A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2! This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.

"W.F.A. #31" and "Little Known Facts About Dragons" were both reprinted in a FREE ebook of the Worlds of Possibility anthology vol 2
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Spoons – The Colored Lens I stared at the tiny, shiny, silver spoon in the well-wrapped solstice box wishing we’d just gone to the semi-annual Solstice Ball at Castle Ever After instead of exchanging gifts first.

2025 was the year of reprints. “Spoons” (334 words) was reprinted online for a free read at The Colored Lens – June 2, 2025
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This is the other notice of my announcement for those who prefer slides over reels.

Worlds Divide, my debut YA science fiction novel, will not be out this month and it will not be published by Balance of Seven Press.

This was a hard decision for me. With the other things going on in my life right now while I wait for everything to come through from BoS, I am taking a moment to be offline.

I appreciate the messages I've already received.

I hope to come back with good news and good energy soon.

Canceling my contract with Balance of Seven was a mutually agreed-upon action. I considered my options carefully before reaching the decision that seeking publication elsewhere will be the best thing for my book.

Worlds Divide, my debut YA science fiction novel, will not be out this month and it will not be published by Balance of Seven Press.

Book quote Friday!

Corey gives Nina a gift for her birthday.

Arcing - Adria Bailton When a tragic event splits Rosa’s family apart, she finds herself on her own embracing freedoms she’s never had. She meets Dan on one such night of freedom. Dan has dreamed of otherworldy Rosas since…

In March of 2025, my second audio production of one of my stories was published.
“Arcing” (1 hour 45 minutes) – Audiobook published by Dragonfly Mountain Publishing – March 21, 2025
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You can get it on sale for $0.95 almost everywhere audiobooks are available!

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Psst! It's publication month for my debut YA sci-fi novel built upon a disability scaffolding and covering issues of abuse and trauma! I'm in a state of disbelief! I don't have a newsletter scheduled, but I will send one out on publication day!

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At the End of Purple Meadow Road There is an arbor of wisteria. I tend it in the summer and sit underneath its naked branches in the fall. Lichen decorates the bench to the left, moss the br...

This is what writing and publishing burnout looks like for me: an inability to read, draft, or revise. I'm going to continue to post throwback story recs because I have enough to last awhile.
Today's throwback rec is At the End of Purple Meadow Road by Marisca Pichette at Fireside Fiction (2022)

I loved reading them!

They were also on my wish list but they closed before I ever got an acceptance there.

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What You Pay For by Aeryn Rudel

Today's throwback story rec is What You Pay For by Aeryn Rudel at The Arcanist (2022) thearcanist.io/what-you-pay...

Quote with your Sunday plans 🪟

Another submission. My next goal post is on Wednesday.

Slept in my Bon Jovi shirt and woke up only halfway there.

Slept in my Sgt Pepper's t shirt and woke up, got outta bed, dragged a comb across my head

Slept in my Chumbawumba shirt and got up again.

Slept in my Guns N'Roses shirt and woke up in the jungle.

The music is fantastic! The Godzilla theme drives so well

I love the music in that movie. The Godzilla theme is so good!

Best depiction ever in fiction film of the war & aftermath in Japan.

My partner got new speakers, so we're rewatching Godzilla Minus One on Blueray. this movie is so good!

Villainy: A Reluctant Memoir, by Erin Rockfort Let’s get one thing straight: I’m not one of your wishy-washy “sympathetic” villains, alright?

Today's throwback story rec is Villainy: A Reluctant Memoir by Erin Rockfort at Translunar Travelers Lounge (2022)

translunartravelerslounge.com/2022/02/15/v...

The Book of the Blacksmiths DAY ONE

Today's throwback story rec is The Book of the Blacksmiths by Martin Cahill at Fireside Fiction (2022) firesidefiction.com/the-book-of-...

Thanks for the review, Dawn!

Watching Scarpetta because my partner heard good things. Jamie Lee Curtis should just win awards for everything she does.

Arcing by Adria Bailton Arcing follows our protagonists, Rosa and Dan, over a series of months as they navigate love, loss, grief, and infidelity.

My novelette and longest publication to date was published in eBook by Pulp Lit Mag. “Arcing” (15,000 words) – Chapbook of Pulp Lit Mag – December 21, 2024 issuu.com/pulplitmag/d...
BTW, this has some of the same characters that appear in my upcoming YA Science Fiction debut, Worlds Divide

DP FICTION #86C: “She Dreams In Digital” by Katie Grace Carpenter – Diabolical Plots Diabolical Search

Today's throwback story rec is She Dreams in Digital by Katie Grace Carpenter at Diabolical Plots (2022) www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-8...

Requiem for a Dollface - Uncanny Magazine The doll was dead. There was nothing for it. Bear had seen bad cases before: legs ripped off, heads torn from necks, hair rudely shorn. Dolls mutilated by ink, fire, even—once—the lawn mower. Not…

I'm trying to catch up on some novel ARC reading, and haven't read my long queue of short fiction. I've got some other struggles right now. I hope to return to short story recs soon.
Today's throwback story rec is
Requiem for a Dollface by Margaret Dunlap at Uncanny Magazine (2022)