Danny King

The King’s Academy for Personal Excellence on the island of Pompolonia is a remarkable school, not only because it is the least accessible in the world but also because it can boast a perfect 100% exam rate.

Chris Benson looks up to his older brother. In fact, everyone looks up to Chris’ older brother. Most have no choice when they're lying on their stomachs in the middle of Barclays bank....

In a quiet country farmhouse, Britain’s vampires gather. The Coven meet once every 50 years to discuss territories, disputes, threats, and food stocks - and to approve new members. For one is coming tonight who could be joining their ranks if they all agree....

John Coal is the town oddball. Old, crotchety, pungent, and solitary, he lives in a house just as run-down as he. The neighborhood kids take great delight in plaguing him morning, noon, and night, but they’ve chosen the wrong old coot to trifle with this time....

Ian Bridges works as a hitman and is on permanent stand-by for West End gangster John Broad....

Wayne finds himself hauled off to Gafin School for Misdirected Boys - where the teachers seem intent on instructing the students in how to get away with things....

Here's a first-person account of a petty thief, Bex. He's a bit of a geezer, who, with partner-in-crime Ollie, just about gets by on the money he makes from house-breaking in small-time suburbia....

John Coal war der typische Sonderling im Ort - ein alter, schrulliger Eigenbrötler, aber ansonsten harmlos. Zumindest war es das, was die...

Es gibt ihn in jeder Kleinstadt: Den verrückten alten Sonderling, der allein in einem unheimlichen Haus lebt, das fast so heruntergekommen...

For one hundred years, the great families of Pompolonia have had it all their own way. But this year things will be different. This year, a scrawny girl with no shoes and hardly any name will give them a real run for their money.