Review of Let Them Float in The Indiependent

A really lovely review of my latest short story collection in The Indiependent. Thanks to Ed Bedford.

All the Hummingbirds

My (celebrating nature) visual poem, which contains all the common names of hummingbirds, is up at the fabulous Ric Journal

Essay at TSS Publishing

My essay ‘Let Them Float: Illness and Speculative Fiction’ is up at TSS Publishing. In it I discuss how illness can be explored through fabulous fiction and mention various writers including Amanda Leduc, George Saunders, Anna Vaught, Verity Holloway and Sarah Rose Etter.

Reviews of Let Them Float

I received some tremendous praise for my new book Let Them Float on the blog tour. For instance:

Dr Alice Violett said, ‘The seven stories, varying in length from two to 67 pages, are infused with the author’s trademark offbeat ideas, brilliant descriptions, and witty observations.’ 5⭐️

Kirsty Whitlock said, ‘This book consists of seven enchanting, unique, thought provoking, eclectic and definitely eccentric stories…. I loved every one…This has GOT to be one of favourite book of short stories of all times! Absolutely LOVED IT!’ 5⭐️

Hannah Boyland said, ‘oh. my. god. i enjoyed these short stories so so much. the main story of this book is ‘let them float’ which i thought was brilliant, thought provoking and took a look into mental health. i really enjoyed how the story was structured and how it usedthree different POVs. Out of the other short stories, my favourite story by far was “dusker”. Part of the reason I wanted to read this book was that the author also has M.E, but i was not expecting a short story that was going to hit that close to home!’ 5⭐️

Other reviews can be found on Goodreads. Thanks to RandomThings blog tours and Zooloosblogtour for arranging the reviews. Also, https://twitter.com/ZooloosBT/status/1732886452042658188/video/1.

Publication day! Let Them Float

Today is the official launch of my new quirky book of short stories from Alien Buddha Press. You can buy it here.

I’ve already had one fabulous 5* blog tour review of it by Dr Alice Violett.

New book – Let Them Float

My new book from Alien Buddha Press is available now here on Amazon. Launch is on 7 December.

‘In these short stories, Katy Wimhurst creates off-kilter worlds that illuminate our own. Apocalyptic rabbits invade a town. People overwhelmed by their lives float above an urban park. A woman turns transparent after a virus. The playful lens of magical realism is used to explore physical and mental illness and our fragile environment. Thought-provoking fiction with a good dose of whimsy.’


‘Katy Wimhurst’s stories are enchanting. They appear beguilingly simple yet contain layers of meaning and mystery. The author’s inventive interpretations of familiar situations give any reader fresh insights into their own experiences. Even with dark subjects, there are always sparks of hope and humour.’

-Dorothy Schwartz, author of Behind a Glass Wall.


‘Katy Wimhurst combines charming whimsy with weighty environmental and psychological issues and, in the balance, she delights and surprises the reader. Rich imagination and fresh, clean writing.’

-Petra McQueen, founder of The Writers Company.

Seeing in Tongues – Visual Poetry Anthology

The superlative Surrealist James Knight has put together what will surely be one of the most exciting full colour visual poetry anthologies for years, with contributions from all over the world. I am very honoured to be in it alongside some incredibly innovative visual poets.

James Knight says: ‘We are proud to present this anthology of contemporary visual poetry, representing the extraordinary richness and diversity of a particularly vibrant hybrid form. The 350-page book includes pieces made from physical materials, digitally constructed work, and hybrids of the two, and encompasses collage, cut-up, erasure, asemic writing, painting, photography, glitch, drawing, aleatory processes, and numerous other techniques.’

Available from Steel Incisors publisher here.

It includes work by Muhammed Yusuf Aktekin, Brian Baker, Gary Barwin, Jay Besemer, Richard Biddle, C D Boyland, ReVerse Butcher, Kenneth M Cale, Susie Campbell, Richard Carter, Burak Ş Çelik, Theodoros Chiotis, George Clutterbuck, Madelaine Culver, Amanda Earl, Alexis Fedorjaczenko, Emma Filtness, S J Fowler, Sylee Gore, Arden Hunter, Victoria Kaye, James Kearns, Robert Frede Kenter, Laura Kerr, Michelle Moloney King, James Knight, Ayşe Kongur, Emma Levin, Emma Mitchell, Sophia Mold, Morphic Rooms, Mette Norrie, Michael L Orr, Michelle Penn, Konstantinos Papacharalampos, Astra Papachristodoulou, Dan Power, Dave Read, Imogen Reid, Rasiqra Revulva, Hakan Şarkdemir, J P Seabright, Rachel Smith, Chris Stephenson, Samuel Strathman, Nic Stringer, Stephen Sunderland, Michael Sutton, Simon Tyrrell, Hayriye Ünal, Nico Vassilakis, Maggs Vibo, Martin Wakefield & Bob Modem, Katy Wimhurst, Paul Woodford, Mark Wynne and Jill Zheng.

Let Them Float – new book!

My second book of short stories, Let Them Float, will be published at the end of the year (Alien Buddha Press). It includes several stories shortlisted in competitions or previously published and some new ones. The title story, about people who float above a park, started out as a 3k story, which came third in the Lucent Dreaming 2021 short story competition, and was later developed into a 20k novella. The stories are a mix of magical realism and surrealism.

‘In these short stories, Katy Wimhurst creates off-kilter worlds that illuminate our own. Apocalyptic rabbits invade a town. People overwhelmed by their lives float above an urban park. A woman turns transparent after a virus. The playful lens of magical realism is used to explore physical and mental illness and our fragile environment. Thought-provoking fiction with a good dose of whimsy.’

The official publication date is 7 December. It will be available here in the UK from next month (November).