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Steven R. Smith
@blacksmith3989.bsky.social
230 followers 140 following 18 posts
Writer, Chaotic Neutral DM and indie Game Dev.
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Dave has the distinction of being an award winning debut novelist AND an all round awesome dude! So fucking chuffed for him!
davegoodman.bsky.social David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · Jul 17
The face of a gobsmacked debut writer. Still absolutely reeling. More soon!
Me, looking slightly dazed, holding the McDermid Debut Award cask.
July 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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My Audible Original novel The Shape of Monsters, read by Omari Douglas (It's a Sin, Black Doves) will be live in July!

Full details here - substack.com/@portobellol...
Publishers Marketplace deal report for THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS and A MILLION POINTS OF LIGHT by CL Hellisen, about power and who chooses to wield it, set in a place where magic is awakening from a long slumber, sold to Audible Originals in a two book deal by Caro Clarke of Portobello Literary The cover for THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS by CL Hellisen. Two silhouetted figures stand before a void of wavering red and blue light, in which can faintly be seen the eyes of the creature inside it.
June 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
blacksmith3989.bsky.social
Just a note to all the Blacksmith/Leatherworking enthusiasts and professionals who have followed me: I post nothing to do with Blacksmithing, it is simply a nickname! Feel free to tempt me to the forge though!
November 26, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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Welp, guess it's time to get started over here then!
October 17, 2024 at 10:19 AM