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Christina Bergling

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Drawn to the monstrous and macabre, Christina Bergling has been weaving nightmares since childhood. Her horror tales slither from post-apocalyptic (Savages, Screechers) to monster (Red Walls) psychological (The Waning) to comedy (The Rest Will Come) to mystery (Followers) and anything in between (various anthologies and zines including The Horror Collection series, 96th of October, Graveyard Girls, Demonic Wildlife).

Bergling is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Denver Horror Collective, and Midnight Monster Club and a dedicated voice in the horror genre. She has been featured on panels at Colorado Festival of Horror. She devours horror in all its forms—movies, books, festivals, conventions, stores, haunted attractions.

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	100 Word Horrors: An Anthology of Horror Drabbles by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amy Cross (Goodreads Author), John Dover (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.88 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Christmas Horror Shorts by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), Brandy Yassa (Editor), C.S. Anderson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Horror Collection: Sapphire Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Natasha Sinclair (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Graham Masterton 4.11 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Horror Collection: Purple Edition by Kevin J. Kennedy (Goodreads Author), Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author), Ray Garton 4.02 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rest Will Come 3.60 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savages 4.40 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Walls 4.28 avg rating — 50 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Waning 3.55 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Followers 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Savages & The Waning : A Terrifying Double Bill it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Christina Bergling rated a book liked it The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This book may be too YA for me. That is no fault of the book's; it is very clearly marketed as a YA book. It is more than Goosebumps but perhaps too cutesy for Fear Street. The comparison of "Heartstopper meets The Haunting of Hill House" is very acc ...more
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This book may be too YA for me. That is no fault of the book's; it is very clearly marketed as a YA book. It is more than Goosebumps but perhaps too cutesy for Fear Street. The comparison of "Heartstopper meets The Haunting of Hill House" is very acc ...more
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Monstrilio is deep grief horror (though I would argue light on the horror) filtered through four narrators. I am always partial to a story told from multiple perspectives, and the four voices in Monstrilio create a rich narrative. Admittedly, I had m ...more
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Monstrilio is deep grief horror (though I would argue light on the horror) filtered through four narrators. I am always partial to a story told from multiple perspectives, and the four voices in Monstrilio create a rich narrative. Admittedly, I had m ...more
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Bored Gay Werewolf is a heartful, fun, easy read. I love the characters and the snarky narration. The story is delightfully queer and a clever pairing with the supernatural. My one complaint is that the story is somewhat unbalanced. There is a lot of ...more
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Bored Gay Werewolf is a heartful, fun, easy read. I love the characters and the snarky narration. The story is delightfully queer and a clever pairing with the supernatural. My one complaint is that the story is somewhat unbalanced. There is a lot of ...more
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Hazelthorn is gothic botanical horror, which I have not exactly read before. (Unless we consider the bog in Blood on her Tongue to qualify.) I read and adored Drews's Don't Let the Forest In. Hazelthorn takes that same sexual longing, same wild natur ...more
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