Dane Erbach

Chicago Suburbs

Sprinter

About

Teacher, writer, husband, dad, coffee-drinker, news junkie, aging punk-rock kid.
Silver plate with a key with the inscription 100K words

Wrote 100 thousand words

Bronze plate with a flame pattern and an inscription 10 streak

Reached 10‑day streak

Crimson plate with a picture of the sunrise and the inscription 365 writing days

Completed 365 writing days

300,685Words
4Day Streak
439Drafting Days
127Drafts

Overall Stats

Published Work

  • Books

    • Meat Bees

      CLASH BooksAug 2026

    • Friday Night at Humble House

      Self-PublishedJul 2024

  • Short Stories

    • “Another Miracle”

      Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories About Modern Midwest Monsters, Middle West PressOct 2025

    • “Can V Should”

      Dark Speculations: Tales of Various Shapes & Shadows Vol. 2, Little Red Bird PublishingOct 2025

    • "That Night"

      Tiny Terrors Vol. 1 (Graveside Press)May 2025

    • "A-C-C-I-D-E-N-T"

      Morsus VitaeApr 2025

    • “Drummer”

      The AmazineApr 2025

    • "Offerings"

      Perseid PropheciesJan 2025

    • "Myrna"

      Wilhelm Presents: Frightening TalesJul 2024

    • "Something Else"

      Mythaxis MagazineJul 2024

    • "Umbilical"

      JMWW JournalJan 2024

    • "Our Mess"

      Sobotka Literary MagazineJan 2019