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Francesca Leader

@mooninabucket.bsky.social

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Winner of Southeast Review’s 2023 World’s Best Short-Short Story Contest, 2025 Best Small Fictions. Lapsed scholar/ Pun Perpetrator/ Montana Expat. Words in HAD, Wigleaf, Stanchion, Five South, etc. https://inabucketthemoon.wordpress.com

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · Dec 19

What I published in 2024 (a thread, in installments, since I don’t know how else to do it in bsky lol): 7 stories, 38 poems, 2 pieces of CNF, and 6 pieces of visual art (reprints excluded). My production this year was less than 2023, but I won a prize, and received 5 award nominations. ⬇️

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 2d

👏 👏 👏

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 2d

Does it?? 😂 happy to be the beneficiary of a fall phenomenon 😝

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 2d

Aww, thank you 🥹🥹🥹

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 3d

Kinda crazy & so freaking exciting to have 8 (8!!) poems and 1 CNF coming out in November 😃 (Especially after publishing just 6 poems in the 1st 9 months of ‘25) Prepare to be bombarded with updates 😆 #ThankYou @pitheadchapel.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social & @villaineralit.bsky.social 🙏

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 4d

Watch your step 😸 Happy Caturday 😻

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 8d

I think I made him late for something 😆 🐢 🍃 💚

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 15d

The irony of my child failing to complete this particular assignment on time is not lost on me 😂

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 15d

This is NOT just america. This is happening here. Local coverage of it, if you can bear the pop up ads....

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2548259...

#UKKidlit #Edusky

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 16d

Sure, I’ll take a tiered rejection from the great @cincinnatireview.bsky.social 😊 Kinda wonder what the response might’ve been if I hadn’t had to withdraw half the pieces in my packet 🤷‍♀️ Maybe next time 😉

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Wilbur72 @wilboo72.bsky.social · 19d

Can I laugh my belly off instead of my ass? My butt isn’t that bad.

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 19d

Eleventh time was the charm with dream-mag @pitheadchapel.bsky.social ! 😃 I did sort of break in last July when they chose a painting of mine for their cover, but what I really wanted was to be in their pages as a writer—been trying since April ‘22–and it’s finally happened. #keepgoing 😊 🙏

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 22d

Not knowing how to tell it is where the telling begins - keep noodling that idea in your mind

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 22d

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 22d

Writers, I’ve got bad news: No one is going to promote your work for you. You must be not only a writer, but a market researcher, a networker, and a salesperson. I’m so sorry.

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 22d

stonecirclereview.com/thoughts-in-...

Thoughts, in the Bath, on Trees & Bears

by Francesca Leader CW: Suggestions of self-harm/family violence Recrank the hot water knob four times, five. You’ve been hiding too long, but can’t stop, picking soaked scabs of blood ...

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 22d

ICYMI, this poem is the first work I’ve had out in five months. 😃 Grateful to Lee for choosing to publish it, and to all who’ve chosen to read it so far 🤗 🙏

Link below ⬇️

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks so much, Ronita 😭 🙏

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Merrick Monroe 💜🖤 @merrickmonroe.com · Sep 8

The Moon asked me to tell you she says hey 👋 🌕

The moon as it appears through the skylight in a slanted ceiling, with the deep window well surrounded by hanging plants and shiny ornaments and crystals.

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 24d

The winged horse asked me to tell you they say hey 🐎 🪽 🥰

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 24d

♥️ ♥️ ♥️

Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you so much, Evan - you are too kind 🥹🥹

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 26d

This is awesome! Congrats, Francesca! 🎉

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 25d

stonecirclereview.com/thoughts-in-...

Thoughts, in the Bath, on Trees & Bears

by Francesca Leader CW: Suggestions of self-harm/family violence Recrank the hot water knob four times, five. You’ve been hiding too long, but can’t stop, picking soaked, scabs of blood...

stonecirclereview.com

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Francesca Leader @mooninabucket.bsky.social · 25d

This poem wandered for years. So grateful to Lee Potts for giving it a beautiful home as the 265th poem in @stonecirclereview.bsky.social 🤗 🩵

Link below ⬇️

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