Let Them Float
By Katy Wimhurst
Genre:-Short Stories/Magical Realism/Some Surrealism
Pages:-112
Publisher:-Alien Buddha Press
Blurb:-In these short stories, Katy Wimhurst creates off-killer 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 Messiah helps a grieving widow to garden. A retired man is desperate to see mermaids.
The playful lens of magical realism and surrealism is used to explore physical and mental illness and our fragile environment. Most stories are set at a tipping point, just as change happens to a character or events escalate. Though-provoking fiction with a good dose of wry humour and whimsy.
Endorsements
"Kathy 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.
'Kathy 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.
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My Review:-This book is a collection of short stories. These stories are a mixture of magical and ones that we can relate to. I found 'Duskers' was so close to what a lot of people go through everyday, with chronic illness and trying to find someone that can understand just what it is like. I have chronic illness and like Helena in the book was gaslighted by the doctors. I also enjoyed 'Disillusioned by Mermaids', It was nice for a book to have stories about chronic illness as it's something that isn't spoken about as much as it should be, thank you for that.
There is a book that you can pick up and down. There is something for everyone.
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