@CryptoNature

The CryptoNaturalist (podcast by Jarod K. Anderson) New Novel: Strange Animals (Cozy/Creepy/Cryptid Fantasy)

 Ohio, USA
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Joined October 2017
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I think facing the cenobites or the xenomorph or the Babadook would be easier if you had Scooby Doo around trying to pronounce their names.
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Ah, you criticize AI on a platform that uses AI? Interesting. Ah, you criticize drunk driving while using the same roads as drunk drivers? Interesting. Ah, you’re against murder, but breathe the same air as murderers? Interesting. I am skilled at crafting relevant arguments.
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I wrote a fantasy novel that sounds like a nature book (Strange Animals) and a nature book that sounds like a horror (Something in the Woods Loves You).
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“You’re 45, so it’s time to get a colonoscopy.” Cold. Impersonal. Uninspiring. “Two score and five autumns have cooled your brow, so we must search your corn-maze for haunts.” Mysterious. Fun. Seasonal.
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Hey, go visit my page. I write books about nature AND cozy/creepy fantasy. If I'm gonna have a popular post about colonoscopies, I at least need to draw a little attention to my non-butt-related writings.
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Review of Strange Animals from Lightspeed Magazine: lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfi…

Book Review: Strange Animals by Jarod K. Anderson - Lightspeed Magazine

If you’re a fan of nature, things that go bump in the night, or just like reading extremely well-executed writing, reviewer Chris Kluwe thinks you should do yourself a favor and check out Jarod K....

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I’ve never had to defuse a bomb, but I have raced to put down my coffee before sneezing.
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Tadpoles work hard to get big enough and strong enough to eat bugs. I try to remember their struggle so that I don’t take my own ability to eat bugs for granted. #thankful
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“Hey, this river could use a hallway.” -Covered Bridges
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If I peered into a knothole and found you snoozing cozy within, my eyes would light up and I would tiptoe away to protect your sleep.
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The CryptoNaturalist (Jarod K. Anderson) retweeted
ADRIAN M. GIBSON 🍄💙 SFF Author & Book Designer@adrianmgibson
Sep 9
What are you all reading? I had another excellent month. I finished the Strange Animals by @CryptoNature + Abbott by Saladin Ahmed. I’m still reading Dark Water Daughter by @hannah_m_long (really good but I’m savoring it) + I recently started To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth.
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The CryptoNaturalist (Jarod K. Anderson) retweeted
michael 🙆🏻‍♂️ goldsmith@mgoldsm
Sep 9
just now getting to @CryptoNature’s immensely moving and insightful something in the woods loves you an outstanding book for which i must resist the temptation to underline every single sentence bookshop.org/p/books/somethi…

Something in the Woods Loves You

An inspiring memoir that explores nature's crucial role in our emotional and mental health, and a "poignant meditation on surviving the darkest recesses of human nature" (The Marginalian). Bats can...

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Sep 9
“There's an endless autumn in me, scenting my thoughts like campfire smoke.” - Jarod K. Anderson, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest
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The CryptoNaturalist (Jarod K. Anderson) retweeted
NY Public Library
@nypl
Aug 7
In 'Something in the Woods Loves You' by Jarod K. Anderson, After years battling his mental health, Anderson turns to nature, finding wonder, healing, and a new way to understand himself and the world. #BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/3TrPje2
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Hey WV folks, have I mentioned that I'll soon be in your state chatting with Justin McElroy about my novel? Details here: booktenderswv.com/event/2026…
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Central Ohio folks: I’m participating in a mentorship program for emerging Ohio fiction writers. The application opens today! More info here: quotidianwriter.com/writers-… #ohio

Writers Rising | Quotidian Writer

In this fiction mentorship program, six professional Ohio authors will be paired with one emerging writer each across nine months to help them craft a piece of fiction in any genre.

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I’ve visited a lot of cemeteries. I’ve read a lot of signs listing cemetery rules. None of those signs included “don’t smooch the moss.” Food for thought.
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Anybody else like to look up diagrams of chipmunk burrows and fantasize about how cozy it would be to live down there?
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Taking creativity seriously means setting aside time for play.
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