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Well where do I start?

That intro makes it sound like I’m up to sooo much fun stuff and have so many interesting facts to share about myself, but it’s all pretty boring really.

I write stories where scary stuff happens, I blog about nonsense, I am an amateur serial killer in the making, and I love snuggling up with my cute little kittens in front of a warm fire (only one of those statements is false).

I enjoy reading, which is a good thing if you want to write, as you need to know how to do it properly! King, Kafka, Palahniuk, Barker, Lovecraft, Jackie Collins; all the greats.

Films, yes I like them. Food, I enjoy eating it. Drums, I love banging them.

I hope to take over the world one day and make everyone listen to ear-shattering grindcore at all times, to only complain that my music is becoming too mainstream.

And that’s it really. Oh yeah, I also have a GSOH, although you’d probably doubt that if you ever met me.

If you’re a Twitterer then you can follow me over there @morgantanner666

• Book Review – Under Rand Farm by L. J. Denholm

  By Morgan K Tanner on September 1, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Let’s just jump straight into it, eh? Under Rand Farm begins with a girl returning home one night. But she never makes it home. She’s suddenly bundled into the back of a strangers van and taken to a creepy basement… Read More ›

• Book Review – The Window in the Ground by Steve Stred

  By Morgan K Tanner on August 27, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Over the years on this planet I’ve learnt a few things about life. Snow is cold, water’s wet, baby poo stinks even when it emerges from the butt of your own kid, and Steve Stred knows how to creep you… Read More ›

• Book Review – Dead and Breakfast by Gary Buller

  By Morgan K Tanner on August 2, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s great when a short story collection presents itself incognito. Chuck Palahniuk’s Haunted is one such example. This collection of tales from Gary Buller was a superb take on this style of storytelling, and worked really well. Things start off… Read More ›

• Book Review – Snake Charmer Blues by Keith Anthony Baird

  By Morgan K Tanner on July 28, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Here is yet another offering from Keith Anthony Baird, an author whose work I am a big fan of. This short story is one that is enjoyable – although you may feel a little wrong for thinking so – right… Read More ›

• Diabolica Britannica; a Charity Horror Anthology

  By Morgan K Tanner on July 24, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  Hello to all you horror fans, I trust you are keeping it depraved and brutal? Good. I haven’t posted anything for quite a while now but don’t worry, I’m still around. I’d love to say it’s because I’m immersed in… Read More ›

• Book Review – Necromantic by Katherine Kitchener

  By Morgan K Tanner on June 14, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  Found lurking within these pages are 12 short stories guaranteed to set the creep factor whirring. On the whole I had a great time with this one. Each tale managed to chill, and the writing was top notch, constantly driving… Read More ›

• Book Review – Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

  By Morgan K Tanner on June 10, 2020 • ( 6 )

  This beast of a book is the kind of tome that would normally take me a good few weeks to get through, and build up my arm muscles quite significantly. But instead I sailed through it like a ravenous slake… Read More ›

• Book Review – Burntbridge Boys by John F Leonard

  By Morgan K Tanner on June 7, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Being a fan of football, horror fiction, and the work of John F Leonard, when he released this book I was on it like a dogged and snappy midfield ‘snotter’. Football isn’t for everyone, and the good news for those… Read More ›

• Book Review – A Vulgar Display of Short Fiction by Joe Zito

  By Morgan K Tanner on May 31, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  I have to say that I don’t think the title of this collection of short stories actually does it justice. These tales aren’t just vulgar, they’re full-on nasty bastards (although I can’t think of another Pantera pun to perfectly describe… Read More ›