Author: HARD MOUNTAIN CLAY ✷ WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN ✷ THE COLD DARK FOREVER (2026) ✷ 3X Derringer Award winner ✷ Anthony Award Finalist ✷ #crimefiction #noir #santacruz
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C.W. Blackwell
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THREEPEAT: That's a third Derringer for @cwblackwell.bsky.social!! Biggest congratulations on his win for Long Story! It's only part of his amazing collection of stories, just sayin.' Get yourself a copy today: bit.ly/4runwWU #smfs
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR WAVES OF BURDEN: The new novel from Anthony Award-winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Listen to @blacktopkid.bsky.social
and pre-order your copy today: amzn.to/49KAdFG #crimefiction
Hey, I made the local paper 😎 Thanks for the write-up @scsentinel.bsky.social!
I’m not on Threads, so can someone please tell Stephen King that I read Salem’s Lot in fifth grade and therefore this is all his fault?
Here’s your first look at Bad Intentions, our crime fiction anthology inspired by Warren Zevon & edited by @kmwriter01.bsky.social .
Fifteen writers. Fifteen stories. No clean getaways.
Great work & huge thanks to @frankvatel312.bsky.social for absolutely nailing the cover design.
Coming July 7.
The hype is real. I think this one inched out LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA as my new favorite Harper novel. If you’re in a reading rut, this book will pull you out—but it won’t be gentle about it. Man, I just couldn’t put it down.
Rock and a Hard Place
Rock and a Hard Place
C.W. Blackwell
Just pre-ordered a paperback copy of @curtisippolito.bsky.social’s new novel from my favorite local bookstore @bookshopsantacruz.bsky.social and I suggest you do the same!
Jordan Harper
My story Mama will be out this October in Best American Mystery and Suspense 2026 edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @meganabbott.bsky.social from @harpercollins.bsky.social @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Beyond excited to be a part of this talented collection.
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C.W. Blackwell
In my career I've been blessed to travel the world and ive never been to a country where the ppl chasing down brown and black ppl were the good guys. Whats happening in Northern Ireland/Belfast is disgusting and if you're justifying it you're disgusting too
All the blurbs for WAVES OF BURDEN. Incredibly grateful for these talented authors and their kind words and support.
June 24. Preorder now.
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Literary Garage
C.W. Blackwell
This year is already set to be a busy one for Santa Cruz author C.W. Blackwell. His short story collection “Whatever Kills the Pain” netted him his third Derringer Award, the collection of the same na...
