• Coding Horror

    By night, I might be a twisted horror-loving author… but by day, I am a mild-mannered (haha, not really!) solutions architect and technical writer, slinging XSLT, HTML, and CSS code and cranking out user help documentation. This very much makes me a person of multiple minds and multiple lives. All in all, this also amounts…

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  • (I wrote How to Kill Yourself Slowly when I was in college. Initially, it lived on my blog, Bipolar Swirl, until it was published by Denver Syntax. Over the years, I probably received hundreds of emails from people who related to it. After talking to so many suicidal people and continuing in my own recovery, I felt like…

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  • 2015 in (Horror) Review

    I apologize for the break in the regular posting. My family and I went to England for the holidays; then I became slightly consumed by writing book #3. I have finally reached the point in the story that has me excited and engaged–murder. 2015 vanished in the blink of an eye. I am officially old,…

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  • Thankful

    I am going to get a little cliche for the season here. I generally abstain from the contrived November posting about everything I am thankful for. Yet, this year, on this blog, I am going to make an exception. A lot has happened in the past year. Last December, Assent Publishing released my first book, Savages.…

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  • Horror Influences

    I have written about it before. I wrote a confession of my past, present, and future readings for Confessions of a Reviewer. I reviewed the Goosebumps movie on MoviePilot. Yet doing both those things has but the examination of my horror influences in my brain. My thoughts swirl and fixate on the horror writings that…

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  • A Halloween Tale

    My favorite holiday has always been Halloween. I have said it before; I have written about it before. Since I can remember, I always enjoyed and waited for Halloween above all others. I love the fall weather and colors. I love the crisp (or snowy) night. I love the costumes. I love the candy. I…

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  • Personas

    I am a mother. Biologically and physically. Mentally and in practice. I cradle the deflated and distended flesh were my babes once grew. I bear the perpetual markings of crusted handprints on my pant legs and snot dried on my shoulder. I sacrifice for my children: sleep, time, my body, my space as my bank…

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  • (Originally published on MoviePilot.com) Let’s face it: dating can be horrible. Some might even say that dating is a horror in itself. The endless parade of repeated failed relationships, the perpetually dashed hopes, the awful ways people hurt each other. My dating life was thankfully brief, though still plenty traumatic. Now, as a spectator to…

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  • Savages Giveaway

    I recently gave away copies of The Waning on Goodreads. Now I am giving away a few copies of Savages. Enter to win! Goodreads Book Giveaway Savages by Christina Bergling Giveaway ends October 07, 2015. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter Giveaway Christina Bergling christinabergling.com facebook.com/chrstnabergling @ChrstnaBergling chrstnaberglingfierypen.wordpress.com pinterest.com/chrstnabergling Savages Two survivors search the ruins of…

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  • Farewell to a Master

    I do not usually post here or write about the happenings in Hollywood, even when particularly influential figures pass on. However, I am making an exception in the case of horror master Wes Craven. Wes Craven made so many masterful horror movies and greatly shaped and influenced the genre. Everyone knows that. For me, it…

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