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SunLit Interview: Ever the writer, even Gary Reilly’s fiction often focused on literary craft

Gary Reilly was the author of 25 unpublished novels during his lifetime. Since his death in 2011, Running Meter Press has published 15 of them. Born in Kansas, he grew up in Colorado, where he attended college and, after a stint in the Army, devoted himself to his writing – though he never tried very […]

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A Colorado author’s book introduces us to a gritty, reluctant superhero whose powers stretch the imagination

The only piece of fiction published during Gary Reilly’s lifetime was a short story in 1978. “The Biography Man” was published by the Iowa Writers Review and later picked up by the Pushcart Prize Anthology (1979).  From that point until his death in 2011, Gary wrote 25 novels. None were published during his lifetime. Since […]

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A Colorado man born to write. A nonstop imagination. A prolific, if underappreciated, body of work.

The only piece of fiction published during Gary Reilly’s lifetime was a short story in 1978. “The Biography Man” was published by the Iowa Writers Review and later picked up by the Pushcart Prize Anthology (1979).  From that point until his death in 2011, Gary wrote 25 novels. None were published during his lifetime. Since […]

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None of his 25 novels made it into print. Fellow writers so respected him that they became his publisher.

The only piece of fiction that he wrote that was published during Gary Reilly’s lifetime was a short story in 1978. “The Biography Man” was published by the Iowa Writers Review and later picked up by the Pushcart Prize Anthology (1979).  From that point until his death in 2011, Gary wrote 25 novels. None made […]