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Francesco Levato
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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/
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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.
September 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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How about a cat and friend pic? #cats
Cat in foreground on tiled floor, with a raccoon lying down in the background seen through the door window
August 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Or, a griffin (not spooky, but wouldn’t want to meet one in a dark alley)
July 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Eldritch tentacles
July 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Ahem… treats?!

#cats #caturday (early)
Chocolate and white marbled tabby cat sitting on wood floor, looking expectantly at the camera.
July 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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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)
March 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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This.

#Cats #CatsOfBluesky
Two cats sleeping on outstretched legs. One is a chocolate tabby, the other is orange and has his paw curled over his nose (which, if visible would be pink). Both their heads are smooshed against each other.
January 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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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
December 16, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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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
December 11, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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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
December 8, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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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 📚😱
April 17, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Yep. Cat, lap, numb leg.
April 9, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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Jealous! All I got was a glowing blobsquatch
April 8, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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Post a pic you took at sunset. No description other than alt text
April 7, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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If you see this, I invite you to post a picture from your device without explanation.
February 29, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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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 💀🛠️
January 26, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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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 💀🛠️
January 7, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Back to the holidays for this #horror #VisualWritingPrompt. If you're so inclined, write a 300-ish character story inspired by this image. Genres: #scifilit #horrorlit #fantasylit

Tag your story with #mlit and if you like, please repost.

#HorrorCommunity #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt 💀🛠️
December 17, 2023 at 7:25 PM
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So… this is how grading final papers is going.
December 13, 2023 at 11:46 PM
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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 💀🛠️
December 12, 2023 at 7:33 PM
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A bit of the weird for this week's horror #VisualWritingPrompt. If you're so inclined, write a 300-ish character story inspired by this image. Genres: #scifilit #horrorlit #fantasylit

Tag your story with #mlit and if you like, please repost.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt 💀🛠️
A giant floating eyeball with tentacles growing from it, in the foreground. The background is hazy and obscure, but looks like it might be a post-apocalyptic cityscape.
December 7, 2023 at 7:31 PM
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A winter wonderland for this week's horror #VisualWritingPrompt. If you're so inclined, write a 300-ish character story inspired by this image. Genres: #scifilit #horrorlit #fantasylit

Tag your story with #mlit and if you like, please repost.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt 💀🛠️
A horned demonic figure wearing ragged clothes and carrying sacks with unidentified contents through a gloomy, snow covered forest.
November 29, 2023 at 9:57 PM
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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...
November 21, 2023 at 11:09 PM