Dillon Picks June 2024

This month’s ten chosen articles on Medium, selected for their brilliance by the Dillon Empire

Simon Dillon
4 min read4 days ago

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The uncompromising scrutiny of the Dillon Empire separates Medium tares from wheat. Photo by author

I’ll confess it’s not been the easiest month in Fortress Dillon. It isn’t in the nature of the Empire to divulge the subject of the travails in question, but rest assured, the Empire continues to stand, despite all adversity. The barbarian hoards are being kept at the gates, and I’m still scouring your articles to sift out the very best for representation in these hallowed archives.

Perhaps sheer fatigue is the reason I am failing to summon the levels of sarcasm, scathing remarks, and megalomaniacal lunacy normally inherent in these introductions. Rest assured, normal service will be resumed next month, but in the meantime, a reminder on criteria: The Empire does not care for hustle-bro scammers, earnings braggers, vacuous trend-chasers, the professionally offended, purveyors of apocalypse porn, sweeping statement click baiters, those who issue divisive, misanthropic tirades against entire people groups, and those with no experience or credentials who disseminate ill-informed advice. Rest assured you’ll find no such drivel here.

If you are selected for inclusion herein — and you should feel pretty damn smug if you have been — that means you aren’t eligible for another three months, to ensure things…

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Simon Dillon

Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com