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Badass Horror
(Click the book to buy it!) 
Badass Horror will bitch-slap you in the face, kick you in the teeth, and burn cigarette holes in your couch. These seven stories, written by some of the finest writers of modern fiction, will dull the pain that Hubert Selby Jr.'s death left in your bitter heart. |
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Gerard Brennan was born in 1979, around about the time that the Pope came to Ireland. He now lives in a little seaside town in County Down, and is pretty sure that he’ll stay there.
He first started writing at the age of twelve but abandoned the art for Nintendo games and such nonsense. But he never went anywhere without a book. Still doesn’t.
He once more ventured into the world of fiction for a GCSE assignment, and although he scored quite highly, his English teacher regarded him with suspicion for the rest of his school career. If you’re reading this, sir, don’t worry, he’s a well-balanced, upstanding member of his community.
A year or two later he discovered alcohol, and that was enough to keep him entertained for quite a few years. He has no regrets.
In 2002 when skint and moving house with his fiancé, Gerard decided to buy a laptop for a thousand quid. His soon-to-be-blushing bride was not impressed, but Gerard reassured her with all the Irish charm in his soul. This hire purchase agreement would be the key to endless nights of creativity. He was doing it for his future wife and his future children. It was romantic. His future wife remained unimpressed, but he got to keep the laptop.
In 2004, Gerard discovered that the internet had a plethora of possibilities for unpublished writers, suffering for their art, or in Gerard’s case, thinking about it when drunk. He discovered the small press. Gerard submitted his clunky and rugged work at random intervals.
After a year of that malarkey, he thought he might have a thing or two to learn. He feels like he has learned a lot, with the help of his wife and friends, and may now start earning some respectable publications. Time will tell.
In the meantime he has the support of his beautiful wife, Michelle, who only rolls her eyes occasionally, God bless her. His super-cool daughter Mya is a toddler genius and laidback Jack, the new son, is settling into life nicely.
His first novel, FIREPROOF, is a horror-comedy currently seeking shelter while he works on selling novel number two, PIRANHAS, a West Belfast crime fiction tale.
Wish him luck.