Francesca Leader is a self-taught writer and artist originally from Western Montana. In another life, she earned her Master's degree in Modern Japanese Literature from the Ohio State University in 2006. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in J Journal, Wigleaf, Milk Candy Review, HAD, Stanchion, Literary Mama, Bending Genres, Drunk Monkeys, Door Is a Jar, and elsewhere. Her artwork has been featured on the covers of Cobra Milk, the Adanna Literary Review, the Harpy Hybrid Review, and Cream Scene Carnival, and she regularly contributes commissioned illustrations to Flash Frog. Learn more about her work at inabucketthemoon.wordpress.com.