I Met a Martian, and Other Stories

Welcome to I met a Martian and Other Stories, written by the best of Australia's grown-up writers, as well as some of very talented new ones who have been unearthed by the clever people at the Sydney Story Factory.

This fantastic collection of short stories features writers such as Emily Maguire, Sophie Masson, William McInnes, Markus Zusak, Jacqueline Harvey, R.A. Spratt, and many, many more.

It will keep you up late at night and make you dream green. And all the proceeds go towards the Story Factory, whose mission is to unlock the imagination of every young child in Australia, so that each one of them can write this well.

My friend Wilbur / Deborah Abela --
The read room / Deborah Abela --
The most beautiful lies / Sunil Badami --
The Martins / Jon Bauer --
Greening Mars / Larissa Behrendt --
The Martian envoy / James Bradley --
The man with the mishmash face / Alyssa Brugman --
Little blue men / Martin Chatterton and Clare Douglas --
Martian / Christopher Cheng --
I met a Martian / Claire Craig --
Where are our MAtians? / Stephen Dando-Collins --
Martian beans / Nick Earls, illustrations by Terry Whidbourne --
How Mars got its colour / Jane Gleeson-White --
Underneath / Kate Gordon --
Martians - a memory / Jacqueline Harvey ; illustrations by Anee Yi --
Martians I / Ashley Hay --
Michael's favourite t-shirt / Andrew Humphreys --
Dust to dust / Linda Jarvin --
The mysterious blue / Malcolm Knox --
Destination unknown / John Larkin --
The weird kid from outer space / Nathan Luff --
New neighbours / Sarah MacDonald ; illustrations by Georgina MacDonald --
Mars / William McInnes --
Defence against Martians / Emily Maguire --
Danny Griggs and the Marshfield eleven / Melissa Marchetta Martian folktale / Sophie Masson --
The Lachatim dragon / Belinda Murrell --
Strangers / Lachie Murrell --
Make your own Mars rover / Caroline Overington's twins --
The first dog to Mars / Oliver Phommavanh --
A traitor on Mars! / Martin Plowman --
How to prepare for a Martian invasion / Michael Pryor --
Down to earth with Gronch / Philip Putnam --
The dreadful Martian encounter / R. A. Spratt --
Tristan / Kathleen Stewart --
The Story Factory / Colin Thompson --
Caliban / John Trantor --
The arm wrestler: before the fight / Markus Zusak --
Stories by students from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Primary School --