Jarod K. Anderson
@jarodkanderson.bsky.social
Fiction. Poetry. Nonfiction.
Memoir: Something in the Woods Loves You - Timber Press Sept 2024
New Fantasy Novel: Strange Animals - Ballantine Books Feb 2026
Poetry: The Haunted Forest Trilogy
Podcast: The Cryptonaturalist
https://linktr.ee/jarodkanderson
Memoir: Something in the Woods Loves You - Timber Press Sept 2024
New Fantasy Novel: Strange Animals - Ballantine Books Feb 2026
Poetry: The Haunted Forest Trilogy
Podcast: The Cryptonaturalist
https://linktr.ee/jarodkanderson
Pinned
When I greet nature as family,
a tree, a smudge of lichen,
the invisible complexity of the sky,
I feel a reciprocity of love.
When I reach for wonder as a receptive student,
I always find it reaching back.
a tree, a smudge of lichen,
the invisible complexity of the sky,
I feel a reciprocity of love.
When I reach for wonder as a receptive student,
I always find it reaching back.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When I greet nature as family,
a tree, a smudge of lichen,
the invisible complexity of the sky,
I feel a reciprocity of love.
When I reach for wonder as a receptive student,
I always find it reaching back.
a tree, a smudge of lichen,
the invisible complexity of the sky,
I feel a reciprocity of love.
When I reach for wonder as a receptive student,
I always find it reaching back.
I adore Kevin’s books. This is so kind.
STRANGE ANIMALS by @jarodkanderson.bsky.social. Comes out in February. Blew me away. Enjoyed it so much.
What is something that you read recently and enjoyed?
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I adore Kevin’s books. This is so kind.
Character art by Marc C. Green based on my new Appalachian cryptid novel Strange Animals.
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Character art by Marc C. Green based on my new Appalachian cryptid novel Strange Animals.
Actually, “Gila Monster”
is the name of the mad scientist
who created the lizard.
is the name of the mad scientist
who created the lizard.
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Actually, “Gila Monster”
is the name of the mad scientist
who created the lizard.
is the name of the mad scientist
who created the lizard.
I feel like unicorns should be real and deer should be myth.
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I feel like unicorns should be real and deer should be myth.
Thinking about fire stations and mental health. Comparing priorities and how we deal with crises.
The mind-fires.Thoughts on fire stations and mental health. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
YouTube video by The CryptoNaturalist (Jarod K. Anderson)
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Thinking about fire stations and mental health. Comparing priorities and how we deal with crises.
Other writers won’t tell you this…
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Other writers won’t tell you this…
Reposted by Jarod K. Anderson
Do you know about Strange Animals?
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Do you know about Strange Animals?
Promoting a book is weird because I don't always trust my own imagination and now I'm supposed to invite people to wander around in there.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Promoting a book is weird because I don't always trust my own imagination and now I'm supposed to invite people to wander around in there.
Thank you Ms. Woolard,
my 5th grade teacher,
who first inspired my love of poetry and writing.
She read Mary Oliver to me.
She gave me the first book that ever made me want to write fiction (My Side of the Mountain). (1/3)
my 5th grade teacher,
who first inspired my love of poetry and writing.
She read Mary Oliver to me.
She gave me the first book that ever made me want to write fiction (My Side of the Mountain). (1/3)
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thank you Ms. Woolard,
my 5th grade teacher,
who first inspired my love of poetry and writing.
She read Mary Oliver to me.
She gave me the first book that ever made me want to write fiction (My Side of the Mountain). (1/3)
my 5th grade teacher,
who first inspired my love of poetry and writing.
She read Mary Oliver to me.
She gave me the first book that ever made me want to write fiction (My Side of the Mountain). (1/3)
“Missouri hair museum” also sounds like a devastating and hyper-specific insult.
Leila's Hair Museum, the most unusual attraction in Independence, Missouri, closed in September. Thanks to the founder’s granddaughter, the massive collection of wreaths made out of human hair is finding new homes at museums across the country.
A Missouri hair museum was the only one of its kind. Its unusual collection is being saved
Leila's Hair Museum, the most unusual attraction in Independence, Missouri, closed in September. Thanks to the founder’s granddaughter, the massive collection of wreaths made out of human hair is finding new homes at museums across the country.
www.kcur.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Missouri hair museum” also sounds like a devastating and hyper-specific insult.
Go ahead and high five yourself in the mirror, just don’t expect to know which one of you initiated it.
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Go ahead and high five yourself in the mirror, just don’t expect to know which one of you initiated it.
