Hey everybody! First and foremost thank you so much again for your continued support. I am now on tour for Operation Bounce House. My next stop is tomorrow in San Jose! The book officially comes out tomorrow, February 10th. The best way to support me is to buy a copy in any way you want, via ebook, physical copy, or audio and/or leave a review. The audiobook WILL be...
2026-02-10 05:38:51 +0000 UTC
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This is it.
Chapter 96
Carl: Now!
Emberus, crying, sobbing, enraged, growing, reared back with a flaming ball in his hand.
Donut zapped into the room, using one of Lucia’s infamous loop-de-loop traps, replacing Penny, who was suddenly teleported outside, right at the feet of Taranis.
Penny was, also, now in the same area as Khepri, whose god effect was the reason why I’d chosen that god to appear in the first place....
2026-02-08 02:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Because I'm a dick, only two chapters today.
Chapter 94
The world froze.
System message.
Scolopendra has entered the realm.
Instead of screaming like usual, the boss battle announcement came in a strangely calm, strangely lucid, even voice. Unlike every other announcement so far, there were no glitches. When he talked, the dungeon AI sounded more like a stern dad than the psychotic mind we knew him to be, which som...
2026-02-07 02:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Remember when I said each drop is going to end in a cliffhanger?
Chapter 91
“What the hell is this?” I muttered as our giant procession moved out into the parade route.
It was the same location as on all the screens. It was just a long, yellow-brick road. Before, it had been nothing but wide, open grasslands. But now a low, knee-high fog had rolled in, obscuring the grass. The fog did not come onto the path, instead tapering off in a wispy line. ...
2026-02-06 02:00:07 +0000 UTC
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HORRIBLE TWO
A PARADE OF HORRIBLES
INTERLUDE
QUASAR
“Oh, thank the gods,” Quasar muttered, watching the chicken truck enter the stairwell. He’d been fully expecting for there to be some last-second fuckery. He shook his head. “That makes 203 people who’ve made it to the 11th floor.” He looked down at the tablet. “Look at this. So far, 172 have taken deals with a few more expected.”
“It’s insane,...
2026-02-05 02:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Allow me to interrupt your regularly scheduled chapter dump to add some images. As I'm sure some of you are aware, Playmates is making a whole mess of DCC-themed action figures. They asked me to share a few of the in-process art pieces. I can't share the actual packaging just yet, but the boxes these things come in are gonna be AWESOME. Everything will be branded from in-universe companies with R-rated features and verbiage.
We will have statues/dioramas, traditional 6" action figure...
2026-02-04 02:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 81
“Fuck you!” I shouted at the ceiling, rage filling me. “Fuck you! You did this on purpose! I swear to fucking god, I will kill you all!”
Goddamnit. After all this work, all this time doing our best to keep our circle together, alive, and it was all undone in a single moment.
Louis: Guys. What do we do?
Jurgen: You know what you have to do, Louis. If you are against Lucia, you can’t let her di...
2026-02-03 02:00:04 +0000 UTC
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So… I need to give Ace TODAY the phrase I want on the case stamping (like the “I Need a Baby Seal” from book 6.)
It needs to be short and not too offensive on the surface. They shot down my splooge idea (a line from a later chapter)
This won’t be a poll because it’s not ultimately up to me, but give me suggestions. Right now the two front runners are the sluggalo Unity line and Samantha’s flap jacking line (which you haven’t gotten to yet. )
2026-02-02 20:03:48 +0000 UTC
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Okay, folks. This is how this is going to work. It is done. For the next several days, we will have 3-4 chapters a day @ 6 PM PST until it is done. Every single drop from now on will end on a cliffhanger. WHEN I post the last chapter, I will drop an epub of the whole thing.
I haven't finished scheduling this yet so I don't know the exact day it will end.
There are a metric fuckton of retcons here and there, though most involve cutting things out. Big additions you shoul...
2026-02-02 02:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Multiple people have suggested Prepotente. I do NOT want to use him for this as I think he's an obvious choice, and I may use him for a recap in an earlier book once I finally get around to writing recaps for books 2-5. Same with Elle. We're also not able to do the cleaner bot because of something that happens in book 8.
