Catherine SchaffStump appears again!
In her site Writer Tamago, she wrote a short but meaningfull recommendation of the series here.
She writes:
“I feel smarter just reading him. You will too.”
Catherine is a long-time author and reviewer of speculative fiction, and her stamp of approval means a lot to us.
Thank you so much, Catherine.
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Christopher was recently interviewed by the amazing team from Unreliable Authors Podcast. Both Christopher and the whole team are graduates of the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop, and one of them, Catherine Schaff-Stump, interviewed Christopher way back in 2012, at Writer Tamago, which only makes the moment even more special, seeing how far everything has come along.
The podcast is almost an hour long, and delves into Brazilian speculative fiction and the Elephant and Macaw Banner series. You can check it out here.
Many thanks to the Unreliable Narrators team: Catherine SchaffStump, Chia Evers, Christopher Cornell, and George Galuschak!
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We’ve had lots of good news recently with two recent releases and the launch of book 6 just a week away. And if that’s not enough, we just received two great reviews.
Elias F. Combarro, from the Sense of Wonder Blog, wrote this awesome review for the two new books. María Leticia Lara Palomino, from Fantástica – Ficción, also wrote this amazing review (in spanish) for the new books.
Leticia calls book #4 her favorite, in which we get to see how the heroes behave when they’re separated.
Elias writes:
“In these two new stories I had the chance of enjoying, once more, all the elements that I really loved in the three previous ones: excellent prose, fun adventures, intelligent dialog, charming characters, fascinating Brazilian folklore and a wonderful sense of humor….All in all, these are two excellent additions to a series that is quickly becoming my favourite in the genre of sword and sorcery.”
Thank you so much, Elias and María!
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The Elephant and Macaw Banner and Universo Insonia are proud to announce the finalists for the third edition of the Hydra Competition of Fantastic Literature. As in the previous edition, the selection of short stories had two stages, with each juror pre-selecting a list of fifteen stories, eventually narrowed down to the best three.
Those indicated for the final stage are:
A Última Feiticeira de Florença (“The Last Witch of Florence”) by Carol Chiovatto
Originally published in “Caçadores de Bruxa”, from Editora Buriti
A Dama e o Poeta (“The Lady and the Poet”) by Walter Tierno
Originally published in “Amor Lobo”, from Giz Editorial
A Melhor das Três (“Best of Three”) by Camila Fernandes
Originally published in “Bestiario 2 – outras criaturas”, from Editora Ornitorrinco
It was not easy at all for the jurors Daniel Borba, Claudia Oliveira, and Fabio M. Barreto to choose from over one hundred and fifty submissions, coming from both print and electronic publications. The three finalist stories will be translated to English by Christopher Kastensmidt, then sent to the editors of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show Magazine, who will choose the winner and publish the story in an upcoming edition.
Congratulations to the three finalists!