Surviving the Universe’s Most Twisted RPG with Matt Dinniman & Other Author Talks

Posted on June 2, 2026 at 6:00 am

Matt Dinniman Author Talk

Attend the live viewing at the library or watch online from home.

Hold onto your heart-patterned boxers! Matt Dinniman is discussing his Dungeon Crawler Carl series (adults) and his latest book in the series, A Parade of Horribles.

You’re invited to come to North Spokane Library to enjoy this live, online author talk with other readers and fans. Or watch from home or wherever you have access to the internet.

Registration is required for viewing online on personal devices and to submit questions for the author.

Surviving the Universe’s Most Twisted RPG with Author Matt Dinniman
NORTH SPOKANE & ONLINE
Thursday, June 11, 4–5pm

About the Book

In A Parade of Horribles, chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars. Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Well, normal for the dungeon.

Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. After each race, they pick an upgrade for their vehicle, and the track gets more challenging. It all seems a little too normal, a little too simple.

Ignore those strange glitches that are occurring with increasing frequency. Don’t listen to those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls “A Parade of Horribles.” Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that means—just that the AI has ominously dubbed it “a coming-out party for the ages.”

Carl hates that it’s business as usual. So, Carl is planning a party of his own. It’s a plan so dangerous, so insane, he can’t even consult his friends lest the AI put a stop to it. Because if it goes wrong, it’s not just the end of Carl and Donut. No. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been.

About the Author

Matt Dinniman is a writer and artist from Gig Harbor, Washington. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling Dungeon Crawler Carl series along with several other books about the end of the world. He doesn’t really hate cocker spaniels, and he plays bass in one band.

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