Leopard – book 1 tie-in story. "Annie's Diary" – book 1 tie-in story. "Tiny Terrors" – book 2 tie-in story. "Transylvania Trek" – a short story "written" by Sam Grest. "Shanta Claus" (only available at Christmas) "Lonely Lefty" – book 3 tie-in story. "Bride of Sam Grest" – another short story "written" by Sam Grest. "An Affair of the Night" – book 5 tie-in story (should be read just before or after book 5). Short stories "Hagurosan" – Originally written for Kids' Night In. "Young Alan Moore" – Originally written for Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, a book written to celebrate the 50th birthday of Alan Moore. "The Good Ship Tree" – Originally written for the Times Educational Supplement, and accepted. "Life's a Beach" – Originally written for the Times Educational Supplement, but rejected. "Guyifesto—Who We Are" – Originally written for Guys Write For Guys Read. (Play on words of "manifesto") The Saga of Darren Shan tie-in short stories – See above Unpublished books In July 2009, O'Shaughnessy revealed that he had written first drafts of 53 books in total. Most of those have now been published, although there are several which have yet to see the light of day, which he plans to release in the future, most probably under his Darren Dash umbrella. There are also a few that will very likely never be published. O'Shaughnessy has not revealed details of any of his unpublished books, with two exceptions — Mute Pursuit and The Cannibal King: Mute Pursuit – A futuristic cross between The Terminator and Stephen King's The Dark Tower; this was Shan's first completed book at age seventeen. The Cannibal King – This was originally going to be the 12th book of The Saga of Darren Shan – book 11 was originally meant to be much longer, including elements from the first half of what became Sons of Destiny. The Cannibal King was never published because it was originally part of the planned 24-book Saga. Shan had planned to write 18—24 books for The Saga, with half of them taking place in the future wasteworld shown in Book 10, The Lake of Souls. For reasons explained on his web site, Shan decided to end the series with Sons of Destiny, which was written and released instead of The Cannibal King. He never reveals anything that he wrote in this book, because there is a