A Parade of Horribles narrows the dungeon mechanics while widening the themes. Between Stoic reflections on the danger of living in “what ifs,” Carl’s increasingly volatile anger, Sluggalo philosophy, karaoke violence and the usual end-of-book chaos, DCC continues to turn absurdity into something strangely profound. Eight books in, the series feels less like humans versus aliens and more like a story about oppressed people learning how to recognize, resist and eventually break the systems built to control them. Continue reading A Parade of Horribles, by Matt Dinniman (Book Review)