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Len ♾️🏳️‍🌈✍🏻📖🤓🧙🏻
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writer editor anchorite. held together by hyperfixations & quite extraordinary amounts of coffee.
💋💋💋siamo tutti antifa💋💋💋
rep: Lauren Bieker @ FinePrint
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LitKoBo präsentiert BODENSÄTZE VOL. 1
15.11. 21 h
Während im Bermuda 3eck die ersten bürgerlichen Fassaden bröckeln, lädt der Intershop zu Geschichten über unmoralische Angebote, blutige Tatsachen und Figuren, die das Richtige immer nur aus den falschen Gründen tun. Live und in Farbe. Eintritt frei.
Am 15.11. ab 21 Uhr liest die Saarbrücker Autorin Germaine Paulus Kurzgeschichten aus ihrem dunklen Universum. Phil Gräber unterhält uns mit einem Mitbewohner, dem man seinem schlimmsten Feind nicht an den Hals wünscht. Durch den Abend führt Len Klapdor. Intershop Bochum, Eintritt frei.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Aus aktuellem Anlass: Diese Autorin schreibt/liest progressive Fantastik und hat weder Mitleid noch Geduld für Autor*innen, die wie die Papageien rechte Parolen nachplappern und ihr eigenes Genre nicht verstanden haben. Eine schlechte Rezension macht noch keine „Cancel Culture“ - euer Mimimi nervt.
Logo in rot und weiß: Autor*innen Gegen Rechts
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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SAVE THE DATE - May 2nd 12 noon EDT
6 authors, 8 minutes each - come find your next favorite #speculativefiction read by #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors with us! #books, #sciencefiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #EnbyAuthors #AuthorReading **FREE**
flyer for upcoming SWSW author reading, shows photos of the five attending authors (Leanna Renee Hieber, Ann LeBlanc, Maggie Iribarne, KC Grifant, Lisa Cai and Len Klapdor) plus the text: First Friday QuickReads of Scifi, Fantasy and Horror on May 2nd 12 noon EDT Free on Zoom, preregesiter now at StrongWomenStrangeWorldsWeebly.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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*bursting*
it's out! it's out! my #sapphic, LOTR infused, solarpunky tale about an outlaw and a princess trying to balance their will to change the world with their undying love for each other is in the newest issue of #Solarpunk Magazine! where you can read it gaaahhh!
#writer #writing #publication
cover of issue 20 of Solarpunk magazine: woman in light dress in front of a tree looking at letters, a kind face displayed by three different screens that are attached to the tree trunk watching over her credits: Solarpunk Magazine Issue #20 features •cover art by Marnelli Abian •interior art by Brianna Castagnozzi •stories by Hannah Greer and Len Klapdor •poetry by Diane Perazzo and Arthur H. Manners •nonfiction by E.E. King and Justine Norton-Kertson
March 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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i have the compulsion to recreate locations from my stories in Cities Skylines & then brag about it on social media, so here ya go, look what i did! isn't it aesthetically extremely pleasing? i find it aesthetically extremely pleasing 🥰😎

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WorldBuilding #CitiesSkylines
MC's home village, structured like a spider's web (screenshot from Cities Skylines) MC's home, a little one-storey house, boulders and abandoned cars strewn around the yard (screenshot from Cities Skylines)
February 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Line-edits 💗 #writing
Bulky, black headphones and a white pencil lying on top of manuscript pages reading „The Harroway Mycelium“.
January 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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🎉🎉🎉RELEASE DAY🎉🎉🎉🎉
Today's the release of #Neuropunk, an #anthology on #neurodivergence with fantastic #shortstories, one of them (the darkest!) by yours truly 😉
Availabe anywhere or in @weltenruder 's shop
#writer #writers #author #authors #writingcommunity #publishing
Against a pink background with a purple circle, the cover of the anthology in mock-up format, with a drawn person in profile, from whose head clouds seem to grow. Lettering at the top: Edited by Melanie Schneider and Saskia Dreßler; Bottom: Neuropunk. Change of perspective
March 8, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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#WordsOfGraceShortStory #Scifi #Horror #Tragedy
February 12, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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cn: german post, pubslishing announcement
#GermanBookSky #Neuropunk #writer #writing #writingcommunity

Ich freue mich besonders, diese wunderbare Anthologie mit euch zu teilen, in der auch meine Geschichte "Ihre Worte" das Licht der Welt erblicken wird.
February 11, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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Liberté
Egalité
F*ck AfD
January 18, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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#WIPWednesday #WriterShowcase

"Death is peace. A wonderful, terrible peace."

