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Jed Leonard
@jedleonard.bsky.social
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Raleigh-based fantasy author and man of many hats. Cofounder of the Oak City Literary Salon. Chronically ill, occasionally brilliant.

WIP: Wonders Never Cease, in which a middle-aged fisherman definitely does not become a god.
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Godrick - Elden Ring
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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He's finally starting to take a shine to the tiny couch I bought him last year ❤️

#caturday
Adie the tabby cat sitting on a baby-sized couch, looking sleepy and content
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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...When he was SEVEN?!
Dumb Andy Ogles tweet about Zohran Mamdani coming to America to turn it into an Islamic theocracy
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Fujimoto's paneling is absolutely silly sometimes. Just a couplea heads with legs, nbd

#chainsawman
A pair of panels from Chainsaw Man chapter 218 showing Denji and Asa from the neck up, then from the waist down. The paneling makes it look like they don't have torsos at all.
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Chilling with one of my favorite neighbors
A tiny gray cat stalks towards the camera from behind the (seated) photographer. Background is standard American suburbia in the fall.
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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This cat is perpetually blurry
A young tuxedo cat smooshes his face up against the camera
October 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Current mood: N I P S Demon
A cropped panel from YuYu Hakusho showing a demon with nails in his skull and the word "NIPS" written on his forehead
October 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Just beat Caves of Qud after LITERAL YEARS of failed / aborted attempts. Final build was a double-muscled centaur barbarian with a scorpion tail, triple-wield axes, and the ability to summon alternate universe copies of myself.

Y'all, I think this might be my favorite game of all time.
The Caves of Qud credits screen
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I know it's not Caturday, but I wanted to send out an appreciation post for the sweet old neighborhood cats who have been keeping me company while I work lately
An orange Siamese cat lounges in the dirt, a comically wise expression on his rugged old face A gray and white cat with a scar on his nose licks warily at a tube treat, his bright green eyes peeled for any threats (i.e. dogs, trucks, a leaf that falls too fast)
October 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Sounds like a bad case of...
BuzzBallz
September 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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When it feels like something is missing from your life and you can't figure out what, that's your brain telling you to go stare at a lake for a while.

#photography #authors
Early morning on a lake in the Southern US. A layer of mist glides across the surface of the water. Wildflowers bloom from a scrubby little bush in the foreground, near the sand.
September 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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If you don't hear from me for a while, it's because I'm hiding out by the lake right now. Three days to wrangle this novel into shape...

#writingcommunity #art #authors
A shot from the perspective of a man sitting in the doorway of a shack beside a lake. There are a couple of lounge chairs situated on the broad lawn before him, and a laptop sits (where else) on his lap.
September 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Most recent COVID shot is kicking my absolute ass. Send good vibes / Gatorade / maybe a little cup of soup?
Cheeky selfie, lying on the couch, giving a weak little thumbs up. Send help
September 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Unexpected long COVID representation in my Dragonball manga
A panel from the Dragonball Super manga. #18: "Looking to snack on some life energy, monster? How about a taste of ours?" #17: "Spoiler alert: we don't have any."
August 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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I've been making friends with this goofy little guy over the past few months (okay, maybe he's not so little). Today I caught him... flossing, I guess? Idk, you tell me.
A white Siamese cat crouches between the bushes, chomping on the root of a dead plant.
August 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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#Caturday again, eh? Fine, I guess I can interrupt the doomposting for a minute.
Adie the tabby cat, tucked into an armchair, looking cozy as hell
August 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I keep forgetting about, and then being reminded of, the time John Boyne wrote a "historical" recipe for red dye that included several monster drops from Breath of the Wild.

Man, I know not every intellectually lazy person is a TERF, but there's some kinda common denominator there for sure.
Excerpt from "A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom" implying that John Boyne thinks "lizalfos tails" and "Hylian shrooms" are real things that exist on Planet Earth
August 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Got a birthday kiss from my favorite lil guy
A tabby cat on the lap of his owner, licking his hand. Somehow I managed to capture him mid-lick. Majestic.
August 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Meet Aman of the Kraw, a vulture-like species that combs the wilds of the Everblack in search of treasures to keep and sell. Aman here is clearly more inclined towards the latter...
A 32x32 pixel art portrait of a vulture-like humanoid dressed in a rich red collared shirt. A golden monocle encircles his single visible eye.
August 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Oh, to be a boy in a box with a tennis ball
A tabby cat all smushed into a cardboard box, holding a tennis ball like it's a teddy bear
August 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Orb weaver! This one spun her web in the doorway that leads out to my backyard the other day. Majestic bastards, aren't they?
July 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Woke up from my nap to find this GORGEOUS Yellow Orb-weaver hanging out in the doorway to my greenhouse.

I'm honored, truly, but uh... I'd also like to be able to get outside and water my plants, please 😅 What do I do?!

#spiders #naturephotography #creepycute
A big beautiful yellow Orb-weaver suspended in midair, its legs splayed out in an X shape as it waits for prey. Super pretty! Slightly creepy. Undoubtedly cool.
July 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I've been remiss lately, and I want to do better. So here, have a cool bug.
A cool bug, possibly an assassin beetle? It's clinging to the side of a beach towel.
July 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Woke up a while back to discover a note I'd left myself in the middle of the night:
Screenshot of an Android notes app screen, which reads: "Recipes Take a couple of good sized rocks Put em in the oven at 425 "till they look nice" Smell em"
June 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Little adventure this morning on my way to the doctor's! Managed to keep this lovely fella from wandering out onto the main road by my house.

He jumped right into my car and let me take him to the shelter, so whoever's been training him: keep up the good work! And maybe build a taller fence.
A selfie of me in my car, with a cute white-blonde husky dog in the backseat. The husky has that look in his eyes like "I have no idea what's going on." I guess I didn't need to say that - it's a husky.
June 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM