Storyfeather

The smallest bird in the world embarks on a quest to recover a lost gift left to him by his mother…his true name. Genre: Fable, Mystery, Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: The thunderbird. The trickster raven. The creator heron known as Benu. He was in awe of them all. And he wanted to learn to acquire their qualities. Cleverness, strength, knowledge. And wings so magnificent that all creatures great and small were gripped with awe at their sight. But whenever he would voice such longings, he was always ridiculed, for he was so small that all who knew him called him the flea bird, and soon that became his name, "Flea." CREDITSStory: "The Flight of Flea" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Jonathan Shaw* "A Dream of First Flight" "Thoughts" "Afternoon Chat" "Midnight Creeping" "Checking Inventory" "A Fight in the Fields" Music by TRG Banks "The silver bus" "Insideoutworld" "Above the Earth" "A Tale of Wind" "Horse ride 4" "Smooth jacket" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Jonathan Shaw is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk and gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. Composite image of various mythological figures associated with birds. Foreground center is a spark of light emitting a glow and a crown of tiny rays. Behind is a curled serpent with a frilled neck and tail facing right, representing Quetzlcoatl. Behind Quetzlcoatl, facing left, is a glowing silhouette of a bird with an ornate tail just visible and a flowing crest, representing the Phoenix. Behind the Phoenix, top half of image, center, is a humanoid figure wearing gold jewelry, with a bird's beak for a nose, outstretched wings, and eyes closed, making the praying hands gesture, representing Garuda. Behind all the figures is the hazy outline of mountains in the distance. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A girl is haunted by a mysterious voice that she can only hear through her headphones. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: She scanned his blueprints. She understood the math equations he had neatly written in his notebook, and some of the code he'd drafted. But she didn't really get how it all came together. "What is it supposed to do?" she asked. "Eavesdrop." Vinnie raised her brows. "Listen in on them before they listen in on us?" Marcus shrugged. "Something like that. CREDITSStory: "The Lady in My Headphones" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart" "Ground Control" "NightTime (No Percussion)" "Forest Bathing" "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart (No Percussion)" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Sun and moon" "Investigation day" "Dark web" "()" "Ghost hacker" "13 sins" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni and Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A girl seen from waist up, facing forward. She wears a pair of over-the-ear headphones and a hoodie with a star symbol on the front. Her right arm is bent up, her hand resting on her headphones. She's wearing a fingerless glove. Her eyes are wide and looking to the left, her mouth is parted, and her brows are raised. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A rookie agent assigned to test a new piece of technology makes a momentous observation about a young woman at a taco truck. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: The human eye can only see so much. The human senses can only perceive…so much. That is why the Agency established an entire division to develop and test technologies that can augment and even surpass human perception. DarkGray, it was called. CREDITSStory: "Spectral Camera Model 57" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 2" "Level 7" "Level 6" "Level 3" "Level 4" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Prisma" "Playing in water" "Unclassified" "Black light" "Silent walk" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Chris Logsdon and Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A young woman seen in left side profile sitting on a bench. She is leaning forward and has her mouth parted. In both hands, she holds a wrapped food item. A napkin lies on her lap. Beside her is a paper bag with "Terrific Taco" written on the side, the letter "o" being half visible. A green glow surrounds the top of her head and her legs, the color blending into the background of trees and bushes. Markings on the image indicate she's being seen through a camera. At top right is a bar graph indicator in three different colors. At bottom right is a label marked "Undefined energy signature." At bottom left is a display reading "SES Fine Focus: 4/3.1" The drawing is framed in a thick black border. The original image is rectangular. To make it square, a border at top and bottom is visible, with a slightly enlarged grayscale version of the original image sitting behind. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A man struggles with his decision to become a "Cultural Ambassador" to a newly befriended alien species. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: Yeah, I've come to terms with it. I'm not going offworld to do anything noble, like teach aliens how to speak human languages, or to plant trees, build houses, or pass out blankets and water during emergencies. I'm going offworld to go live in the house of some rich Blorgnathian who'll spend the next five years licking my face. CREDITSStory: "Humans: A Blorgnathian Delicacy?" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Haunted Town" "Mystical Town" "Whimsical Town" "Mining Town" "Shady Town" Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Stars Talk" "Another World" "Fight Till Dying" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrew Sitkov and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrew Sitkov and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, a human man, whose face and hands are dark (in silhouette). He stands, three-quarters profile facing right, in the middle of a giant plate that sits on a flat surface. His arms are raised to his sides and his face looks up. Just behind him, sitting at the table is a giant humanoid being seen from waist up to nostrils. The being has large scales over their chest and arms. Their hands rest on either side of the plate, one at right curled around a fork, the one at left curled around a knife. The being's mouth is open, a long knobby tapered tongue descending and curling behind the man on the plate. The being is wearing a hood. A watermark of the word "Storyfeather" appears over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

