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VIRTUAL: Mayhem and madness RPG action with Matt Dinniman

A Friends Speaker Series Virtual Author Talk

2026-06-11 19:00:00 2026-06-11 20:00:00 America/New_York VIRTUAL: Mayhem and madness RPG action with Matt Dinniman Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild) Dungeon Crawler Carl series, joins us in a virtual chat about his latest book, A Parade of Horribles.  Reading Public Library -

Thursday, June 11
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-11 19:00:00 2026-06-11 20:00:00 America/New_York VIRTUAL: Mayhem and madness RPG action with Matt Dinniman Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild) Dungeon Crawler Carl series, joins us in a virtual chat about his latest book, A Parade of Horribles.  Reading Public Library -

Matt Dinniman, New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular (and just plain wild) Dungeon Crawler Carl series, joins us in a virtual chat about his latest book, A Parade of Horribles. 

As 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.”

Everything is fine, Crawler. I repeat, everything is fine.

Carl hates that it’s business as usual. The rules of this floor have taken away his agency. That just will not do.

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.

Register now for a fun-filled discussion you won’t want to miss!

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.

This program is brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of the Reading Public Library. Thank you, Friends!


Check out more upcoming virtual author talks and enjoy recordings from past events by exploring our Friends Speaker Series page.

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