|
Caitlin Carpenter is a writer in Waterloo, Ontario where she lives with her husband and three young children. Previously, she was a newspaper journalist in Boston, a PR rep in Washington DC, and a marketing professional in London. Her stories have appeared in Dark Winter Lit and New Canadian Stories as well as the forthcoming anthology, Seaside (Polar Expressions Publishing). Her writing has been shortlisted for 2024 awards, including Writers of the Future, The Plaza Prize, The Scribes Prize, Women on Writing, Dream Foundry, and WestWord. |
Interview with Caitlin Carpenter
about her story "Mother Hunger"
Honorable Mention for The Scribes Prize
|
What draws you to the micro-fiction format?
Microfiction can be completed in the little breaks we have in the day. Anywhere, anytime.
Who are some authors that inspire you?
Ted Chiang, Margaret Atwood, Han Kang, Barbara Kingsolver, Kazuo Ishiguro.
If you could continue writing your story after these 100 words, what would happen next?
The spider babies would reflect on what happened to their mother.
What's next on the horizon for you?
I recently finished a short story collection, including a novella with the same title (Mother Hunger) that expands on the themes in this micro piece but with a human mother and android child. I am preparing to query my domestic thriller and a young adult spec fic thriller.
Microfiction can be completed in the little breaks we have in the day. Anywhere, anytime.
Who are some authors that inspire you?
Ted Chiang, Margaret Atwood, Han Kang, Barbara Kingsolver, Kazuo Ishiguro.
If you could continue writing your story after these 100 words, what would happen next?
The spider babies would reflect on what happened to their mother.
What's next on the horizon for you?
I recently finished a short story collection, including a novella with the same title (Mother Hunger) that expands on the themes in this micro piece but with a human mother and android child. I am preparing to query my domestic thriller and a young adult spec fic thriller.