Fiery Pen

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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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  • “Hairs” – Short Story Release

    Losing my hair last year was traumatic. Even with the medication coursing through me and hair slooooooooowly returning, it is still every day. Waiting for me in the mirror. I write horror because that is what comes out of my brain. Nightmares and worst case scenarios. To no surprise, I processed this life event by…

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  • Reading: “Awake”

    Reading in a dimly lit room because it’s spooky… or because I’m lazy. Reading “Awake”, a story inspired by my own hip surgery, which was thankfully much less traumatic of an experience. Find the anthology on Amazon. Christina Bergling https://linktr.ee/chrstnabergling

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  • Reading: “The Dark Sign”

    One of the hazards of being associated with me is that my subconscious might file away details of your life that later resurface in my writing (#sorrynotsorry!). Like in this story, “The Dark Sign”. If you want to wrangle this monster anthology (that includes monster stories like mine!), head to Amazon. Christina Bergling https://linktr.ee/chrstnabergling

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  • Reading: “Look What You Made Me Do”

    Have you ever just wanted to kill your spouse/parnter/significant other? Can you never do anything right? Do they just nag and nag at you? What if you just snapped one day? In “Look What You Made Me Do”, he does. Let me tell you the story. Find the book on Amazon. Christina Bergling https://linktr.ee/chrstnabergling

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  • Reading: “Adam, Eve, and Mr. Bubbles”

    This reading was fun. I think Mr. Bubbles might speak to me sometimes 🐍🐍🐍 “Adam, Eve, and Mr. Bubbles” and all the evil animals can be found in Demonic Wildlife on Amazon. Christina Bergling https://linktr.ee/chrstnabergling

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  • Holiday Horror

    How do you feel about holiday horror? Does horror belong in this festive season? In this mini vlog, I talk about my three Christmas horror short stories. “The Last Christmas Dinner” in Collected Christmas Horror Shorts: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Christmas…/dp/1540677222/ “Duende” In Collected Christmas Horror Shorts II: https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Christmas…/dp/B07GJS79RL/ “Santa’s Workshop” in Haunted Holidays: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0244110131/ Christina Bergling https://linktr.ee/chrstnabergling

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  • My 2017 in Review

    When it comes to the state of the world at large and current events, I am with the majority in being ready and excited to say goodbye (and fuck off) to 2017. What a rollercoaster mess of a year. However, if I refine my focus down to something a little more narcissistic, the assessment of…

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  • Common Themes

    Every writer has common themes around which their brains and hence stories fixate. If you read any author long enough, you will see the same turns of phrase, images, scenarios. You can even chronologically identify a work based on the author’s fixations at the time, like stratifications in an excavation. I am no exception. I…

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  • Trick-or-Treat

    As the sun retreated from the sky and the last rays of light died in the air, Marla’s small body began to materialize on top of the cracked asphalt. Her hips appeared first, the round bulbs of her pelvis spiraling out of obscurity as spinal vertebrae sprouted to climb up to her shoulders and bare…

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