Would author Guy Vanderhaeghe rather be invisible or a time traveller?

It's a question that Guy Vanderhaeghe has pondered.

Given a choice of superpowers, would the bestselling author rather be invisible or be able to time travel?

"I prefer to be invisible because that's the condition every writer should aspire to," the Saskatoon-based author said.

"Meaning, I would like to be able to separate myself and become invisible and see people reveal themselves," he said. "When I was a child, I learned that if I kept my mouth shut you became invisible."

Vanderhaeghe is promoting a new collection of short stories, Daddy Lenin and Other Stories. It's a return to a form that launched his literary career.

He said that, once he begins writing, he discovers very quickly whether he's writing a "big canvas" novel or something more contained.

He said it depends on the number of character voices he hears.