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Ryan Dilbert

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Ryan Dilbert is the author of the novel Time Crumbling like a Wet Cracker from No Record Press.

Raised on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Ryan has spent a lot of time away from the island, traveling, wandering and missing it. He lives in Houston, Tx where teaches writing for Writers in the Schools, does tattoos, and enjoys horseplay.

His story Anything was Anything was selected for Best of the Web 2009.
Other work of his has appeared in Pear Noir, Nano Fiction, Word Riot, FRiGG, Paperwall, Titular, Wigleaf, Smokelong Quarterly and Vain.

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Savannah, it's in Georgia

The book tour has been rolling for a week now. I started off in the quaint town of Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Casa Azul Gifts hosted me there and I read with author Jane Blunschi. The owners of Casa Azul were so incredibly nice, I kept wondering if they were robots. Jane was really funny. I'm glad I went on first.

Next up, I read at Hey! Cafe in New Orleans. We could not convince the drunk dudes smok Read more of this blog post »

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	The Territories: Wrestling Stories by Chad Dundas (Goodreads Author), Jonathan Snowden (Goodreads Author), Dan Brooks 4.67 avg rating — 21 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
	Pear Noir! (#3) by Daniel Casebeer (Editor), Lily Hoang, Rich Ives 4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2009	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
	Time Crumbling Like A Wet Cracker 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011	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
	Red Lightbulbs Issue 5 by Never Angeline Nørth (Editor), Mason Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alexis Pope (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011	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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message 3: by Elaine

Aug 24, 2023 02:40PM

Hi! Many years back I bought your 'Time Crumbling...' book AND a t shirt with the dinosaur on it; both at the Houston Book Fair at the Menil Museum. I love that t shirt and in fact wore it yesterday. Sadly, I can't find my copy of your book, I'm going to have to look a little harder for it. Anyway, when I saw that you were following my reviews, I had to take a minute to send a note.

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message 2: by s.d.

Nov 11, 2008 10:13PM

When they see me off in traffic
They say "Jeezy on some other shit"...
Runnin straight back to the dealership
Me I'm in my spaceship

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You're such a talented writer and I like you. Not just because you're a talented writer...

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