"Think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet this lot. These ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates. Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster... Watch out for the ghastly Miss Seethe. She is ALWAYS furious -- and she's on a detention rampage. And as for Phobe, he's a teacher with a real difference. He is bone-shakingly terrified of... children!" --book jacket.

Mr Pent's balls -- Mr & Mrs Lovey-dovey & the sea of tears -- Miss Spick's trike of terror -- Miss Conceit, the human work of art -- Doctor Dread & the chair of a thousand farts -- Miss Seethe's detention rampage -- Miss Palaver's theatrical theatrics -- The incredible bulk -- Mrs Splatt's Hall of Horrors -- Mr Phoebe's fear.