Out of the Gutter 8 contains the most popular pieces posted this year at Out of the Gutter Online (www.outofthegutteronline.com), as well as the editors' personal favorites and several brand new stories with a "digital age" theme, written ...

From the junkies openly shooting up on stoops to the homeless men with their fleets of shopping carts piled high with garbage, Peter Plate’s Mission District is "a catechism in destruction," one that doesn’t end until someone is ...

Grace Stebbing. and gutters through half the night , till I found a stray ... off to rejoin him , leaving Walter Benn in a strange state of astonishment ... away the starting tears , and as he did so , for the first time became conscious ...

Out of the Gutter and Into His Grace is a story which takes a journey with protagonist Kamara as she sustains multiple bumps and bruises - physically and emotionally trying to make her way through life.

... off the Gutter a novel by Peter Plate " Plate's San Francisco is a fiery hell where the devil rides in a squad car ... Out of the twentieth century of Nelson Algren and Charles Bukowski , welcome to the twenty - first century of Peter ...

Will he ever let her live a life of her own? Will she ever be completely free from him? And how much hurt can she take before she is free? This is the story of a young womanas struggle for a life of normality.

This intriguing story consists of three different parts, each exposing the reader to a more diverse setting of events with a variety of character

On his journey to manhood, Bryce encounters violence, abuse, alcoholism, lust, and rejection. Raised from a dysfunctional family, Bryce becomes disheartened after his parents divorce; resulting in him wishing that he was never born.

This also meant that my heart broke multiple times throughout this book. The journey that Dani goes on is real, raw and at times devastating. I wanted to reach in and scoop her out of the book and hug her so many times.