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Dustin Bilyk

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Born

in Lloydminster, Canada

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https://www.worldstonepublishing.com

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror

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Joe Abercrombie, Stephen King, J.R.R Tolkien, Orson Scott Card, Charle ...more

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Dustin is a prolific short story writer and novelist, as well as the Lead Editor of the Author's Hand. When he's not perfecting the works of others, he's writing Grimdark Epic Fantasy, and has been doing so since he first read the works of Joe Abercrombie and GRR Martin.

He published the first fantasy novel in the Tallindran Trilogy, The Librarian Gladiator, in March of 2024. With a novella coming out in April, and Book Two arriving on the shelves in early 2025, he's been busy at work in the writing chair, exploring his worlds and reveling in the fact that others will join him when he's done.

Dustin also runs the Worldstone Publishing house and produces the Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy annually. Each volume features 20+ incredible stories and t ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 181 ratings · 67 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tournament of Hearts (The Librarian Gladiator, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 1) by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Kevin Folliard, Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 49 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On The Lam by August J. Esquire (Goodreads Author), Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Three (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 3) by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Jean-Louis Trudel, Eric Choi (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Two (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 2) by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author), Elle Andrews Patt (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Four (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Books 1 - 3 Box Set by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Kevin Folliard, Gustavo Bondoni (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Headless Queen: Book Two of the Tallindran Trilogy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume Five (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 5) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Headless Queen: The Tallindran Trilogy, Book 2 by Dustin Bilyk (Goodreads Author), Kevin E Green (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Like I have mentioned in past blog posts, it took me ten years of writing and collecting rejection letters to get to level I am today. And even so I’m still working and still climbing. Always working and always writing to improve my craft. The bad part about going through those ten years is obvious, ev

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Dustin Bilyk and 2 other people liked Nat's review of Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection): "As with any anthology, there were some stories I liked more than others. But overall, it was a great book!"
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Dustin Bilyk and 1 other person liked Michael Mooney's review of Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One (Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection Book 1): "Great for short bursts of reading Great collection. I really enjoyed the majority of them. The writing was excellent, and some great story telling! Win 😁"
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