When people in a newly prosperous town fall ill from a mysterious blood disease that doctors cannot cure or treat, one patient invents his own treatment. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: They went to visit him at night. They had to. They could not walk about by day, for the light of the sun was abhorrent to them. Those words were taken from the writings of a nurse who resided in the town at the foot of the hills, a charming and lively town in modern times. But steeped in accounts of strange—some say otherworldly—events from only a few generations past. CREDITSStory: "The Porphyrion Machine" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "The ceremonial" "Lullaby" "Dark echoes" "Past memories" "Obscura" "Out of body" "Brume" "Reflexion" "Haunted" "A death embrace" "Broken keys" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, a person seen from the back, sitting in a chair, arms laying on the armrests. A tube leads from each arm to a machine that the person is facing. The tubes are filled with a red liquid, presumably blood. Simple dials, wheels, buttons, and indicator lights, all unmarked, are seen on face of the machine, arranged mostly symmetrically on the left and right of the figure. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

In a kingdom ruled by threes, Princess Number Four was never meant to be... Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: Though he loved them all, he could not help but to feel distant from the fourth child, whose coming into the world had twisted all his joy into sorrow. CREDITSStory: "Princess Number Four" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "My Kingdom (main theme)" "Adventure Track #1 (looped)" "Medieval Track #1 (looped)" "Medieval Theme #4" "Knight Rising" "Secrets of Kingdom (looped)" "Lyric Voices #2" "Medieval Theme #5" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Audio)* "Locations Village (loop)" "Exploration Mystery (loop)" "Battle 1 normal (loop)" Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Mystical Forest" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrew Sitkov, Benjamin Carr, and Albert Fernandez is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrew Sitkov, Benjamin Carr, and Albert Fernandez at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At left foreground in full color, a young girl wearing a crown. She's facing forward and her eyes are closed. Her right hand is crossed over her waist and props the elbow of her left arm, which is bent up, her hand holding up a key. At right and behind, the figures of three more girls, each appearing only in a different mono-color and each being faceless. The rightmost girl, in left profile, raises her bent left arm, holding up a container. In front of her, a girl raises a bow and arrow to the sky. In front of the archer, a girl with her face looking down, holds a ribbon in her left hand. In the background behind all the figures is a grassy field. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A pair of inventors aim to 'think outside the box' and imagine a new purpose for an everyday item…chewing gum. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: At some point, Sunny got tired of pacing and settled in Jerry's chair. He watched the mind map forming with the suggestions and discussion they'd already covered. He leaned over it. "Wait, what if there's a way for the energy of chewing to be put to work? Like nanobots in the gum are powered by the act of chewing. But powered to do what?" He sat back. "And where would we get these…nanobots?" CREDITSStory: "Transpogum" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Start Successfully" "Stars Talk" "Scary Theme #1 (Version 3)" "Scary Theme #5" "Brave Heart" "Unbreakable" "The Last Stand" "Reinforcement" Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Ground Control" "March of the Waking Lights" "Fast Lanes Light Rain" "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart (No Percussion)" "You Were Always In The Right Place" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A young man, seen from waist up, facing forward, is blowing a bubble with bubble gum. Both arms are raised and bent before him. His brows are raised as he looks at his right hand, the ringers of which appear to be fading. To make the image square, a border has been placed behind the image of a translucent square tilted right over a solid square, which sits over another solid square. The edge of a pink sphere appears behind the image, representing bubble gum. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A man inherits his grandmother's antique sewing machine, and the mystery of a secret treasure hidden within it. