Hi! Why did you choose to make Beat in the Machine a short story instead of a novel? I love the idea of this scifi retellings, and I think it would be even better with more details. Would you consider writing more about Isabelle and Sebastian?

E.B. Dawson Thanks for the question! I'm sorry for my late reply, I didn't see the notification for this.

While I love Isabelle and Sebastian's story, some of the beauty of it (for me) lies in its simplicity. I started drafting thinking it would be more of a 7k story, and while it ended up being almost twice that length, it was very clear to me by the end that it was over. I think the beauty of shorter fiction is that there is more room for the reader to make the story their own and fill in the gaps and the before and after with their own imagination.

All that being said, I am not against ever writing more in this world. But I have no specific plans as of yet.

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