Short.Sharp.Stories is a platform showcasing established and emerging South African short story writers. For the 2025 anthology, POWER: Short Stories that Light the Dark, writers imagined “power” in fictional terms – how it influences and affects us, including political and personal power, and ever-present issues of loadshedding. In this Short.Sharp.Stories interview Joanne Hichens chats with Tanya Farber, author of the short story “Standing still”.