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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meiko Kaji (star of Lady Snowblood) struttin' through the subway in the 1970s.

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ever stumble on an old pic of yourself and wonder why TF you hated it so much? I mean, there’s nothing I don’t love now about this selfie I took in 2022. It makes me almost want to grow my hair long one more time, before it all goes gray 😆 🩵

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Daniel Kraus @danielkraus.com · 20/09/2026

Well goddamn

Polygon ranks Angel down as the best book released since 2020

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It was a dream just to be published in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social. To have them nominate my work for Best of the Net is almost too much to take in 😭 Thank you, lovely editors 🤗 🥰 🙏 ICYMI, linking to the piece below 👇

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Was never a cool kid in school. I was an outcast, frankly—couldn’t do math or sports, couldn’t afford the hot clothes. But seeing the pile of skulls I’ve managed to accumulate does a lot to make up for that. Thanks so much for letting me hang with the cool kids, @havehashad.com 😊 🥰

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So excited about my third appearance in @havehashad.com today! 😃 This piece was based on a true story shared with me by a former coworker. Some pieces just seem to gel better within a visual frame. This was definitely one of them. Link to read/view below 👇 🙏

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Got an audio feature up on the @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social website, where you can listen to me read a poem aloud, then get the backstory of how the poem came into being. If you like that sort of thing 😊 🙏 Thanks so much for the spot, @johnnycordova.bsky.social and Dominique!💙 Link to listen 👇

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The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"In life, they both conserved their best love for cats and gardens—stylish broads, or selfish bitches, depending when you met them, and what kind of animal you were." We welcome the brilliant Francesca Leader (@mooninabucket.bsky.social) to The Bulb Region with a breathless, multi-layered piece. 👇

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I haven’t published or even written a whole lot this year, but this piece came together quickly in the wake of my grandmother’s passing this January. So grateful to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for giving it a beautiful home in @bulbregion.bsky.social 🙏 🥰 Link to full piece below 👇

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social’s #smallpoemsunday, a beautiful little piece from @awordsmithie.bsky.social , found in her collection “Purl.” 🫒 💚

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I’ve got an appointment in half an hour, you guys - what do I do?? 😸 😻

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

For #smallpoemsunday, the first poem I ever published (Haiku Journal, 2021). Good for a cloudy day like this one 😊 Thanks, as ever, to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 🙏 🌧️

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Poetry on the radio - what a concept! 😊 On today’s broadcast of “There Is a Life After Life,” you can hear me read my poem “Apology to a Bird,” first published in Nixe’s Mate. Thanks to curator/emcee Damon Thomas. Link to listen below 👇 🙏

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

You guys, my son made a forktopus at camp, and I’m kind of in love with it 🐙 😆 💕

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

If you sit next to me on a plane looking like this, I WILL talk to you 😂

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Found this in my teen daughter’s bedroom— should I be worried? 😅

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R. Gatwood @iwantanewhead.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

From "Note on Two Napkins," published in Wigleaf, 2016.

Note on Two Napkins
R. Gatwood

(1/2) Dear Hamburger Owner,
For the past minute and a half I have been watching a large fly land on various parts of your hamburger, take off, circle briefly in the air, and alight once more. I debated whether to tell you this. Some people, and I have no way of knowing whether you are one of them, prefer to live in ignorance of the unpleasant things that happen to their food, their sleeping bodies, and

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Elated to have three (3!!) pieces accepted by the lovely @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social for two upcoming releases in the @bulbregion.bsky.social ! Çok teşekkür ederim, Sarpcim! 🤗 🤗

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Poeming for the Haikuists in my $10 thrifted Karl Lagerfeld last night. This job really does take me to some of the nicest clubs—and, more importantly—the best bathrooms, in the city 😆 💕

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social’s #smallpoemsunday, a 1000+ year old poem by Ono no Yoshiki, from the kokinshuu, that still slaps. (Arthur Waley translation) It was, in fact, this poem—discovered in middle school—that set me on the path to studying Japanese as well as (eventually) writing

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 25/06/2026

Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform. As of June 2026, we have 45 million users. For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina. Thank you for being here with us 💙 Here’s to the next 45 million accounts.

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Been a while since I nabbed a fiver 😊 I wasn’t feeling very well on last evening’s walk, but I kept going, and finding this on the way back was my reward 5️⃣ 🍀 💕

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

My parents never photographed me with a frog when I was little, but I can assure you that I’ve been making amphibians late for things since the ‘80s 😂 🐸 (P.S. - No animals were harmed in the making of this image - only momentarily startled, and perhaps lastingly annoyed 😉)

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𝒊𝒂𝒎𝒃 ~ 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 @iamb.uk · 15/06/2026

Summer arrives with its usual swagger: everything loud and bright and hot. For something cooler, dive into the latest wave of @iamb.uk. You'll find 45 poems by 15 poets – written and read by their authors. Enough to see you through the driest season. iamb.uk/index/wave/26

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wave twenty-six | summer 2026 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard

Hear the poets of wave 26 of literary poetry journal iamb read their poems for summer 2026 .

