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Bristol Vaudrin (she/her)
@bristolvaudrin.bsky.social
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#writer #reader #buffalowingeater

From #AK now in #PDX #litfic

2025: AFTERWARD (flawed person, messy life, dark humor), Tortoise Books

2027: Man meets Alaska
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Omigod...so frustrating! Can you read this signature to see who is the artist?

#namethisartist #art
Whose art is this?
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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"It's funny, ferocious, and full of gravel. The story ends with a truthful reveal that I don't find often in writing today."
- review of AFTERWARD

Thank you!

#litfic
Cover of the novel AFTERWARD by Bristol Vaudrin
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Book delivery!! ❤️❤️❤️

@tortoisebooks.bsky.social @boondock60mm.bsky.social
#litfic
Books "The Surge" by Adam Kovac and "Delirium Vitae" by David LeBrun, both out on Tortoise Books
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Great, positive time at Pajamas and Pastries Protest this morning. What a lovely group of people. And thanks to people who swung by to show support with more pastries!
Woman knitting at peaceful ICE protest in Portland Oregon on a lovely, rainy Sunday morning.
October 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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The "crazy," "out of control" "bad people" causing "anarchy" today outside the ICE building. I tell you it's "like living in hell." Especially with that scary guy in the chicken suit. #resist #pdx
Photo of Portland demonstrations at ICE building on Oct 14 2025
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Birthday present from my mom...

#litfic
Copies of galley for original draft of Great Gatsby
October 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Come on, Oregon, legalize kei trucks! #FreeToki!

@codaily.bsky.social @oregoncapitalchronicle.com @oregonian.com @opb.org @klccoregon.bsky.social @wweek.com @portlandmercury.com @fox12oregon.bsky.social @dirquez.bsky.social @koin6.bsky.social @broadmanfororegon.bsky.social
I am a 1994 Honda Acty named Toki. I am one of a group of mini vehicles known as kei (rhymes with hey) vehicles. I am 4WD, get 50mpg, always find parking spots, and my bed is the same length as a full-size pickup. My insurance is cheap and I cost $6,500 from local importer Motorcycle Warehouse in 2022. In 2024, the Oregon DMV took away my registration because I was “not manufactured for on-road use in the U.S.” This year, Senator Boardman from Bend introduced bipartisan legislation that would legalize kei trucks. While it did not pass before the session ended, I and many other kei-truck-lovers/owners hope it is a real first step toward legalization. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS TO LEGALIZE KEI VEHICLES. #FreeToki Also, a map of which states have legalized Kei vehicles. Our kei truck doing truck work.
September 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.

Publisher: @jacklegpress.bsky.social

16/20
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Cover of Hey Pickpocket by Allison Cundiff
August 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.

Publisher:
@emergejournal.bsky.social

15/20
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The cover of Twang by Ben Kline
August 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.

Publisher: @threeroomspress.bsky.social

14/20
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The cover of the novel Nirvana is Here by Aaron Hamburger
August 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.

Publisher: @threeroomspress.bsky.social

13/20
#litfic
Cover of Punk Avenue: inside the new york city underground 1972-1982 by Phil Marcade
August 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.

Publisher: @tortoisebooks.bsky.social

12/20
#litfic
Cover of the novel The Surge by Adam Kovac
July 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.

Publisher: @deepvellum.bsky.social

11/20
#litfic
Cover of the novel Eve out of her Ruins by Ananda Devi
July 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers + publisher's name.

Publisher: @forestavenuepress.bsky.social

10/20
#litfic
Cover of The Queen of Steeplechase Park by David Ciminello
July 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers and the publisher's name.

Publisher: @graywolfpress.bsky.social

9/20
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Cover of the novel The Year of the Wind by Karina Pacheco Medrano
July 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers and the publisher's name.

Publisher: @clashbooks.bsky.social

8/20
#litfic
Cover of short story collection Hey You Assholes by Kyle Seibel
July 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers and the publisher's name.

Publisher: @tortoisebooks.bsky.social

7/20
#litfic
Cover of the novel The Old Neighborhood by Bill Hillman
July 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Agreed
July 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers and the publisher's name.

Publisher: @astrophilpress.bsky.social

6/20
#litfic
The cover of the novel The Apology by Christian TeBordo.
July 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers +the name of the publisher.

Publisher: @mcsweeneys.net

5/20
#litfic
Cover of the novel The Instructions by Adam Levin
July 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers +the name of the publisher.

Publisher: @tortoisebooks.bsky.social

4/20
#litfic
The cover of the novel Lech by Sara Lippmann
June 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers and the name of the publisher.

Publisher: Banana Pitch Press

3/20
#litfic
The cover of Sexy Life, Hello, by Michelle Kicherer
June 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small ones some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. Just covers and the name of the publisher.

Publisher: Operation Dodecahedron

2/20
#litfic
Cover of the novel The Delegation by Avner Landes
June 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The Big 5 publishers get a lot of attention...let's give small publishers some well-deserved airtime.

#20Indiebookchallenge Choose 20 small-press books you've either read or want to read, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers.

1/20
Cover of the novel The Birthparents by Frank Santo, published by Tortoise Books
June 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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20 days of the guilt that is my TBR (fiction) pile. #20TBRbookchallenge

20-day TBR book challenge. Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf/shelves, list, stack, e-list, library hold—wherever! One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, just covers

20/20
June 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM