Nico (1967) by Michael Ochs.


Vik Shirley is a poet and writer from Bristol living in Edinburgh . Her collections and chapbooks include: Persona Digitalia (PhotoWorks, 2025), a photo poetry pamphlet which was selected for the inaugural P5 photo poetry series, Some Deer (Broken Sleep, 2024), Strangers Wave (zimZalla, 2023) and Corpses (Sublunary Editions, 2020). Her work has appeared in Poetry LondonPN ReviewThe RialtoMagmaPerverseand 3am. She has a PhD in Dark Humour and the Surreal in Poetry from University of Birmingham.