From a truly distinctive voice brimming with wicked humor, tales of the little disasters that befall and befuddle us April Wilder's characters (some normal, some less so) have this in common: they are spiraling (or inching) toward self-destruction. An almost poetic range of disasters are sought out and savored in "This Is Not an Accident," from bad romance to iffy adoption decisions to unsteady liaisons with animals and dolls; from compulsive driving...