Dafydd McKimm writes speculative short fiction . . .
Dafydd McKimm is a speculative fiction writer producing primarily short and flash-length stories. His work has appeared in publications such as Deep Magic, Daily Science Fiction, Kaleidotrope, Syntax & Salt, 600 Second Saga, Flash Fiction Online, The Best of British Science Fiction, The Best of British Fantasy, & elsewhere.
He was born and grew up in Wales but now lives in Taipei, Taiwan.
"Hidden in Her Wild Red Eyes" — forthcoming in Daily Science Fiction
"Art, and Wit, and Changing" — first published in Kaleidotrope, Spring 2021
"All Our Secrets Thus Revealed" — first published in Daily Science Fiction, Sep. 2020
"Secret Keepers" — first published in Flash Fiction Online, Jul. 2020
"Gingerbread" — first published in Flash Fiction Online, Mar. 2020
"Sleep, Dragon" — first published in Daily Science Fiction, Jan. 2020
"An Elegy for May in the Forest of the Noble Spacemen" — first published in Syntax & Salt, Oct. 2019
"The Colossus Stops" — first published in Daily Science Fiction, May 2019 — reprinted in The Best of British Fantasy 2019
"A Lady of Ganymede, a Sparrow of Io" — first published in Flash Fiction Online, Apr. 2019 — reprinted in The Best of British Science Fiction 2019
"Goldengrove Unleaving" — first published in Syntax & Salt, Mar. 2019
"I Will You Back to Time and Space" — first published in Flash Fiction Online, Oct. 2018 — reprinted in Nova Fantasia, Jul. 2019 (Galician)
"Invasion" — first podcast in 600 Second Saga, Dec. 2017 (audio only)
"The Most Reasonable House in Faerie" — first published in Deep Magic, Aug. 2017 — reprinted in The Best of Deep Magic: Anthology One, Nov. 2018 — now available as a chapbook
"The Greyhound" — first published in Daily Science Fiction, Jun. 2016
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The Most Reasonable House in Faerie
A 7,000 word fantasy story previously available only in Deep Magic magazine.
Faerie gentleman Loosestrife Foulweather has recently gone up in the world. To cement his station as one of the Fay's nouveau riche, Loosestrife plans to get his hands on that most elusive of status-defining possessions—a human servant. However, such a thing is nowadays hard to come by in the Lands Beyond the Fields We Know. Not to be deterred, Loosestrife decides to create one for himself . . .
"Absolutely delightful from the very first sentence. Well-to-do gentlemen fae, well-constructed satire, and a surprise ending. Delicious. (5 stars)" — Casie, Goodreads