A Parade of Horribles (Pre-Order May 12th 2026)

A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman Pre-Order May 12th 2026

It’s off to the races in A Parade of Horribles, the explosive eighth installment in Matt Dinniman’s wildly popular Dungeon Crawler Carl series—featuring bonus material exclusive to this print edition.

In the aftermath of Faction Wars, chaos and mass panic are spreading beyond the dungeon walls. Meanwhile, Carl and Princess Donut find themselves trapped on the tenth floor, forced into a bizarrely “normal” competition: high-speed races where survival depends on getting from point A to point B—and not finishing last. After each race, crawlers upgrade their vehicles, while the tracks grow increasingly lethal. It’s all a little too simple. A little too orderly.

Glitches ripple through the system. Whispers circulate about the mysterious eleventh floor—something the dungeon’s AI ominously calls A Parade of Horribles, billed as “a coming-out party for the ages.” No one—not even the showrunners—knows what it means.

Carl hates the new rules. They strip him of agency. And that will not stand.

So he plans a party of his own—an audacious, reckless gambit so dangerous he can’t even tell his friends, for fear the AI will shut it down. Because if he fails, it won’t just be the end of Carl and Donut. This time, the stakes are higher than ever before.

Fast, funny, ferocious, and full of twists, A Parade of Horribles pushes the Dungeon Crawler Carl saga into its most terrifying and thrilling phase yet.