Gutterspace

A washed-up artist in Portland, Oregon faces off against a monster that stalks its prey from between the panels of an old, forgotten comic book.

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“GUTTERSPACE literally deconstructs the comics world in order to tell a mind-bending story that challenges the definition of reality. Highly entertaining and deeply weird in all the right ways!”

— Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Red Empire and Bewilderness


“GUTTERSPACE is entertaining, twisty, and creepy. This novella is a compulsively readable homage to indie horror comics.”

— Lucy A. Snyder, five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Sister, Maiden, Monster


“Gutterspace brings the art of comics alive on the page, both literally and metaphorically, in this wonderful, fast-paced celebration of the horror genre.”

— A.C. Wise, Sunburst Award-winning author of Ballad of the Bone Road and Out of the Drowning Deep


“Gutterspace has done for me what no other book in recent memory has done. Norton-Kertson’s novella made me terrified of not just a concept, of an idea, of a force, but of something I have never even given more than a passing thought to – the empty spaces between comic book panels. An incredible feat of horror, if you ask me. Norton-Kertson has such a way with words that I could vividly see every described drawing as the characters created it, and I could feel the black ink dripping from the comic pages, staining my very being with the knowledge that even in the empty places of reality, we’re not safe.”

— S. Alessandro Martinez, Bram Stoker Award-Nominated author of Helminth and Enigmata: The Watcher from Within


“Gutterspace is a deeply imagined adrenaline rush of a story so weirdly original it rearranges the reader’s mind. For comic book lovers, certified sci-fi nerds, and fearless horror heads, this novella is required reading.”

— Tamika Thompson, author of The Curse of Hester Gardens


“This novella is the love letter to horror and comic books that every nerd has dreamt of. Enthralling and downright creepy, Gutterspace is a world-bending mindfuck of a story that latches on to your subconcsious like a tick and stays with you forever.”

— Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award winner and author of Fever Dreams of a Parasite and Echoes and Embers


“With cinematic storytelling and a Cthulhu-like mythos, GUTTERSPACE will have you eyeing the empty spaces in your margins and checking the shadows around you. It brings the feel of a gothic novel to the world of comic books, a fresh approach sure to delight fans of cosmic horror.”

— R.S.A. Garcia, Nebula and Sturgeon award-winning author of THE NIGHTWARD


“Dripping with dark wonder and liminal spaces, this story about a comic book takes nerdom to a level of profound elegance with a dose of M.C. Escher’s magic and a sense of childlike imagination. I LOVE THIS BOOK!”

— Nora B. Peevy, Hellnotes

Cover Art [forthcoming] by Chris Panatier
Interior Illustrations by Ahmed Raafat