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An Orchid in my Belly Button
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781915304698
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
Published: Feb 28 2025
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
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
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