Sean Dillon
@seanmdillon.bsky.social
Fond of theater-making, improv, horror, books, cats, dinosaurs, and houseboats.
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Currently working on a very long story or very short novella that centers on memory and its impacts. So this was disproportionately interesting to me. I do also appreciate how much of his own personality the author brought to what could otherwise have been pretty dry.
Currently working on a very long story or very short novella that centers on memory and its impacts. So this was disproportionately interesting to me. I do also appreciate how much of his own personality the author brought to what could otherwise have been pretty dry.
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Currently working on a very long story or very short novella that centers on memory and its impacts. So this was disproportionately interesting to me. I do also appreciate how much of his own personality the author brought to what could otherwise have been pretty dry.
Currently working on a very long story or very short novella that centers on memory and its impacts. So this was disproportionately interesting to me. I do also appreciate how much of his own personality the author brought to what could otherwise have been pretty dry.
Each Xmas, we try to pick out a new ornament that is somehow emblematic of the year.
I present… 2025. Life sure has thrown plenty of “lemonade-making opportunities” this year.
Merry merry, all.
I present… 2025. Life sure has thrown plenty of “lemonade-making opportunities” this year.
Merry merry, all.
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Each Xmas, we try to pick out a new ornament that is somehow emblematic of the year.
I present… 2025. Life sure has thrown plenty of “lemonade-making opportunities” this year.
Merry merry, all.
I present… 2025. Life sure has thrown plenty of “lemonade-making opportunities” this year.
Merry merry, all.
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Not sure exactly what to make of this one. Liked it, very much. Dark, original, lovely prose. But also felt like there is some Rosetta Stone to really *get* it thematically/metaphorically. And I am unstoned.
Not sure exactly what to make of this one. Liked it, very much. Dark, original, lovely prose. But also felt like there is some Rosetta Stone to really *get* it thematically/metaphorically. And I am unstoned.
November 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Not sure exactly what to make of this one. Liked it, very much. Dark, original, lovely prose. But also felt like there is some Rosetta Stone to really *get* it thematically/metaphorically. And I am unstoned.
Not sure exactly what to make of this one. Liked it, very much. Dark, original, lovely prose. But also felt like there is some Rosetta Stone to really *get* it thematically/metaphorically. And I am unstoned.
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Enriquez does a really nice job of exploring the dark dimension of S. American magical realism... more distinctly here than in Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Intimate, original, and VIVID. Really liked it.
Enriquez does a really nice job of exploring the dark dimension of S. American magical realism... more distinctly here than in Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Intimate, original, and VIVID. Really liked it.
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Enriquez does a really nice job of exploring the dark dimension of S. American magical realism... more distinctly here than in Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Intimate, original, and VIVID. Really liked it.
Enriquez does a really nice job of exploring the dark dimension of S. American magical realism... more distinctly here than in Dangers of Smoking in Bed. Intimate, original, and VIVID. Really liked it.
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Tilted more self-help than I was hoping for. Biggest insight: avoid scheduling surgery for mid-afternoon, because that’s when surgeons hit their midday slump.
Tilted more self-help than I was hoping for. Biggest insight: avoid scheduling surgery for mid-afternoon, because that’s when surgeons hit their midday slump.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Tilted more self-help than I was hoping for. Biggest insight: avoid scheduling surgery for mid-afternoon, because that’s when surgeons hit their midday slump.
Tilted more self-help than I was hoping for. Biggest insight: avoid scheduling surgery for mid-afternoon, because that’s when surgeons hit their midday slump.
The MN Fringe hit returns! Dilly Dally’s award-winning Final Dress is back - TWO SHOWS ONLY!
9pm, Dec 6 & 20 at Strike Theater!
strike.theater/shows
(Details in the comments... Bluesky has a looow character limit.)
9pm, Dec 6 & 20 at Strike Theater!
strike.theater/shows
(Details in the comments... Bluesky has a looow character limit.)
November 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The MN Fringe hit returns! Dilly Dally’s award-winning Final Dress is back - TWO SHOWS ONLY!
9pm, Dec 6 & 20 at Strike Theater!
strike.theater/shows
(Details in the comments... Bluesky has a looow character limit.)
