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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If we all suddenly had to use old timey last name rules to reflect our current profession, or maybe a very notable historic event (like kindslayer) what would you want yours to be? I think I'd want to be Leslie Goodwords.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A dramatic reading of the intro to A New and Ancient Machine, now available to read for free! The next chapter drops on Wednesday! Subscribe to keep up with the story. It will include hints about Children of the Wrong Heaven, dropping August 2027. lesliejandersonwriter.substack.com/p/listen-to-...

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Listen to the intro to A New and Ancient Machine

The next chapter drops on Wednesday!

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Went out for the day and I feel like I might have been missed….

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For Halloween I'm going to dress as the Microsoft Teams New Message sound.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mind-boggling - just mind-boggling Now expected to peak at an extraordinary 4.2C in December

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Husband is reading through the final edits of Children of the Wrong Heaven and he keeps having to take a lap because it gets under his skin. I guess I did something right. I hope y’all are ready for this one.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026

Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just had to google "when you make a tree into little chips of tree it's called" so I'm doing great and am a great writer.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Am I the only one who would feel safer if I knew my pilot was a furry?

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Don't "memento mori" me. I'm memento mori-ing all the time. It's one of the things that makes me sparkle.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Spooky Season, everyone! As a gift, here is the first chapter of a free surprise horror novel! I'll post a new chapter every week. Please subscribe follow Daisy, Charlie, and the awoken mechanism waiting for them just below the dirt. lesliejandersonwriter.substack.com/p/a-new-and-...

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A New and Ancient Machine - Chapter 1

The forest did not know what it was anymore, and only vaguely remembered being a forest.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am sorry to report that I am, indeed, eepy.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If he told boring jokes his career would be over. If he passed a bad law his future would be ruined. If he failed his classes his life would suffer, but what they did was sexually assault a woman so we have to debate if what they did deserves consequences.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just a few days until you can read the first chapter of A New and Ancient Machine on lesliejandersonwriter.substack.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Being a writer or an artist means eternally chasing a moment of complete understanding while giving that moment to complete strangers.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am finally, as a Hyper-Adult, feeling really confident about cooking so let me recommend to anyone feeling less so the book The Food Lab by J Kenji López-Alt.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Come ooooon. Let me eat the sun. Please?

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I Traded My Eyes @itradedmyeyes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It took me 40 minutes to get to the Greek place. It was a real Odyssey.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think I'm right on the outside and left on the inside...like a haunted kinder surprise.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The puppy chased the frisbee, caught the frisbee, dropped the frisbee, peed in the frisbee, picked the frisbee back up, brought me the frisbee, and dropped the frisbee full of pee onto my feet.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Me sowing: Finally I feel like a worthy human being. Me reaping: Do I actually deserve this though?

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I actually think there's a direct line between "I won't hire you if you interview while holding an iced coffee" and "how can I replace everyone with AI."

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sometimes the most professional thing you can do is make a little fun of yourself and keep moving.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think, in another lifetime, I would have been an armadillo. I just look at those little guys and think “I get it.”

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I just saw an AI ad for PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHAT ARE. YOU EVEN DOING?!!??!

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don’t think any of us are prepared for what is about to happen to the Internet post Clancy interview.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ooops I watched five episodes of Castlevania instead of going to bed at a reasonable time.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am not responsible for my first thought. I am responsible for my actions. But I will share my first thought, giggle, and then say “no but seriously.”

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Guess what! Preorders for my next book, Children of the Wrong Heaven, open up this fall but to celebrate I'm releasing a surprise novel-length story, serialized, on my substack starting October 1st. You'll get a new chapter every week with easter eggs for the new novel. Here’s a little sneak peak!

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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m honestly touched by the sheer number of you that have sent me the A24 Elizabeth Holmes trailer. 🎯🎯🎯

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

oh no I'm all out of Dungeon Crawler Carl

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The kind of conversations that happen in the Anderson household: Kid: Mama, I'm putting my mole bones here. Husband: I'm not sure Mama wants bones in her room. Me: I suppose we can allow a single dedicated bone area. Kid: Yay!

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

History doesn’t have its eyes on me. I rolled an 18 and I’m setting up the backstab.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My first grader’s teacher asked for volunteers for their first ever field trip and I’m trying to be chill about it but I have waited for this moment for so long!!!

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

AI Bros: It's so silly that you're afraid of AI. It's just a fun little tool. AI CEOs: We have formed a god built from the viscera of a million stollen nightmares and it shall devour your vocations and then your joy until we all prostate before it in the scorched landscape of the doomed future!!

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What they’re doing to Mitch McConnell is actually pretty gruesome, and that’s coming from a horror writer.

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Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Writing is like the fossil of a thought. Your intangible inner self becoming a leaf silhouette on stone. Dig down into the old stuff and face how you’ve changed.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Spotted a chartreuse spider on a chartreuse dress, perhaps admiring the silk.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Carl: I’m not interested in the gods storyline Carl: I am absolutely not following the gods storyline clues Carl: I bet this is about the gods storyline so I’m going far far away from it Gods storyline: ANYWAY HERE IS WONDERWALL

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I was in Massachusetts this week and found an amazing new horror bookstore!! If you’re anywhere near Sturbridge check out The Cursed Page!

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Jarod K. Anderson @jarodkanderson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I like how writing a book creates something smarter than I am. If I set a couple small stones in a sack each day, it won’t take long before I can no longer lift what I have collected. The small, intentional acts of our days gain a strength and life of their own. There’s a kind of magic in that.

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One of the hardest parts of working in publishing is getting fantastic news I have to just...sit with because it's not time for the official announcement. At least I'll always have vague posting!

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Leslie J. Anderson @lesliejanderson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Jarod brought me an excellent hair clip from Dragon Con.

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