Collins collects prank stories from high school students. He summarizes his collection by defining a prank as "an act of mischief designed to trick, vandalize, and/or annoy." He mentions themes of night time pranks and pranks used as a way of asking someone on a date. Collins asserts that pranks provide a way to express feeling (positive or negative) in an environment that doesn't encourage open expression of feeling. Created by Derek Collins when he was enrolled in Eric Eliason's English 391 class during fall semester 2005.