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Dillon Detours: Ten Terrific Tales
My recommendations for excellent fiction reading on Medium.
Following the recent mothballing of my monthly Dillon Picks, in which I highlighted favourite articles by other authors on Medium, I have replaced this with two new series. Firstly, with a monthly author spotlight in a new regular column Dillon Recommends (check out my first highlighted writer, Knight of the Dillon Empire, Sir Paul Combs). Dillon Detours is the second of these series, in which I curate a series of excellent articles on a particular theme. Said theme could be history, comedy, satire, music, film, personal stories, or it could be a mixture of these in conjunction with a particular subject.
In this first instalment of Dillon Detours, I’m going to highlight some of the best fiction I’ve come across on Medium. Most of these were mentioned in previous Dillon Picks, but I recommend a deep dive into each author’s profile, as they are invariably studded with other fiction gems. Typically, these are short stories, but in one case, I’ve chosen to highlight a serialised novel. I also make no apology for being predisposed towards horror and thrillers, though not everything on this list falls under that category.
As always, my criteria for inclusion is extremely strict, so I will only be selecting the very best stories from…