Adria Bailton

Author: Adria Bailton

  • Short Fiction Round-Up #38

    This week I have seven stories for you. I have to add that I love so many of the stories this week, and wish I could recommend all of these in my next newsletter. Just a heads up that there will be no short story round-up next week. I am having some computer issues, but…

  • Short Fiction Round-Up #37

    I’ve got seven stories for you this week. Two at the end are by the same author as I came across those about the same time, but since they’re in different outlets, met my goal to post any particular outlet only once per week. I’m not always able to meet this goal. Forest Thing by…

  • Short Fiction Round-Up #36

    Welcome to the thirty-sixth short fiction round-up of short ficiton on this blog! Disclaimer, I know every author, except Gwynne Garfinkle, through a writers discord (not all from the same group.)Just a reminder that you can sign up for my newsletter if you miss the daily social media posts or these weekly round-ups for a…

  • Goal Check 2021

    It’s the end of August, and it’s a good time to do an update of if I’m meeting my yearly goals as a writer. I posted one of these updates at the end of April. Because my goals aren’t huge in terms of numbers, only updating about every four months is reasonable. If I had…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #35

    This week I only have six stories for you because yesterday I celebrated my one year anniversary of starting social media as Adria Bailton, of working towards building a readership. Thank you for reading my original short stories, my goal blog posts, and my short fiction round-ups. I hope you enjoy these stories. Can’t Bear…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #34

    Seven more stories for you this week! Please enjoy. As I Wait for the Killing Blow by M. Shaw was published by Fireside Fiction in June. It’s about a 9-minute read at under 2000 words. Daily Science Fiction published Too Cuddly by Mary E Lowd in May. Death by/to Language by Naomi Kim was published…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #33

    Today I bring you seven more stories for your enjoyment. This week had a good mix of spec fic and literary genres.  Weaving by January Adams was published by Fireside Fiction in May, and is about a 13-minute read. Daily Science Fiction published The Day Before the Wall Street Inferno by Lora Gray in May.…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #32

    Seven more stories this week! Some weeks almost have a theme, which is honestly unintended. I notice there are several quite dark stories in this week’s selection. Most of these sites will have content warnings, so please protect yourself. Some days these stories work for me and some days they won’t.  Spoken Like Tongues by…

  • Writer in Motion Week 5 – Reflection

    Previously on… For those just joining me, this summer I participated in the Writer in Motion program. ​In Week 0, we were given a prompt to reflect upon.In Week 1, we posted our inital, rough, unedited drafts.In Week 2, we posted our self-edited drafts.In Week 3, we posted edited stories after receiving feedback from assigned critique partners also participating in the…

  • Writer in Motion Week 4 – Final – In the Country of Shadow

    Previously on… For those just joining me, this summer I participated in the Writer in Motion program. ​In Week 0, we were given a prompt to reflect upon.In Week 1, we posted our inital, rough, unedited drafts.In Week 2, we posted our self-edited drafts.In Week 3, we posted edited stories after receiving feedback from assigned critique…