9pm, Dec 6 & 20 at Strike Theater!
strike.theater/shows
(Details in the comments... Bluesky has a looow character limit.)
In Sept, a "friend" fuck-you/unfriended me for saying C. Kirk was fascist. Guess that endangers people? (He was already dead. And fascist).
Wonder if he has the same bile at Trump/supporters for marking (alive) Dems for death for saying soldiers shouldn't follow illegal orders. (They should not.)
Wonder if he has the same bile at Trump/supporters for marking (alive) Dems for death for saying soldiers shouldn't follow illegal orders. (They should not.)
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
In Sept, a "friend" fuck-you/unfriended me for saying C. Kirk was fascist. Guess that endangers people? (He was already dead. And fascist).
Wonder if he has the same bile at Trump/supporters for marking (alive) Dems for death for saying soldiers shouldn't follow illegal orders. (They should not.)
Wonder if he has the same bile at Trump/supporters for marking (alive) Dems for death for saying soldiers shouldn't follow illegal orders. (They should not.)
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Really liked the first 1/3 of this. Then we got to what was really happening, and it just didn’t interest me as much. Reminds me thematically of the show Dark, which I recommend unreservedly.
Really liked the first 1/3 of this. Then we got to what was really happening, and it just didn’t interest me as much. Reminds me thematically of the show Dark, which I recommend unreservedly.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Really liked the first 1/3 of this. Then we got to what was really happening, and it just didn’t interest me as much. Reminds me thematically of the show Dark, which I recommend unreservedly.
Really liked the first 1/3 of this. Then we got to what was really happening, and it just didn’t interest me as much. Reminds me thematically of the show Dark, which I recommend unreservedly.
Calling it now:
Jeffrey Epstein for TIME Magazine's Person of the Year
Jeffrey Epstein for TIME Magazine's Person of the Year
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Calling it now:
Jeffrey Epstein for TIME Magazine's Person of the Year
Jeffrey Epstein for TIME Magazine's Person of the Year
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The all-powerful child is a well-worn horror trope, but the author manages to squeeze a solid plot and some very evocative imagery out of it. Biggest complaint is that the protagonist is an annoying actor-improviser stereotype. The afterward leads me to believe that so is the author.
The all-powerful child is a well-worn horror trope, but the author manages to squeeze a solid plot and some very evocative imagery out of it. Biggest complaint is that the protagonist is an annoying actor-improviser stereotype. The afterward leads me to believe that so is the author.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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The all-powerful child is a well-worn horror trope, but the author manages to squeeze a solid plot and some very evocative imagery out of it. Biggest complaint is that the protagonist is an annoying actor-improviser stereotype. The afterward leads me to believe that so is the author.
The all-powerful child is a well-worn horror trope, but the author manages to squeeze a solid plot and some very evocative imagery out of it. Biggest complaint is that the protagonist is an annoying actor-improviser stereotype. The afterward leads me to believe that so is the author.
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Bryson is great at what he does. My only two complaints? He ends of disease and death, which left me unsettled. And he reads his own book… and as an American who spent most of his life in Britain, he doesn’t have an accent, but he DOES pronounce a number of words the English way. Odd.
Bryson is great at what he does. My only two complaints? He ends of disease and death, which left me unsettled. And he reads his own book… and as an American who spent most of his life in Britain, he doesn’t have an accent, but he DOES pronounce a number of words the English way. Odd.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Bryson is great at what he does. My only two complaints? He ends of disease and death, which left me unsettled. And he reads his own book… and as an American who spent most of his life in Britain, he doesn’t have an accent, but he DOES pronounce a number of words the English way. Odd.
Bryson is great at what he does. My only two complaints? He ends of disease and death, which left me unsettled. And he reads his own book… and as an American who spent most of his life in Britain, he doesn’t have an accent, but he DOES pronounce a number of words the English way. Odd.
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Sometimes I can’t quite get a bead on Sedaris. Surely one of the funniest writers alive. But as he writes about topics like his sister’s suicide, I sometimes feel like his blunt openness is just another facade to hide behind. He confounds me.
