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C.W. Blackwell
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Author: SONG OF THE RED SQUIRE ✷ HARD MOUNTAIN CLAY ✷ WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN ✷ THE COLD DARK FOREVER (2026) ✷ 2X Derringer Award winner #crimefiction #noir #santacruz

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 6
My last three books together for a family photo 😎
Three books on a table: WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN, HARD MOUNTAIN CLAY, and SONG OF THE RED SQUIRE, by C.W. Blackwell.
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Loved this story from @meaganlucas.bsky.social in the latest BAMS 🔥
First page from a story by Meagan Lucas THEY LIGHT THEMSELVES ON FIRE. The first line reads: “OLIVIA WAS SO pissed off she didn't notice anything was wrong.”
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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I got some shiny new graphics from @minotaurbooks.bsky.social and this one has, BRAG, my starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social on it. WRECK YOUR HEART comes out January 6!
Image of cover of a book, illustrated woman country singer in spangles with guitar ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT. You should pre-order this book!
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Saw this shoutout for my ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER story over at the Little Big Crimes blog. Thanks Robert 🙏

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Poison is the Wind That Blows, by C.W. Blackwell
"Poison is the Wind That Blows," by C.W. Blackwell, in On Fire and Under Water, edited by Curtis Ippolito, Rock and a Hard Place Press, 20...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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A film that takes place where you’re from
Clint Eastwood in Sudden Impact looking very mean with his S&W revolver.
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerer of death's construction
In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh, Lord, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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AVAILABLE NOW: Read what @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social says about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Don't miss this one, order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Looking forward to this one 🤘
nathanpettigrew.bsky.social Nathan Pettigrew @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social · Sep 18
Cheers, Bluesky! Very proud to share that my Debut Crime Collection TALES FROM TERREBONNE is being published in 2026, courtesy of Rock and a Hard Place! Thank You Everyone on here who’s supported my writing! Thank You @robdsmith.bsky.social and the @rhppress.bsky.social Team for the dream come true!
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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It’s #FridayReads time! Books make great gifts and are tastier than turkey. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a (45% off!) novel full of monsters, friendship, love, magic, revenge, ghosts, storms, syncretism, and maybe a bit of violence…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Love the cover art for the next Kelp Journal antho. Keep an eye out for this one March 2026!
Cover art for SAVAGE WAVES OF SPRING from Kelp Journal. Artwork depicts a seagull picking at a human skull with the setting sun in the background
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Stoked to be in this issue with so many talented writers and friends. Coming at you March 2026.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Loved this enthusiastic - and quite funny - 5 ⭐ Goodreads review of WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN. Check it out:

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J. Marquez Jr.'s review of Whatever Kills the Pain
5/5: As my explorations led me deeper into the depths of Indie Literature, I kept finding traces and footprints of a CW Blackwell. Who was this CW Blackwell who kept appearing within this newly discov...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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AVAILABLE NOW: Will the world end in fire or flood? 15 of the best crime fiction writers around have some ideas, like @richienarvaez.bsky.social. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Order your copy: bit.ly/4nOVXoK
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Don't miss picking up this collection. Listen to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Picked up the latest BAMS at @twobirdsbooks.bsky.social! Amazing feeling to see so many friends in the TOC. Can’t wait to dig in 😎
Holding up a copy of Best American Mystery and Suspense 2025 in the front room of Two Birds Books in Capitola, California.
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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This World of Vile Wonder: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution is on sale this week. Ebook is 99 cents! ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Listen to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and get your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Ratings and reviews can make a HUGE difference for indie authors. If you liked my crime fiction collection WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN, I hope you’ll consider dropping a rating wherever you rate books 🙏🙏🙏
Cover art for WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN—a collection of crime fiction stories by C.W. Blackwell—with an illustration of a young man’s profile and a large burning match in the foreground. There is a blurb from author Meagan Lucas that reads: “Whatever Kills the Pain is a reckoning. Blackwell starts fires. He walks the line between literary fiction and noir, but never fails to deliver the hurt, or the truth.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Excited to announce this free, virtual event. Hosted by MWA NorCal, Mysti Berry, @johncopenhaver.bsky.social, and I will have a conversation about crime fiction that matters and what our role as writers and editors is to meet the moment. More info and free registration in the comments. Join us!!
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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ICYMI: Proud to be part of such an amazing collection of crime fiction talent. Big thanks to @jeffcircle.bsky.social & @leonardoaudio.bsky.social for pubbing. Get your copy of MYOPIC DUPLICITY today: amzn.to/3HSLycg
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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I wrote a crime novelette for the Myopic Duplicity anthology and it’s now available as an audiobook AND e-book! Special thanks to @jeffcircle.bsky.social, @leonardoaudio.bsky.social, and @victordeanda.bsky.social!!
Myopic Duplicity e-book cover referencing my story “The High Priest of Low Men” with a blurb from Victor De Anda that’s says “Blackwell's story gnaws at you with poetic violence and beauty. It simmers in anger at the world's injustices and explodes with a reckoning we all pray would come true."
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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AVAILABLE NOW: Read what @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social says about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Don't miss this one, order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Stoked to say I've got a new story in Dark Yonder #11, along with a bevy of talented writers on the neo-noir scene. Big thanks to @erykpruitt.bsky.social and Katy Munger for pubbing. Available now: amzn.to/498eU1s
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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If you’re flying out of or into San Diego, you can grab a copy of On Fire and Under Water in Terminal 2!
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein. Great film.
A marquee for Frankenstein, Die My Love, and Train Dreams at the Del Mar Theater in Santa Cruz. A sign indicating in which theater room Frankenstein is playing
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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AVAILABLE NOW: Read what @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social says about WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN--stories of heartbreak and hope from Derringer Award winner @cwblackwell.bsky.social. Don't miss this one, order your copy today: amzn.to/4nQ5bl7
November 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM