An Orchid in My Belly Button

Thank you @zooloosBT for letting me be on this tour and reviewing this book. An Orchid in my Belly Button are short stories that are 178 pages long. I enjoyed the short stories, they were all different from each other. I like the front cover, it is pretty and I think the title suits the whole book very well. The stories are all written beautifully. They are all wonderful stories, and they are easy to get into. Each short story Will in entertain you, and they will stay with you for a long time. Great read 4 stars. Bio 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. Blurb 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'.