Ben Tallon

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With searing wit and bare-knuckle prose, Ben Tallon digs deep into the darkest pits of the human psyche and reminds us that we are animals.

His dark fiction explores that which we try to hide in polite society. Human vulnerability, inescapable realities, and the terrifying everyday are the stars in his warped show.

“Ben Tallon really captures a certain ‘did I just see that?’ British griminess. This is the kind of in-the-shadows suburban horror I love. Always in danger of getting out of control.” - Charlie Adlard, The Walking Dead.

"A brilliantly warped mind." - Katy Cowan, Creative Boom

"Proper moody and horrible stuff, this." - Shaun Ryder, Happy Mondays

"Ben writes like he draws: vivid, instinctive, and intense. He
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Book 4 launch day!

Today is the launch of my 4th book, 'Stories for the Apocalypse #1: Notes on the New Normal.'

Seven short fiction stories based on the sense of societal unease, the rising mania I've been feeling for the last few years as people struggle to cope, and often capitulate as the wheels come off modern life.

We seem to have suffered a disconnect from the spiritual. From. nature. Too often from our senses. Read more of this blog post »
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