Your story ‘No Man is an Island’ is strikingly short – in fact, it’s the shortest story in The Annual Fiction Edition. Did you make a conscious decision to write it this way?

I never intend for my stories to be so short. They usually start off much longer, but by the time I draft and draft – get down to the essence of the story – they often end up under 1000 words. I think this is just the way I write. It is frustrating sometimes!