All my stories and worlds spring from the basic principle of being a slave to the premise, to follow the consequences wherever they may lead without ….

I don't consider genre while writing..

I do love the weird, and I realize that I write much in that tradition, so I'm happy to be counted in among some of my favorite authors..

What I do with the story itself varies of course, but what I want to do is to present the world so that the reader can access it without tripping ove….

Worldbuilding to me is taking the consequences of an idea..

I come from a nation where fantastic fiction has a very low status, unless it fits into some very specific categories or is written by already establ….

I'm not comfortable with categorizing my own work, but I don't mind if others talk about it in relation to genre as long as they don't try to hold it….

If you want the reader to accept the premise as a given, then being specific is vital. This is what I'm after; I want the reader to accept the settin….

Happily, fantastic fiction is slowly gaining in status..

When I returned to short stories, I'd started working on what is still central to much of what I try to do: putting myself in the place of the alien ….

I'm just being honest about the fact that a second language won't resonate with you like the first does..

You have to be aware what the consequences are of the approach you take..

What does seem to be a constant is that I write more emotional stories the older I get. I think a lot of that has to do with growing up in a patriarc….

I want my voice to be consistent no matter if it's an original or a translation..

I've always been fascinated by the concept of time..

I have control of my own style..

I think that the more alien and strange a world or situation is, the more concise you have to be if you want the reader to follow you. It depends on ….

I don't go out of my way to write Weird Fiction, or in any other genre. Some of my stuff easily slips into the Weird slot..

My early stories revolved around reality and faith. I wrote a series of stories about the darker aspects of Christian myth: a woman who hides in the ….

Time is built entirely on consensus: humans decide that they have linear time, so they do..

I can write a story in working-class Stockholm Swedish, but I'm not going to assume I can perform the same feat with Cockney. I'll focus on adventure….