Tales from the Gutter by Harvey Bastard and Candle Phillips

Art can be found in depravity, a quality that renders trash indistinguishable from art and vice versa. That’s why Harvey Bastard & Candle Phillips believe in the old adage One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Having sifted through the gutters of their minds, this literary duo has produced a collection of dark, delightfully unwholesome, and occasionally humorous tales. They encourage you, dear reader, to get weird and have fun. After all, art is also about entertainment, and these authors certainly aim to entertain. Welcome to the gutter. And may the filth never wash off.   

“Bastard and Phillips have written some gloriously violent and depraved stuff in Tales from the Gutter. Bastard’s “The Final Meeting of the Exquisite Flesh Society” brings to mind some of Barker’s more visceral body horror, and Phillips’ “Penance” is a revenge tale that would make Laymon blush. These are definitely two up-and-comers to take note of in the splatterpunk world.”  –Duncan Ralston, author of Woom and Ghostland