Gunflower
Laura Jean McKay
The brilliant new short story collection from the Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of The Animals in That Country.
A family of cat farmers gets the chance to set the felines free. A group of chickens tells it like it is. A female-crewed ship ploughs through the patriarchy. A support group finds solace in a world without men.
With her trademark humour, energy, and flair, McKay offers glimpses of places where dreams subsume reality, where childhood restarts, where humans embrace their animal selves and animals talk like humans.
The stories in Gunflower explode and bloom in mesmerising ways, showing the world both as it is and as it could be.
‘Startling, beautiful, and dangerous. McKay is the brightest of talents. We're lucky to have her.’
- Release
- Oct-2023
- ISBN
- 9781922585943
- RRP (AUD)
- $29.99
- Pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Category
- Short Stories
Laura Jean McKay
Laura Jean McKay is the author of The Animals in That Country — winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Victorian Prize for Literature, and the ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year, and co-winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Scribe Publications
Scribe publishes books that matter—narrative and literary nonfiction on important topics, and the best of local, international, and translated fiction.
