• My Own Honmoon

    My Own Honmoon

    If your algorithm overlaps mine at all, KPOP Demon Hunters has taken over the internet. If your children are anything like mine, KPOP Demon Hunters has also taken over your house. It’s on Netflix all the time. The songs are playing in the car. There is choreography in the kitchen. What is unexpected, however, is…

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  • Releasing Red Walls

    Releasing Red Walls

    Every book release is different. For Savages, I had a new baby and a toddler. Followers came in the aftermath of COVID. Red Walls, my sixth and newest book, comes at a time of personal turmoil (and honestly, global turmoil but we’ll keep this blog in the microcosm).

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  • BOOK TRAILER: Red Walls

    Red Walls may be my sixth book, but this is the first time I’ve commissioned a book trailer to go with one of my books.

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  • 2025 Publications

    A video update? I know! It has been a while! After months (years) of writing and editing and querying, it’s time to talk about what is coming… It’s going to be a busy spring and summer so stay tuned! Christina Bergling https://linktr.ee/chrstnabergling Like my writing? Check out my books!

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  • Writing Seasons

    Writing Seasons

    I have been waiting so long for this season, reminding myself it would come on the other side of slogging through edits and submissions and rejections. And at this current point in time and history, I need a light to focus on, something that feels good.

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  • 2024 in Review

    2024 in Review

    Here we are again. The end of the year. The annual retrospective. It was another challenging year full of fresh hells but also peppered with healing and joy.

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  • Mother’s Gift

    Mother’s Gift

    It has been a long time since I produced a horror short for this blog. The following short hit me like a train in November. Obviously, it is a direct result of my trauma from my son being bit in the face by our dog the month before. So, this season, I give to you…

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  • Horror and Trauma

    Horror and Trauma

    Horror is a genre about trauma. Whether it is the fictional trauma being inflicted on the characters or the zeitgeist of fear it confronts for us. At Colorado Festival of Horror 2024, I participated in two panels on the horror genre and trauma. Both sessions were so compelling and cathartic for me that I needed to…

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  • New Novella

    New Novella

    I have a new novella (working title: Red Walls) under contract with Graveyard Press for publication in early 2025! When parents seek revenge against the monsters who hurt their daughter, they never expect real monsters.

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  • Telluride Horror Show 2024

    Telluride was different for me this year. Nonetheless, it was a great weekend of horror in the autumn mountains. Until next year, Telluride! Find me with my kids healthy and happy at home next year.

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