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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 18h

okay not the most exciting sketchbook pages ever BUT ☝️ this Tumblr post last week taught me about an overhand pencil grip and drawing from the shoulder, and I finally tried it today AND IT IS MAGICAL WTF my circles are cleaner and I can do longer lines??? why have I never learned this omg

a sketchbook page filled with graphite circles, parabolas, straight lines, and curved lines

a rough pencil sketch from a drawing figure of a figure lit from the back, with one hand on a curved wall nearby, listing toward the wall with their other hand on their upper abdomen as if injured

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 03/10/2026

a longish one, but. the first time someone learns Peter's name bc that shit is delicious hardcover / ebook / incredibly narrated audiobook / paperback to come (US *and* UK, huzzah!) bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Excerpt from E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits:
"What was your name?”
The world ground to a halt. Everything stretched away until the cemetery felt empty except for them. The groundskeeper was so muddled from the two hours in which he’d forgotten the tragedy of his own life that his name escaped before he could keep it caged.
“Peter,” he said. “Peter Shaughnessy.”
A slow smile spread across David’s face.
“Peter. I’ll remember that.” He hitched his backpack higher. “It was nice meeting you, Peter. See you tomorrow.”
He walked off.
The groundskeeper didn’t say goodbye. He felt like static before a lightning storm, water falling down a mountainside. Like himself, three thousand miles away and two hundred years back, young and uncursed.
He swallowed, eyes prickling, chest heaving, unaware of the concern emanating from the nearest graves. His ears rang over and over with the sound of his name on someone’s tongue for the first time in almost one hundred years.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 02/10/2026

she's being so so brave (a very loud truck went by and she ran away, but then she came right back and curled up)

a small black cat curled up on a blue blanket

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 02/10/2026

the old man is nursing me back to health* *lying on me, purring

Close up of an orange cat with a person's forehead just visible in the background

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 02/10/2026

an old man cursed with immortality hunts ghosts rather than making mortal friends who will die one day, until an Ohio town beset by a vengeful spirit adopts him as their own, & he must decide: leave to protect his heart, or stay to save their lives? #SpoonieAuthChat bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, upcoming in paperback. The cover features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with red smoke bursting from the chimney and red mist twisting through the headstones, against a starry night sky, with a quote from a starred Library Journal review reading, "A (literally) haunting story full of heart." Paperback and text are against a blurred background photo of a dandelion in silhouette with its seeds blowing away from its fluffy head.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 02/10/2026

highly recommend HELLO SUNSHINE btw bookshop.org/p/books/hell...

Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young, with the tagline "Alex is missing, but is he really gone?" and an image of a boy asleep in a meadow and mostly hidden by flowers in the foreground and his three friends, brother, and dog standing in the meadow in the background, hoping to find him, against a dark starry sky.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 02/10/2026

#FirstDraftFall accountability thread bc boy howdy I'm gonna need it* anyway MarthaWIP is a contemporary fantasy about a grumpy 60yo lesbian ghostspeaker with undx'd autism who gets even grumpier when her eldritch nonbinary ex turns up amidst a sudden spate of hauntings aesthetic / a line lmao

A pink slide with darker pink leaves etched into it, with an aesthetic for a work-in-progress called MarthaWip centered. The aeshetic is in muted greens, blues, and greys, and includes images of an older couple holding hands, a gemstone bracelet, an old stump, a forest, and a close-up of a woman crying, with a text box reading, "I wanted you to have a choice." Text around the aesthetic reads: 60-year-old grumpy lesbian, household god nonbinary love interest (they're exes); ghosts and other things; haunted small town; angry teen girl; migraines both magical and not; trapped spirit; caring for elderly parents; and binding spell that can only be undone if someone dies.

A pink slide with darker pink leaves etched into it, with a recent line from MarthaWip centered, reading, "'Mother,' Martha said emphatically, 'fucker.'"

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 02/10/2026

since I'm still obsessing over the "vegetarian" vampire novella, today I colored in my doodles of the bodyguard and the vampire (no new doodles on account of I'm sick)

An alcohol marker portrait of a brown-haired, bearded man with blue eyes in a pale pinstriped shirt with darker suspenders and a tie, seen vaguely from below, with an eyebrow raised and a look of disdain.

