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spec fic writer: escape pod, uncanny, khōréō, the deadlands, fantasy mag, others. eng @etsy. buzzfeed alum. icon by @adriotes ✨ she/her. contact via website.

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Joined September 2011
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tomorrow, dec 27 at 8:45am: my story Our Bones Are the Mortar, beautifully read by Sarah Niles with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, airs on BBC Radio 4 alongside Dickens, Wilde & others. tune in here 👻🎄!! bbc.com/audio/play/live/bbc_…
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my story "Our Bones are the Mortar" (originally published in @KhoreoMag and then @flametreepress ) will be read live by the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a few days. ticket and streaming details in the post! open.substack.com/pub/anjali…
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my dog keeps complaining about his back hurting and yet he sleeps like this
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and with that, another flying cockroach season comes to an end 😌🙏🏾
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he knows he is supposed to stay on the blanket
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romeo is 15 and a half. 15 and a half!!! i told him he is too old to be digging through the trash in dark hours of the morning slurping meat juices off the side. he does not care.
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can someone explain how this app works?
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*simon & garfunkel voice* [object Object] my old friend
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the fan is his home right now
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guess i’m done writing for the morning
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trying to write on days when i commute into work really puts me on the struggle bus. took me over an hour to write 500 words 😵‍💫
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🤎🤍☀️ happy sunshine boy
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fanart 😭 the answer is fanart, if i ever get to see fanart of my characters i will weep and implode
Everyone’s got serious author dreams like hitting a bestseller list or optioning film rights. And I’ve got those too, but I’d love to hear about people’s silly author dreams. I’ll go first: I really want dessert made out of my book cover! Cookies, cake, or all of the above! 😋
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This was so fun! In case you couldn't make it, here are the poems & stories I read: "Spirituals" uncannymagazine.com/article/… "Legacy" fantasy-magazine.com/fm/poet… "Bright Lights Flying Beneath the Ocean" escapepod.org/2021/10/14/esc… "Our Bones Were the Mortar" khoreomag.com/fiction/our-bo…
TUESDAY! This Tuesday we need you ... to delight in amazing readings at BBB 3rd Tuesday readings @barrowsintense ! Join us 4/16 @ 7 pm to hear authors @Wiswell @anjapatel #ElijahKinchSpector and #BlakeSanz ! Stories, drinks -- FREE admission! 🍹📚🎙️ MORE: shorturl.at/afoT7n
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this is happening tonight! see u there 🥳
TUESDAY! This Tuesday we need you ... to delight in amazing readings at BBB 3rd Tuesday readings @barrowsintense ! Join us 4/16 @ 7 pm to hear authors @Wiswell @anjapatel #ElijahKinchSpector and #BlakeSanz ! Stories, drinks -- FREE admission! 🍹📚🎙️ MORE: shorturl.at/afoT7n
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Introduce yourself using the meaning of your first and middle name. Hello, I am Offering Slender Boy
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wrote a ~*~blog post~*~ about "Your Sword, Your Trumpet," my latest story out in @thedeadlands. if anyone ever asks what story is extremely anjali coded, i will show them this one 😅🫣 blog post: anjalipatel.substack.com/p/y… read story here: thedeadlands.com/issue-33/sw…
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also, even though this story is now free to read plz consider purchasing the issue! support the magazine and read all the other phenomenal stories & poems & essays!
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my latest short story! "Your Sword, Your Trumpet" is now free to read on @thedeadlands ⚔️🎺
"Your silhouette split the sun as you sauntered toward me, sword and trumpet belted at your hip and jangling with each step. You smelled of flowers that had yet to be named" hey, new fiction! Your Sword, Your Trumpet by @anjapatel thedeadlands.com/issue-33/sw…
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and i'm obsessed with this cover. jaw actually dropped when i first saw it 💀🖤
Replying to @thedeadlands
COVER ART A Way to the Mount of Olives by @lucy_lisett 5/
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