Justin C. Gordon

An Austin author goes Out of the Gutter and onto the page

Comments (0) By Keith Plocek Thursday, Jun 26 2008

Out of the Gutter, now on issue No. 4, is a journal of degenerate literature whose writers seem to think of the word “pulp” in the sense of “beaten to” rather than “printed on.” Bum fights, botched boob jobs, lab-rat prostitutes and murder (!) drip from its pages, which are handily divided into reads of five, ten and 20 minutes. Beyond these dropkick-a-baby experiments in grit lit, there are quote-unquote literary offerings too, such as “The Rules,” a smart, self-aware tale about holding up a crack house. The story has a protagonist who mentions foreshadowing outright and then — spoiler alert — doesn’t quite deliver like you’d expect.

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Austin writer Justin C. Gordon, a contributor and front man for OOTG, will be at Murder by the Book today, performing a puppet-show version of his story (you read that right) and passing out malt liquor in OOTG brown bags (yep, that too). 4:30 p.m. 2342 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-524-8597 or visit www.murderbooks.com. Free.
Sat., June 28, 4:30 p.m., 2008