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S.M. Oberhansley

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Born

Valencia, California, The United States

Website

http://smoberhansley.blogspot.com/

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Genre

Horror, Paranormal, Thriller

Member Since

February 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/smober

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From the depths of an overactive imagination comes new stories, often with unexpected twists and glorious detail. S. M. Oberhansley has a knack for writing horror, thriller, paranormal, undead, and other scary stories, bring to life fresh, new takes on old legends, myths, and other aspects of the mysterious unknown.

Diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer at six years old, S. M. was not expected to live to see her seventh birthday. This childhood experience left her with a deep appreciation for life and all its aspects, and she often brings this unique view to her fiction.

She has been called a "disturbed author" with a "twisted imagination" on more than one occasion, and her work has been compared to Stephen King, Agatha Christie, Anne Ric ...more

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In memory of the lives lost in Newtown, Connecticut on 12/14/2012

If you have watched a second of news, turned on the radio once, been on Facebook for more than a minute, or talked with one other person in the last three days, then you have undoubtedly heard about the terrible tragedy that took place Friday morning in the small community of Newtown, CT.

What happened is unspeakable, and something that no one in their right mind would ever do. I won't say the nam Read more of this blog post »

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	Silence of Souls 4.41 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012 — 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 Secret Room by Stefanie Oberhansley, S.M. Oberhansley (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2012	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
	Shadows in the Window by Stefanie Oberhansley, S.M. Oberhansley (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012	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
	Resurgence (Silence of Souls, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Sudden Outbursts by Stefanie Oberhansley, S.M. Oberhansley (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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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“The only limits we have are the ones we give ourselves.”
― Stefanie Oberhansley

tags: inspirational, life, life-experience

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“The only limits we have are the ones we give ourselves.”
― Stefanie Oberhansley

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