Comedian-author Charlie Demers, whose brain-bending brand of black humour will be familiar to followers of CBC Radio?s The Debaters, offers his madcap perspective in a new collection of essays highlighting a wide range of topics under the heading of Bad Things. The Horrors is presented abecedarian-style, despoiling a beloved children?s book tradition in order to explore personal hangups that range from the slightly awkward to the down-right terrible.