An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories featuring dragons and wizards, councilors and mayors, an adventurous tortoise and a monster in a lake, along with plenty of pointy hats and a few magic spells, written when the author was a teenaged newspaper reporter.

Originally published: London : Doubleday, 2014.

Dragons at Crumbling Castle --Hercules the tortoise -- The Great Speck -- Hunt the Snorry -- Tales of the Carpet People -- Dok the Caveman -- The big race -- Another tale of the Carpet People -- The Great Egg-dancing Championship -- Edwo, the boring knight -- The 59A bus goes back in time -- The Abominable Snowman -- The Blackbury monster -- Father Christmas goes to work.