Victor De Anda

Our 2026 Book Box campaign closes this Sunday! We're down to the last few days!

16 books automatically delivered to your door throughout the year, at $80 off vs buying each title individually.

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A blast from the past. For those keeping score, this was my first published story in 2021. It's a short one, find it here: bit.ly/4pgvMbf

Real Men Read Mad.

Book cover of IN THE DESERT, out March 3rd, 2026 from Cowboy Jamboree Press showing a couple kissing in a phone booth in the middle of the desert

It's Friday, and I'm sharing my beautiful cover again because how stunning is this photo by Keith Bernstein? And how lovely are the things these amazing writers have said about my debut out March 3rd?

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Just a reminder that i wrote a story for this awesome anthology and you can check it out if you want. @leonardoaudio.bsky.social @jeffcircle.bsky.social

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For my west coast peeps. Big thanks to @cwblackwell.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."

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!!

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

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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

For the night owls out there:

Shameless plug: Join me and 40 other authors at the Plymouth Meeting Mall in the Philly 'burbs. More info here: bit.ly/4igieu5

NOIR CITY: Philadelphia brings classic Hollywood to The Colonial Theatre - Metro Philadephila The NOIR CITY: Philadelphia Festival, curated by the Film Noir Foundation, will take place at the Colonial Theatre from November 14 to 16. The festival will showcase ten different films, featuring act...

“The contributions of these actresses are a major reason noir has retained its allure through many subsequent generations, more than 75 years after they were made,” says @eddiemuller.bsky.social .
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Give the interview a read, and then get a copy of DEAR STUPID PENPAL, out now!

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The book cover thumbnails and the text: “The Project,” a story inspired by “Oh Comely” Short Story From And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel Editor Patrick Barb @patrick_barb , publisher PBarb Books January 2025 “The Interior” Short Story From the magazine Three-Lobed Burning Eye @3lobedmag Free to read—and check out the fabulous narration from Sapphire Lazuli @sapphicsapphire_lazuli : https://www.3lobedmag.com/issue45/3lbe45_story1.html July 2025

Working on novels, but 2 stories in 2025: “The Project."
And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel from @patrickbarb.bsky.social

“The Interior” from @3lobedmag.com 🔥 narration from @sapphicsapphire.bsky.social : www.3lobedmag.com/issue45/3lbe...

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My latest book, THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL, has been out 3 weeks as of today. Second in the series of hopeful sci-fi fantasy books for teens to infinity!

Stay weird.

Screenshot of an IG post from Variety with photo of Vince Gilligan and Bob Odenkirk. Caption reads “Breaking Bad creator says ‘I hate AI’ and ‘It’s the worlds most expensive plagiarism machine’”

Another Variety screenshot with photo of Vincecand Rhea Seehorn and caption that says “AI is the worlds most expensive and energy intensive plagiarism machine. I think there is a very high possibility that this is all a bunch of horseshit”

yes, tell em king

Thanks, Hugh!

The Story of Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, and Quite Possibly the Strangest American Crime Film of the 1970s Want to talk about one of the strangest, if not the strangest American crime film to emerge in the first half of the 1970s? Then, let’s talk about Michael Ritchie’s neo-noir Prime Cut, as it turns …

“Prime Cut” was a movie filled with stars – and violent, grotesque meat metaphors. Also, it was a mirror for the decade's American experience. crimereads.com/lee-marvin-g...

A photo of Kurt Vonnegut

“We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is.” – Kurt Vonnegut

I hate flying, so maybe the only time I’m psyched to be in an airport

3LBE Issue 46 cover featuring a beast with bloody antlers, a hooded figure with a bloody axe, and several small creatures in the glare of a dusty sun.

3LBE Issue 46 debuts today with new original short fiction of weird, wonder, and horror by K.S. Walker, Brian Evenson, Nadia Bulkin, Corey Farrenkopf, Premee Mohamed, and Katie McIvor. Read three stories online, buy the full ebook, or become a patron subscriber. www.3lobedmag.com/issue46/