When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do:… — Karin Tidbeck Aliens Copy Share Image
You have to be aware what the consequences are of the approach you take. — Karin Tidbeck Approach Copy Share Image
“I have to know… What is the nature of the world?" The djinneya smiled with both rows of teeth. "Which one?” — Karin Tidbeck Nature Copy Share Image
I do love the weird, and I realize that I write much in that tradition, so I'm happy to be counted in… — Karin Tidbeck Books Copy Share Image
To the goats, all people are equal, except for those who have treats. — Karin Tidbeck Bribery Copy Share Image
I'm just being honest about the fact that a second language won't resonate with you like the first does. — Karin Tidbeck Being honest Copy Share Image
All my stories and worlds spring from the basic principle of being a slave to the premise, to follow the consequences wherever… — Karin Tidbeck Basic principles Copy Share Image
I'm not comfortable with categorizing my own work, but I don't mind if others talk about it in relation to genre as… — Karin Tidbeck Categorizing Copy Share Image
What does seem to be a constant is that I write more emotional stories the older I get. I think a lot… — Karin Tidbeck Constant Copy Share Image
I want my voice to be consistent no matter if it's an original or a translation. — Karin Tidbeck Consistent Copy Share Image
I come from a nation where fantastic fiction has a very low status, unless it fits into some very specific categories or… — Karin Tidbeck Books Copy Share Image
What I do with the story itself varies of course, but what I want to do is to present the world so… — Karin Tidbeck Access Copy Share Image
“Why did you make me?" you said. "I made you so that I could love you," I said.” — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
Time is built entirely on consensus: humans decide that they have linear time, so they do. — Karin Tidbeck Built Copy Share Image
My early stories revolved around reality and faith. I wrote a series of stories about the darker aspects of Christian myth: a… — Karin Tidbeck Apocalypse Copy Share Image
Some of my other stories are talked about as fantasy, some as horror, and some aren't talked about as genre at all.… — Karin Tidbeck Country Copy Share Image
Worldbuilding to me is taking the consequences of an idea. — Karin Tidbeck Consequence Copy Share Image
I think that the more alien and strange a world or situation is, the more concise you have to be if you… — Karin Tidbeck Aliens Copy Share Image
Some stories I write in Swedish, some in English. Short stories I've almost exclusively written in English lately, mostly because there's such… — Karin Tidbeck Different Copy Share Image
“There are eight worlds, the first one said. They lie side by side, in degrees of perfection. This world is the most… — Karin Tidbeck Side by side Copy Share Image
I don't go out of my way to write Weird Fiction, or in any other genre. Some of my stuff easily slips… — Karin Tidbeck Fiction Copy Share Image
