The Sweet Spot + Black Lipstick birthday

July 8, 2026 / marybid

Big gratitude to Switch: A Magazine of Microfiction for publishing a new piece, “The Sweet Spot,” with wonderful company. I’m having a lot of fun writing micros right now while working on my Longer Prose Thing at the same time.

Today is also the one year birthday of The Girl with the Black Lipstick! Abundant thanks to Black Lawrence Press for their support, and to everyone who helped celebrate my debut novella-in-flash over these past months. Here are a few photos to help celebrate one year with this babe.

grid of nine photos featuring the cover of Mary Biddinger's novella The Girl with the Black Lipstick

New prose poem + July launch gratitude

August 6, 2025 / marybid

It’s always a scary little thrill when a poem from a new project drops, so imagine my scare + thrill when Pithead Chapel (one of my favorite journals) published “Everyone Bowed Their Head and Prayed for God’s Blessing” in their latest issue (vol. 14, issue 8, August 2025). This prose poem is from my manuscript in progress, Latchkey. Thanks for taking a look!

Many thanks, too, to CLMP for including The Girl with the Black Lipstick in this list of books launching in July 2025. Such excellent company there, as well!

Gasp–I’m going to be on vacation for the next week. Maybe I’ll share some actual photos when I return.

Everyone has a complicated relationship with art, right?

July 16, 2025 / marybid

A few journal publication updates to share! I’m grateful to Unbroken for including my prose poem “Everyone Has a Complicated Relationship with Art” in their latest issue (#46).

I am also honored to have my flash fiction piece “Everyone Loves an Old House with Character” in a recent issue of Villain Era. Sincere thanks to the editors of these journals, and to the fellow contributors.