In every small town, there exists the eccentric old oddball who lives alone in a creepy house that is almost as run-down as he is. In the English town of Thetford, his name is John Coal. But when the neighborhood kids start playing increasingly audacious pranks on the reclusive old man, they soon realize they have picked the wrong target. For John Coal has more than one skeleton in his closet. Among the dark secrets he harbors are his adventures with serial killers, werewolves, demons, ghosts, and manic-depressive vampires. It would be a mistake to underestimate a man who has survived all of this. British author Danny King tells the mysterious life story of John Coal in four episodes: dark, thrilling, and filled with plenty of black humor.