The Malaise Trap

My short story titled "The Malaise Trap" has recently been published as a standalone chapbook from the Brazillian-based Raphus Press, and as has become usual I'm writing a few words discussing how the story came to be written. There may be spoilers within.

Like most of my fiction, the idea sprang from the title. I'm fairly certain I became aware of a Malaise trap whilst my partner was writing a themed series of insect poems. I often read facts about insects to her whilst she writes, which lubrica...