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Cover image of Zachary Dillon's novel “I Hear You Watching,” showing an illustration of the facade of a two-story Los Angeles apartment building in blue nighttime light and only one window lit from within.

My Debut Novel!

blog by Zachary DillonAugust 25, 2023February 26, 2024
A stack of paperback copies of the book People With Problems with a copy prominently displayed on top, with a living room bookshelf in the background

My Illustrated Short Story Book Is Out!

1 min read by Zachary DillonSeptember 6, 2022August 24, 2023
Illustration of clown lying dead in colorful clothes

Illustrated Book
SNEAK PEEK!

2 min read by Zachary DillonMay 25, 2022August 2, 2023
Photo of wrecked car headlight visible through a thick layer of cascading ivy

Natural History Museum

3 min read by Zachary DillonFebruary 26, 2022September 4, 2022
Photo of diffused sunlight trapped in swirling, ominous storm clouds over the ocean

Little Boat

4 min read by Zachary DillonDecember 16, 2021October 15, 2024
Photo of a jumble of rainbow-colored yarn

This Tangled Web

2 min read by Zachary DillonDecember 11, 2021
Photo of right hand lit red against blue background.

Reach

2 min read by Zachary DillonDecember 5, 2021
Photo of Swiss Army knife propped on-end with all of its tools fanned open

The Will to Survive

2 min read by Zachary DillonNovember 27, 2021
Photo of side view of deer antlers on deer, with deer's head cut out of bottom of frame.

Bucks

1 min read by Zachary DillonNovember 21, 2021
Photo of cerulean beach water double-exposed with an image of a hand blocking the sun

Double Exposure

3 min read by Zachary DillonNovember 13, 2021
Photo of statuette of Jesus on the cross hanging behind a row of lit candles, with a background of gold wallpaper

Savior

4 min read by Zachary DillonNovember 3, 2021
Photo of single-story house on suburban street, trees and hedges with red leaves, and long afternoon shadows

Housemate

8 min read by Zachary DillonOctober 30, 2021
Photo of homeless tent encampment and dumpster on dirty sidewalk in front of a faded mural of an immigrant woman and an American flag

For Customers Only

1 min read by Zachary DillonOctober 20, 2021
Photo of water droplets of various sizes

Where Are You

3 min read by Zachary DillonOctober 16, 2021
Watercolor painting of standing man with no skin, showing musculature and skeletal structure

The Anatomical Model

1 min read by Zachary DillonOctober 9, 2021
Photo of green speckled ceramic mug on green background

The Fly Guy

1 min read by Zachary DillonOctober 1, 2021
photo of blue and yellow macaw with blurry woman's face in the background

Birdcage, Well-Loved

1 min read by Zachary DillonSeptember 24, 2021
Mask of three merged faces, one smiling, one sticking out its tongue, one sad

Someone Else

4 min read by Zachary DillonSeptember 15, 2021
Bare feet in white flip-flops with red nail polish.

Only Feet

3 min read by Zachary DillonSeptember 11, 2021
Abstract structure of boxes stacked in a wall bending toward you

Pareilles

français by Zachary DillonSeptember 7, 2021
Abstract structure of boxes stacked in a wall bending toward you

Familiar Faces

4 min read by Zachary DillonSeptember 3, 2021August 31, 2024
Treetops, horizon, and clouds before sunset

Easy Money

2 min read by Zachary DillonAugust 20, 2021
Symmetrical, ominous escalators in an empty mall.

An Acquired Taste

4 min read by Zachary DillonAugust 14, 2021
Orange roller suitcase on sandy beach with deep blue water

Impossible Vacation

5 min read by Zachary DillonAugust 6, 2021
Dark leafy trees, and woman in white shirt and pants standing with face obscured by leaves.

Savage Woodwind

4 min read by Zachary DillonJuly 31, 2021
Painting, portrait of a young peasant girl by Jeanne Bole, woman in bonnet with wheat on her shoulder and a sickle in her hand

Proposing to the Beast

6 min read by Zachary DillonJuly 23, 2021August 31, 2024
painting by Jan Davidsz. de Heem, of grapes, peaches, blackberries, scallops, chestnuts, and façon-de-Venise wine glasses on a partially draped stone ledge with a snail, a butterfly, and a bumblebee

The Juiciest Grapes

4 min read by Zachary DillonJuly 13, 2021November 26, 2023
crocodile eye and nostril peeking up out of cerulean water

Crocodile Dilemma

3 min read by Zachary DillonJuly 9, 2021November 26, 2023
car with hood open and crane holding engine in auto garage at night with fluorescent lights

Clown Car

portfolio picks by Zachary DillonJuly 2, 2021November 26, 2023
facade of aged Parisian residential house with high windows and balconies

Language Lesson

6 min read by Zachary DillonJune 25, 2021
Photo of abstract multicolored stained glass in broken concentric rings

Geology

3 min read by Zachary DillonJune 18, 2021
photo from above of white and black car on road at night through green trees

Gotcha

4 min read by Zachary DillonJune 11, 2021
yellow, brown, and black snail shell

Cutting Losses

5 min read by Zachary DillonJune 4, 2021

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