Conrad Black is the proprietor of The Curiosity Shop... and what a shop this is - a sparkling Aladdin's cave filled with beautiful and desirable things. Whoever goes into this shop finds something they want, but the price to be paid is not exclusively monetary, because Conrad Black seemingly knows all about each one of his customers; he knows their past, their wants and desires, their failures and misdemeanours. Armed with this knowledge, the mysterious proprietor ensures they receive exactly what they need - an aspect of corporal punishment.

This book contains a number of vignettes all featuring some form of supernatural happening linked to purchases from the Curiosity Shop. The patrons can be greedy, selfish, petty thieves, or irresponsible spenders, but ultimately they all have one thing in common: a spanked bottom!