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Proud to have three of my favorite poems both seen and heard in the newest wave of Iamb UK. Link to read and listen below ⬇️ 🙏

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

47 years old today. Mother of one adult and two soon-to-be adults. I’ve written and published some things I’m proud of. I’ve held onto my job in a time of extreme duress. I’ve found a partner who loves me the way I always deserved. So many reasons for gratitude.

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Delighted to be part of an international Best Small Fictions reading next weekend. It will be at 5:30 pm EST on Saturday, June 13th, if you’re in my part of the world. Look below for the link to YouTube channel where event will be live-streamed 👇

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

My intelligence is All-Natural, Grass-Fed, Free-Range, Organic, Macrobiotic, Homeopathic, Bioavailable, Biodegradable, PFAS- and Paraben-Free, Delicious, Nutritious, and—most importantly—HUMAN.

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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"The first time we have sex after the baby, my husband tells me, 'I’m not attracted to big girls.'” - from @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social's story, "Circe," in our May/June issue:

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Circe

The first time we have sex after the baby, my husband tells me, “I’m not attracted to big girls.” When I tell him I’m not attracted to assholes, he makes a face, tells me I shouldn’t take it perso...

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I am clingy AF and I will never change 🌱 🌧️ 💕

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

On your birthday, you are allowed to write as many bird poems as you please.

Han in red and blue satin robe, morning light, bed head, rose & dagger chest tat

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

For Small Poem Sunday, something published in @miniskirtmag.bsky.social in December 2024, with thanks, as always, to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social 🩵

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Former Twitter users, your abandoned accounts are being hacked in large numbers. If you no longer use Twitter, please close your account so it can’t be exploited by fraudsters 😔 🙏 Either that, or maybe just come back sometimes? Those of us still hanging in there really miss you #writingcommunity

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

For @tomsnarsky.bsky.social’s Small Poem Sunday, a monostich of mine that never landed anywhere (though it did get a nice-ish rejjie from Only Poems 😊)

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Found out my poem is a semi-finalist in the only contest I entered last year 😃 🤞

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Wow, thanks @grantamag.bsky.social - this actually was worth the 2+ year wait … 😉

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Guys, is this a form rejection or a (*slightly) tiered one 🤔 The encouraging last line has me puzzled, since they rejected my work after just 9 days 😬. I’ve never submitted to this place before, and don’t know their MO…

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Preparing for my keynote speech at the recent Zone 3 Writers’ Festival got me nostalgic for the decade I spent immersed in Japanese language & literature. Shown here are the cover and pages of my beloved, much-marked copy of Murakami’s novel “Almost Transparent Blue.” - 1/3

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Regrettably, I have been unable to access my clean, folded towels for more than a week now. 😂 🐈‍⬛ 💕 Happy Caturday 😻

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Kakistocracy of TERROR! 💀 @crankypacifist.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

On a lighter note, this one's just about systemic racism and the legacies of slavery, in the voice of a white Appalachian biker. Inspired by a rural juke I used to pass during its busy hours, when I was trucking a night route one summer. I cut out so much biker-nerd stuff. @midlvlmag.bsky.social

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Jay Parr – Juke Joint

SUPPLY CHAIN > FICTION Juke JointBy Jay Parr The joints I used to hung out at, I ain’t never see no—um—what word can I use here, Negroes? Anyways, I ain’t never think much of it til I rode down …

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Yeah, my kids basically lost their $h1+ when we saw this 😂 🤣

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K.C. Mead-Brewer @kcmeadbrewer.com · 02/04/2026

no love better than a reader's love (plus check out my awesome graphic-making skillz) (plus here's the link to the story: bulbregion.com/Even-After-Y...)

a totally nuts image made via Paint; it's just three different cropped screenshots of different bsky posts about my new story "Even After You're Gone" with The Bulb Region -- the posts are all compliments from different readers, things like "I loved this!" and "That is...fucked...up. Beautifully fucked up. Perfection." and "Holy Hell. I mean it as a compliment. I am very glad I read this. I can't remember what I was thinking about all morning beforehand!"

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

New readers on an old writer 😆 👓Recent medical tests revealed, to my surprise, that I am NOT (hormonally) in perimenopause😳 I have a fibroid. We shall see what the OB thinks we ought to do about it. And boy, if this ain’t peri, cannot WAIT to see what that’s gonna feel like 😂

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