![]() It was just short story without a lot of detail. When the girl arrived, humans would be very different than when she was supposedly put to sleep hundreds of years before. would malfunction, so she’d be awake for the journey that took hundreds of years. (I know… I know… cheesy) that would put the character to sleep for her journey through time and space. Then came the…“So how do I make a story about a girl that couldn’t sleep because there was a pea under her pillow Sci-Fi?” I decided the “pea” would be the “P.E.A” or pellet of extended animation. So instead, I chose The Princess and the Pea. I decided I didn’t want to use those stories that get tons of airtime: Snow White or Cinderella, The Little Mermaid or something that gets tons of airtime. “Take a traditional fairy tale and make it Sci-Fi.” ![]() What was the inspiration for THE LAST CUENTISTA?ĭonna Barba Higuera: The idea came from a simple writing prompt. Karla Valenti: To borrow from Betsy Bird's review of the book:Ī delicious mix of dystopian fiction, Mexican folklore, and good old-fashioned high drama, this is the kind of science fiction that has the potential to lure in even those people that don’t usually indulge in futuristic fantastical imaginings. ![]()
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