Gaberlunzie Joe and his Maw never settle down and are always moving from place to place. On his travels, Joe meets a variety of interesting characters with strange and exciting tales to tell. He has an excellent ear for a good story, and starts to collect these tales as souvenirs of his journeys. As Joe is always on the move and has no time to make any friends his own age, he keeps himself company by telling himself the stories. With all the weird and wonderful characters he encounters and his exciting adventures, Joe has no time to be lonely!

This exciting short story collection contains a mixture of horror, ghost, humorous, and morality stories all presented by the same young character, Gaberlunzie Joe.