Katy Wimhurst

Katy Wimhurst has had three books of short fiction published — An Orchid in My Belly Button (Elsewhen 2025), Snapshots of the Apocalypse, (Fly on the Wall Press, 2022) and Let Them Float (Alien Buddha Press, 2023). Her book of visual poems, Fifty-One Trillion Bits, was published by Trickhouse Press in 2023.

She writes dark, witty fiction, creating off-kilter worlds that reflect our own. ‘Magical realism meets dystopia, with a refreshing twist’. Her fiction has been published in many places including The Guardian, ShooterLit, Cafe Irreal, Ouen Press, Fabula Press, Writers’Forum, To Hull and Back, and Magic Oxygen Literary Prize. Her visual poems have appeared in such magazines as Ric Journal, Babel Tower, Steel Incisors, 3am, and Talking All the Time about Strawberries. She occasionally writes non-fiction. She has the chronic illness M.E.