Multiple choices allowed which will add to the ability to game the system. 2-day poll. Your decision is final, but if you manage to tie (the top two choices within...
2026-01-27 00:08:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone. Thank you for your continued support. I'm still pluggin' away. I expect to finish in the next few days, but in the meantime here's some chapters for ya.
Also, we have multiple small but important retcons that I'll just drop here. One, Carl received a magical baby bjorn baby backpack in the first loot box opening. This will allow him to carry Donut with him should he use his Phase or Oozy Form spell. Another one is that the three enriched pet biscuits Pony has. One is the...
2026-01-26 08:40:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey again guys. Thanks for your continued support. We're gonna try this again. I'm not supposed to reveal this yet, but since it's like 3/4s out there already, here it is. The final version might change slightly. This cover is for paid Patrons only, and I AM ASKING YOU NOT TO SHARE IT yet. Last time, for This Inevitable Ruin, the cover was everywhere within twenty minutes of me posting it, despite requesting you keep it under wraps for a few more days. As a result, ...
2026-01-23 02:11:21 +0000 UTC
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So the first cover reveal is not the one you're expecting. The Luciano cover IS done and it IS awesome, but the typography by Toby Dinniman is not done. I will reveal it next update. That said, check out the awesome Free Comic Book Day cover for the DCC webtoon comic. Oh, yeah. And we're doing Free Comic Book Day this year
The first chapter of the DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL graphic novel will be available for FREE at your local comic shop on Free Comic Book Day on Saturday...
2026-01-20 02:32:01 +0000 UTC
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This is a very long chapter dump, but it's all
2026-01-15 07:18:54 +0000 UTC
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Hello all. We will have a cover reveal soon. I hope you're all doing well. Thank you for the continued support.
Chapter 60
We had just over an hour and a half before the next heat would start.
Carl: Okay, guys. We need to do this now. We have two things to do. Get these Corcunda guys back together, and get Li Na out of here. This Porky guy is helping us, but like we’ve been warned, he does not like Dong Quixote. We need to keep t...
2026-01-13 02:54:09 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone. Thank you for you continued support. Thanks to everyone who came out last Saturday to Tacoma. I'll see more of you this upcoming weekend in Monroe!
A quick note about chapter 58. Using song lyrics in text is a complicated thing, and since I pretty much have the whole song in here, it requires permissions, especially since we would basically have to have it as a performance in the audio book. We are currently in the process of seeking permission to use the...
2026-01-07 02:53:05 +0000 UTC
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Happy 2026 everyone! I hope to see some of you tomorrow in Lakewood, WA for my signing. Apparently they sold 400 tickets to this thing, so please be patient. Thank you all for your continued support.
Lots and lots of back editing going on this week. I'll try to keep you apprised of major changes, but for today we just have one big one. Instead of explaining this scene, I'm going to post it. Today's drop starts with a conversation between Carl, Donut, and Prepotente that will have occ...
2026-01-03 02:42:51 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
If you're looking for a copy of the physical book, Amazon still had the hardcover for ridiculously cheap. The paperback version of book 1 releases on Tuesday, also. Yes, the paperback includes the Pineapple Cabaret chapters.
Nothing too new to report since my last update. I am anticipating finishing this book in about a month from now. I have gotten to the point where I am significantly ahead of where this chapter drop is, which is pretty weird for me as I'm usually o...
2025-12-29 04:43:03 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I hope you had a great Christmas holiday. I got a theremin. I'm not allowing myself to play with it until I finish this book, however.
<Entry from Carl’s Book of Boom.>
Mehmet Or. Crawler #3,756,330.
Race: Human.
Class: Sipahi.
Final level: 62.
Hello, Carl. My name is Mehmet, and we never met, but I still knew who you were even before you helped...
2025-12-27 04:31:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey all. Attached to this post is an epub of the book so far, through chapter 49, which is the last chapter published.
HOWEVER....
As I write the chapters, I've been creating a few interludes that will be added to the final book designed to round out the story. I haven't yet decided where, exactly, I will put these as I need to place them where they're going to create the most tension. Interlude One is the prologue with Princess Donut and Chandra.
