Simon Dunn: 6 books

"Canon City was burning. Perhaps he shouldn’t have set it on fire." A concise, single story of heroism and stupidity. John Smith, an alien from another planet, landed in Canon City and immediately realised he was a superhero. He is The Common Man, tolerated by the...

What happens when the invasion of Earth has all become a bit … tiresome? And there’s dust everywhere? Norman yearns for more than his lot in a post-apocalyptic hell-hole, especially now that his neighbours have moved in with him. If only he could fix the hole in the wall made by...

For the first time in his life, Norman Mi has a good answer to the question ‘what have you been up to?’. He is the cause of a virus spreading across the galaxy, wiping out everything in its path. He’s agitated a failed revolution aboard an alien space cruiser, and one of his best friends has been kidnapped by Jane Austen. Now he's determined to put everything right once and for all.

If you’re given this chance, you need to grab it. No matter what the cost. When the director Helms gets the opportunity to make the movie of his dreams, and step out from his Father’s long shadow, he snaps it up. But what he doesn’t know is that Debra Spencer, the studio boss,...

If you're average, you won't get it. Crime, conspiracy, and cutlery. Keith, an average man, with a sensible job, cocks a snook at his mundane existence, and he's about to make the biggest mistake of his life. When an insomniac with an over-active imagination decides to give in...

“Don't read this in a public place, you won't be able to stop yourself laughing out loud. It reminds me of Douglas Adams, the careful plotting mixed with those absurdities and jokes that sneak up and make you snort tea through your nose. Hilarious.” Goodreads. What if you really were the...