Can you live your life by what The Twilight Zone has to teach you? Yes, and maybe you should. The proof is in this lighthearted collection of life lessons, ground rules, inspirational thoughts, and stirring reminders found in Rod Serling’s timeless fantasy series. Written by veteran TV critic, Mark Dawidziak, this unauthorized tribute is a celebration of the classic anthology show, but also, on another level, a kind of fifth-dimension self-help book, with each lesson supported by the morality tales told by Serling and his writers. The notion that “it’s never too late to reinvent yourself” soars through “The Last Flight,’’ in which a World War I flier who goes forward in time and gets the chance to trade cowardice for heroism. A visit from an angel blares out the wisdom of “follow your passion” in “A Passage for Trumpet.” The meaning of “divided we fall” is driven home with dramatic results when neighbors suspect neighbors of being invading aliens in “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.” The old maxim about never judging a book by its cover is given a tasty twist when an alien tome is translated in “To Serve Man.” "Many of the chapter lessons may be familiar . . . but they are accompanied by engaging episodic parables from the five-season series, whose stories of fantasy and science-fiction, mostly dramatic but often leavened with humor, still wear well today." -- USA Today " Dawidziak draws readers in with a friendly tone that's inviting even to the uninitiated . . . The point is proved easily enough: The Twilight Zone deserves its immortal status not only for its artistry but for its timeless life lessons." -- Publishers Weekly " For The Twilight Zone fans, Everything I Need to Know' is an absolute treasure trove of bite-sized analyses of favorite episodes and situations . . . Rod Serling would be proud." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Everything I Need to Know is a breezy, relatable account . . . Readers of his book are likely to be struck by the timelessness of several of the Twilight Zone episodes he cites, particularly those that deal with stereotyping, paranoia and fear of others." -- Detroit Free Press " Where does one go to learn life lessons? Where else but The Twilight Zone, says Mark Dawidziak in his immensely entertaining book Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone: A Fifth-Dimension Guide to Life . -- KUVO, 89.3 FM Denver "What makes Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone even more fun to read is Dawidziak's wry sense of humor. -- tvworthwatching.com "Dawidziak has hit upon a unique and fresh approach to looking at Serling and The Twilight Zone. His answer to the quandary of 'What else can possibly said?' has been staring us in the face for nearly 60 years . . . It has taken a gifted and talented writer like Mark to point out what shoudl have been evident all along." -- Scary Monsters Magazine MARK DAWIDZIAK is author or editor of about 25 books, including three studies of landmark television series: The Columbo Phile: A Casebook , The Night Stalker Companion and Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone , his lighthearted 2017 tribute to Rod Serling’s classic anthology series. His latest book, the Edgar Allen Poe biography A Mystery of Mysteries , has been nominated for numerous awards, including an Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and Ohioana Award. He also is an internationally recognized Mark Twain scholar, and five of his books are about the iconic American writer. He spent 43 years as a television, film and theater critic at such newspapers as the Akron Beacon Journal and the Cleveland Plain Dealer . His work on the horror side of the street also includes the novel Grave Secrets , The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dracula , short stories, and comic book scripts. He lives in Ohio.