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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Shoutout to @nealsavage.bsky.social for this excellent Goodreads review of THE COLD DARK FOREVER!

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M.E. Proctor @meproctor.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Book Release Day - “The Way You Say My Name” And here we go, this book that I started thinking about ten years ago is now out there, to be grabbed from the shelves. Publisher @shotgunhoney.com has it in a bunch of formats: shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...

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Book Release Day - “The Way You Say My Name”

pulling the curtain open ...

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Ted Ryker @tedryker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Next up on the reading list, @cwblackwell.bsky.social's short story collection, Whatever Kills the Pain. Had me at the introduction. #BookSky #AmReading

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Rob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Got my contributor copy of The Best American Mystery and Suspense edited by @stephcha.bsky.social & @meganabbott.bsky.social ! So proud this story was selected to be a part of this grand collection. Ton of talented writers.

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Thanks for the shoutout, my friend!

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Have you all meet my friend @cwblackwell.bsky.social? He writes good shit. Moreover, he writes the bomb. Treat yourself and get Hard Mountain Clay. After that, get his new one, THE COLD DARK FOREVER. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed. shotgunhoney.com/books/catalo...

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

THREEPEAT: That's a third Derringer for @cwblackwell.bsky.social!! Help us congratulate him on his win for Long Story! It's merely part of this amazing collection of stories, just sayin.' Get yourself a copy today: bit.ly/4runwWU #smfs #shortstory #noir

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

PRICE DROP!! 99¢!! Now’s your chance to pick up my crime fiction collection WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN for what you can find on the sticky floor of a Dairy Queen.

Whatever kills the pain promo, introducing an ebook price of 99 cents.

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

CRIMEBITS takes opening lines from thrillers and turns them into mystery puzzles you can solve…

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Happy to share that the first page of my next novel was selected to appear in CRIMEBITS, edited by the great @mickherron.bsky.social! More details here 👇👇👇 www.simonandschuster.com/books/CrimeB...

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CrimeBits 3

A puzzle book for crime fans, introduced by Mick HerronCrimeBits is back with a new collection of 100 first pages of thrillers, selected by best-se...

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Don’t sleep on this deal 👇👇👇

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Chad Lutzke @chadlutzke.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You should get this book. I bought it on a whim a few years back, loved every page. For fans of David Joy, Larry Brown, SA Cosby, and Ron Rash.

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M.E. Proctor @meproctor.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The new BAMS (Best American Mysteries and Suspense) releases October 23. It’s on sale right now … great opportunity to get yours: www.harpercollins.com/.../the-best.... I’m totally bowled over to have a story in it: “For Rosalie With Love” … you should go see what it’s all about ….

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Not sure what has prompted the new reviews/ratings for HARD MOUNTAIN CLAY on Goodreads, but thank you! I’m only three ratings away from 100 if you want to help me get there!!

A stack of Hard Mountain Clay copies with a stone on top.

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

GOING TO BCON 2026? A friendly reminder that RHP could use your Anthony votes! Congrats to @curtisippolito.bsky.social @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social on their noms, big thanks to the contributors for OFUW! #bouchercon2026 #vote #anthonyawards2026

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’ll shall be joining you in your new decade of life soon.

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That’s awesome, thank you so much!!

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I should mention @coyhall.bsky.social and his dog in every novel I write as an Easter egg 😎

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks for the shoutout, @muchadoaboutnil.bsky.social! And happy belated birthday 🤘

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Woke up to this excellent review of THE COLD DARK FOREVER from Pulp Monkey 👇👇👇 pulpmonkey.substack.com/p/brief-revi...

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Brief Review: The Cold Dark Forever

Top Notch Noir

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Braden Serkas 🎃 @portmanteauface.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

All I’m saying is before the internet existed every bar had a cigarette vending machine and everybody had sex all the time

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Steve Weddle @steveweddle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For the month of October, THE COUNTY LINE is on sale for $2.49 "Hilarious, tragic, thought-provoking, and relentlessly entertaining." -- Chris Harding Thornton, www.amazon.com/TheCountyLine

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The County Line: A Novel

Amazon.com: The County Line: A Novel eBook : Weddle, Steve: Kindle Store

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Her first move was to burn everything to the ground.”

The cold dark forever featuring an image of Big Sur’s Bixby Bridge

Ella Raines with noir lighting about to light a cigarette

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fantastic. Buy it. Read it. @cwblackwell.bsky.social

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Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sunday Recs? Sunday Recs! Go on, give yourself the gift of fiction. #BookSky

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My last four books together for a group photo 🖤😎

My last four published books: The Cold Dark Forever, Whatever Kills the Pain, Hard Mountain Clay, and Song of the Red Squire fanned out together on a green blanket.

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Dark Waters Podcast @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We had an amazing chat with one of our favorites - @marythor.bsky.social talking about her collection "A Woman's Guide to True Crime," LOTR nerdom, and the need for wedding liability insurance. Give it a listen on wherever you find your podcasts, and make sure you pick up a copy of the collection!

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Coy Hall @coyhall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sentinel Creatives decided to do a preorder for the ebook of Devilry in Godling Wood: A Medieval Horror. It’s on Amazon now: mybook.to/devilry

The cover of Devilry in Godling Wood, featuring a man in a monk’s habit riding a chimerical hybrid of horse and pig, with a dragon curling around the mount’s cloven hooves.

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Neon & Smoke @neonandsmoke.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

September Smoke is rising at Neon & Smoke featuring some amazing artists. neonandsmoke.com including @jimmyfroh.bsky.social and @rjbrash.bsky.social

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Michelle Kubitz (you can call me Shelley) @shelkubitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In @libbycudmore.bsky.social 's FOR PETE'S SAKE, a trio of misfits band together to take on a tech bro version of Goliath. Find Libby's dystopian tale in DAYDREAM BELIEVER, coming out on Sept. 29th from @shotgunhoney.com (Co-edited by @writelarrywrite.lawrenceallanwrites.com and I.)

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Don’t miss @booksbymattspencer.bsky.social’s excellent review of THE COLD DARK FOREVER 👇👇👇

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That’s a good haul, my friend 🙏

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Jeff Esterholm @jesterholm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OK, I’m good. Book orders are in: new ones by @tomandes.bsky.social, @cwblackwell.bsky.social, and @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Plus a Moleskine Daily Diary 2027 to track reading and writing, but no rithmetic. Hotcha! 💥📚💥

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Paul J. Garth @pauljgarth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the 1st story I wrote after taking a long time away from writing stories (writing novels will do that). But goddamn did it feel good to be back. And goddamn am I thrilled at Lawrence and Michelle’s response to it. I’m so lucky they’re editors and I’m so excited for people to read it.

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Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ANTHONY NOMINATIONS ARE OUT! And RHP's represented well, big thanks to the BCon voters who helped make this happen. Congrats to @curtisippolito.bsky.social @cwblackwell.bsky.social and @richienarvaez.bsky.social on their noms, big thanks to the contributors for OFUW! #bouchercon2026

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Killer book mail today. If you’re not reading @cwblackwell.bsky.social, you must change that. His writing is beautifully lyrical and deeply felt.

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