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Chrystal Vaughan

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Born

in Ashland, The United States

Twitter

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Genre

Horror, Paranormal, Science Fiction

Influences

Dean Koontz, Stephen King

Member Since

October 2010

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C.L. Vaughan (1976-present) is the author of The Last Death of Helen Russell, among other things.
She resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and offspring. When she is not writing, she is an avid reader and enjoys knitting and spinning yarns of various types.

(For erotica, see pseudonym Emma Caruso)

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Average rating: 4.29 · 58 ratings · 14 reviews · 12 distinct works

	Dead in the Water 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Sideshow 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Conspiracy of Ravens 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Dead Chickens by Chrystal Vaughan (Goodreads Author), Cody Vaughan 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
	The Samurai's Hat really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
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Hello friends! It's been quite a while since I was able to post here. I've been busy writing (isn't that what you want to hear from an author?!). I'm also reviewing books still, for NetGalley. Check out my cool badge:

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Chrystal and 21 other people liked Book Riot Community's review of The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye: " Book Riot’s Best Comic Books of the Century So Far: Zombie stories are classic. Comic books began with pulpy stories of monsters, after all. Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead was something different. It wasn't pulpy. It wasn't like John Carpenter'" Read more of this review »
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May 26, 2026 07:34PM · see review · preview book See a Problem? We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales. Problem: Details (if other): Thanks for telling us about the problem. Not the book you’re looking for? Preview — Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales <iframe sandbox id="wrongBookKindlePreviewScreen">
Chrystal liked Harmony’s status update Harmony is currently reading Great Big Beautiful Life
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Chrystal liked Harmony's review of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1): "I enjoyed the relationships and the characters, but this was a lot to get through."
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Chrystal rated a book it was amazing James by Percival Everett	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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Chrystal made a comment on Dayna’s review of Project Hail Mary " Andy is one of my very favorite of all time writers and if he rewrote the phone book in binary code I would read it from cover to cover. More than onc ...more "
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“Sometimes life asks us to make more serious choices than whether or not to believe a fairy tale”
― Chrystal Vaughan, Sideshow

tags: circus, coco, king-cocalus, philsophy

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“Everyone has their secrets, and there are shadows following us all.”
― Chrystal Vaughan

tags: coco, drama, king-cocalus, mystery, philospohy, sideshow

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“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country

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“Everyone has their secrets, and there are shadows following us all.”
― Chrystal Vaughan

tags: coco, drama, king-cocalus, mystery, philospohy, sideshow

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“Sometimes life asks us to make more serious choices than whether or not to believe a fairy tale”
― Chrystal Vaughan, Sideshow

tags: circus, coco, king-cocalus, philsophy

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“You think you know someone. But mostly you just know what you want to know.”
― Joe Hill, Horns

tags: life-lessons

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“So I learned two things that night, and the next day, from him: the perfection of a moment, and the fleeting nature of it.”
― Margaret George, The Memoirs of Cleopatra