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Winter 2023 • Vol. XLV No. 1 • Bridges: A Fiction Folio |

Ladybird

By Sarp Sozdinler

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Sarp Sozdinler is a Turkish writer based in Philadelphia and Amsterdam. Their work has been published in The Masters Review, Maudlin House, Hobart, X-R-A-Y, No Contact, Passages North, The Offing, The Normal School, and elsewhere. Some of their pieces have been anthologized and have received honorable mention in literary contests, including the Waasnode Short Fiction Prize selected by Jonathan Escoffery. Find more on @sarpsozdinler or at www.sarpsozdinler.com.

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