Stuart Barlow is a former teacher from Rochdale whose passion and speciality was the promotion of imaginative writing for 10 and 11-year-olds. A Fairy Tale Nightmare is the product of a stimulus he provided them with during his time teaching in Year 6. His other passion is an interest in researching the evolution of recreation in Victorian England.
The Super Sleuths, in the midst of perfecting their grand finale for the end-of-year school prom, find their preparations taking an unexpected turn. Their search for costumes and props at an uncle’s house leads to a serendipitous encounter with an ancient artefact, catapulting them from ...