Category: Interview (page 3)

BackStory: Four Questions with Katie Oliver Author of Fragments What inspired you to write ‘Fragments’? This originally appears in an as yet incomplete novella-in-flash I have languishing in my drafts. I was writing about Eve’s life, which features an event…

BackStory: Five Questions with Patience Mackarness Author of Enkidu’s Harlot What inspired you to write ‘Enkidu’s Harlot’? I first read the Epic of Gilgamesh while living on the island of Bahrain, sometimes identified with the mythical land visited by Gilgamesh…

BackStory: Three Questions with Avra Margariti Author of All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings What inspired you to write ‘All the King’s Puppets and All the King’s Strings’? I was talking with a US-based friend about the…

BackStory: Five Questions with P Akasaka Author of Haori What inspired you to write ‘Haori’? My grandmother was a seamstress and I always wanted to write something about that life. Wearing a haori was a great status symbol among young…

BackStory: Five Questions with Salena Casha Author of This is not a story about my grandfather What inspired you to write ‘This is not a story about my grandfather’? I grew up hearing a piece of family lore related to…

BackStory: Five Questions with J.B. Stone Author of Amber Rose What inspired you to write ‘Amber Rose’? I originally wrote Amber Rose as a submission to an Anne Sexton-themed submissions call from the folks over at Fairy Tale Review. I…

BackStory: Five Questions with Lixin Foo Author of The Consort of Closed Fists What inspired you to write ‘The Consort of Closed Fists’? I bought a book on famous women from Imperial Chinese harems in high school. As I was…

BackStory: Five Questions with Marie Hoy-Kenny Author of In the Hours Before the 1959 Auchengeich Coal Mine Disaster What inspired you to write ‘In the Hours Before the 1959 Auchengeich Coal Mine Disaster’? My father’s brothers worked at the Auchengeich…

BackStory: Three Questions with Isabelle B.L Author of Cords What inspired you to write ‘Cords’? I was born in the 1970s and when I was a child, my mother wanted me to wear a girdle. I was on the chubby…

BackStory: Four Questions with Claire Loader Author of Hunger What inspired you to write ‘Hunger’? I think like many people, I found myself during lockdown delving deeper into late night online rabbit holes than usual. One night I stumbled on…