Strange Stranger Strangest: The another-est collection of quirky tales

by Martii Maclean

This third collection of quirky short stories goes to strange places just beyond the here and now. Come travelling to these peculiar worlds where mermaids can ride bicycles on their birthdays, and drive-movies still exist but not everyone gets to leave the drive-in when the movie finishes. Visit the school where something very weird and dangerous has happen to the baby duck. Help Amelia discover who's lurking under her Christmas tree in the middle of the night. Watch as see how anti-bully apples really work. Go hunting with kids trained to capture witches and their Cat-bots. Have lunch with a bizarre time traveller who's arrived at the skate-park. Discover the mutant mystery and find out why surfers, Libby and Jack, can stay under water forever. These peculiar places aren't too far away, just beyond the here and now.

110 pages, Paperback

Published January 18, 2020

About the author

Martii Maclean lives in a tin shack by the sea, catching sea-gulls which she uses to make delicious pies, and writing weird stories for young people to enjoy. She likes to go for long bicycle rides with her cat, who always wears aviator googles to stop her whiskers blowing up into her eyes as they speed down to the beach to search for mermaid eggs.
Or how about this?
Martii Maclean is a teacher and teller of weird tales. She has shared the wonderful world that kids travel to via books for more than 25 years. Now, after developing her craft through studies in children’s writing at The Australian College of Journalism and The Queensland Writers' Centre, she is creating weirdly adventurous stories for children and young adults who want to read something a little different.