Dylan Reed
I write speculative fiction about systems that fail the people inside them — dragon licensing boards, dying deep-sea stations, cozy towns where slime runs the bakery.
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The Amazing Squirrel — A part-time superhero in a purple and orange squirrel suit shows up late to a bank robbery. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
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Writing Advice from the Unpublished, LOL
May 1, 2026One of the best things about writing is that everyone has opinions. Including me. The second best thing is that no one is wrong. There are no rules. H…
I Wrote 66,000 Words About Dragons Who Need a License to Hoard and an 80-Page Appendix of Government Forms, Send Help
April 29, 2026There is a story I wrote years ago that I called Dragon Hoard (though to be honest I think I spelled it Horde). It is quite possibly my favorite story…
I Wrote Ten Thousand Words I Don't Remember and They Were All Love Stories
April 27, 2026I have been digging through old stories lately. Not metaphorically digging — actual digital archaeology. Folders inside folders inside folders on back…
I BUILT AN AUTHOR WEBSITE AND NOW I HAVE TO BE AN AUTHOR, WHICH IS HONESTLY THE SCARIEST PART
April 10, 2026Something happened in the last few months that I didn’t plan for. I started acting like a writer again. I’m not writing in a journal everyday. It is m…
Someone Else's Story Saved Mine (And Then I Wrote My Own)
March 24, 2026I think fiction might be the most important thing humans have ever invented and I am including fire and antibiotics in that statement. That’s probably…