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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 23/04/2025

Preparing for my bookstore reading this Saturday! Alex is hunting surveillance bugs in his apartment… (I’m in the basement because my wife has a conference call upstairs—I hope they can’t hear me!) #booksky

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 27/01/2025

Yarry, an interactive short story. Those with kids may identify. Those without kids may identify why they don’t have kids. #ExistentialTerror

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YARRY by Zachary Dillon

What's in a name?

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 17/01/2025

Dear Gen Z, You would love “The Adventures of Pete & Pete.” Sincerely, A millennial who wants an easy way to watch it with my son when he’s older

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 22/02/2024

I read an excerpt from my novel in a kitchen cupboard. Don’t worry, it makes sense. www.instagram.com/reel/C3neeXr... #indieauthor #mentalillness #paranoia #BookRecommendations

A still from a video of me (white, glasses, shaggy brown hair and beard—maybe exactly the look you’d expect of someone like me) looking a bit spooked while reading from my novel with a flashlight in a cramped kitchen cupboard, with the title text, “Kitchen Cupboard Story Time.”

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 13/02/2024

I asked ChatGPT to suggest titles for my novel based on a summary: "A man suffers persecution from auditory hallucinations he believes are his neighbors." The two best suggestions were: 1. The Sound of Silence 2. The Phantom Menace The robots will replace us with ourselves.

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness. To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5. Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it. patreon.com/fightingpride93

Hot dog with caramelised onions and cheese

Pasta with sliced hot dogs in a tomato sauce

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

I think the historical context on this is really important to understand and promote because the reality is that there's no inherent aversion to trans people in our culture, it's one that's been cultivated by explicit right wing propaganda as another way to divide the working class against itself

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 11/02/2024

Just found out there’s something called the “Cognitive Science Movie Index,” which is rad.

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Angela Woods @literarti.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

“We discuss why and how the experience of inner speech in neurodivergent groups has often been assumed rather than investigated, making it an important opportunity for researchers to develop innovative future work that integrates participatory insights with cognitive methodology.” 👌🏻

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 11/02/2024

Fascinated by the sheer matter-of-factness of this story buried on page 8 of The Liverpool Daily Post, 29 March 1937 – “Ellen the barmaid is now Alan the barman.” Please update your address books. Now, what’ll you have?

BARMAID BECOMES BARMAN – GIRL RE-REGISTERED

The re-registration of seventeen-years-old Ellen Caldwell, a Crewe barmaid residing at Martin-street, as a male and her appearance at the hotel where she is employed smartly attired in man’s clothing has brought to a conclusion a remarkable episode of transformation. Last summer she sought medical advice and an operation was performed at Manchester Royal Infirmary. The operation was successful and her father has taken the necessary steps to have her re-registered this time as a male. She has changed her name to Alan and Ellen the barmaid is now Alan the barman.

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 11/02/2024

@lumpley.bsky.social, I’m starstruck to have you follow me. Your work with @megueyb.bsky.social has been a huge inspiration to me, both as a writer/storyteller and as a human.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 16/01/2024

Recently published account of a professional philosopher on his schizophrenia. Subjective accounts of psychosis are vital for those who have & those who haven't experienced it. Note also that until now this author didn't feel free to disclose his diagnosis, as many are forced to live closeted.

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From Vexing Uncertainty to Intellectual Humility

I am a 55-year-old husband, father, friend, and professional philosopher. In 1992, as a graduate student at Cambridge University, a porter found me amongst the

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

Was asked for the best writing advice I've heard: The point of a first draft is to exist. You can't edit and improve what isn't there. Thusly "internal editor" that prevents you from doing the work at all is actually an internal heckler that isn't constructive and doesn't deserve to be listened to.

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 10/02/2024

@tadethompson.bsky.social You don’t know me, but I’m a fan who was sad about (but totally sympathetic to) your departure from the app formerly known as Twitter. Glad to find you here!

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 10/02/2024

Eliott Blue nailed the loneliness and psychedelic terror of my novel about hearing voices. Eliott’s site: eliott-blue-draws.blogspot.com

Purple-blue vector illustration of L.A. apartment building at night, one window illuminated yellow through closed blinds. White novel title "I Hear You Watching" looms.

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Zachary Dillon @zacharydillon.substack.com · 08/02/2024

I wrote a novel based on my experience with auditory hallucinations and paranoia. It's called "I Hear You Watching." amzn.to/3PdUppP #indie #author #novel #MentalHealth

An illustration of a Los Angeles apartment building at night with one window illuminated through closed blinds, and the novel title "I Hear You Watching" rising from behind it, and the silhouette of a palm tree.

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