Do you know about Strange Animals?
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Do you know about Strange Animals?
It’s vital, every so often, to become suddenly awake and walk barefoot from our warm homes and stand in the cold rain just to remind ourselves that many of the established borders of our lives are not made of iron bars, they are made of choices.
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s vital, every so often, to become suddenly awake and walk barefoot from our warm homes and stand in the cold rain just to remind ourselves that many of the established borders of our lives are not made of iron bars, they are made of choices.
Amazing creature art by Nat Hues based on my new novel Strange Animals.
Coming soon. Info in bio.
Ballantine Books
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Coming soon. Info in bio.
Ballantine Books
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Amazing creature art by Nat Hues based on my new novel Strange Animals.
Coming soon. Info in bio.
Ballantine Books
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Coming soon. Info in bio.
Ballantine Books
@penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Writer milestone!
I have a poem in a biology textbook!
I’m really delighted by this.
(Thanks to Margaret Riley and Princeton University Press for reaching out.)
I have a poem in a biology textbook!
I’m really delighted by this.
(Thanks to Margaret Riley and Princeton University Press for reaching out.)
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Writer milestone!
I have a poem in a biology textbook!
I’m really delighted by this.
(Thanks to Margaret Riley and Princeton University Press for reaching out.)
I have a poem in a biology textbook!
I’m really delighted by this.
(Thanks to Margaret Riley and Princeton University Press for reaching out.)
Do you ever coincidentally read two books back-to-back that feel like they are in conversation with one another? It's a cool feeling. Sorta like my experience of the book is wholly unique in a very specific way.
October 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Do you ever coincidentally read two books back-to-back that feel like they are in conversation with one another? It's a cool feeling. Sorta like my experience of the book is wholly unique in a very specific way.
Reposted by Jarod K. Anderson
'Choose to build something wonderfully imperfect.'
Some truly excellent advice from @jarodkanderson.bsky.social's Something in the Woods Loves You, which is about nature, and mental health, and recovery, and life.
I am enjoying it very much. Rationing out the audiobook over weeks, for reflection.
Some truly excellent advice from @jarodkanderson.bsky.social's Something in the Woods Loves You, which is about nature, and mental health, and recovery, and life.
I am enjoying it very much. Rationing out the audiobook over weeks, for reflection.
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
'Choose to build something wonderfully imperfect.'
Some truly excellent advice from @jarodkanderson.bsky.social's Something in the Woods Loves You, which is about nature, and mental health, and recovery, and life.
I am enjoying it very much. Rationing out the audiobook over weeks, for reflection.
Some truly excellent advice from @jarodkanderson.bsky.social's Something in the Woods Loves You, which is about nature, and mental health, and recovery, and life.
I am enjoying it very much. Rationing out the audiobook over weeks, for reflection.
I stayed up too late reading The Haunting of Hill House and now I'm sleepy.
Who is responsible for this!?
Who is responsible for this!?
October 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I stayed up too late reading The Haunting of Hill House and now I'm sleepy.
Who is responsible for this!?
Who is responsible for this!?
I feel like people who don't like candy corn don't understand how to eat it.
You're not supposed to chew.
You just swallow it with water, like a pill.
You're not supposed to chew.
You just swallow it with water, like a pill.
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I feel like people who don't like candy corn don't understand how to eat it.
You're not supposed to chew.
You just swallow it with water, like a pill.
You're not supposed to chew.
You just swallow it with water, like a pill.
Capitalism often works to convince us that value is tied to exclusivity, that a thing isn’t special unless someone is keeping you from it.
How magnificent is a dandelion? A bit of moss on a broken sidewalk?
How inadequate is commerce as an instrument to measure the wonders of our world.
How magnificent is a dandelion? A bit of moss on a broken sidewalk?
How inadequate is commerce as an instrument to measure the wonders of our world.
October 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Capitalism often works to convince us that value is tied to exclusivity, that a thing isn’t special unless someone is keeping you from it.
How magnificent is a dandelion? A bit of moss on a broken sidewalk?
How inadequate is commerce as an instrument to measure the wonders of our world.
How magnificent is a dandelion? A bit of moss on a broken sidewalk?
How inadequate is commerce as an instrument to measure the wonders of our world.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed my memoir and sent me a screenshot! I rolled some dice and selected a couple winners of signed copies. (I'll likely do this again, so save a screenshot when you leave a review.)
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thanks to everyone who reviewed my memoir and sent me a screenshot! I rolled some dice and selected a couple winners of signed copies. (I'll likely do this again, so save a screenshot when you leave a review.)