Creative

The weird, the macabre,
and (occasionally) the literary

Eisner-nominated. Twice long-listed in
“Best Horror of the Year”––for both a story and a poem.

The Trees Melt
Like Candles

a novella of metaphysical horror ➤

“Anteroom” in
‍Shock Totem

one of many crepuscular works of poetry

MISERY TOURISM

"outsider" fiction and poetry (and MS Paint “artwork”) ➤

SHI: KAIDAN

a creator-owned anthology of Japanese ghost stories with art by comics legends Stan Sakai, David Mack, and Michael Kaluta, among others

listening for it, the sound of stones, in the blank hours of
the unexhausted
dawns; it is right
there

A widely published
poet & photographer

Poems that are meditative and bleak.
Images that are... also meditative and bleak.

Typically appearing in lit and art
journals/magazines, sometimes in anthologies.

FROM BAD TO WORSE

From Anxiety Press, a collection of previously published stories plus a couple of originals.

Peter Gutiérrez’s From Bad To Worse reminds me of the story collections I devoured growing up: from the Twilight Zone series to Hitchcock’s scary tales to Henry James’s ghost stories, with a heady twist of Conrad and Borges. These stories confront the darkness of the human condition with ingenuity and wit, taking the reader on a sophisticated ride. Psychological, literary, terrifying and fun, Gutiérrez’s storytelling gifts and mastery of stylistic maneuvers create a complex, compelling, and surprising experience. Read at your own peril.

-JANE MENDELSOHN

New York Times Bestselling author of
I Was Amelia Earhart and Burning Down the House

At turns uncanny and devilishly clever, this collection of beautifully-crafted gems never fails to entrance and surprise.
Gutiérrez constantly takes narrative risks and, unlike some of his characters, lives to tell another eerie tale.

-KEVIN C. PYLE

author of Bad For You, Blindspot, and Lab U.S.A.

For a listing of individual works, and available links, please visit the CREATIVE ARCHIVE page.

For information concerning work about comics and graphic novels, please see the MEDIA and K-12 pages.