The CryptoNaturalist (podcast by Jarod K. Anderson) New Novel: Strange Animals (Cozy/Creepy/Cryptid Fantasy)
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We name constellations of stars instead of dandelions because one seems permanent to us.
Seems.
There, the hunter stands tall with a shining belt.
Here, the dandelions are a running elk, gold against an emerald sky.
Both are nature. Both fleeting.
As real as we can make them.
The CryptoNaturalist (Jarod K. Anderson) retweeted
Here it is! The cover for my next horror novel, Children of the Wrong Heaven.
A mommy support group becomes convinced their children are aliens. This deeply upsets the townsfolk around them…and also the aliens.
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#OneMinuteOfPoetry 10/20/2026 "Orcas" by @CryptoNature. Hold on to the magic of the real. #poetry #voiceover
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New design by the wonderfully talented @corruptedgem available at the CryptoNaturalist store! teepublic.com/t-shirt/443591…
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Sharks make excellent pets if you follow this simple two-step care guide.
1: Leave them in the ocean.
2: Visit them in your imagination to give them daily compliments.
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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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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…
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“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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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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I had way too much fun playing 20 Questions: Cryptid Edition with @CryptoNature!
Jarod K. Anderson’s fantastical new novel STRANGE ANIMALS is out now, featuring mysterious cryptids from his imagination. Already one of my fave reads of the year!
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We chat with author Jarod K. Anderson about Strange Animals, which follows an ordinary man who discovers a hidden world of supernatural creatures—and an unexpected home—in this enchanting contemporary fantasy debut.
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📚Found Family #Fantasy
Leah reviews Strange Animals By Jarod K. Anderson
#BookX
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So much to love in this poem by @CryptoNature
#poetrylovers
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I love the magical world David M Bird creates with figures made of acorns and twigs.
The CryptoNaturalist (Jarod K. Anderson) retweeted
Both work and play take effort.
Both work and play require time
and space.
The difference is that my idea of
work is haunted by a fear of
imperfection, while play feels hard
to get wrong.
—@cryptonature
artwork by instagram.com/whykentowhy
The CryptoNaturalist (Jarod K. Anderson) retweeted
Some of my thoughts on seeking peace and pleasure while acknowledging that our work to build a better world is never finished. 🧵
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Everything in this image that doesn't have spikes coming off of it is a galaxy.
Every. Single. Dot.
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I was at the movies tonight and a very interesting thing happened to me... I was in the bathroom before the movie and an older woman approached me. She asked how long I'd been using a cane, and I told her almost 10 years. She paused and then said, "...was it hard?" (1/5)
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I'm tired. The thunder is murmuring outside. Time for a poem.
ALT Little Red Wolf Leslie J. Anderson Her mother said fold your ears, keep your nose in your hood, look down when you walk, tuck your hands under the basket. She did all these things. She forgot her voice. Her fur itched. The wool was thick and hot. When she opened the door, there were the eyes, the teeth, the smell of wet fur and earth. She said I know you, and the joy was as great as the fear.