An alcohol marker portrait of an overly excitable vampire with hazel eyes and black hair in a pigtail, wearing a green 18th century coat with gold trim, gold vest, and pale cravat, smiling broadly with one hand on his head as if in disbelief and the other holding an orangey-brown toadstool with a relatively flat cap

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 30/09/2026

the best part of drawing weird Medieval people is that you really can't do it badly considering sometimes Medieval drawings look like this

a Medieval drawing of a horse from the front, but the horse basically looks like an egg with a face and legs. it's deeply terrible and I love it

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 29/09/2026

and the "vegetarian" vampire story ("vegetarian" goes in quotes bc Archibald objects to that term on linguistic grounds lmao) came from a Tumblr post unsurprisingly lol it only ended up as a single line of dialogue, but it's where Archibald's whole character came from at first!

Tumblr post from frodo-of-the-nine-fingers: my actual vampire hot take is that if you're going to be a 'vegetarian' vampire (a vampire that only drinks the blood of animals) you MUST have hunter education. i'm so sick of people being like oh well predator animals are mean and scary because they kill cute 'harmless' animals like NO they're crucial for the environment and if you're going to hunt animals for blood you still need to stick to regular people hunting guidelines and only hunt things that are in season and abide by your areas bag limits

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 28/09/2026

and the vampire in question getting overly excited about a mushroom lol

A pencil sketch of an overly excitable vampire in 18th century coat, vest, and cravat, smiling broadly with one hand on his head as if in disbelief and the other holding a toadstool with a relatively flat cap

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 28/09/2026

how the bodyguard looks as the vampire waxes poetic about fungi without even introducing himself first

A pencil sketch of a bearded man in a pinstriped shirt with suspenders and a tie, seen vaguely from below, with an eyebrow raised and a look of disdain

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 28/09/2026

the books I currently have out are THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS (hardcover, ebook, audio; paperback upcoming) and THE LORD OF THE WOOD (paperback, ebook, audio) not on Kobo Plus BUT very requestable at your local library!

E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits: "An old man cursed with immortality hunts ghosts rather than making mortal friends who will die one day. When residents of an Ohio town beset by a vengeful spirit adopt him as their own, he must decide: leave to protect his heart, or stay to save their lives?" The Keeper of Lonely Spirits's paperback cover features a lonely cottage with red smoke blasting from the chimney, surrounded by headstones with red mist twisting between them, against a starry night sky. Paperback and text are against a blurred image of a dandelion clock with seeds drifting away.

E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood: "When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can't save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." The Lord of the Wood's cover is blue, with a stag of foliage and flowers growing from a tree whose upper branches drip black ooze. The cover and text are against an image of a stag in silhouette in a misty golden meadow.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 28/09/2026

highlights from today's #PoleFitness open studio time! I'm particularly pleased with fallen angel (the second one, where I'm fully upside down) because I haven't been able to do that and let go with both hands for more than 0.02 seconds before

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 27/09/2026

from the "vegetarian" vampire novella bc I fear I am not over it but alas it's with beta readers and I can't work on it again until they're done with it #QueerWriters

excerpt from E.M. Anderson's "vegetarian" vampire novella: “Let the poor thing alone. It did us no harm.”
Your mouth twists. The dog did you no harm largely because Archibald stood in its way. It could still bite someone—something—spread its infernal disease.
“My dear fellow,” Archibald says gently, “surely you can understand if I have some sympathy for such a creature.”

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 27/09/2026

Winnie: forgets to post 90% of the time, posts a bunch all at once in a flurry when she remembers bc she keeps Having Thoughts. posts about the best toys and how cardboard is superior to those ~storebought~ cat toys. also posts about how Halloween is her Bestest Buddy :)

a slightly blurry small black cat wriggling around on her back between a person's torso and arm on a bed, probably because she tried to lie down on them but slid off (as she does this frequently)

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 27/09/2026

Halloween: subtweeting the kitten. his followers complain bc he USED to post about the coziest spots for napping and the best treats and how to sneak some of your human's food while pretending you just want cuddles, but now it's just "kitten this," "kitten that," and the tone is markedly annoyed

an orange cat in a shrimplike position on a couch, his hind legs stretched out past his head

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 25/09/2026

hoping to continue working on (finish?? might be a tall order though) MarthaWIP for #FirstDraftFall (with another WIP as a possible second project, but we'll see) #QueerPrompts

aesthetic for MarthaWIP in greys and muted greens, with images of holding hands, a gemstone bracelet, a wizened stump, a misty forest, and a close-up of a woman crying, with a single text box reading, "I wanted you to have a choice."

