underdogishere

I'm reading William Joyce's Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King. One of its many charms is that, in the old-fashioned way, the chapters have individual titles. Some of my favorites:

Chapter Seven, Is Not Really a Chapter at All -- Just a Piece of the Greater Puzzle

Chapter Eight, Where the Impossible Occurs with Suprising Regularity

Chapter Eleven, In Which Wisdom Is Proven to Be a Tricky Customer Indeed

There is also a very minor character (who comes to a bad end) named Gregor of the Mighty Stink. Reading that, I had the same reaction as, in the story, a moonbeam has when it encounters Gregor in person:

Yikes!