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Jarod K. Anderson
@jarodkanderson.bsky.social
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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

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Character art by Marc C. Green based on my new Appalachian cryptid novel Strange Animals.
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Other writers won’t tell you this…
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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I’m very grateful. (3/3)
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I’ll be attending the Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio today!
November 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Do you know about Strange Animals?
October 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Rainy day thought.
#poetry
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Amazing creature art by Nat Hues based on my new novel Strange Animals.

Coming soon. Info in bio.
Ballantine Books
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October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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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.)
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Some amazing character art based on my new cozy, creepy, cryptid novel Strange Animals. This illustration is by the amazing @egallagher.bsky.social. Prepare to meet the horned wolf (and many other strange creatures) this February.
October 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Gray tree frog came to visit tonight.
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Starting now, Barnes & Noble is running a 3-day 25% off deal on preorders of my new novel for BN members with coupon code PREORDER25.
September 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I wonder why my writing so often appeals to witchy-types…

*Jarod thinks to himself while standing in the kitchen roasting the dandelion roots he dehydrated to make a pot of dandelion coffee*
Dehydrated dandelion root fragments sitting in a frying pan
August 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Text post: What if everyone got a month of paid leave each year to molt, to shed their rigid exoskeletons in order to grow? Not vacation. Not sick leave. Just recognition of a natural necessity. What if the exoskeleton wasn’t literal? What if the growth wasn’t always visible or aimed at obvious profit? What if nobody expected us to pretend to be machines detached from or inconvenienced by a world whose heart beats via seasons and cycles.
August 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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#poetry
Text post. Poem on a dark background. Poem reads: A skull is a music box, the dancer forever turning in the dark. A skull is a time capsule, with keepsakes held well out-of-season. A skull is a chrysalis, sheltering an endless becoming. A skull is a labyrinth, where the monster shares your name. A skull is a garden, faithfully growing what you sow. A skull is a library, words accreting like river silt. A skull is a beacon, calling to those who share the same light.
August 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Text Post: "Hey, maybe you should start worrying about MACRO plastics in your body." *unsheathes Lego sword*
August 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Spotted on a walk today.
Gray tree frog on a mulberry leaf.
August 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Kindle users (other e-book platforms too), there is currently a big sale on Something in the Woods Loves You. You can find the same sale at places like as well.
August 9, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Dolly and I checking on the pole beans.
August 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Cozy. Creepy.
Cryptids.

Thanks to @kevinhearne.bsky.social, @peterclines.bsky.social, and @justinmcelroy.bsky.social for their kind reviews of my new novel Strange Animals.

Preorder here!
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August 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Not sure what I was looking at here, but it seems important.
August 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Just received a DM from someone who enjoyed a poem of mine they found tucked inside a tree.
Gotta say, this is probably the best way I've ever heard of someone discovering my writing. #poetry
Weathered handwritten note of Jarod K. Anderson's poem "Woodland You" It’s easy to look at the contours of a forest and feel a bone deep love for nature. It’s less easy to remember that the contours of your own body represent the exact same nature. The pathways of your mind. Your dreams, dark and strange as sprouts curling beneath a flat rock. Your regret, bitter as the citrus rot of old cut grass. It’s the same as the nature you make time to love. That you practice loving. The forest. The meadow. The sweeping arm of a galaxy. You are as natural as any postcard landscape and deserve the same love.
August 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Our night blooming cereus is blooming tonight.
Rare occurrence.
August 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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A handful of my poems that I hope, one day, won’t feel so relevant.

Defunding scientists doesn’t make the climate crisis go away.
Empathy is not just a virtue; it’s the best virtue.
Feed Gaza. Stop the genocide.
Due process is for every person.
Healthcare, shelter, and food are basic human rights.
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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July 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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In my new novel Strange Animals,
a man is killed by a city bus.
A crow on a "no parking" sign undoes his death
and gives him an acorn.
After that, things get weirder.
Yet, it's a very human story about loving nature
and finding home/family.
Interested?
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#fantasy #books
Text post that reads: In my new novel Strange Animals, a man is killed by a city bus. A crow on a "no parking" sign undoes his death and gives him an acorn. After that, things get weirder. Yet, it's a very human story about loving nature and finding home/family. Interested? Early orders can really contribute to a book's success. Cover image for Jarod K. Anderson's new novel Strange Animals (available Feb 10th 2026). The cover features the face of a wolf, snout obscured by a large pine tree. The foreground is dotted with various moths.
July 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM