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Patricia Q. Bidar
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Author: Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press), Wild Plums (ELJ). Contributor: Flash Fiction America (Norton), Wigleaf 50; Best Small Fictions; Best Microfiction. Magic Eye poster in human form.
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@aljazeera.comReposted by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialPresident Donald Trump's deal with Putin comes amid surging fuel prices and looming US midterm elections.
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialHuge congrats!!
@inlovenazare.bsky.socialReposted by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialTo all the suspended moments over coffee: Happy International Coffee Day. Ivana Kobilca, Kofetarica, 1888.
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialMy other grandparents are from Santa Fe, San Francisco, and SLC!
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialDid you know my grandmother was from Benson, AZ?
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialNightmare fuel.
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialI'm a fan!
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialREAD the amazing Claire Guo in @brettpribble.bsky.social's Ghost Parachute 10 Year anniversary issue!
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social"We pooled together the change we scrounged from drain pipes and water fountains, the pennies dusting our fingers with copper, slinging brass on our cheeks, until we left a metallic sheen on every item she bought. We bought them too, hoping to find the secret recipe that narrated her livelihood."
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social"You set the cup of coffee in front of him. He waves his beak around as if savoring the aroma and then dives its beak straight in. You ask the crow if he’d like some sugar. You offer him a piece of pie."
Read A Crow Comes to the Window by @francinewitte.bsky.social!
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialI'm reading live and in-person with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social and @kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social, two flash writers whose books are out this month w @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social !
@nomad-sw18.bsky.socialReposted by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social"My parents left our house as a young couple I barely recognized. My mother, in a headband of fake daisies and gauzy white muumuu. My dad in his woven purple poncho."
So much yearning in this story about being on the cusp of puberty by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social
ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialCole, thank you so much.
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialAWP engines are starting to rev...
Here is brilliant @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social publisher Summer Stewart on making friends and partying down at the @awpwriter.org conference.
@pitheadchapel.bsky.socialReposted by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialWe want your stories! The 2026 Larry Brown Short Story Award is officially open for submissions
1st prize: $500
Guest judge: Deesha Philyaw
More info: pitheadchapel.com/larrybrown/
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.social🦟🦂🪳🕷🦗🪲hard-core!
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialMe three!
@patriciaqbidar.bsky.socialAgreed.