Dillon Picks

The first in a regular round-up of stories I’ve enjoyed on Medium.

Photo of the author scrutinising Medium articles for inclusion, taken with great ineptitude by the author.

Since starting on Medium in January, I’ve stumbled across some terrific writers. In view of this, I’ve decided to run a regular column, possibly monthly, highlighting stories of an exceptionally high standard that I consider worthy of wider recognition and readership.

Getting on the Dillon Picks list will not be easy. I have strict assessment criteria, and competition for inclusion is fierce. Some writers may crop up again and again. Others may be one hit wonders. I should add that these picks aren’t necessarily from the calendar month. I reserve the right to resurrect older pieces that I’ve only just discovered. I’ll try to aim for no more than ten pieces at a time, but on this occasion, I’ve selected a bumper crop of thirteen.

I will also say none of these articles will be about how someone made eleventy-stupid million by typing a few random words and breathing in the right direction. Or how to be happy by thinking happy thoughts. Or similar interminable content-for-contents-sake nonsense.

Instead, these are well-written articles that offer something of substance on a variety of subjects. They can be thoughtful, instructive, insightful, witty, poignant, shocking, controversial, poignant, and sometimes just laugh-out-loud hilarious…