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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THIS MUST BE WHY ALL INDIE AUTHORS ARE RICH: A Publishing Plan, Such As It Is
May 29, 2026When I first started writing fiction — roughly a hundred years ago — the plan was simple: publish on Amazon. And I did! I put a couple of stories up t…
"I KILLED MY LAST SERIAL TWELVE YEARS AGO. NOW I'M MEDICATED, AND THERE ARE CRYPTIDS. (Introducing The Cryptid Cataloger)"
May 27, 2026Twelve years ago I started a serial. I hosted it here, then moved it to some custom-domained Medium situation, and then — like a frankly alarming perc…
MY BRAIN IS A MEMORY HOARDER, NOT A MEMORY PALACE (And That's How I Ended Up With 30 Unfinished Novels)
May 26, 2026I have read a lot about writing, and I have read a lot about ADHD. What I haven’t read much of is the two of them together. I know there are authors w…
BETA READING ISN'T DRUGS: There Is No Free First Hit, Please Stop DMing Me
May 21, 2026Beta readers are a trip. I’m not a complete dunce. Well. I might be. But I like to think I saw at least some of this coming. A couple weeks ago I put…
Closer on Paper Beta Readers Wanted!
May 16, 2026The scariest part of writing is when people read it. I recently finished a novella that I have really enjoyed writing. Sarah was wonderful enough to o…