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An Interview With Patricia Q. Bidar

Bay Area native Patricia Bidar’s stories have been published in Invisible City, SmokeLong Quarterly, Wigleaf, Sou’wester, The Pinch, Pidgeonholes, and elsewhere.  Invisible City editor Tanya Žilinskas talked to Patricia about her Pushcart-nominated story “The Little Jenny,” which appeared in Invisible City’s Issue 3. Spoilers follow; you can read “The Little Jenny” here. Q: How did "The Little Jenny" come about? What was the inciting idea? A: The inciting image was that of the moth …

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Congrats to the Winners of our 2022 Blurred Genre Flash Contest!

Read the flash pieces at the links below: 1st Place: "Grief Birds" by Sam Moe 2nd Place: "Something's Still Going Down at the Meijer on Central Ave" by Joshua Jones Lofflin 3rd Place: "A Fish Story" by Jeremy T. Wilson Finalists: "Still Here" by Matt Barrett and "We Iron Dad's Underwear" by Kristina T. Saccone Honorable Mention: "Not Nowadays and Never Here" by Patricia Q. Bidar"Self-Portrait as Ricochet" by Despy Boutris"The Crossroads-Coin" by Wilbur Charles-Wallace"Flight to …

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Join us for a Virtual Reading on May 11

To celebrate the release of Issue 4 and our Blurred Genre contest winners (to be announced soon!), we are hosting a reading over Zoom on May 11 at 6:30 pm PST. *** See full details below and RSVP at this link! …

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Interview with Victoria Chang

Q: In some of Dear Memory’s sections, there are quotations by other writers that your writing responds to. What’s your process for collecting these ideas or quotes? A: Honestly, I am disorganized. Sometimes I'd just open random books around me and see something and it might spur something in my mind or I would slot it into the text I was working on. I'd like to say that I take notes in a notebook and it's organized, but there's actually a randomness about the quotes (and my life!). Q: How …

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News Blog, Nonfiction

Congrats to the Winners of our 2021 Flash Creative Nonfiction Contest!

We received an incredible response to our first-ever contest. And our winners are the best of the best! A big thank you to Heather Christle for judging and choosing the winners from our list of finalists. Read the flash pieces at the links below: 1st Place: "Blaze" by Merridawn Duckler 2nd Place: "in response to the viral r/askreddit thread titled 'what’s classy if you’re rich, but trashy if you’re poor?'" by [sarah] Cavar 3rd Place: "When I Hear the Baby" by Kelle Schillaci …

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Congrats to our 2021 Nominees

We've announced our nominations for the 2021 slate of writing and art awards, including Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fictions. See our nominees below and read or view their work at the included links. We are so proud of our writers and artists! Read our Best of the Net Nominees: Fiction: Saint by K-Ming ChangTrypophobia by Benjamin Faro Nonfiction: House-sitting by Tatiana DuvanovaThe Hummingbird, A Love Story by Thamar Keshishian Poetry: Drunk with …

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