"Tapioca" is an ingredient derived from the cassava root, very popular as the main ingredient in some traditional Brazilian delicacies. In this sense, the magazine Tapioca Fantástica (loosely translated as Fantastic Tapioca) was created to give prominence to fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories that genuinely engage with the Brazilian popular imagination. The volumes of the magazine are sold at affordable prices and are often made available for free on Amazon, with the goal of reaching as many readers as possible.

The third edition of Tapioca Fantástica magazine features stories on the theme "CHAOS." Emanoel Ferreira makes his debut in the group of authors with the short story  Os dias do Ambívio (loosely translated as Ambivium’s Days).

In this story, the reader is faced with an absurdly chaotic scenario in which two parallel universes come too close, triggering a process of quantum overlap that is as traumatic as it is irreversible. When it all comes to an end, a third will have been born, the result of the complete and terrifying fusion of the first two.

Other works featured in this edition of the magazine:

• In "As portas" (The Doors), Anderson Shon shows that there is always a chaos lurking beyond the door. We will discover how a social disease exposes inequality and opens doors that take a long time to close.

• In "Os três tempos" (The Three Times), Marina Madelinn presents a romantic fantasy in which Morgana and Laura must find ways to shorten the distance between them while dealing with the laws of the orixá Time.

• In Chiaroscuro, Diogo Andrade tells the story of a man who, the day after his sixtieth birthday, decides to search for what he left behind. An unexpected encounter will change his life forever.

• In "Assim contarão nossos netos" (Thus Our Grandchildren Will Tell), Ana Lúcia Merege tells what can happen when all the prophecies relating to the apocalypse are fulfilled on the same day.

• In "Amanhã buscaremos pássaros" (Tomorrow we will look for birds), João Mendes tells the story of a son who tries to find his mother while crossing a strange land where the laws don't seem to make sense.

• In "Sangue novo" (New Blood), Bruno Crispim hosts a baby shower where three things happen at the same time: the water breaks, the world ends and, of course, Jorge, the baby's father, faints. The mother, in labor, is left to keep the family safe.

• In "Palavras Perdidas" (Lost Words), Ian Fraser tells the story of Ignácio Costa, an author in crisis, fighting against his own insignificance while observing the greatness of his idol, Delfim Moura, a renowned writer from Bahia.

• In "Foda-se" (Screw this), Elias Flamel raises the question: Could pressing a key be worse than pressing a trigger? Causing chaos with a key during “Spectacular Night” may be the only opportunity to solve a long and corrosive problem.

• In "O Dia de São Nunca" (The Day of Saint Never), Jadna Alana presents Damião, a scoundrel who lives in a city where promises are never fulfilled and debts are placed on Saint Never's account. A particularly strange day will reveal that the impossible can finally happen.

  Important: "In The Day of Saint Never" is a popular Brazilian expression equivalent to "When pigs fly".

• In "A cor que caiu do caos" (The color that fell from chaos), Bernardo Stamato says that for three adventurers, a cursed city is always an opportunity for profit. Soon they will discover that there are fates worse than death when dealing with cosmic chaos.

• In Tapio K Óptica, Clecius Duran shows that one small decision can change the course of your life. But what do you do if all decisions lead to the same tragic outcome?

  Important: "Tapio K Ótica" is a pun on the name of the magazine and the theme of the third edition, with "Tapio K" phonetically equal, in Portuguese, to "Tapioca" and "K Ótica" phonetically equal to "Chaotic" (chaotic).
  
  The cover of Tapioca Fantástica volume 3 was designed by Carolina Mancini.
  
  Enjoy your Tapioca!