#Novel #WIP #Hopepunk #Mystery #LGBTQ #IntoTheVoid #BewareTheSpiderForest #LissasBridge #Writer #Author #SciFi
6 images. top left: dark horizon illuminated by lightning; top right: overgrown mall ruin w/ small trees growing on elevator stairs; mid left: remnants of a crumbled highway bridge amidst trees; mid right: foggy autumn woods; bottom left: dark-haired woman fleeing through a wheat field; bottom right: an overgrown street full of rusty car chassis.
December 20, 2023 at 6:00 AM
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Over the moon to announce that my #sapphic #solarpunk #fantasy #shortstory ATHA'S DAUGHTERS was accepted by Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag ! 🎉🎉🎉
This is a dream come true, and I can't wait for y'all to get to know Ticalith and her princess... 👸🏻🦈 📜 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 👩‍❤️‍👩 💞
a dark image of a queen or princess looking down on the viewer from a red-glowing ridge, queen-of-hell vibes. caption: "The Queen of Sharks," said the princess in a toneless voice. Ticalith tilted her head. "Sharks have no queen."
November 28, 2023 at 6:00 AM
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„Tell me you’re autistic without telling me you’re autistic“
#writer
The city my WIP plays in, built in CitiesSkylines; roughly 3 districts and a bamboo field, all next to a river.
November 17, 2023 at 5:01 PM
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Quote this with street graffiti from your phone.
„Racism Kills“ in super-huge white letters on black ground; above in silver the names of the people killed in a fascist terror attack in Hanau on Feb 19th 2020.
November 16, 2023 at 8:15 PM
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#WritersShowcase #QueenOfSharks #ShortStory #SFF #Sapphic #Solarpunk

Caption:
“The Queen of Sharks,” said the Princess in a toneless voice.
Ticalith tilted her head. “Sharks have no queen.”

#WriterWednesday #WritingCommunity #Writing #Writer #Writers
4 images, top image: a witchy-looking woman in a black hood, only her mouth shows; bottom left: buildings with protruding balconies that overflow with green plants; bottom mid: a princess waiting at a gloomy beach; bottom right: a stately castle in the fog. caption in post. a dark image of a queen or princess looking down on the viewer from a red-glowing ridge, queen-of-hell vibes. caption in post.
November 14, 2023 at 8:27 AM
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What’s your sign?
Sign reads „please satanise your hands here“
November 11, 2023 at 1:17 PM
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#WritersShowcase #BacklashShortStory #Horror

"Backlash" was a bit of an excursion from my usual #SFF writing to something completely unsupernatural. The story found its home with the nice folks of #TremblingWithFear and is #FreeToRead!

#WriterWednesday #WritingCommunity #Writing
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4 images. top: a serial killer board, captioned "Trembling With Fear. Backlash by Len Klapdor. Free to read"; bottom left: a piece of rope; bottom mid: a syringe; bottom right: a knife.
October 25, 2023 at 6:00 AM
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"Speaking as someone who's spent countless hours watching writing advice videos on YouTube or reading blog posts and articles about writing and plotting and outlining, I'm going to impart my accomplished wisdom. Ready?"

Newest blog article: #WritingAdvice.
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#WritingCommunity
Photo of an old typewriter made of dark metal. Caption: The Best & Only Writing Advice You'll Ever Need
October 23, 2023 at 10:17 AM
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#WriterShowcase #Spooky #Satire #Coven #ShortStory 📚😱

This story came to me while watching paranormal "investigation" shows. It's fascinating how deeply entrenched these shows are in horror movie lore. Perfect soil for a (meta-)story seed!

#WriterWednesday #WritingCommunity #Writer #WIP
4 images. top: two witchy women with red candles in a darkened room; bottom left: a witch in a green cape in foggy woods; bottom mid: a demon hiding behind a tree; bottom right: a witch with pink-and-blue hair standing on a bridge amidst a green forest.
October 18, 2023 at 10:17 AM
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#WritersShowcase #Horror #ShortStory #Liminal

More a concept than a story tbh, but it's so gorgeous I can't stop thinking about it!

#WriterWednesday #WritingCommunity #Writing #Writer #Writers #AmWriting #LiminalPlaces
4 images. top left: brutalist hotel facade at night; top right: stairs in a darkened lobby; bottom left: hotel neon sign; bottom right: liminal hotel floor in green lighting.
October 11, 2023 at 6:00 AM
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#WriterShowcase #SFF #Horror #ShortStory
This story, working title "The Great Mycelium", is still in progress and will hopefully go on sub soon!

#WriterWednesday #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #TheGreatMycelium
6 images. top left: a tree surrounded by glowing fungi; top right: more glowing fungi; mid left: person in hazmat suit; mid right: the light at the end of the tunnel; bottom left: close-up of lamella; bottom right: Armarillia fungi growing in a forest.
October 4, 2023 at 6:00 AM
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#sharks #hammerheads #HammerheadSharks #Neurodivergence

Since I watched this, I‘m in love with hammerhead sharks 🦈 💕

youtu.be/lgTbQlfOSKE?...
A b/w photo of a hammerhead shark, shot from above, straight down. The shark is swimming gracefully just above the ground, looking for hidden treasures 👀
September 27, 2023 at 4:57 PM
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when the sky looks like a painting 😍
#rainbow
photo of a cloudy sky painted orange-pink by sunset with a rainbow running up from the bottom left corner.
August 31, 2023 at 10:42 AM
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Reskeet with something you own that most people don't.

I call it my "underwater lamp". It creates the illusion of being underwater. I need this for the days when I turn my room into a sensory deprivation tank. The photo doesn't do it justice, but to give you a sense of what it looks like.
a part of my room, focussing on my aforementioned underwater lamp, also two framed pictures, one says something about machines, the other shows a skull drawing.
August 27, 2023 at 8:33 AM
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<3
a fox smiles at you to cute up your timeline and give you some dopamine on this Monday morning.
August 21, 2023 at 11:18 AM