An Interview by Molly Tanzer

“Sun Falls” by Angela Slatter will be appearing in Prime’s forthcoming Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2012 edited by Paula Guran. Pre-order here!

Rival vampire-gangs fighting it out on the streets of Sydney sounds pretty rough, and yet apparently most “Warm” folks don’t know about the danger they pose. Can you tell us more about Terry’s world? Just how bad have things gotten? 

I think people are often willfully blind even in the face of things being very obviously not right. I see Terry’s world as one where most folk don’t ‘venture out at night, and have probably reverted to a kind fireside culture where they tell their kids stories about things they go bump in the night. So in effect going back to using fairy tales as warnings and guides to survival.

How bad have things gotten? I think the world’s at a tipping point and things will probably slip nasty-wards fairly soon.

What do you see Terry doing after everything that happens in “Sun Falls”? Do you think she’ll go back to school, or do you think she has other plans?

As for Terry, I don’t think she’ll have a chance to go back to school–I think society will fail pretty soon and she’ll be wandering into a new adventure …