Sometimes I can’t quite get a bead on Sedaris. Surely one of the funniest writers alive. But as he writes about topics like his sister’s suicide, I sometimes feel like his blunt openness is just another facade to hide behind. He confounds me.
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Sometimes I can’t quite get a bead on Sedaris. Surely one of the funniest writers alive. But as he writes about topics like his sister’s suicide, I sometimes feel like his blunt openness is just another facade to hide behind. He confounds me.
Sometimes I can’t quite get a bead on Sedaris. Surely one of the funniest writers alive. But as he writes about topics like his sister’s suicide, I sometimes feel like his blunt openness is just another facade to hide behind. He confounds me.
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More non-fiction. Very interesting, if oddly written. The same author, looking at the same topic - often using the same examples and anecdotes - but through a variety of different lenses. Felt kinda… recursive?
More non-fiction. Very interesting, if oddly written. The same author, looking at the same topic - often using the same examples and anecdotes - but through a variety of different lenses. Felt kinda… recursive?
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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More non-fiction. Very interesting, if oddly written. The same author, looking at the same topic - often using the same examples and anecdotes - but through a variety of different lenses. Felt kinda… recursive?
More non-fiction. Very interesting, if oddly written. The same author, looking at the same topic - often using the same examples and anecdotes - but through a variety of different lenses. Felt kinda… recursive?
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My therapist is urging me to work more non-fiction into my reading, so I started here. Do I now understand Quantum Physics? Absolutely not. But I think I now don’t understand it a little bit better. A quick and wittily written read.
My therapist is urging me to work more non-fiction into my reading, so I started here. Do I now understand Quantum Physics? Absolutely not. But I think I now don’t understand it a little bit better. A quick and wittily written read.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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My therapist is urging me to work more non-fiction into my reading, so I started here. Do I now understand Quantum Physics? Absolutely not. But I think I now don’t understand it a little bit better. A quick and wittily written read.
My therapist is urging me to work more non-fiction into my reading, so I started here. Do I now understand Quantum Physics? Absolutely not. But I think I now don’t understand it a little bit better. A quick and wittily written read.
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Book seemed very familiar right away… about halfway through realized that yes, I had read this in the last couple years. Still: really wonderful, creepy, highly original stories. Struck by the way many of them don’t have an ending so much as just… stop.
Book seemed very familiar right away… about halfway through realized that yes, I had read this in the last couple years. Still: really wonderful, creepy, highly original stories. Struck by the way many of them don’t have an ending so much as just… stop.
October 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Latest read… sort of.
Book seemed very familiar right away… about halfway through realized that yes, I had read this in the last couple years. Still: really wonderful, creepy, highly original stories. Struck by the way many of them don’t have an ending so much as just… stop.
Book seemed very familiar right away… about halfway through realized that yes, I had read this in the last couple years. Still: really wonderful, creepy, highly original stories. Struck by the way many of them don’t have an ending so much as just… stop.
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4 novellas, 2 already made into films. My main complaint of King’s full novels is that they tend to sprawl. Not the case here. Delightful.
4 novellas, 2 already made into films. My main complaint of King’s full novels is that they tend to sprawl. Not the case here. Delightful.
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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4 novellas, 2 already made into films. My main complaint of King’s full novels is that they tend to sprawl. Not the case here. Delightful.
4 novellas, 2 already made into films. My main complaint of King’s full novels is that they tend to sprawl. Not the case here. Delightful.
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Accidentally found myself reading a “teen chick lit” horror novel, but not mad at it. Nice character development, an original plot, and one of the least forced-feeling romance sub-plots I’ve read in some time. And well-read on the audio, which makes a huge difference.
Accidentally found myself reading a “teen chick lit” horror novel, but not mad at it. Nice character development, an original plot, and one of the least forced-feeling romance sub-plots I’ve read in some time. And well-read on the audio, which makes a huge difference.
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Accidentally found myself reading a “teen chick lit” horror novel, but not mad at it. Nice character development, an original plot, and one of the least forced-feeling romance sub-plots I’ve read in some time. And well-read on the audio, which makes a huge difference.
Accidentally found myself reading a “teen chick lit” horror novel, but not mad at it. Nice character development, an original plot, and one of the least forced-feeling romance sub-plots I’ve read in some time. And well-read on the audio, which makes a huge difference.
