Author: Adria Bailton

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #11

    This week, I have six stories I read and enjoyed. The Craft by Chelsea La Vecchia is a three-minute read at The Arcanist. The Outsider by William Delman is a five-minute read at The Arcanist. Daily Science Fiction published Decoherence is a Lady by Lynne Sargent. The Selkie’s Bride by Angela Teagardner is published at…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #10

    I’ve got eight stories for you this week. A few might be limited due to a “number of articles” read. Enjoy! We’ll start with a four-minute read Because Hades Won’t Take American Express by Jeff Racho at The Arcanist. Lookin’ by E. Delores Johnson is a short piece (you might not even need to scroll)…

  • February 2021 Book Reads

    I have two books I read in February. I’ll admit that I am struggling to read at all and am not making my reading goals.  My writerly read this month was Business Essentials for Writers by Jim Nettles. This book will be helpful for anybody who plans to make a living writing stories and books.…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #9

    I discovered at the writing of this blog that some of the stories I’ve been promoting have broken links due to one publisher moving to a new hosting platform and improper address forwarding. I have been able to find all the stories simply by web searching the publisher and the story title. Unfortunately, I haven’t…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-up #8

    I have six stories and a webcomic in this week’s round-up. The first story this week is Oracle by Christopher A. Jos at The Arcanist, a four minute read. Tonya Liburd’s 10 Steps to a Whole New You published at Fantasy Magazine is 2400 words. The Arcanist published Full Circle by Karel Smolders, another four…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #7

    This week has only four stories to share. I read a few blog posts about books and reading. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook to see other topics. A 20 minute read at 4063 words, Fireside published Mouth & Marsh, Silver & Song by Sloane Leong. 630 mL by Tony Pisculli published at The Arcanist. The Arcanist published Another…

  • Weekly Short Fiction Round-Up #6

    Weekly round-ups will post on Mondays until I decide to change them. This week’s was delayed due to the catch-up round-up posts. From the first week of February, here are seven stories I read. Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner. Wyldblood published The Dark Forest Takes by Dawn Vogel. Cowtown by Aeryn Rudel…

  • “Weekly” Short Fiction Round-Up #5

    This last catch-up post on short fiction is eleven stories long. Tomorrow will be the delayed post for this week. Future posts will appear every Monday. Today we start with The Goodwill Ghost by Sophia Sanchez published at Every Day Fiction. Peat Moss and Oil for Burning by A.B. Young is published at Baffling Magazine.…

  • Round-up of Short Fiction #4

    Ten more short fiction stories that I’ve read over the past few months and enjoyed.  Why We Make Monsters by Rem Wigmore is published by Baffling Magazine. Diabolical Plots published DP FICTION #62A: “A Promise of Dying Embers” by Jordan Kurella. Atomic Bonding by Izzy Steel is published at Every Day Fiction. Constelación Magazine published I, Crocodile by…

  • Short Fiction Round-Up #3

    I hope you enjoy the stories I am aggregating here as much as I have. Here are ten more. Today we start with From the Deep, the Music Rises by Izzy Wasserstein published by Baffling Magazine. Every Day Fiction published Flowers for Clockwork Street by Jennifer R Fierro. DP FICTION #71A: “Everyone You Know is…