Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The Other Side – Phillip Bunting

    Walker Books August 2026RRP: $26.99 ISBN 9781760659882 I couldn’t finish off my batch of Halloween titles with anything better than a Philip Bunting title and this one is a corker! At first glance, yep, having the Grim Reaper – or Grimster – as narrator might seem slightly macabre (well, come on it IS Philip Bunting!)…

  • Gone – Michel Streich

    Thames & Hudson Australia Pty Ltd  3rd June 2025 ISBN: 9781760764920 ISBN-10: 1760764922 RRP: $26.00 As you might expect, if you are familiar with our story, grief after the loss of her mother was an enormous obstacle for The Kid and I both ten years ago. At least I had, at my fingertips, a range of titles…

  • The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest – Aubrey Hartman

    Walker Books Australia May 2025 ISBN:9781761601453 RRP: $17.99/New Zealand RRP:$19.99 Now, how to describe this delightfully quirky and sometimes dark quasi-horror with heart? It’s a little bit My Dead Rabbit, maybe a little bit Coraline, and a little bit The Graveyard Book. And then there’s A Girl Called Corpse – and soon you will get…