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Enjoyed it. Past and present play out in parallel as a woman returns to a childhood home her father claimed was haunted and wrote a book about. Lots of questionably reliable narrators, creating a fun tension around whether it was indeed haunted or not, and the implications of that.
Enjoyed it. Past and present play out in parallel as a woman returns to a childhood home her father claimed was haunted and wrote a book about. Lots of questionably reliable narrators, creating a fun tension around whether it was indeed haunted or not, and the implications of that.
October 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Enjoyed it. Past and present play out in parallel as a woman returns to a childhood home her father claimed was haunted and wrote a book about. Lots of questionably reliable narrators, creating a fun tension around whether it was indeed haunted or not, and the implications of that.
Enjoyed it. Past and present play out in parallel as a woman returns to a childhood home her father claimed was haunted and wrote a book about. Lots of questionably reliable narrators, creating a fun tension around whether it was indeed haunted or not, and the implications of that.
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As a fan of SGJ’s later work, it was interesting to read one of his earliest. I also struggled to finish. This was suffused with a slick, cynical self-awareness that felt like it was trying way too hard to be cool. Glad he grew out of that.
As a fan of SGJ’s later work, it was interesting to read one of his earliest. I also struggled to finish. This was suffused with a slick, cynical self-awareness that felt like it was trying way too hard to be cool. Glad he grew out of that.
October 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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As a fan of SGJ’s later work, it was interesting to read one of his earliest. I also struggled to finish. This was suffused with a slick, cynical self-awareness that felt like it was trying way too hard to be cool. Glad he grew out of that.
As a fan of SGJ’s later work, it was interesting to read one of his earliest. I also struggled to finish. This was suffused with a slick, cynical self-awareness that felt like it was trying way too hard to be cool. Glad he grew out of that.
Latest read. This one was okay. Neither the prose nor the plot was especially head-turning, but it did get more interesting toward the end.
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Latest read. This one was okay. Neither the prose nor the plot was especially head-turning, but it did get more interesting toward the end.
Latest read… and 50th of the year!
It was fine. Supernatural escape room(house) revenge horror. Seemed like it was maybe going to say something interesting about perspective/memory/gaslighting/wholiveswhodieswhotellsyourstory… then didn’t.
It was fine. Supernatural escape room(house) revenge horror. Seemed like it was maybe going to say something interesting about perspective/memory/gaslighting/wholiveswhodieswhotellsyourstory… then didn’t.
September 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Latest read… and 50th of the year!
It was fine. Supernatural escape room(house) revenge horror. Seemed like it was maybe going to say something interesting about perspective/memory/gaslighting/wholiveswhodieswhotellsyourstory… then didn’t.
It was fine. Supernatural escape room(house) revenge horror. Seemed like it was maybe going to say something interesting about perspective/memory/gaslighting/wholiveswhodieswhotellsyourstory… then didn’t.
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A truly original and horrific take on the Christian mythos, against the backdrop of plague-era France. Gets kind wild in its late chapters, but never totally loses the thread.
A truly original and horrific take on the Christian mythos, against the backdrop of plague-era France. Gets kind wild in its late chapters, but never totally loses the thread.
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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A truly original and horrific take on the Christian mythos, against the backdrop of plague-era France. Gets kind wild in its late chapters, but never totally loses the thread.
A truly original and horrific take on the Christian mythos, against the backdrop of plague-era France. Gets kind wild in its late chapters, but never totally loses the thread.
Latest read. Honestly not sure what to think of this one. Feels like I’m reading it outside its cultural context. Saw it described as Kafkaesque, and that’s probably about right. Not especially a feel good read, though at least it is relatively short.
August 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Latest read. Honestly not sure what to think of this one. Feels like I’m reading it outside its cultural context. Saw it described as Kafkaesque, and that’s probably about right. Not especially a feel good read, though at least it is relatively short.
Latest read. A pretty good contemp folk horror book. As so often in witch horror, a witch isn’t actually the problem.
August 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Latest read. A pretty good contemp folk horror book. As so often in witch horror, a witch isn’t actually the problem.