Zachary Dillon – OFFBEAT FICTION

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, 2022May 28, 2025

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, 2021May 28, 2025

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, 2021May 28, 2025

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, 2021May 28, 2025

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, 2021May 28, 2025

car with hood open and crane holding engine in auto garage at night with fluorescent lights

Clown Car

6 min read by Zachary DillonJuly 2, 2021May 28, 2025

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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