Writer of the strange & fantastic...

Dafydd's short stories have appeared in more than thirty magazines, anthologies, and fiction podcasts. He is originally from Wales but now lives and writes in Taiwan.

Read his recent story "Tring-a-Ling" in issue 22 of Haven Speculative

Selected Reviews

"McKimm makes good use of fantasy tropes, complicating them in order to tell a fresh and interesting story about life and death."

—Charles Payseur, Locus, on "The Sanctum of the Mad Enchantress in the Hollow of the Black Thorn Trees Near the Torrent of a Thousand Sorrows and the Cavern of the Bloodstained Moon."

"In 5 short pages, McKimm takes us from the enforced off-world immigration of a persecuted people through populism all the way to straight up fascism. Every step seems natural and appropriate and right, which is part of what makes the story all the more terrifying."

—Sara L. Uckelman, SFF Reviews, on "The Ten Declarations of Bozo, Supreme Jongleur of Planet Clown."

"McKimm explores themes of abandonment, lust and oblivion and how desire can lead to painful consequences, with a zoomorphic twist as the icing on the cake."

—Mihai Emmanuel, Tangent Online, on "A Tiger in Eden."

"Dreamlike and full of mystery, McKimm's story becomes about how people face a changing world and try to find their place inside it."

—Charles Payseur, Locus, on "The Flamingo Maximizer."

"This is a gorgeous, evocative, and deeply strange story... McKimm stitches real magic into the fabric of reality in this story, and the results are breathtaking."

—Maria Haskins on "Peach Child, Woman, Stone."

"The real magic here... is McKimm's darkly lyrical prose which sings and flows like a spell."

—Maria Haskins on "Art, and Wit, and Changing."

"I adore this sequel to the tale of Hansel and Gretel, and as dark and intense as this story is, it offers the hope of finding new ways to live our lives in the shadow of a troubled past."

—Maria Haskins, Strange Horizons, on "Gingerbread."

"An utterly beautiful flash piece of horror and hope, torment and escape, set in a far-future science-fiction/fantasy world."

—Vanessa Fogg on "A Lady of Ganymede, a Sparrow of Io."

"[D]ragged sudden tears from me as I read the ending."

—Mike Wyant, Jr., Tangent Online, on "I Will You Back to Time and Space."