Matt Dinniman has officially released A Parade of Horribles, the eighth instalment of the acclaimed Dungeon Crawler Carl series, on Audible. However, the milestone is being overshadowed by a public and vitriolic breakdown in the relationship between Dinniman and his former collaborator, the Scottish novelist and YouTube personality Will Jordan, better known as The Critical Drinker.
The friction follows the announcement that the series has been optioned for development at Peacock by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions. As the property moves toward a mainstream television audience, Dinniman appears to be cleansing the brand of its previous associations with the “anti-woke” YouTube sphere. This includes a stated intent to re-record Jordan’s dwarf cameo in the third book, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, effectively deleting the critic from the series’ history.
The fallout reached a boiling point when Dinniman addressed the collaboration in a public forum, distancing himself from the Fife-based creator.
Matt Dinniman, Author at Dungeon Crawler Carl, said in a statement,
I made a mistake collaborating with an edgelord douchebag who builds his entire brand on negativity and reactionary grievance. As this series grows, it is important that the community we build reflects the inclusive spirit of the story, not the toxic posturing of those who helped seed it for free buzz.”
Will Jordan, who has long used his platform to rail against “forced diversity” in modern media, has framed the move as corporate careerism. From his base in Fife, Jordan argued that Dinniman was happy to leverage the Drinker’s massive audience for free promotion when the series was an indie LitRPG underdog, only to turn on him once Hollywood came calling.
The E-book and Audiobook both debuted on 12 May 2026; however, while the official print release was also scheduled for that day, logistical bottlenecks at certain retailers delayed some physical copies until early June.
In the narrative of the new book, Carl and Donut are thrust into the tenth floor, facing a series of vehicle-based races that appear normal by the dungeon’s standards. Yet, the background glitches and the external Faction Wars mirror the real-world chaos surrounding the franchise. While the series continues to dominate the charts for LitRPG and immersive roleplaying games, the parade of real-world controversies suggests that the path to a Peacock premiere will be anything but smooth.
Correction: An earlier version of this article inaccurately reported the release timeline for A Parade of Horribles. Both the e-book and the audiobook versions were released simultaneously on 12 May 2026. Furthermore, while some physical distribution channels experienced logistical bottlenecks that delayed shipping for certain retailers until June, the official print publication date was also 12 May. This article has been updated to reflect the correct release schedule.
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