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Mona Kabbani

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in Beirut, Lebanon

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https://www.moralityinhorror.com/

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Horror, Psychology, Suspense

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November 2016

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Mona Kabbani is a horror fan, writer, and reviewer obsessed with psychology and the human condition. She emulates the conflict of the good versus the bad and all of the in between in her work while providing an entertainingly horrifying experience. She is the author of The Bell Chime, which won the award for Best Horror Novella of 2020 from LoHF, Vanilla, and For You. She is a Lebanese immigrant living the dream in New York City where much of her writing is inspired. You can follow her on Instagram and TikTok @moralityinhorror for more and sign up for her mailing list on her website, www.moralityinhorror.com. ...more

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Average rating: 3.43 · 6,264 ratings · 1,149 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Bell Chime 3.30 avg rating — 4,609 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Color of Blood 3.72 avg rating — 995 ratings — 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
	Vanilla 3.78 avg rating — 294 ratings — 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
	For You 3.83 avg rating — 253 ratings — 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
	Blood Bank: A Charitable Anthology by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author), Kristopher Triana (Goodreads Author), Joseph Sale (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	There's More Of Us Than You Know by Spencer Hamilton (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Bennett (Goodreads Author), Nikki R. Leigh 4.54 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2022	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 Dark Embrace by Kristopher Triana (Goodreads Author), Mona Kabbani (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings	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
	Tales From Between: Words & Pictures by Matthew Stott (Goodreads Author), Ai Jiang (Goodreads Author), Hailey Piper (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 13 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 Bell Chime: A Novella 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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 Bell Chime: A Novella, Library Edition by Mona Kabbani (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Pickens (narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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Mona Kabbani rated a book it was amazing Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman (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
Reading this felt like tiny explosions going off in my head, the writing so intelligently descriptive, so satisfying! The character development leaves nothing more to want; it’s well paced and rewarding if not also terribly bittersweet and traumatic. ...more
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Mona Kabbani rated a book it was amazing Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly (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
Suspenseful, engrossing, jaw dropping, that last third kept me glued. Full review to come! “It takes a whole lot of crazy to stay that cool. Know what I'm sayin'?" ...more
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I love this cover so much. But I’m not a huge short story person and unfortunately, I struggled to stick with this collection. DNF’d at 42. I’ll attempt to pick it up again another day!
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Mona Kabbani rated a book really liked it Cecilia by K-Ming Chang (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 is the second weird-girl sapphic novella i’ve read that has involved either a lot of piss or descriptive carrion bird transformations. I’m not complaining. But it’s interesting that it’s happened twice. Powerful language that effectively captures ...more
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Mona Kabbani rated a book it was amazing George A. Romero's The Amusement Park (John Carpenter Presents) by Jeff Whitehead	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 use of color and perspective depicts doom so perfectly. I loved the movie but reading this comic after further solidified the horrors for me. We need to be more mindful of our elders in this highly individualistic society. After all, we all end up ...more
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“If I am a void, then she is utter totality.”
― Mona Kabbani, The Color of Blood

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“So, this is where I’ll leave you, dear reader. With a question that I hope doesn’t keep you up too late at night: What would you abandon for happiness?”
― Mona Kabbani, The Bell Chime

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“Is there a special place for those who vanish? Purgatory for people balancing on the fine line between life and death? A Schrödinger’s box for lost souls?”
― Mona Kabbani, The Bell Chime

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