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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Super excited to have my drabble, "The Story of a Girl with Turquoise Hair and Skin as Pale as Wax,” published in #ScapegoatReview. You can read it here: www.scapegoatreview.org/summer-2026/... #flashfiction #darkfantasy #fairytale

A still from Giuliano Cenci's 1972 film The Adventures of Pinocchio. Image of a woman with turquoise hair (the blue fairy) holding up a wooden marionette with a long pointed nose (Pinocchio).

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Well, I’m not getting anything done today #cats #caturday

Two cats occupying a lap. One orange tabby underneath a black, brown, and white marble tabby—who is quite happy to be curled up on top of the orange cat.

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Or, a griffin (not spooky, but wouldn’t want to meet one in a dark alley)

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

My legs will never survive sabbatical. #caturday

Two cats sleeping on outstretched legs. One orange, the other black, brown, and white. Not visible, my pain (matched only by their happiness)

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Thought I'd post some #glitch #art outtakes from my last book SCARLET (#digital visual #erasure #poems). These started as original photographic still lifes which I then glitched and composited with other glitched images in Photoshop. Here's the first: Resin Skull. #Horror #ScarletOuttakes

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

So, this is how final paper grading is going. That’s my lap they’re lounging on, and up top is the keyboard they’re keeping me from using. #cats

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Hello friends, join us this Saturday at the SDPF24 Coda Poetry Festival, San Diego. FIGHTING POEMS 2:35-3:35 UCSD Cross-Cultural Center > Library Alissa Tu Bara’ah Oriqat Francesco Levato hamsa fae Sonia Gutiérrez Ted Washington Schedule: tinyurl.com/SDPF24CODA #Poetry #WritingCommunity

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Very excited to have Bone Carver's Elegy in Crow & Cross Keys! You can read it here: crowcrosskeys.com/2024/04/17/b... #newfiction #fiction #Horror #DarkFantasy #WritingCommunity 📚😱

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Jealous! All I got was a glowing blobsquatch

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 07/04/2024

Post a pic you took at sunset. No description other than alt text

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 29/02/2024

If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from your device without explanation.

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

Excited to have new dark/horror poems in Quail Bell, an awesome intersectional feminist arts magazine. Read them here: No Shadow, No Faintly Outlined Face tinyurl.com/bdduyj6e Waking Her Not to Dissipate tinyurl.com/4ytbyptz #horrorlit #HorrorCommunity #WritingCommunity 💀🛠️

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Excited to share that my flash piece "Bone Carver's Elegy" has found a home at the darkly beautiful journal, Crow & Cross Keys. Scheduled for April issue. crowcrosskeys.com #horrorlit #HorrorCommunity #WritingCommunity 💀🛠️

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

So… this is how grading final papers is going.

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

Happy to have two micro-fiction pieces in the Dark Moments Year 5 Anthology, by Black Hare Press. You can read "The Walker" and "What Remains" here: www.blackharepress.com/year-five/ #horrorlit 💀🛠️

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Awards Eligibility 2023! I’ve had a fortunate publishing year and I’m grateful for my publishers and readers. If you read and enjoy any of these pieces, I hope you will consider nominating them for any awards they might be eligible for. Full list here: francescolevato.com/2023/11/awar...

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

New micro up on the excellent HorrorTree, Trembling With Fear. You can read "Suture" here: horrortree.com/trembling-wi... #horrorlit 💀🛠️

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Super excited to have my flash piece, "Still Life with Saw Blade and Gnawed Bones," featured in the Tales to Terrify podcast, episode 612! Just in time for spooky season. Listen here: talestoterrify.com/episodes/612... #WritingCommunity #horrorlit #fantasylit

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

Creative writers, help! CSUSM's undergraduate creative writing journal is open for submissions until 11/15/23. If you could, please share with your students and repost. 318journal.com/submissions/ International submissions welcome. #poetry #flash #fiction #cnf #WritingCommunity

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

One of my 50-word stories, "Bitter," is live on #TinyFrights podcast! You can listen here: caracabecreations.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-f... #WritingCommunity #50WordFiction #horrorlit #horror

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Post a pic from your phone that could be from a horror movie…

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

I have 2: A stanza from William Carlos Williams' poem "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower" that Adrienne Rich opened her book "What Is Found There" with (an important book for me); and then an image from one of my book covers. #poetry #tattoo

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

This guy is not happy that summer has ended. He's been occupying my messenger bag in daily protest since the start of the semester. #BackToSchool #catsofbluesky #cats

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Francesco Levato @levato.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

My new #poetry book, SCARLET, is in the world and I'd be happy to send PDF ARCs to any book bloggers interested in doing a #bookreview. Just let me know. More info at: francescolevato.com If you can, please share this post. Many thanks in advance. #bookblogger #WritingCommunity

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