These interludes a...
2025-12-22 03:26:38 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Nothing too new to report since the last update. I hope you all have a happy and safe holiday. We are truckin'
I'm going through right now and making some retcons to better fit some future chapters. When that is done, I'll post a story-so-far ebook so people can catch up. Some of the biggest changes are:
the Lollipop karaoke bar is NOT a safezone anymore
I'm adding some discussion on the nature of cleaner bots, including some info on...
2025-12-19 04:56:28 +0000 UTC
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Just got back from LA where I visited my daughter and finally got to met Seth MacFarlane face-to-face. I also met Soleil Moon Frye, so it's all downhill from here. More details on all that soon. On the merch front, a few people have started to notice T-shirts popping up in Hot Topic stores. Yes, those are official.
Waterstones in the UK is selling a cool, sprayed-edge version of Operation Bounce House. That's one of two special editions that are coming in addition to the regular edit...
2025-12-16 06:42:40 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Back from Dragonsteel Nexus, which was a great time. It was my last event of the year, and it was amazing. I got to hang out with and meet many amazing authors. I defeated Pierce Brown in the Street Fighter tournament, and he's already talking about a rematch, so that will likely happen soon. Special thanks to Brandon Sanderson and his team for putting all that together because it was an amazing time.
Last night I had a cool dinner with authors Shawn Speakman, Pierce Bro...
2025-12-10 04:11:03 +0000 UTC
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This is a very short, very quick poll.
2025-12-02 23:22:58 +0000 UTC
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Hey all. I hope you had a good holiday. Who will I see at Dragonsteel Nexus this weekend? It's my last event of the year. Thank you all for your continued support!
Chapter 39
“I do not see why both of you must sit upon me at the same time,” Dorata complained. “You are exceeding my recommended weight capacity!”
I grunted with annoyance. “How about you shut up?”
Donut sat on my shoulder, but I was the one in the seat.
<...
2025-12-02 02:34:10 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! I hope y'all in the US have a safe Thanksgiving. I am heading to CA for a giant family thing, and we'll get back to our unprecedented chapter spam when I'm back.
A couple of small announcements. Pax Unplugged was this past weekend, and the folks at Renegade play-tested the new TTRPG system with some industry bigwigs that's been built exclusively for the Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG, and supposedly the feedback has been good so far. If you want to keep in the loop, please...
2025-11-26 02:21:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! Trucking along. I figured I'd better post this short chapter by itself.
I hope you're all have a great week. Also, watch Pluribus on Apple TV. It's amazing.
Chapter 37
“I will fucking kill you all,” Akuma cried, gasping as I leaned down next to him.
I patted him on the knee. “Don’t be like that,” I said. “You did try to kill her. One of you blasted her against a tree, and she was pretty pissed about you guys st...
2025-11-24 03:34:54 +0000 UTC
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No super new news since the last post a few days back. If you're going to DragonSteel Nexus, I know PoppyBooks just announced a new signing. IDK if it's ticketed or not. There will likely be one more signing added to the Grim Oak Press booth that will probably be a first come, first served sort of thing. And I'll be wandering around aimlessly, too, so be sure to say hi if you're going!
Luciano is still working on the cover for this one, but the bookstore version of the cover is done. T...
2025-11-21 01:54:57 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone! Thanks again everyone who backed the Kickstarter. The reason why we had to do the Backerkit and Kickstarter campaign back to back is because next year, we have ANOTHER crowdfunding campaign for the TTRPG. You can sign up to get notified about updates here:
https://bit.ly/carlrpg
Both Jeff Hays an...
2025-11-19 02:29:55 +0000 UTC
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First thing...We have had an inundation of people signing up as free members using the name "Matt Dinniman Author" and then posting that someone has won a prize. You need to go on Telegram to collect. Yeah, no. It's not me. I would never send anyone to a place like Telegram, and I refuse to use the word "Kindly" anyway. We delete and block the members once we see it, but there have been literally 20+ instances of the same person popping up in the past 48 hours. Since Patreon won't allow us to...
2025-11-14 07:29:46 +0000 UTC
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