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Join us for a Virtual Reading on May 10

To celebrate the release of Issue 6 and our Blurred Genre contest winners, we are hosting a reading over Zoom on May 10 at 6:30 pm PST. *** See full details below and RSVP at this link! …

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News Blog, Contest Winners

Congrats to the Winners of our 2023 Blurred Genre Flash Contest!

Read the flash pieces at the links below: 1st Place: The Pasture by Enchi 2nd Place: Neo–Jerusalem by Chinedu Gospel 3rd Place: The Balloon Game by C. J. Anderson-Wu Finalists: Pretending by Chris Clemens and Girlfriend as DiVine, from Disney World by Brady Alexander Honorable Mention: "Crooked Love" by Anastasia Jill"An Absurdist's Lament" by J. J. Steinfeld"Sitting on the Grass After the Last Spring Exam in Golden Valley, Minnesota" by Emily Brisse"Tethered" by Amy …

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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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News Blog, Contest Winners

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 Blog

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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