Callie Sioux
Callie Sioux
Author Overview By the Side Quest Book Club Podcast
“… I can only stomach so much charm and so much quaintness before my countenance falls ill and I’m tempted to commit atrocities. ~ Callie Sioux, Schiavone
Why we love Callie Sioux Schiavone
Hey Adventurers! Given all this Project Hail Mary hype, we've decided to reupload our original discussion of the book. While we edit and schedule out episode with Callie Sioux, enjoy some Captian Rocky.
Author Highlights
Here is what you can expect from a Callie Sioux story…
Themes of redemption, courage, hope, and spiritual warfare
Faith-based storytelling without “churchy jargon”
The pursuit of an unconventional connection
Author Bio
Callie Sioux is a creative alchemist using multimedia to distill the adventures of reality into the art of fiction and entertainment. As a musician she is an award winning songwriter, rock ‘n’ roller, and bass player having performed with Gleewood, Jhett Black and The Cle Elum. Growing up as a ranch kid from New Mexico her stories, songs, films, and audio dramas capture wide open spaces, grit and the importance of persistence. 1232, her audio epic, has stepped out as a behemoth project launching her into the audio drama world, and her recent signing with Twenty Hills Publishing will see her speculative fiction coming to a bookstore near you.
Callie Sioux lives with her husband, Jhett Black, and springer spaniel, Clancy, in Chattanooga, Tennessee where she can be seen hiking, writing in a local coffee shop, serving you a pint of ale at their music venue and listening room(The Woodshop), or performing in one of the many venues in town.
This bio is taken from the 1232 Audio Epic website.
Slava’s Thoughts
She Had Glass Eyes grabbed me from its very first line—“I can only stomach so much charm and so much quaintness before my countenance falls ill and I’m tempted to commit atrocities.”
That sharp voice sets the tone perfectly for this taut gothic novella.
C.S. Schiavone channels Edgar Allan Poe so masterfully that the whole book feels like something he’d be proud of—beautifully written, tightly constructed prose that builds an atmosphere of creeping obsession and uncanny dread in 1846 London. The real historical Euphonia, Joseph Faber’s eerie talking machine, becomes the catalyst for undertaker Deliverance Edvane’s descent into madness, and Schiavone exploits its inherent uncanniness to chilling effect.
Every sentence serves the story; there’s no bloat, just precise, elegant horror that lingers. A compact gem of Gothic fiction that left me impressed and wanting more.
Jonathan’s Thoughts
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