A Mad Tea-Party began as an attempt to write my own version of a Japanese sci-fi manga. Japanese sci-fi, traditionally, has been quite different from its equivalent in the English-speaking world. It seems imbued with a deep trauma left over from the Second World War. Rather than the triumph of science or ethical certainty found in the West, we find morally questionable wars, a loss of identity, and razed cities.

What I've ended up with, though, is just a small story about two young girls on a journey through a traumatized society. It is a world familiar to our own, but one with nagging doubts about recent wars and their consequences.

Also there is tea. Because everybody likes tea.