Hi! I’m LE Francis, a writer, editor, musician, & visual artist. Nocturnical.com is a brief portfolio & links for my projects & socials.
Available chapbooks
Presale chapbooks
Balsamblood — Art & poetry written in & about the high sage desert of central Washington
Current projects
- Sage Cigarettes Magazine / Instagram
- Hands Above Stars / Instagram & Facebook
Archived projects (still available but not active)
- A Ghost in the Magazine Podcast / Spotify, Tik Tok, Twitter, & Youtube
- T-shirts by Nocturnical
- Sage Cigarettes Productions Twitch
- The Annegirls Podcast / Spotify & Youtube
Recent publications
- July 12, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Verses on Verses | Half-year concert recap
- June 28, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Verses on Verses | “I don’t remember most the time” a review of Hot Mulligan at Showbox Sodo
- June 21, Venus Hour Literary: Sail Along Lost Light of Stars, In Her Defense, & Deimos
- June 20, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: 5 photos & “Thirty Nine” (Blog version)
- June 14, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Verses on Verses | “Counter-culture from the underground” a review of KMFDM in Seattle
- May 31, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Verses on Verses | “Now that you’ve unburied me” a review of The Dear Hunter at The Showbox in Seattle
- May 3, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Verses on Verses | “Familiar commencement, familiar routine” a review of Protest the Hero in Seattle
- April 23, Mind the Gap: Io
- April 19, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Verses on Verses | “I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life” a review of Silversun Pickups in Spokane
- April 5, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Verses on verses | “Still dancin’ with your demons” a review of nothing,nowhere. in Portland
- Feb. 16, Dogwood Alchemy Magazine: Phobos
- Feb. 14, Sage Cigarettes Magazine: Someone should have told Ash that ring was ugly or seeing possession as an allegory for falling in love in Evil Dead 2
Public social accounts
Letterboxd & I’m also on Slasher as @nocturnical