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![You Don't Want a Unicorn, by Ame Dyckman [an offbeat review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/235052_7d1b3255658b4ad3b24a8271770cd449~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/235052_7d1b3255658b4ad3b24a8271770cd449~mv2.webp)
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
Aug 19, 2020

![The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone, by Timothy Basil Ering [an offbeat review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/235052_6451cc5d78044fb6bf8230a87507b7e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/235052_6451cc5d78044fb6bf8230a87507b7e9~mv2.webp)
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
Aug 12, 2020

![Creepy Carrots, by Aaron Reynolds [an offbeat review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/235052_c5e5f4c4861c45f38e9f554169ec94a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/235052_c5e5f4c4861c45f38e9f554169ec94a7~mv2.webp)
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
Aug 4, 2020

![I'd Really Like to Eat a Child, by Sylviane Donnio [an offbeat review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/235052_d718c001ec41468288bc7c419c20caec~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/235052_d718c001ec41468288bc7c419c20caec~mv2.webp)
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
Jul 31, 2020

Feel Free to Tell Me It Sucks
Where I grew up in the South, it's common practice for the host or hostess to issue a disclaimer prior to any meal. "I think it was...
Charles Dunn
Jul 27, 2020


And another thing...
Them: You got your preliminary character studies from the illustrator? Congrats! Me: Thanks. It's so cool to finally see them in the...
Charles Dunn
Jul 21, 2020

![Cecil the Pet Glacier, by Matthea Harvey [an offbeat review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/235052_d882c1828d244b53b8704139c5d808f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/235052_d882c1828d244b53b8704139c5d808f0~mv2.webp)
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
Jul 12, 2020


Claire? Is that you?
I got the preliminary character designs for Claire, Betsy, and the Martians! It's so exciting. I've never seen anything I've written...
Charles Dunn
Jul 9, 2020


Will the real Claire please step forward?
Ohmygod!Ohmygod!Ohmygod! Mariano says he may have the initial character design ready to show me by as early as this week. I don't know...
Charles Dunn
Jul 6, 2020

![That's Not Your Mommy Anymore, by Matt Mogk [an offbeat review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/235052_f38e279039184e2d93209fdf29fec310~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/235052_f38e279039184e2d93209fdf29fec310~mv2.webp)
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
Jul 6, 2020

![Monsters Eat Whiny Children, by Bruce Eric Kaplan [an offbeat review]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/235052_675f15b687b248bbaf4cded3f8901aaa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/235052_675f15b687b248bbaf4cded3f8901aaa~mv2.webp)
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
Jul 5, 2020


Illustrator Signed ✓
God, I'm exhausted. I've been taking note of illustrators for the past 12+ months in the various Facebook groups I'm a part of. Then...
Charles Dunn
Jun 7, 2020

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