The teacher's block at Thundercrack High School was strictly off-limits to the students, but when the mysterious and extremely noisy bird kept by the terrifying Ms Ito began to affect the students's study, three brave boys hatched a wild plan to free it... Ms Ito's Bird, originally published in Wierd Tales 352, is the lead off story in this collection of ten of the best from Chris Ward, author of the acclaimed Tube Riders Trilogy.