Dennard Dayle

Brooklyn

"Local prankster." -NBC. Wrote "How to Dodge a Cannonball," out soon via @HenryHolt. Wrote “Everything Abridged," out now. Chaos vendor at @1900hotdog.

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Volume XCIII, No 11

3 weeks ago | kirkusreviews.com | Emily Yu-Xuan Qin |Sebastian Castillo |Dennard Dayle |Charlie Jane Anders

With Katabasis, acclaimed fantasy author R.F. Kuang puts her own hellish spin on dark academia.
How To Dodge a Cannonball

2 months ago | libraryjournal.com | Dennard Dayle

. Jun. 2025. 336p. ISBN 9781250345677. $28.99. F COPY ISBN This first novel from short-story writer Dayle ( Everything Abridged) features a white 15-year-old named Anders, who begins as a Union Army flag bearer, changes allegiances when he’s captured by the Confederates, then slips into the uniform of a dead soldier, only to discover he has inadvertently joined a Black regiment in the Union Army by doing so.
You Love the Office

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Dennard Dayle

Congratulations, Floor B13! It’s officially time for you all to come back into the office. It’s been years since all that sneezing, and we miss you. You have to come back. Not convinced? Well, here’s how much fun your in-office peers are already having!“While remote, I found free-running, watercolors, and love. Now I’ve got a standing desk.” —Dennis, project manager. Back at mission control!“This’ll be fun until layoffs.” —Alison, automation specialist. The office cutup returns!“The office is my home.
The Executive-Order Slush Pile

Jan 29, 2025 | newyorker.com | Dennard Dayle

While alarmists met the White House’s executive order warmup with typical wails, they should be grateful that these Heritage Foundation drafts went unsigned.
The Executive-Order Slush Pile

Jan 29, 2025 | flipboard.com | Dennard Dayle

Most people – and most Catholics – think the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is just when all the Catholic bishops in the country get …
Extra Evil - Late Nite Rush

Jan 15, 2025 | extra-evil.com | Dennard Dayle

Your uncle’s a firefighting analyst too. Neil Gaiman brought a character-driven approach to sex crimes. Panama pointed at the canal’s name. Washington recognized genocide in Sudan and skipped follow-up questions. Singapore held a novel-worthy family feud. Digital bets edged out Mom-And-Pop extortionists. Somehow, I still get the “it must be hard to write satire right now.” Nope. I’m playing with house money. I’ve got more material than my schedule or fingers can use. The rest of the day sucks.
Exclusive Evil: đchan Watches the Inauguration

Nov 26, 2024 | extra-evil.com | Dennard Dayle

Bonus article! About a specific flavor of lunatic. Postmodern slurs abound. Enjoy it? Seek help by sending it around. Hate it? Warn others by sending it around. Welcome home! Now leave. đchanâs an anonymous, hobby-focused forum where mods know their place. Whatever you cope with, thereâs an untraceable thread. The report buttonâs for spam onlyâsave tears for BlueSky. Weâre the last free site, aside from the others. If youâre tired of being judged, we donât want you either.
Extra Evil - Five-Stage Fillet

Nov 13, 2024 | extra-evil.com | Dennard Dayle

Okay, I used that bumper on other channels last week. Here’s a freshie. Pundits blamed alienation, the stars, and sitting ghosts. I feel better about heckling Bezos’s divorce. Stephen Miller slithered back into headlines. An archbishop retired for the usual reason. Escaped lab apes had the best week in America. The Vision Pro is sinking as well as you guessed. In 1989, Francis Fukuyama announced the End of History. So enjoy… the Re-Scouring of the Shire? New Game-Plus-Plus? Star Wars Episode 14?
Nerding Day: Camilo Wallace: The Ventriloquistđ

Nov 12, 2024 | 1900hotdog.com | Dennard Dayle |Cultural Marxism

Welcome to my Final Destination. I left Puppet Week unscathed, thanks to timely interference from Gen Urobuchi, the one true God. But homunculi hate losing a kill, even to other puppets. Since that attosecond of joy, Iâve battled dollkind. Itâs time to pay the shitty piper, even though rats are still everywhere. Today, we face a Combat Ventriloquist. Who barely fights, so heâs a Comedy Ventriloquist. But the jokes suck, so heâs a Christian Ventriloquist.
Extra Evil - Fiddle Solo

Nov 6, 2024 | extra-evil.com | Dennard Dayle

Not much. Earth’s dumbest apes are overjoyed. The market’s hyped for brownshirt sales. Drunk Japanese cyclists face prison, impact. NATO tugged its collar. Chinese astronauts returned to a different mood. Wood-paneled satellites can fill space with greener trash. You know, Extra Evil was almost a Sunday newsletter. A fine idea. Past Dennard is consistently my worst enemy. I wonder if anyone can relate to that today. Stepping on every banana peel and Cheney collab in sight. Nah.