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Christopher O'Halloran

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Born

in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Website

http://www.COAuthor.ca

Twitter

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Genre

Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

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February 2021

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CHRISTOPHER O’HALLORAN (he/him) is a Canadian actor-turned-author toiling away in the milk mines of beautiful British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of the novel Pushing Daisy, as well as short stories and novelettes published in numerous anthologies and magazines. His story, “Charon Swims,” earned him a Pushcart Prize Nomination in 2024. Though he's stepped away from the camera for the time being, his acting education wasn't a complete waste; he uses it to narrate the odd story as well as perform eye roll-worthy shenanigans for his wife and two children. ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 2,644 ratings · 733 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Howls from the Dark Ages by P.L. McMillan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Solomon Forse (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christopher Buehlman (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.67 avg rating — 1,458 ratings — published 2022 — 5 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
	Howls From Hell by Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author), M. David Clarkson, Amanda Nevada DeMel 3.65 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 2021 — 5 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
	AHH! That's What I Call Horror: An Anthology of '90s Horror by Chelsea Pumpkins (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S.E. Denton, Bridget D. Brave (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Howls From the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror by Christopher O'Halloran (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nick Cutter (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Cassandra Khaw (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Welcome to Your Body: Lessons in Evisceration by Ryan Marie Ketterer (Goodreads Author), Ai Jiang (Goodreads Author), Alex Wolfgang (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 59 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
	Bloodlines: Four Tales of Familial Fear by Alex Wolfgang (Goodreads Author), Christopher O'Halloran (Goodreads Author), Carson Winter (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 47 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
	Pushing Daisy 4.16 avg rating — 49 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
	Shopping List by Mitch Workman (Editor), Kathy Dinsi (Contributor), Robert Over (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Horror Library, Volume 8 by Eric J. Guignard (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jana Heidersdorf (Illustrator), Octavia Cade (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.59 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Under The Bed (Vol. 05, No. 05) by Christopher O'Halloran (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kevin J. Wetmore (Contributor), Matthew Weber (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 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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Christopher O'Halloran rated a book it was amazing Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer (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
Maaaan, I've read a good amount from Kiefer, but I am still never prepared for her gory descriptions. Read Crafting for Sinners' first line and tell me she's not a master of it. ...more
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Such an amazing anthology with nothing but banger after banger. I was so glad to see it win the Shirley Jackson. Well deserved!
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Christopher O'Halloran rated a book it was amazing You'll Never Know by Caleb Stephens (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
If Caleb Stephens stops writing, he will kill the giddiness in me. His novels have become instant reads for me, even if they only last a frantic night. He does an amazing job crafting characters no matter which genre he's writing in. Grant had me hook ...more
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Christopher O'Halloran rated a book it was amazing What Waits Below by Caleb N. Stephens (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
Caleb Stephens has one speed: GO. Feeders devoured me in twenty-four hours, the drill bit of propulsive prose digging into my spine with the one-two punch of tender brutality that infuses every story Stephens births. He mines the beauty-and dysfuncti ...more
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With Straw World, Erik McHatton builds a winding road made of oddly shaped bricks. "This one looks like Lovecraft!" "This looks like Poe! "Tell me this isn't a Ligotti brick." It's a road the carries you into the air, so subtly that by the time you noti ...more
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