Worry Doll

BY Laura mcphee-browne

On an ordinary day, two women meet on a train.

Heloise - the older woman - lives with her boyfriend in Melbourne.

Lacey - the other woman - is from Aotearoa and studies the clouds.

What follows is anything but ordinary, a passionate affair that will consume them both in mismatched and maddening ways.

Propulsive and lyrical, Worry Doll examines desire, memory, and the delusion of love.

Scribe, 2026