Book Reviews

Charles Dunn

You Don't Want a Unicorn, by Ame Dyckman [an offbeat review]

Full disclosure, I don’t like unicorns. Maybe you feel that’s an unfair statement, as I’ve never met one. I’ve spent time around horses....

Charles Dunn

The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone, by Timothy Basil Ering [an offbeat review]

The title is a brilliant hook. Sort of Depression Era blues musician at the Crossroads meets horrific ‘poke it with a stick’ discovery in...

Charles Dunn

Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds [an offbeat review]

I’m not sure how I got tipped off to this one. I’m a big fan of the author, Aaron Reynolds, but I don’t know if his name led me to the...

Charles Dunn

I'd Really Like to Eat a Child, by Sylviane Donnio [an offbeat review]

I’d been looking forward to this one for a while based on the title alone. In my ongoing search for offbeat selections, it frequently...

Charles Dunn

Cecil the Pet Glacier, by Matthea Harvey [an offbeat review]

Cecil the Pet Glacier might be described as avant-garde, somber, borderline surreal. If you use those adjectives on a regular basis,...

Charles Dunn

That's Not Your Mommy Anymore, by Matt Mogk [an offbeat review]

"Zombies?" you're thinking to yourself. "That is sooo early 2000's." Or maybe "Holy shit, that's inappropriate." You wouldn't be wrong on...

Charles Dunn

Monsters Eat Whiny Children, by Bruce Eric Kaplan [an offbeat review]

I have two children, neither of them whiny. I also have a donut tree in the backyard. And I can turn college loan statements into bacon...

CHARLES DUNN