C.S. Humble
@cshumble.bsky.social
Award-winning author of Amid the Vastness of All Else western saga and The Black Wells Series. Consulting Storyteller.
"No single book can move all the world by itself, but, when you can move the world living inside enough readers, well, that proves to be a lever that the world is required to contend with."
October 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"No single book can move all the world by itself, but, when you can move the world living inside enough readers, well, that proves to be a lever that the world is required to contend with."
Prologue.
Big swing.
Big swing.
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Prologue.
Big swing.
Big swing.
August 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Another 5 Star Review for To Carry A Body To Its Resting Place.
An honor to be compared to William Gay and Jesmyn Ward.
Available via Amazon or via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
An honor to be compared to William Gay and Jesmyn Ward.
Available via Amazon or via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Another 5 Star Review for To Carry A Body To Its Resting Place.
An honor to be compared to William Gay and Jesmyn Ward.
Available via Amazon or via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
An honor to be compared to William Gay and Jesmyn Ward.
Available via Amazon or via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Tomorrow is a big day for me and @shortwavebooks. The release of To Carry A Body To Its Resting Place.
My thanks to:
@aijiang.bsky.social, @raewilde.bsky.social, @joshrountree.bsky.social, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and all the others who have blurbed & added to the stellar reviews of the novel.
My thanks to:
@aijiang.bsky.social, @raewilde.bsky.social, @joshrountree.bsky.social, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and all the others who have blurbed & added to the stellar reviews of the novel.
July 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Tomorrow is a big day for me and @shortwavebooks. The release of To Carry A Body To Its Resting Place.
My thanks to:
@aijiang.bsky.social, @raewilde.bsky.social, @joshrountree.bsky.social, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and all the others who have blurbed & added to the stellar reviews of the novel.
My thanks to:
@aijiang.bsky.social, @raewilde.bsky.social, @joshrountree.bsky.social, @sadiehartmann.bsky.social and all the others who have blurbed & added to the stellar reviews of the novel.
Twelve days until launch.
I hope you'll all pre-order and give it a chance via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and amazon.
#amidthevastnessofallelse
#horror
#western
#werewolves
I hope you'll all pre-order and give it a chance via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and amazon.
#amidthevastnessofallelse
#horror
#western
#werewolves
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Twelve days until launch.
I hope you'll all pre-order and give it a chance via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and amazon.
#amidthevastnessofallelse
#horror
#western
#werewolves
I hope you'll all pre-order and give it a chance via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and amazon.
#amidthevastnessofallelse
#horror
#western
#werewolves
In case you were wondering about the Peregrine Estate...
July 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In case you were wondering about the Peregrine Estate...
That Light Sublime Trilogy is available now via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and amazon. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.
My thanks to all those who have blurbed or the over 1k people who have reviewed the books. And to @marissavu.bsky.social's edits.
Photos: @raewilde.bsky.social
My thanks to all those who have blurbed or the over 1k people who have reviewed the books. And to @marissavu.bsky.social's edits.
Photos: @raewilde.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
That Light Sublime Trilogy is available now via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social and amazon. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.
My thanks to all those who have blurbed or the over 1k people who have reviewed the books. And to @marissavu.bsky.social's edits.
Photos: @raewilde.bsky.social
My thanks to all those who have blurbed or the over 1k people who have reviewed the books. And to @marissavu.bsky.social's edits.
Photos: @raewilde.bsky.social
Blurb from Rob Bass, the single most patient writing mentor I have ever known.
My deepest gratitude for this meaningful examination of the work.
My deepest gratitude for this meaningful examination of the work.
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Blurb from Rob Bass, the single most patient writing mentor I have ever known.
My deepest gratitude for this meaningful examination of the work.
My deepest gratitude for this meaningful examination of the work.
For those willing to read and review The Peregrine Estate, forthcoming from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, a note from me:
June 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For those willing to read and review The Peregrine Estate, forthcoming from @shortwavebooks.bsky.social, a note from me:
All Romance is Gothic.
And in a few months, I'll prove it to you.
And in a few months, I'll prove it to you.
June 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
All Romance is Gothic.
And in a few months, I'll prove it to you.
And in a few months, I'll prove it to you.
Labor Day on Juneteenth.