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 25/09/2026

THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS is coming out in paperback in 2027! June 22 for the US, Dec 8 for the UK US preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/the-... UK preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/the-kee... #WeeknightWriters

An old man cursed with immortality hunts ghosts rather than making mortal friends who will die one day. When residents of an Ohio town beset by a vengeful spirit adopt him as their own, he must decide: leave to protect his heart, or stay to save their lives? E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, upcoming in paperback. The cover features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with red smoke bursting from the chimney and red mist twisting through the headstones, against a starry night sky, with a quote from a starred Library Journal review reading, "A (literally) haunting story full of heart." Paperback and text are against a blurred background photo of a dandelion in silhouette with its seeds blowing away from its fluffy head.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 25/09/2026

I went to the zoo yesterday and it was drizzly, so not many people were there but the animals were SO ACTIVE and I got a bunch of great pictures! and thanks to a UK reader reaching out, I discovered THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS will release in the UK next December 👀 #WeeknightWriters

close-up of an alligator snapping turtle's face

a triangular blue fish with chocolatey stippling amidst underwater greenery

a nicobar pigeon (black, with a little nub on its beak, long feathers streaming down its neck, and iridescent green wings) walking along the railing of a fence with palm fronds in the background

an emperor tamarin (a tiny primate with an old timey train conductor's mustache) perched one a branch, gazing at the camera

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 21/09/2026

this is a dance off! if you see this, post a dance (y'all knew I was gonna do it this way once I joined in, right)

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 21/09/2026

I love coming back to a story doc after not opening it for a long while lmao

screenshot of part of a document in Ellipsus titled "vampire short," with lines reading, "'It ain’t that I don’t want this. You.' She wetted her lips, certain she’d been struck dead just for admitting it. 'But I . . .' But I’m fifteen years your senior. But I don’t see why you’d want me. But the way you are in my dreams terrifies me." This is followed by several blank lines and then the words "j.k. they're just gonna fuck nasty style"

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 20/09/2026

the sweet repose of a little old man who can finally enjoy his favorite sleepy spots again bc he finally gets along with the kitten (most of the time)(more or less)

an orange cat curled up on a throw pillow such that his hind legs are stretched out all the way past his head, with one of his front legs hugging them, looking so sleepy and content

an orange cat asleep on a throw pillow with his little head resting against it and one arm hanging off the side of the pillow

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 20/09/2026

85. common tern (Sterna hirundo) 86. American herring gull (Larus smithsonianus) 87. Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) 88. black-and-white warbler (Mniotilta varia)

two common terns standing in the sand. they're white birds with pale gray wings tipped in black, black caps, bright orange legs and feet, and bright orange bills tipped in black

a herring gull in flight over water. It's a mid-sized white gull with pale gray wings tipped in black, pinkish legs and feet, yellow eyes, and a yellow bill with a red bump on the underside near the tip

two common terns standing on a large piece of driftwood. they're white birds with pale gray wings tipped in black, black caps, bright orange legs and feet, and bright orange bills

a black-and-white warbler perched on a branch. it's a small songbird with black and white streaking all over its body

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 19/09/2026

at long last I have a completed draft of the vegetarian vampire short! it's... - 20,000 words - in three parts - entirely in second person ...and the viewpoint character has almost no direct dialogue if that sounds like your jam, I'm looking for feedback from some mutuals!

An aesthetic in muted tones. Images: a vampire, from the nose down, looking up with an open mouth, showing his fangs; he wears an 18th century coat and cravat. Close up of two men holding hands. An antique pistol and powder flask. Close up of three tan mushrooms growing from a mossy trunk. POV-view of an open hand balancing a knife on one finger against a blurred forest background, with typewriter-style text reading "I'm your bodyguard."

