A novel by Jennifer Davis · on sale November 29
A demon’s guide to running your life, so you don’t have to.
Plucked from the depths of hell, these letters introduce you to Dredmira Blackwell. As a senior career mentor, she coaches a younger tempter on how to quietly undo a young woman, one distraction or misdirection at a time. In the tradition of C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters, and launching on his birthday, you read it upside-down. What devils call “good” is actually for your harm. It’s a funny and poignant field guide, behind enemy lines, to finding your way through the noise. Written for twenty-somethings and those who love them.
Countdown to Book Launch
Ellenwood Publishing House · November 29, 2026
From the desk of Dredmira Blackwell
Read this upside-down. The letters are intercepted, written by a demon who remembers the Garden of Eden and is intent on never going back. In her voice, “the Enemy” is God, and every piece of advice might be exactly backwards, or might be truth with a twist. It’s a spiritual battle for a soul, so read it against the grain, and prepare to be surprised by what the demons fear and celebrate.
The Book
Across thirty-one letters, Ms. Dredmira Blackwell explains her craft and shares secrets of the centuries. How a phone becomes an altar, how labels mislead, and how to swallow a decade. In them, you learn how small, ordinary blessings terrify those trying to keep you asleep. You’ll be lured in and jolted by how demonkind thinks about God, the world, and even you.
She never has to make her target do anything dramatic. She needs only to keep her busy, tired, comparing, and in her head. It is satire with a hard-landing center. There is a discussion guide in the back for groups who want room to laugh and be unsettled together.
The Blackwell Letters is for readers who like their fantasy with real teeth. In hell, the supernatural is not glittery decoration, but a war zone. The telling is bold, wry, cinematic, and will make you rethink what you thought you knew for sure. If you found your way here from Goodreads or BookTok, from your favorite C.S. Lewis fan forum, or from a late-night rabbit hole about angels and demons, you found the right place.
Who it’s for
If you are building a life in the middle of the chaos, the demon’s playbook may read like a description of your Tuesday, but from a different lens. That is the point. When read upside-down, it becomes your guide to honestly assessing the world and finding true hope.
If you love someone in this season and want to better understand the waters in which they are swimming, these letters are your guide. A rare book that you can enjoy with belly laughs, and gift to your kid.
If you loved The Screwtape Letters, this is a batch in that tradition: inverted, sharp, and unmistakably messed up. Read for the similarities and fresh differences.
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For groups & study
The Blackwell Letters is an easy read that works beautifully in a group setting. A Discussion Guide is included in the book and can be downloaded separately below for free. The letters are mapped thematically to weekly sessions where humor and drama open the door to deeper insight and study. Additional resources and reading are suggested by chapter. Show Blackwell who’s boss by building a community around hell’s undoing.
Weekly questions that go deeply into themes and encourage deeper review and life application. The guide that keeps the whole group right-side-up.
Coming SoonInterested in bringing Blackwell to your Bible study, class, conference, or small community group? Order class sets at bulk pricing, shipped together.
Order in BulkDredmira Blackwell can’t attend your event, but book author Jennifer Davis is available for author visits, Q&A, and talks at your church, campus, or conference. In person and virtual options available.
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Events
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Speaking & booking
Jennifer Davis speaks at conferences, churches, college campuses, schools, and small groups. Whether keynoting your event or joining a panel, in person or virtual, she brings insights from the book that encourage paying attention and navigating the kingdom of noise. Talks can pair with a group read or a book signing.
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The author
Jennifer Davis is a mother, aunt, and friend who wrote The Blackwell Letters for her own family and their friends who are sailing in the ocean of noise that is modern-day young adulthood. She did not rely on AI to write it, because she believes writing is the highest form of thinking, and some things are worth thinking deeply about.
She is an executive, technology enthusiast, and author of the business book Well Made Decisions (New Degree Press, 2021). She and her husband, Tony, reside in Northwest Arkansas, where they are active at their local church, enjoy a large extended family, and are lucky to regularly spend time with their twenty-something son, daughter-in-law, and daughter.
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