiner “A Pinto, a Hooker, a Gun” art by Ran Scott
Russell Thayer “The Killer” art by Alfred Klosterman
C.W. Blackwell “Her Name Was Larceny” art by Alfred Klosterman
Albert Tucher “Modesy” (Diana Andrews) art by Dan W. Taylor
Matthew X. Gomez “The Price of an Offer Refused” art by Ran Scott
Scott Forbes Crawford “Heart of a Samurai” art by Ran Scott
Adam S. Furman “Rosetta” art by Ran Scott
Adam S. House “Odd Jobs” art by Ran Scott
S. Craig Renfroe Jr. “Chulainn” art by Ran Scott

PM4 back cover

Publishers: Uncle B Publications & Larque Press LLC
Editor: Alec Cizak
Design: Richard Krauss
Cover: Rick McCollum
Back Cover: Brian Buniak
Cartoons: Bob Vojtko
5.5” x 8.5” 132 pages
POD $6.99 Kindle (print replica) $2.99 Magzter $2.99

Pulp Modern website
Larque Press website

Spinetingler Magazine Fall 2017

I’m new to Spinetingler, but I understand it began as a downloadable free magazine and now—with the help of Down & Out Books—is in print. Editor Sandra Ruttan notes: “I would like to thank Jack Getze for financing this venture so that the writers could be offered a small payment.”

The first print edition is loaded with short stories and features, making it especially easy to zip ahead even when you only have five minutes to spare. The features include brief interviews, authors’ reading lists, and a review. Overall, a novel method to expand the contributor list and give up-and-comers some extra ink. The subjects of these interviews and reader lists include Leo W. Banks, James Oswald, Laura Ellen Scott, Con Lehane, Rusty Barnes, Jason Ridler, Angel Luis Colón, Mindy Tarquini, Robb White, and Eryk Pruitt. Plus, Rusty Barnes provides a review of Hank Early’s novel Heaven’s Crooked Finger.

When I first encountered this magazine, it’s title evoked visions of horror stories, but this edition of Spinetingler is a crime book. Among its nine short stories are tales of revenge, bizarro fantasy, and vigilante justice, with entries from Tracy Falenwolfe, Nick Kolakowski , B.V. Lawson, Brandon McNulty, Karin Montin, Bern Sy Moss, David Rachels, Jennifer Soosar, and S.B. Watson. All criminally good fiction, but the standout is the novelette, “Illusions” by Albert Tucher, which manages to combine the feel of a 1950’s classic with a contemporary, spartan style—it is simply terrific.

Publisher: Down & Out Books
Editor: Sandra Ruttan
Contributing Editor: Jack Getze
Cover design: Lance Wright
150 pages, 5.5” x 8.5”
$10.99 POD, $5.99 Kindle ($1.99 with print version)
Spinetingler Magazine website