The ALCA community has lost our co-founder, Kelly Weaver - an autism mom who established a place where kids like her daughter and my son Leo could thrive. Please visit the fundraising link below to honor Kelly's memory and support the future of her beloved daughter Gillian.
gofund.me/f6acd2d8d
Just a reminder that I wrote an Anthony Award nominated pulp thriller that I would love for you all to read.
AN EMPTY HELL, the first appearance of Matt Herrick, is and Early Bird Books Sale wherever you can get ebooks! Only $1.99! @dzhyde.bsky.social @hillnadell.bsky.social
ARC of On Fire and Under Water: A Climate Change Crime Fiction Anthology, edited by Curtis Ippolito, from Rock and a Hard Place Press.
Folks. We have a digital arc of On Fire and Under Water. If you’re a reviewer and want a sneak peek for potential review, message me and I’ll send you a copy. We are thrilled at what this special anthology is shaping up to be. Coming Sept. 30.
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Join me for a discussion of TRICKS OF FORTUNE with partner-in-crime Susanna Calkins, this Thursday at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble Mellody Farms, 901 N. Milwaukee, Vernon Hills. This store is right in my backyard, folks. Come see for yourself the real-life inspiration for Katie True's stomping grounds!
Nick Kolakowski chats with the author and screenwriter Jordan Harper about "She Rides Shotgun" and what authors have to give up for the big screen. crimereads.com/jordan-harpe...
Are you all caught up?! 🎙️ New episodes coming this week, so make sure you’re ready! 📚 Find us on Spotify or your favorite streaming platform 🖋️
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Thank you, Curtis!
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.”
Today’s the day!!
It’s release day for WHATEVER KILLS THE PAIN, 12 crime stories of heartbreak, violence, and revenge. Now available in ebook and paperback! #releaseday #crimefiction
It was awfully kind of Martine to let me drone on the way I did. In spite of me, her newsletter is always a good time. Check it out!
Thank you, Regan! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
This is the kind of true, heart aching work I want to see more of. Amazing job @linachern.bsky.social
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Thank you, Paul! ❤️
I wrote an essay for @crimereads.bsky.social about my accidental involvement in the real-life death investigation that inspired TRICKS OF FORTUNE. I'm proud of this one, folks. I hope you'll check it out.
The link is here and in my bio.
crimereads.com/lina-chern-o...
Yesterday I had the pleasure of appearing on @tmj4.com, chatting about TRICKS OF FORTUNE, tarot, and the book's real-life inspiration. Check out the spot and join @marythor.bsky.social and me tonight at 6:30 at Milwaukee's own @boswellbooks.bsky.social!
www.tmj4.com/shows/the-mo...
Check out this chat with @splturnthepage.bsky.social about Tricks of Fortune and other bookish tomfoolery!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfW...
How wonderful! I'm proud of this story and I'm glad it's still finding readers. Thank you!
Missed the launch event for TRICKS OF FORTUNE? Don't worry, I gotcha. Catch me at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee on July 17th at 6:30 pm, in conversation with the amazing @marythor.bsky.social. It'll be a great time! RSVP at the link below or in my bio.
www.eventbrite.com/e/lina-chern...
I’ve been so lucky lately to have some of the best conversation partners around. Check out this chat with the amazing @darkwaterspodcast.bsky.social!
The cover of "Play the Fool" by Lina Chern.
Bantam/Penguin Random House gifted us a copy of this "delightfully clever whodunit, a delicious blend of suspense and madcap humor."
Come get your read on this long holiday weekend!
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@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
@littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
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I could talk to @filmintuition.bsky.social for hours! Check out this fantastically goofy conversation about TRICKS OF FORTUNE, tarot, and all manner of unlikely writing influences.
"There’s beauty and meaning everywhere, the meaning that you bring with you."
Elisa Shoenberger's interview with @linachern.bsky.social on her new book “Tricks of Fortune” (Bantam) is out now.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/02/t...
A terrific, thoughtful review of TRICKS OF FORTUNE!
An interview with me about my co-written sword & sorcery story The Many Mouths of the Endless Night in Tales from the Cursed Edge from Edge Weaver Books.
Pay no attention to all the nerd stuff in the background. I'm actually pretty cool.
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Thank you! And no worries, I’m sure we’ll run into each other soon. Hope you enjoy the book!
Hah that sounds totally on brand! Thanks for reading :)
REGAN!!!
Thank you!
Thank you, Victor!
Thank you, Holly!