Outlaw Rexi Hood, bound to Princess Dorthea, joins forces with reformed knight Mordred to steal the sword Excalibur from the Wicked Witch so that she can write her own story.

Imprisoned by Natacha, a witch, in a New York apartment, Alex must tell her a new scary story every night in order to stay alive.

When Little Red Chicken comes home excited about what she learned in school, she explains to Papa that every story has "an elephant of surprise."

"Andy and Terry are once again inviting readers to come hang out with them in their astonishing 39-story treehouse (it used to be 13 stories, then 26 stories, but they keep expanding). And this year they will have even more time to jump on the world's highest trampoline, toast marshmallows in an active volcano, swim in the chocolate waterfall, pet baby dinosaurs, and go head-to-trunk with the Trunkinator, since Terry has created the greatest invention...

A parent and child share the telling of a story about a giant bunny who eats carrots-- and maybe trucks and bridges (according to the child).

In a Kansas hospital, Princess Dorthea of Emerald struggles to regain her memory of what propelled her out of the land of Story, and how to get home, while Rexi, aided by Excalibur, continues to protect Story from the Wicked Witch.

While two monsters argue over how the story they are telling should go, Dennis, a very hungry dragon, is listening nearby--and he has very definite ideas about how this story should end.

"A girl is transformed by the magical power of stories through the shared memories of a kind "witch" named Hazel"--

"A young girl hears stories from her aunties and then begins to imagine all the possibilities for her future"--

When Jack enters the deserted house in his neighborhood, he finds a group of people who invite him to take the thirteenth chair in the room and share a story--in the house where the ghosts meet.