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 18/09/2026

OH WAIT I REMEMBERED ONE which is that the "not a girl" button I ordered for my Janet costume came in!! #WeeknightWriters

a big yellow button reading "not a girl" in an all caps, sans serif, hand written sort of font

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 15/09/2026

this one is from a while ago and did publish in print originally! I think you might even have the anthology? if not, I can grab you the link to buy it in print (it just won't be from me directly lol)

the cover of From the Depths: A Fantasy Anthology, edited by Mark Bilsborough. The cover is in shades of muted blue, with an image of a large tentacle-y creature with lights in it, underwater

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 12/09/2026

they teamed up to kill a cricket so hopefully that means they're now siblings-in-arms who share an unbreakable bond

a small black cat and a larger orange cat next to each other with their backs to the camera, both focused intently on a spot right in front of a couch where they've spotted a cricket (not visible)

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 11/09/2026

it me with the first line of your story, published/finished or not

excerpt from E.M. Anderson's vegetarian vampire novella: "The vampire’s name is Archibald Ramsay, you learn after a long and annoying interview that should’ve included no more words than his name, the job, and the pay. Unfortunately, Archibald Ramsay, Vampire (as his calling card says), is not a man of few words. You sit and listen and fail to get a word in edgewise as he rambles on about different mushroom genera, the glory of binomial nomenclature, and the lack of a comprehensive exsiccata of toadstools in the region, and only get his name when he stumbles into the realization that he hasn’t yet given it."

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 10/09/2026

sadly I don't have any pictures of Halloween the day he came home bc it was 15 years ago and I didn't have a camera phone back then (and who knows where my digital camera was) lots of pictures since, though

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 10/09/2026

Winnie the day she.........yowled to be let out of the garage when she heard people outside at 5a.m., and then she immediately adopted my nesting partner (although it was another couple of days before we knew for sure we could keep her, since we had to check for a chip and disease first)

A small black cat with a tipped ear standing on a sunny sidewalk, licking her lips

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 10/09/2026

all the big pieces are assembled! I'm gonna hem the dress bc it's longer than I want it to be, but the rest of the outfit is good as-is now I'm waiting on the smaller stuff plus some props

a pile of clothing on a counter, including a polka-dotted tie-front blouse, a purple jacquard vest, and a paler purple dress, as well as a package of heat bond hemming tape

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 09/09/2026

a 43yo autistic man has a gay/lowkey monsterfucker awakening after getting lost in an enchanted forest, while his disabled, deeply closeted sapphic sister goes into the wood to find him with the most annoying woman she's ever met bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #WriterShareWednesday #author

E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, the cover of which is blue, paler in the center, darker at the edges, with a central image of a stag of foliage and flowers growing from a tree whose upper branches drip black ooze and the tagline, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 09/09/2026

@barnesandnoble.com's preorder sale runs Sept. 9-11, 2026, which means you can preorder THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS in paperback for 25% off if you like... - ghosts - lonely old men - tired immortals - found family - plant magic - gay books preorder here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-keeper...

E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, paperback edition. A lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, sits atop a green hill dotted with yellow flowers, with a tree nearby, against a starry night sky. Red smoke blasts from the chimney; red mist twists through the headstones. A quote from a starred review from Library Journal reads, "A (literally) haunting story full of heart."

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 08/09/2026

did someone say . . . paperback? dropping June 22, 2027, it's THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS, now in paperback! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, with a revamped cover for the paperback edition. A lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, sits atop a green hill dotted with yellow flowers, with a tree nearby, against a starry night sky. Red smoke blasts from the chimney; red mist twists through the headstones. Rather than a tagline, there's a quote from a starred review from Library Journal reading, "A (literally) haunting story full of heart."

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 07/09/2026

well, Beauty & the Beast-inspired queer cozy horror with disability, period-inappropriate romance novels, & a touch (🤏) of monsterfucking queer cozy fantasy set in Ohio with a tired immortal who just wants to die, ghosts but not like you're thinking, & chatty plants bookshop.org/beta-search?...

E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood. The cover is blue, paler in the center, darker at the edges, with a central image of a stag of foliage and flowers growing from a tree whose upper branches drip black ooze and the tagline, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits. The cover features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with smoke drifting from the chimney, atop a tall green hill dotted with trees and yellow flowers against a starry sky, with the tagline, "Living forever can be mighty lonesome..."

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