Myths & Mysteries | Stella Tarakson

Tim Baker and the Ancient Curse

07/04/2017 by Stella

Like many Greek Australians, I grew up on a steady diet of Greek mythology. Herakles and Theseus were as familiar to me as Cinderella and Snow White. That’s why I’m so excited to add my voice to the stories that have been told and retold over the millennia. Of course, I had to give them my own little twist … well, rather a big twist … I’m keen on history and have always been fascinated by the idea of time travel. […]

Categories: Myths & Mysteries • Tags: Gormless Gods and Hapless Heroes, Greek mythology, humorous books, kids' books, Sweet Cherry Publishing, Tim Baker and the Ancient Curse

OMG I saw a ghost!

21/11/2016 by Stella

I’m not being flippant or silly. I really have seen a ghost. In fact, the sighting sparked the interest that led to my writing Aliens Ghosts and Vanishings. I was intrigued rather than frightened, and wanted to understand it. The sighting isn’t discussed in the book. It’s nowhere near thrilling or scary enough to warrant a mention! The book looks at major haunts in historic Aussie locations, such as the convict settlement at Port Arthur, the brutal Old Melbourne Gaol and the notorious Sydney Quarantine […]

Categories: Myths & Mysteries • Tags: Aliens ghosts and vanishings, Australian hauntings, ghost sighting, ghosts, Penguin Kids Australia, spirits, writing

5 times Australia was the spookiest place on earth!

08/11/2016 by Stella

Until I started researching Aliens, Ghosts and Vanishings, I was unaware of how many bizarre things have happened here in Australia. TV is full of the freaky stuff that happens overseas, but not so much about our own backyard. Did you know, for instance, that we have our own version of Bigfoot called the Yowie? That the Loch Ness Monster may be related to our very own Hawkesbury River Monster? Or that the mysterious Bermuda Triangle has its counterpart right here in […]

Categories: Myths & Mysteries • Tags: aliens, Aliens ghosts and vanishings, Australian hauntings, Australian mysteries, ghost sighting, Penguin Kids Australia, richard morden illustrator, UFOs Australia

Aliens, Ghosts and Vanishings … Strange and Possibly True Australian Stories!

31/10/2016 by Stella

Did a UFO drag a family’s car off the road in the middle of the outback? Is there really such thing as the gleaming-eyed swamp monster known as the bunyip? How did rocks rain from the sky in WA? And just what became of the prime minister who went into the surf and was never seen again? Sure, you’ve heard about UFO sightings in far-flung corners of the United States. You’ve heard of Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster. You may have even watched […]

Categories: Myths & Mysteries • Tags: aliens, Aliens ghosts and vanishings, Australian mysteries, Australian myths, children's non-fiction, ghosts, Penguin Kids Australia, supernatural, UFOs

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Tim Baker and the Ancient Curse

OMG I saw a ghost!

5 times Australia was the spookiest place on earth!

Aliens, Ghosts and Vanishings … Strange and Possibly True Australian Stories!