Patricia Q. Bidar’s Pardon Me for Moonwalking Captures the Beauty in Life’s Odd Corners

Unsolicited Press is thrilled to announce the release of Pardon Me for Moonwalking by Patricia Q. Bidar, a dazzling debut collection of short fiction that turns everyday life into something quietly extraordinary.

Bidar’s characters stumble through the blurred edges of ordinary existence — a worker haunted by a door-to-door photographer and his horse, an art student aroused by an online painting instructor, a shy office worker coaxed to a nude beach. These are stories of yearning, humor, and small but seismic moments of human connection.

With sharp prose, wry humor, and a piercing emotional intelligence, Pardon Me for Moonwalking explores how people survive isolation, navigate regret, and grasp at fleeting grace. Each story refracts light differently, forming a kaleidoscope of tenderness, absurdity, and hope.

“Bidar delivers spiky story after deeply human tale,” writes author Sara Lippmann, calling the collection “an ode to the ensnared and alone, the lost and the lonely.”

Patricia Q. Bidar’s fiction has appeared in Waxwing, Wigleaf, Smokelong Quarterly, and Best Small Fictions. She began publishing at 58 and lives near Oakland, CA with her family and an unusual dog.

Pardon Me for Moonwalking (ISBN 978-1-963115-57-4) releases December 2, 2025 from Unsolicited Press, available for preorder at unsolicitedpress.com and through independent booksellers nationwide.