IT’S HERE! Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press, 2025), Patricia’s debut collection of short fiction, is out now! Purchase wherever you buy good books. (Or click the book image!)
“Pardon Me for Moonwalking is an ode to the ensnared and alone, the lost and the lonely. Transient, searching characters long to 'shed life like an old patchwork coat and walk away to a bright-lit studio apt with no closets and one brick wall as if on stage at an intimate club.' With restraint, razor-sharp precision and astute insight, Patricia Q. Bidar delivers spiky story after deeply human tale. This debut collection is a terrific achievement.” Sara Lippmann
Patricia Quintana Bidar is a western writer from the Port of Los Angeles area. She is an alum of the U.C. Davis Graduate Writing Program, where she taught creative writing and earned a Master’s Degree in English. Patricia also holds a degree in filmmaking. Her work has been celebrated in Wigleaf's Top 50 and widely anthologized including in Flash Fiction America (W.W. Norton, 2023), Best Microfiction (Pelekinesis Press, 2023), and Best Small Fictions (Alternating Current, 2023 and 2024). Her debut collection of short works, Pardon Me for Moonwalking (Unsolicited Press, 2025) is available now. Patricia is also the author of a novelette, Wild Plums (ELJ Editions, 2024). She lives with her family and unusual dog outside of Oakland, California.
Patricia is proud to serve on staff at STORY Magazine, Smokelong Quarterly, and the Wigleaf 50.