June 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Labor Day on Juneteenth.
Honestly, brother, you're not wrong.
June 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Honestly, brother, you're not wrong.
I spend too much time persisting in an unfulfilling job. But that is the life of many writers. Work to pay bills, write to stay alive.
But sometimes we get oh so very lucky when we draft something that makes us say: "What else could be better than this? There can be nothing else better than this."
But sometimes we get oh so very lucky when we draft something that makes us say: "What else could be better than this? There can be nothing else better than this."
June 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I spend too much time persisting in an unfulfilling job. But that is the life of many writers. Work to pay bills, write to stay alive.
But sometimes we get oh so very lucky when we draft something that makes us say: "What else could be better than this? There can be nothing else better than this."
But sometimes we get oh so very lucky when we draft something that makes us say: "What else could be better than this? There can be nothing else better than this."
Just as a heads-up/reminder, I'll be attending StokerCon with all the lovely horror folk this coming week.
Excited to be able to celebrate our timeless genre with so many of the wonderful people giving it life in our world today.
Excited to be able to celebrate our timeless genre with so many of the wonderful people giving it life in our world today.
June 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just as a heads-up/reminder, I'll be attending StokerCon with all the lovely horror folk this coming week.
Excited to be able to celebrate our timeless genre with so many of the wonderful people giving it life in our world today.
Excited to be able to celebrate our timeless genre with so many of the wonderful people giving it life in our world today.
June 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"And, like all grand goodness, the deeds must stem from great tragedy. As it is with sorrow being the leaven that gives the bread of joy its rise, tragedy is the plowshare which can awaken all hope hidden beneath the surface of our lives."
Work in progress: A Fault Against the Dead.
#FantasyNovel
Work in progress: A Fault Against the Dead.
#FantasyNovel
May 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"And, like all grand goodness, the deeds must stem from great tragedy. As it is with sorrow being the leaven that gives the bread of joy its rise, tragedy is the plowshare which can awaken all hope hidden beneath the surface of our lives."
Work in progress: A Fault Against the Dead.
#FantasyNovel
Work in progress: A Fault Against the Dead.
#FantasyNovel
"Live to the point of tears." - Albert Camus
Available for pre-order via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Available now on NetGally or by Reviewer request.
Available for pre-order via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Available now on NetGally or by Reviewer request.
May 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Live to the point of tears." - Albert Camus
Available for pre-order via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Available now on NetGally or by Reviewer request.
Available for pre-order via @shortwavebooks.bsky.social
Available now on NetGally or by Reviewer request.
Epigraph from Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard.
Never miss a chance to write a love story.
Never miss a chance to write a love story.
May 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Epigraph from Baroness of the Eastern Seaboard.
Never miss a chance to write a love story.
Never miss a chance to write a love story.
From @joshrountree.bsky.social enduring and wonderful introduction for The Peregrine Estate book one - To Carry A Body To Its Resting Place
Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social - July, 2025
Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social - July, 2025
May 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
From @joshrountree.bsky.social enduring and wonderful introduction for The Peregrine Estate book one - To Carry A Body To Its Resting Place
Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social - July, 2025
Published by @shortwavebooks.bsky.social - July, 2025
Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
April 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
This book kills fascist.
Work in Progress. Into the Utter Night.
Looking for publishers who want authors to make to make a clear, fucking statement.
Work in Progress. Into the Utter Night.
Looking for publishers who want authors to make to make a clear, fucking statement.
April 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This book kills fascist.
Work in Progress. Into the Utter Night.
Looking for publishers who want authors to make to make a clear, fucking statement.
Work in Progress. Into the Utter Night.
Looking for publishers who want authors to make to make a clear, fucking statement.
"And so for the character Ashley Sutliff, I am grateful. For through him I am able to see a glimpse of my late father, who never lived to see his son so at a loss, to never be able to say, "You were never perfect. But you were mine. And that was enough."
February 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"And so for the character Ashley Sutliff, I am grateful. For through him I am able to see a glimpse of my late father, who never lived to see his son so at a loss, to never be able to say, "You were never perfect. But you were mine. And that was enough."
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from — my country, the place where I ought to have been born."
C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces.
C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces.
February 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from — my country, the place where I ought to have been born."
C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces.
C.S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces.