Francesco Levato
@levato.bsky.social
Poet, professor, literary translator, new media artist, and writer of speculative fiction. M.F.A., Ph.D., HWA #horror #scifi #fantasy #booksky
Web: https://francescolevato.com/
Web: https://francescolevato.com/
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Francesco Levato
@levato.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Hello! I'm a #poet, #professor, #translator, #artist, and #fiction writer.
I work in experimental #poetry & #eliterature (including #film, #videogames, #glitch, and #erasure) and #FlashFiction, #Horror, #Fantasy, #SciFi,
#WritingCommunity
I work in experimental #poetry & #eliterature (including #film, #videogames, #glitch, and #erasure) and #FlashFiction, #Horror, #Fantasy, #SciFi,
#WritingCommunity
I'm really happy to have my #horror #flashfiction "A Thin Whistle Instead of a Scream" reprinted in metastellar.bsky.social. If you're looking for some bloody arboreal horror, check it out at: www.metastellar.com/fiction/a-th...
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I'm really happy to have my #horror #flashfiction "A Thin Whistle Instead of a Scream" reprinted in metastellar.bsky.social. If you're looking for some bloody arboreal horror, check it out at: www.metastellar.com/fiction/a-th...
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
Excited to have my #horror #flashfiction "Branches Like Bones" in the new issue of #FlashPhantoms. If you're looking for some bite-sized arboreal horror, check it out at: www.flashphantoms.net/september-mi...
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
October Micro Fiction Horror | Flash Phantoms
For the month of October 2025, these are the horror stories of 100 words that intrigue us most.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Excited to have my #horror #flashfiction "Branches Like Bones" in the new issue of #FlashPhantoms. If you're looking for some bite-sized arboreal horror, check it out at: www.flashphantoms.net/september-mi...
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
#booksky #horrorsky #WritingCommunity #HorrorWriters 📚😱 🩸📚
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10 signed copies left. Kind of the last chance to get The Barre Incidents first edition signed by @renbolger.bsky.social with an original bookmark, copy of Hellarkey 4, and secret spinach pie recipe.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
The Barre Incidents, a novel by Lauren Bolger — Malarkey
The Barre Incidents by Lauren Bolger, author of Kill Radio Cover design by Matthew Revert When Kara's miner father dies of Silicosis, she grapples with the old horror stories in their hometown of B...
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September 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
10 signed copies left. Kind of the last chance to get The Barre Incidents first edition signed by @renbolger.bsky.social with an original bookmark, copy of Hellarkey 4, and secret spinach pie recipe.
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
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Have put a lot of books in the mail in the last week, but also zines. First batch of Hellarkey is out and over 100 copies of King Ludd’s Rag, featuring stories by Tori Rego and @jedwardgregal.bsky.social, have gone out, many just as a bonus with another book that sold. Buy a book, get a zine too!
September 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Have put a lot of books in the mail in the last week, but also zines. First batch of Hellarkey is out and over 100 copies of King Ludd’s Rag, featuring stories by Tori Rego and @jedwardgregal.bsky.social, have gone out, many just as a bonus with another book that sold. Buy a book, get a zine too!
September 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Come down to the Bizarro booth this weekend at Printers Row Lit Fest. @malarkeybooks.bsky.social titles come with a copy of Hellarkey, Malarkey’s annual Halloween zine!
September 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Come down to the Bizarro booth this weekend at Printers Row Lit Fest. @malarkeybooks.bsky.social titles come with a copy of Hellarkey, Malarkey’s annual Halloween zine!
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If you’re in Chicago go see us at the Bizarro table at Printers Row!
September 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you’re in Chicago go see us at the Bizarro table at Printers Row!
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The first issue of Hot Flash Literary is live--featuring phenomenal work by Mikki Aronoff, @csquareh.bsky.social Christine H. Chen, @kathyfish.bsky.social, @dianegotauthor.bsky.social, Stella Reed, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and Huina Zheng! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/
Current Issue - Hot Flash Literary
Issue 1 – Summer 2025 My Body, My Choice
hotflashliterary.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The first issue of Hot Flash Literary is live--featuring phenomenal work by Mikki Aronoff, @csquareh.bsky.social Christine H. Chen, @kathyfish.bsky.social, @dianegotauthor.bsky.social, Stella Reed, @chelseastickle.bsky.social, Nancy Stohlman, and Huina Zheng! hotflashliterary.com/current-issue/
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We have 42 t-shirts left and we need to turn them into money. Get a t-shirt and two books for $50 bucks right here. Free shipping with code POSTOFFICE.
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
Two Books and a T-Shirt — Malarkey
Use code POSTOFFICE to get free shipping. For $50 you get two books and a t-shirt. That’s $16.67 each with free shipping. We tried to price this bundle at $45 but we would have been clearing about $1 ...
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August 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We have 42 t-shirts left and we need to turn them into money. Get a t-shirt and two books for $50 bucks right here. Free shipping with code POSTOFFICE.
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
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Summer and fall we must be busy selling books to carry us through the lean mean winter. Maybe you need two books and a shirt?
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
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August 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Summer and fall we must be busy selling books to carry us through the lean mean winter. Maybe you need two books and a shirt?
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/twoboo...
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This is a fun issue! The writers get $30, which is not much, but if we sell 60 copies we can bump it to $50.
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey
Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. This item will ship in September or early October. Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical ed...
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August 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is a fun issue! The writers get $30, which is not much, but if we sell 60 copies we can bump it to $50.
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
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HWA Website Outage & Security Alert.
Horror org & Bram Stoker Awards websites are offline.
If you attempt to visit either site, you may notice the site prompts you to download a file. DO NOT DOWNLOAD, OPEN OR RUN THAT FILE. It may contain harmful software. We'll advise you when sites are up.
Horror org & Bram Stoker Awards websites are offline.
If you attempt to visit either site, you may notice the site prompts you to download a file. DO NOT DOWNLOAD, OPEN OR RUN THAT FILE. It may contain harmful software. We'll advise you when sites are up.
August 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
HWA Website Outage & Security Alert.
Horror org & Bram Stoker Awards websites are offline.
If you attempt to visit either site, you may notice the site prompts you to download a file. DO NOT DOWNLOAD, OPEN OR RUN THAT FILE. It may contain harmful software. We'll advise you when sites are up.
Horror org & Bram Stoker Awards websites are offline.
If you attempt to visit either site, you may notice the site prompts you to download a file. DO NOT DOWNLOAD, OPEN OR RUN THAT FILE. It may contain harmful software. We'll advise you when sites are up.
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Feel free to order pre, so you can read my hellish story and others in this fine volume
From the rumbly malodorous bowels of Hell to your mailbox, this is Hellarkey vol. IV! We will, uh, make sure it’s sanitized after it leaves the bowels of Hell.
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey
Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. Printed in the United States by Mixam Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical editors Lauren ...
malarkeybooks.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Feel free to order pre, so you can read my hellish story and others in this fine volume
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Surprise! I’ve got a story in this year’s Hellarkey, vol. IV!
Hellarkey is one of my favorite annual releases. The variety of voices is top notch. Preorder a copy and see what I and others have cooked up this season!
Hellarkey is one of my favorite annual releases. The variety of voices is top notch. Preorder a copy and see what I and others have cooked up this season!
From the rumbly malodorous bowels of Hell to your mailbox, this is Hellarkey vol. IV! We will, uh, make sure it’s sanitized after it leaves the bowels of Hell.
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar...
Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey
Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. Printed in the United States by Mixam Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical editors Lauren ...
malarkeybooks.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Surprise! I’ve got a story in this year’s Hellarkey, vol. IV!
Hellarkey is one of my favorite annual releases. The variety of voices is top notch. Preorder a copy and see what I and others have cooked up this season!
Hellarkey is one of my favorite annual releases. The variety of voices is top notch. Preorder a copy and see what I and others have cooked up this season!
Excited to have my story "A Thin Whistle Instead of a Scream" in @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Hellarkey vol. IV! Find it at: malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar..., or get a free copy with @renbolger.bsky.social new book, "The Barre Incidents," malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
Hellarkey vol. IV — Malarkey
Hellarkey IV 56 pages. 6.14 by 9.21 inches. This item will ship in September or early October. Hellarkey is a horror-themed magazine published by Malarkey every October. Each summer, mystical ed...
malarkeybooks.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Excited to have my story "A Thin Whistle Instead of a Scream" in @malarkeybooks.bsky.social Hellarkey vol. IV! Find it at: malarkeybooks.com/store/hellar..., or get a free copy with @renbolger.bsky.social new book, "The Barre Incidents," malarkeybooks.com/store/barre-...
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Two days left! Get those stories in! #weirdwest #flashfiction
Two days left to enter our Weird West flash fiction contest! Submissions are open through July 15. Details at reachyourapex.com/wwqd
#authors #fictioncontest #weirdwest
#authors #fictioncontest #weirdwest
July 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two days left! Get those stories in! #weirdwest #flashfiction
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can we do spooky tattoo show & tell?
July 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
can we do spooky tattoo show & tell?
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Reminder: One more week to submit your weird west flash fic! I can’t wait to read the entries 🤠
Grand prize winner of the “Weird West Quick Draw” gets their story in Apex Magazine and $100 🎉
reachyourapex.com/weird-west-q...
#weirdwest #shortstory #flashfiction
Grand prize winner of the “Weird West Quick Draw” gets their story in Apex Magazine and $100 🎉
reachyourapex.com/weird-west-q...
#weirdwest #shortstory #flashfiction
July 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reminder: One more week to submit your weird west flash fic! I can’t wait to read the entries 🤠
Grand prize winner of the “Weird West Quick Draw” gets their story in Apex Magazine and $100 🎉
reachyourapex.com/weird-west-q...
#weirdwest #shortstory #flashfiction
Grand prize winner of the “Weird West Quick Draw” gets their story in Apex Magazine and $100 🎉
reachyourapex.com/weird-west-q...
#weirdwest #shortstory #flashfiction
July 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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If you support and love #AfroFuturism #Afrofuturist stories, please consider reviewing FABRICATED. The story is set in futuristic DC after the fall of the U.S. Cybil is a PI in The District investigating cases of her choosing. Cover Art by @natania.bsky.social
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July 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you support and love #AfroFuturism #Afrofuturist stories, please consider reviewing FABRICATED. The story is set in futuristic DC after the fall of the U.S. Cybil is a PI in The District investigating cases of her choosing. Cover Art by @natania.bsky.social
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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We survived the night.
The dead were stacked in piles, according to recognizable features—those with limbs attached, or ones whose lips hadn’t been torn off, or eyes gouged out.
I could see them—bathed in the fire of sunrise—through the tangled limbs of the bodies on top of me.
#HorrorWritersChat
The dead were stacked in piles, according to recognizable features—those with limbs attached, or ones whose lips hadn’t been torn off, or eyes gouged out.
I could see them—bathed in the fire of sunrise—through the tangled limbs of the bodies on top of me.
#HorrorWritersChat
#HorrorWritersChat question 4 (last question but stick around in ten minutes for the outro):
Creative writing time! In a single post, write a horror story or a horror poem using the term "Solstice sunrise"
Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag! (no links)
Creative writing time! In a single post, write a horror story or a horror poem using the term "Solstice sunrise"
Quote post, and don't forget to include the hashtag! (no links)
June 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
We survived the night.
The dead were stacked in piles, according to recognizable features—those with limbs attached, or ones whose lips hadn’t been torn off, or eyes gouged out.
I could see them—bathed in the fire of sunrise—through the tangled limbs of the bodies on top of me.
#HorrorWritersChat
The dead were stacked in piles, according to recognizable features—those with limbs attached, or ones whose lips hadn’t been torn off, or eyes gouged out.
I could see them—bathed in the fire of sunrise—through the tangled limbs of the bodies on top of me.
#HorrorWritersChat
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profile in poetics: Nin Andrews
womens quarterly conversation interviews are now on substack 🌷 free subscribers have access to the full archive, ad - free 🙏 paid subscribers support this publication and have access to a personal writing prompt archive that accompanies each interview ✨ I merged…
womens quarterly conversation interviews are now on substack 🌷 free subscribers have access to the full archive, ad - free 🙏 paid subscribers support this publication and have access to a personal writing prompt archive that accompanies each interview ✨ I merged…
profile in poetics: Nin Andrews
womens quarterly conversation interviews are now on substack 🌷 free subscribers have access to the full archive, ad - free 🙏 paid subscribers support this publication and have access to a personal writing prompt archive that accompanies each interview ✨ I merged some of you but not all 🌷click on the picture or here 🌸 to direct you straight to the interview, and click here 🌼 to the writing prompts. thank you & joy 💖 jillian BNI
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June 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
profile in poetics: Nin Andrews
womens quarterly conversation interviews are now on substack 🌷 free subscribers have access to the full archive, ad - free 🙏 paid subscribers support this publication and have access to a personal writing prompt archive that accompanies each interview ✨ I merged…
womens quarterly conversation interviews are now on substack 🌷 free subscribers have access to the full archive, ad - free 🙏 paid subscribers support this publication and have access to a personal writing prompt archive that accompanies each interview ✨ I merged…
June 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and lets us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the novel that started my career. The first barrio noir! Dark magic. Violence. Santa Muerte. Dogs with human eyes…
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May 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and lets us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the novel that started my career. The first barrio noir! Dark magic. Violence. Santa Muerte. Dogs with human eyes…
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
bookshop.org/p/books/zero...
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tomorrow night! an above/ground press zoom reading w Sandra Doller, Meredith Quartermain, Orchid Tierney, Tom Jenks, Brook Houglum + me too! / @orchidtierney.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social ;
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above/ground press zoom launch! Tierney, Quartermain, Houglum, Doller + Jenks, May 28 2025
Check out the above/ground press ZOOM launch we’re doing on Wednesday, May 28, 7pm EDT, with myself reading alongside: Orchid Tierney (OH) M...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
tomorrow night! an above/ground press zoom reading w Sandra Doller, Meredith Quartermain, Orchid Tierney, Tom Jenks, Brook Houglum + me too! / @orchidtierney.bsky.social @tomjenksuk.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/abov...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/abov...