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1 4 y separately published work icon Little Plum Laura McPhee-Browne , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2023 25274551 2023 single work novel

'On the cusp of thirty, Coral learns that a thing is growing inside her body. It is not necessarily a complete disaster, she tells herself. I’m okay, she tells herself.

'Soon the thing inside her is the size of a plum. ‘Little Plum,’ she says, ‘Little Plum, I love you.’

'And she wants to love it, the little plum. It’s just that she can’t yet think of it as what it is becoming: a baby, and not just a fruity morsel.

'Coral is tapping and shrugging more than usual. She is trying to stop the creature in her head from taking hold.

'Coral might not be okay—or she might be seeing more clearly than anyone.

'Bold, dark and sensuous, Little Plum is the stunning follow-up to the award-winning debut Cherry Beach. With skill and sensitivity, Laura McPhee-Browne takes us inside the mind of an expectant mother.' (Publication summary)

1 An Internal Sea Laura McPhee-Browne , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 22-28 May 2021;
1 Perfect as a Shell Laura McPhee-Browne , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 7-13 November 2020;
1 The Goddess Garden Laura McPhee-Browne , 2020 single work short story
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 May - 5 June 2020;
1 Shelf Reflection : Laura McPhee-Browne Laura McPhee-Browne , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Kill Your Darlings [Online] , February 2020;
1 7 y separately published work icon Cherry Beach Laura McPhee-Browne , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2020 17940537 2020 single work novel

'HETTY and Ness have been best friends since childhood. Hetty is captivating, the life of the party. Ness is a wallflower, hopelessly in love with her.

'Leaving Melbourne to live abroad, they take a room in a share house of creatives in Toronto’s student quarter. Hetty disappears into barkeeping and nightlife, while Ness drifts aimlessly.

'But when Ness finds Faith in the art gallery, an intense affair develops. With friends and a job, at last her life starts to make sense. And Hetty’s starts to fall apart, a mess of bad drugs and bad men.

'As winter freezes the lakeside city, the dark undercurrents of Hetty’s character—abusive relationships, dangerous obsessions—become stronger. Ness may lose the person she loves more than anyone else in the world.

'Cherry Beach is a revelatory and beautifully written story of friendship and desire.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 The Voices of the Magpies Laura McPhee-Browne , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Island , no. 153 2018; (p. 98)
1 Stomach Laura McPhee-Browne , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 77 no. 1 2018; (p. 41-44)
1 Hijol Trees Laura McPhee-Browne , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Summer no. 20 2017; (p. 22)
1 Wet Towards the Waterfall Laura McPhee-Browne , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , April no. 20 2017;
1 Ain’t We Got Fun Laura McPhee-Browne , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 76 no. 1 2017; (p. 95-96)
'I play that Sia song while I get ready. You know that one where she sings ‘Baby I don’t need dollar bills to have fun tonight’ and when you sing it really loudly and you’re wearing lipstick it kind of feels like you don’t need dollar bills to have fun. Though you bought the lipstick with dollar bills, at least credit-card dollar bills, which are kind of imaginary until you have to pay them back, and then you remember Sia is probably a millionaire and everything is a lie.' (Introduction)
1 Olam Laura McPhee-Browne , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 222.5 2016;
1 The Bougainvillea Tree Laura McPhee-Browne , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Verity La , June 2016;
1 The Surprise Laura McPhee-Browne , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Hope : An Anthology 2016;
1 1 The Tallest Girl in the World Laura McPhee-Browne , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Lip Magazine 2016;
1 Her Last Detox Laura McPhee-Browne , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Winter no. 14 2016; (p. 7-10)
1 Forest Girl Laura McPhee-Browne , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Spring no. 11 2015; (p. 52-54)
1 When Francis Bacon Came to Stay Laura McPhee-Browne , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Autumn no. 9 2015; (p. 71-73)
1 y separately published work icon Rot Laura McPhee-Browne , Moonee Ponds : In Short Publishing Company , 2015 20831200 2015 single work novella

'Something is rotting in Merry and Phillip's marriage. A smell has invaded the dilapidated bed and breakfast they own together, and when a mysterious guest arrives, appetites are whet and the source of the smell is revealed.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Paper and Sand Castles Laura McPhee-Browne , 2014 single work short story
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 2 2014;
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