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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 8h

Joe loves the perfect son the moment he enters the world. “I will raise him as if he is my own,” he proclaims, and Maryanne glows in the warm morning sun filling the hospital room. They raise their pe...

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 8h

"The average son reaches into holes around the flower garden, pulling out handfuls of mud and snakes that twist and roll and wrap around his wrists like bracelets."

More from fearless @lmariharris.bsky.social, this one from @brettpribble.bsky.social's Ghost Parachute.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 8h

shortstorytoday.com/episodes/epi...

Episode 52 - L Mari Harris: "They're So Beautiful When They're Sleeping" and "The Exterminator"

Missouri author L Mari Harris's flash fiction is not for the faint of heart. It is her aim to push readers into uncomfortable places. Nothing is ...

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 8h

flash-frog.com/2022/12/26/t...

They’re So Beautiful When They’re Sleeping by L Mari Harris

She halfheartedly pushes his hand away as his fingers ease under the hem of her shorts. She looks over her shoulder into the backseat. “Concentrate on your driving, mister.” He trails his fingers u…

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 8h

He looks in the rearview mirror.

She shifts in her seat and studies the back of the car.

“They’re so beautiful when they’re sleeping.”

Revisiting @shortstorytoday.bsky.social 's interview with my friend, @lmariharris.bsky.social ! AND THIS UNSETTLING GEM FROM @flashfrog.bsky.social !

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 15h

"Further, reading, particularly reading literary fiction, has been shown to build empathy by allowing readers to practice perspective-taking and understand complex emotions."

Big love for this interview with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social in @bendinggenres.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @swethaamit.bsky.social! It was fun being interviewed.

Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."

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Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

"Nowadays, I suck on sour drops / to stop flashbacks, heart firing as fast as that boy’s drum kit and his long-gone reign / of percussion. Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies." READ @erinvachon.bsky.social

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

anmly.org/ap40/erin-va...

Erin Vachon – ANMLY

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @swethaamit.bsky.social! It was fun being interviewed.

Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."

bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...

Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking

bendinggenres.com

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

Monday afternoon--first good rain!

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @swethaamit.bsky.social! It was fun being interviewed.

Click the link to see a funny photo of my face--which was called "impish."

bendinggenres.com/interview-wi...

Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking

bendinggenres.com

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

You really were magnificent.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

I loathe "adulting"-type tasks, but always feel good afterward. I escaped my computer for 2 hours. Repairing the tire with the nail in it was free. But the actual SENSOR that says when air pressure is low, is not working right. They want to replace all 4 sensors, to the tune of $525!

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

Cooling my heels at Big O Tires.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 1d

Cooling my heels at Big O Tires.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

It is!

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

Have you gotten yours?

Sand and Gravel Chapbooks @sandandgravelpress.bsky.social · 9d

www.sandandgravelpress.com/store/six-st...

Five Stories, a chapbook by @travisflatt.bsky.social is available now on our website!

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

Listening to the audiobook now.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I love this.

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

To a Roy Roger's soundtrack, of course.

Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 2d

Up early again. Filled the dog, stretched, made coffee. Now catching up with @storymag.bsky.social -- what a great journal! #shortstories #litcommunity

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 3d

I'm so glad you were there

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 3d

I'm at 1:12:54, all frustered.

Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 3d

Wow!

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 4d

Squeeee!! My book trailer is so cool❤️❤️❤️

@sfwp.bsky.social

SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 4d

The countdown starts now: BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be releasing in 25 DAYS!

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
@susanschulman.bsky.social

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