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The series chronicles the events during the training of Thomas J. Ward under the tutelage of John Gregory, the County's local Spook, whose job is to protect the locals from the dark. And what is the dark? Every horrible, evil, going-bump-in-the-night thing you can imagine, from boggarts to witches and everything in between.

 

* ''The Spook's Apprentice'' (''Revenge of the Witch'' in the United States) - 2004

* ''The Spook's Curse'' (''Curse of the Bane'') - 2005

 

And, certainly, they are not to be read after dark. [[Running Gag|Especially page 47!]]

* [[Action Girl]]: You don't mess with Grimalkin. The clans' s warriors are pretty frightening in general, just like the witches who stay in the Combe.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: The Spook buries witches to keep them from causing trouble. This is usually done because their spirits stick to the bones, but even live witches meet this fate. Then again, [[Complete Monster|they get buried for a reason]].

** {{spoiler|Even almost happens to the Spook.}}

* [[The Cat Came Back]]: The Spook repeatedly tries to send Alice away to limit her involvement with Tom, yet they never stay separated for long.

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Alice. It would put a damper on the fun if she had to ask her mom every time she wanted to run off with Tom.

* [[Crapsack World]]: The county, post-Fiend.

* [[Dark Secret]]: Mam had a pretty big one.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: From book eight we get {{spoiler|Fiend:[Alice] is trapped in the dark for eternal torment. Eternal! That means it will go on forever!}}

* [[Detect Evil]]: The chill spooks get whenever a Denizen of the Dark is near.

* [[Fed to Pigs]]: {{spoiler|Mother Malkin shouldn't have attempted to flee through the pigpen while she was shrunk and the pigs were agitated...}}

* [[Fingore]]: {{spoiler|The Spook's last apprentice, Billy, dies of blood loss when his hand is trapped underground with a malicious boggart. And later, Bony Lizzie removes the thumbs from his corpse.}}

* [[Freudian Trio]]: Alice (Id), Tom (Ego), the Spook (Superego).

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: In book six, {{spoiler|many witches, among them Grimalkin and Mab, put aside their differences and work with the spook-friendly troupe to stop the Ordeen}}.

* [[Skeleton Key]]: Tom and Mr. Gregory have skeleton keys provided by Gregory's brother, a locksmith.

* [[Supernatural Sensitivity]]: Horn has this, in that he can detect darkness in people.

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: {{spoiler|[[Satan|The Fiend]] is constantly trying this on Tom because it means he'll rule for eternity.}}

* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: The County. {{spoiler|Although [[Word of God]] says it's based upon Lancashire in England.}}

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