Great fun and a wonderful companion to her Chrestomanci series. ( )

Diana Wynne Jones's short story collections tend, I find, to be disappointing. For one thing, there are several of them under different titles, but a lot of the stories are repeated across them. For another … some of the stories themselves are pretty weak. THERE, I SAID IT. However, the most notable thing about this one is the truly, hideously, godawful, amateurish, hacked-together-in-ten-minutes-by-Tracy-from-the-typing-pool front cover. Seriously, check it out. Good god almighty. ( )