I enjoy seeing the diverse range of posts made by the people I follow. And to be honest, I normally choose to follow someone based on how they interact with people in the comments of their posts.
I saw that you interacted really well with your followers so chose to follow you.
Based on that, I didn’t follow you because of the niche that you originally chose. So if you start posting short stories, I will more than likely read them and comment on them.
So go for it!