An Orchid in my Belly Button - Wimhurst, Katy
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Offbeat short stories that explore our fragile world These stories savour the surreal, flirt with magical realism, dabble with dystopia. A boy sees the ghosts of dead crabs. A girl with a fox tail is bullied. A disenchanted woman sprouts orchids from her belly button. Fashion models pursue the trend of having plants as hair. Electronic goods amassing all over London herald an apocalypse. Darkness and wonder, the strange and the ordinary, interweave to offer an environmental and social portrait of our times. Guaranteed to evoke a response, whether a giggle, a gasp, or a nervous gulp, these…mehr

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Offbeat short stories that explore our fragile world These stories savour the surreal, flirt with magical realism, dabble with dystopia. A boy sees the ghosts of dead crabs. A girl with a fox tail is bullied. A disenchanted woman sprouts orchids from her belly button. Fashion models pursue the trend of having plants as hair. Electronic goods amassing all over London herald an apocalypse. Darkness and wonder, the strange and the ordinary, interweave to offer an environmental and social portrait of our times. Guaranteed to evoke a response, whether a giggle, a gasp, or a nervous gulp, these stories will stay with you, enriching your perception of the world. Surreal, absurdist, magical realist; Katy Wimhurst writes speculative fiction that meditates on our reality. Although bleak themes are examined - dystopian futures, the climate crisis, bullying &ndash a quirky imagination and wry humour lift the tales above the 'realm of grim'. Cover: Alison Buck
Autorenporträt
Katy Wimhurst is a disabled writer who pens short stories about apocalyptic rabbits, cosmic vacuum cleaners, people turning into mushrooms, knitting to oblivion, existential shrugs, and worlds in which chocolate is illegal. Her fiction has allegedly been called 'dark, witty and magical', sometimes even 'absurdist'. Before discovering the silvery steps that led to Elsewhen Press, she had two books of (magical realist / dystopian) short fiction published, Snapshots of the Apocalypse (Fly on the Wall Press) and Let Them Float (Alien Buddha Press). She occasionally writes articles about magical realism or speculative fiction. In a very past life, she might have studied for a PhD on Mexican surrealism.She was born in [date redacted] and now lives near a pretty river in eastern UK. She is tremendously grateful for trees, seahorses, clouds, chocolate, kindness, and Studio Ghibli films. She isn't appreciative of the illness M.E. which she has had for way too long and is why she has to write fiction on an IPad while lying down. She would like to be reincarnated as a cumulus cloud or one of Wes Anderson's dreams.