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Guilty Crime Story Magazine: Issue 009 - Summer / Fall 2023
Guilty is a magazine of crime stories, of criminals, their motivations and their beginnings and ends.
In issue
"Clairy-V" by Nils Gilbertson - Clairvoyance isn't supernatural, it's all about making the right choices.
"Her Big Win" by Luke Foster - Dart sees their chance to score, but Alli sees an opportunity of her own.
"Scratch Pace" by Brandon Barrows - The horse must lose the race for Tom to win the girl.
"A Ring for Rosie" by M.E. Proctor - Poor but honest doesn't cut it for Rosie anymore.
"Bassoon Trouble" by Susan Kuchinskas - Daddy always called Lucy "his little f*cker" for a reason.
"One Lucky Punch" by Robb T. White - An instant of luck, a whole lot of trouble.
"The Number of the Beast" by Michael Zimecki - A holy man can raise holy Hell if he chooses.
All brand-new material by top writers!
In issue
"Clairy-V" by Nils Gilbertson - Clairvoyance isn't supernatural, it's all about making the right choices.
"Her Big Win" by Luke Foster - Dart sees their chance to score, but Alli sees an opportunity of her own.
"Scratch Pace" by Brandon Barrows - The horse must lose the race for Tom to win the girl.
"A Ring for Rosie" by M.E. Proctor - Poor but honest doesn't cut it for Rosie anymore.
"Bassoon Trouble" by Susan Kuchinskas - Daddy always called Lucy "his little f*cker" for a reason.
"One Lucky Punch" by Robb T. White - An instant of luck, a whole lot of trouble.
"The Number of the Beast" by Michael Zimecki - A holy man can raise holy Hell if he chooses.
All brand-new material by top writers!
98 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 31, 2023
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October 11, 2023
Another great selection of stories. I like the 7 stories format. It's a fast and satisfying format. Enough variation in themes to keep the interest and short enough for each story to stand on its own. Standing out for me in this issue (I won't comment on my own contribution) are Nils Gilbertson's "Clairy-V" (love the noir humor), "One Lucky Punch" by Robb T. White (what a pile up!), and Michael Zimecki's "The Number of the Beast" (delicious fake "true crime" vibes, I can't resist that.) An excellent issue.
March 25, 2026
My first Guilty cuz I know Proctor from Motel anthology, Nils from Starlite Pulp and Robert White from Slxt Vomit II. Love the vaporwave colors. Nils opens (dang, autocorrect keeps wanting to type Nips lol) w/ slangy story I maybe read before where two “dipshit” hardware robbers think the MC is clairvoyant. He describes it more like vivid worrying, annoying empathy. Abrupt ending but good twist. Much more about his wife’s affair than à crime.
Luke Foster has a grimy cute story about sorta casino gypsies. A couple (implied pimpy or just vagrants?) with cool names (Dart and Alli) make a seemingly artless plan to rob the Bellagio. Another good twist.
Scratch Place by Brandon Barrows is good for horse girls. Rafferty and Mott are fun names. “Ice in the pit of my stomach” is a good way to describe your boss’s wife asking you to Kurt Cobain him for life insurance. Woulda been more interesting if he was a jockey, really short and well-paid. Good misdirection nonetheless. It really got me.
À Ring For Rosie, another great title by M. E. Proctor. Stripper and “sweaty-palmed patrons” at Flamingo Feathers is very my style. Sweet, calm couple considering their professions. Hard for me to follow the plan vs report but I’m sure it all works out.
Susan Kuchinskas, ah, another Slxt Vomit alum. Kansas family road trip after dad dies. Sisters Doritos- and gloss-gobbling. I’m not even sure what the bass is except I’ve heard dimension on adventure time so it is as quirky as this girl’s stories always are. Colorful characters, mix ups as the stinky miles roll on.
One lucky Punch by Robb White: à flurry of regrettable squabbles on St Patty’s Day. Panic prepping after. “Stuck out like a dog’s balls” will never not make me laugh. Maybe the wildest story.
Number of the Beast: À cop and Kabbalah (however you spell that Jewish numerology stuff Madonna was into). Philly represent w/ your fun trash…and murder cults. Death penalty not in vogue: “cancer and heart disease are wearing the executioner’s hood nowadays.” I know this isn’t the time to point out, but what an adorable town name Cranberry, PA, is.
Actually, this is the grimmest story though. Involving kids occasionally and torture/kidnapping. Have you ever noticed every cult leader takes big moral stances on minute environmentalist stuff and that’s how women are drawn to them (like Manson’s prison wide, Ted Kyzinksky, presidents and dictators, etc.)?
I’m not sure why the main guy seems so guilty, considering everything in a cosmic way works out. The reference book would’ve had more sway with a little more subtle context. We definitely got context, but it felt a little essay/fun facty. Interesting still though.
Luke Foster has a grimy cute story about sorta casino gypsies. A couple (implied pimpy or just vagrants?) with cool names (Dart and Alli) make a seemingly artless plan to rob the Bellagio. Another good twist.
Scratch Place by Brandon Barrows is good for horse girls. Rafferty and Mott are fun names. “Ice in the pit of my stomach” is a good way to describe your boss’s wife asking you to Kurt Cobain him for life insurance. Woulda been more interesting if he was a jockey, really short and well-paid. Good misdirection nonetheless. It really got me.
À Ring For Rosie, another great title by M. E. Proctor. Stripper and “sweaty-palmed patrons” at Flamingo Feathers is very my style. Sweet, calm couple considering their professions. Hard for me to follow the plan vs report but I’m sure it all works out.
Susan Kuchinskas, ah, another Slxt Vomit alum. Kansas family road trip after dad dies. Sisters Doritos- and gloss-gobbling. I’m not even sure what the bass is except I’ve heard dimension on adventure time so it is as quirky as this girl’s stories always are. Colorful characters, mix ups as the stinky miles roll on.
One lucky Punch by Robb White: à flurry of regrettable squabbles on St Patty’s Day. Panic prepping after. “Stuck out like a dog’s balls” will never not make me laugh. Maybe the wildest story.
Number of the Beast: À cop and Kabbalah (however you spell that Jewish numerology stuff Madonna was into). Philly represent w/ your fun trash…and murder cults. Death penalty not in vogue: “cancer and heart disease are wearing the executioner’s hood nowadays.” I know this isn’t the time to point out, but what an adorable town name Cranberry, PA, is.
Actually, this is the grimmest story though. Involving kids occasionally and torture/kidnapping. Have you ever noticed every cult leader takes big moral stances on minute environmentalist stuff and that’s how women are drawn to them (like Manson’s prison wide, Ted Kyzinksky, presidents and dictators, etc.)?
I’m not sure why the main guy seems so guilty, considering everything in a cosmic way works out. The reference book would’ve had more sway with a little more subtle context. We definitely got context, but it felt a little essay/fun facty. Interesting still though.
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