I wanted to mention the great experience I had last year being interviewed by Katy Wimhurst from TheShortStory.co.uk.  Katy had read all the stories, and by that I mean all of Fat Maggie and Gold Adornments, and asked me about the writing and themes she noticed, and we chatted about others.

There were some that I wanted to explain, for example, Fat Maggie includes a series of linked animal tales, with *suggested* morals at the end. But there are other themes or issues I wanted to show running throughout. One of them was a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy in mental health and how that can be used negatively by others.

A theme in the Evening Shift series (another linked series in Fat Maggie) involves situations at work. And the inability to speak out when circumstances are unreasonable, because of economic necessity.

A third issue I’d mulled over was about sharing stories being political – understanding that we are not alone in the small world in which we may find ourselves, and the more we share the more we understand that our situation is political rather than personal…

You can read the interview here:

https://www.theshortstory.co.uk/the-short-story-interview-e-k-pey/

I’d love to discuss any thoughts you have.