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Hayley Bernard-Ryan

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Born

in La Mesa, The United States

Website

https://www.amazon.com/Wrathburn-Hayley-Bernard...

Genre

Fantasy, Horror, Romance

Influences

Dean Koontz, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King

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Hayley Bernard-Ryan is a dark fiction writer who lives right outside Philadelphia. She is the author of the horror fantasy novel “Wrathburn”, a young adult horror novella “The Hookman Legacy” and a Christmas occult thriller short story “The Elves Made Me Do It”. Several of her other short stories have appeared in anthologies such as “Thrills and Chills: A Halloween Anthology”, “Horror for the Holidays”, “Table for Ten: A Horror Anthology” and “Thousand Word Thrills: Short Story Collection”. When she’s not frightening readers with her writing, Hayley enjoys drawing, traveling, going to concerts, running, and watching old movies.

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	Wrathburn 4.43 avg rating — 99 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 Elves Made Me Do It 3.84 avg rating — 67 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
	Xmas Thrillers: Frostbite by Nadija Mujagic (Goodreads Author), Elisa D. Daniels (Goodreads Author), Michelle Powers 4.58 avg rating — 53 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 Carnage Kitchen Presents: Table For Ten, A Horror Anthology by Jed Kent (Goodreads Author), Amanda Ruzsa (Goodreads Author), John Ashley 4.69 avg rating — 13 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
	Thousand Word Thrills: Short Story Collection by Rachel Graham (Goodreads Author), Hayley Bernard-Ryan (Goodreads Author), Amanda Josephine (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 8 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
	Horror For The Holidays A Twisted Tale by Staci Andrea (Goodreads Author), M.A. Savino, Nadija Mujagic (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 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
	Table For Ten: Carnage Kitchen Presents by Jed Kent (Goodreads Author), Amanda Ruzsa (Goodreads Author), Charlene Mattson (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 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 Elves Made Me Do It it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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