Short Story Publications
Captain Chicano Draws a Line in the American Sand, A Novella. University of Tampa Press
"Gutierrez breaks hearts with Captain Chicano and his superhero 'wearing his chones on the outside of his tights like they all do' while delivering heroism the way we most need it right this very damn minute. Here is today's reality in all its viciousness mixed with a supreme, kind, hilarious truth. Gutierrez' wry and savvy humor makes the righteous medicine of Captain Chicano's wisdom go down like whiskey—including the kick. In Captain Chicano every page reverberates so strongly with the dangerous pulse of the American Dream, it makes you think it could still be alive."
—Tupelo Hassman, god with a little g
"Captain Chicano Draws a Line in the American Sand is not only about America (as you might guess from its title), but also about writing, ethnicity, love, belief, and, as a bonus, includes a channeled Edgar Allan Poe. All this is miraculously held together by a narrator who manages to remain cheerful, amiable, disheveled, and deadly serious even as he tackles his real subject: The Human Condition. To paraphrase Gutierrez's own words: "This vato can sling a gun" (or a sentence, or a paragraph) "like Shane in a heartbeat."
—Jim Krusoe, The Sleep Garden
"Captain Chicano Draws a Line in the American Sand is mad, unruly magic. It'll blow your mind and change the way you view the world, one wildly inspired line at a time."
—Elizabeth McKenzie, The Dog of the North
MAGAZINES:
"The Sacred Grotto." (forthcoming) Santa Monica Review
"The Crawl Space." The North American Review (Summer 2023)
"Sir Light Bulb & His Valiant Attempt to Save the World." Cimarron Review (Summer/Fall 2021 and Winter 2022)
"Love, Love, Love in the Bleachers!" Hunger Mountain Review
"The Short Story." Chicago Quarterly Review
"Tony the Shadow Man." CutBank
"Greenstone Prophet." Fiction International
"Hard Shoes." Chicago Quarterly Review
"One Night at the Crown Saloon." Co-authored with Jacqueline Doyle. Rougarou
"Kim Story." Permafrost
New Alchemy Contest Finalist
"Lil." [100 word story]
"Three Conversations." Co-authored with Jacqueline Doyle. Jellyfish Review
ANTHOLOGIES:
Nothing Short of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story. Edited by Grant Faulkner, Lynn Mundell and Bret Olsen
New California Writing. Edited by Gayle Wattawa and Kirk Glasser
Sudden Fiction Latino, Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America. Edited by Robert Shapard, James Thomas and Ray Gonzalez
Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature, Daniel A. Olivas, Editor
This LIght Called Darkness, A Raven Chronicles Anthology
Fantasmas, Supernatural Stories by Mexican American Writers.
Latino Heretics
Stories in Fiction International, PALABRA: A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art, Blue Mesa Review, Faultline, Catamaran Literary Reader, Goliad Review, pacific REVIEW, Fiction, Suisun Valley Review (featured author), Arroyo Literary Review, ZYZZYVA, Tattoo Highway, Paterson Literary Review, Ilya's Honey, Fourteen Hills, Puerto del Sol, Santa Monica Review