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The Blackhawk Cycle
THE BLACKHAWK CYCLE is a hardcover omnibus containing three novellas and four short stories set in Tranchell's fictional Blackhawk, Utah.
Featuring CRY DOWN DARK, TELL NO MAN, THE LAMENTATIONS OF BLACKHAWK, and the stories "Birthday Boy," "Epistle to Blackhawk," "Heather's Winter," and "The Last Temptation of Maddie Smith: A Blackhawk Coda," this special hardcover collection covers all of Tranchell's forays into Black up to this point.
So come have a visit and stay for a while... or forver!
Featuring CRY DOWN DARK, TELL NO MAN, THE LAMENTATIONS OF BLACKHAWK, and the stories "Birthday Boy," "Epistle to Blackhawk," "Heather's Winter," and "The Last Temptation of Maddie Smith: A Blackhawk Coda," this special hardcover collection covers all of Tranchell's forays into Black up to this point.
So come have a visit and stay for a while... or forver!
494 pages, Hardcover
Published July 10, 2024
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About the author
T.J. Tranchell
18 books34 followersT.J. Tranchell was born on Halloween and grew up in Utah. His first book, CRY DOWN DARK, represented Utah on the New York Times “50 States, 50 Scares” list in 2020. Along with that book, TELL NO MAN and THE LAMENTATIONS OF BLACKHAWK form The Blackhawk Cycle. In addition, Tranchell has released two collections: ASLEEP IN THE NIGHTMARE ROOM and THE PRIVATE LIVES OF NIGHTMARES. In 2022, he fulfilled a dream by being published in Fangoria magazine.
Tranchell teaches English at a community college and is currently a student in the UCR- Palm Desert Low Residency MFA program.
Tranchell teaches English at a community college and is currently a student in the UCR- Palm Desert Low Residency MFA program.
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December 31, 2024
I started reading The Blackhawk Cycle by T.J. Tranchell a few days ago, thinking it would be the first book I finished in 2025 (you see it’s close to 500 pages and I don’t get much time for physical books these days).
Happy to report that I finished it in three days, so it’s now the last book of 2024! I was so invested I breezed through it and would eagerly read more today. A great book to close out the year, it’s an omnibus consisting of three novellas and a bunch of short stories, all based in or connected to the fictional town of Blackhawk, Utah.
Filled with compelling characters, historical references and Easter eggs, and vivid imagery. If you’re into possession and exorcism stories in particular, you’ll want to check this out.
Happy to report that I finished it in three days, so it’s now the last book of 2024! I was so invested I breezed through it and would eagerly read more today. A great book to close out the year, it’s an omnibus consisting of three novellas and a bunch of short stories, all based in or connected to the fictional town of Blackhawk, Utah.
Filled with compelling characters, historical references and Easter eggs, and vivid imagery. If you’re into possession and exorcism stories in particular, you’ll want to check this out.
October 17, 2025
If you’ve ever wanted to start Tranchell’s saga of possession, faith, and trauma, this is the collection to get. It brings together short stories and three novellas to tell the full story in one volume.
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