Jana Bianchi (she/her) and Diogo Silva Ramos (he/him) are Brazilian writers, translators, editors, and teachers based in the chaotically beautiful Rio de Janeiro. They have stories published or forthcoming in several languages; together, they raise a shaggy mixed-breed dog named Efigênia and run the Fantástico Guia, an initiative that supports Brazilians who are writing and submitting their work both in English and Portuguese, their native language. “Sapucaí,” the first story they wrote together, is about Carnaval, love, taking care of each other, and finding joy and safety in authoritarian times (yes, this too shall pass). Drums eerily echoed across the