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: "'Because, you see, contained within this sewing machine is my treasure,'" Selma read. "'Perhaps the most valuable treasure that I may share. And I leave it to you, for there is a mystery here to be solved. A mystery worthy of your curiosity. The treasure is locked away. If you wish to claim it, you must unlock it.'" Selma stopped reading and looked at me, her eyes wide. "What is it? What's the treasure?" CREDITSStory: "A Sewing Machine from 1919" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Whimsical Town" "Shady Town" "Level 7 (Loop)" "Level 1" "Mystical Town" Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Night Time (No Percussion)" "Cozy Afternoons" "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart (No Percussion)" "Forest Bathing" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. View over an aged tabletop on which sits an old Singer Manufacturing Company brand sewing machine. A spool of thread is loaded, but not threaded through the machine. A motto custom-inscribed in a calligraphic font at the bottom edge of the machine reads: "Whosoever sews a single stitch ties together a world too easily torn apart." Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A new technology may help a woman regain some mobility and independence by developing an ability she never had before. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: When Mrs. Santi first came to Jim's Gym (as he had so creatively named it), she was just looking for someone to help her exercise the muscles she could still feel and engage with fully, the muscles of her upper body. She aimed to delay getting a powered chair for as long as she could. She had heard of the Ocular Prism Interface, or OPI as the company called it, or Prism as most other people were calling it. She had read that it was being used to help stave off dementia in some elderly people. And she'd told Jim that if he ever got it, she'd be interested in taking a crack at it. CREDITSStory: "Mrs. Santi's Prism Mask" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart" "Ground Control" "Forest Bathing" "March Of The Waking Lights (loop-intro)" "March Of The Waking Lights No Glitches (loop) (120)" "You Were Always In The Right Place No Percussion" Music by Lee Rosevere "Start the Day" "Tech Toys" "Musical Mathematics" "Expectations" "Heat Haze" "Everywhere" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, an older woman sitting in a wheelchair, facing left three-quarters view. She's wearing a scarf that flows backwards. A teacup and plate float in the air in front of her. She overlaps an outline of an afterimage of herself, sitting just behind her and to the right. The face of the afterimage wears a robotic-looking mask. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

In a town renowned for their long hair and unique styles, one hairdresser learns the value of her trade. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: Everyone in town wore long hair in those days— children, grown folk, household beasts, beasts of the wild. Even trees and flowers bore long and thick filaments. Even the insects! The bumblebees bore the thickest and most luxuriant coats in all the country. And those who lost their hair—by illness or nature— even they bore weighty wigs. Those who never visited the region would ask why. Why did all insist on having such long locks? The answer was a single word. Winter. CREDITSStory: "The Festival of the Triumphant Locks" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Joy" or "Here we go" "Winterheart" "Silent walk" "Everything and more" "Arctica" "Medieval fiesta" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Location Medieval Tavern Song" "Humorous Exploration (loop)" "Locations Happy Village (loop)" "Exploration Cave (loop)" "Exploration Mystery (loop)" "Exploration Forest of Magic" Music by TRG Banks "Interchange" "Horse ride 4" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Albert Fernandez is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Albert Fernandez at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, a woman stands facing left, but turned slightly forward so her face is in three-quarters profile. Her gaze looks forward. She has long loose wavy hair that almost reaches the floor. She holds one braided lock in her left hand, which is held at her side. She wears three flowers in the crown of her hair. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

An aphid named Quintillion seeks to investigate the rumors that the insects are not the only sentient species in the world. Genre: Fable, Science Fiction Excerpt: "How can we know for certain what the truth is, unless we seek to find it?" an aphid named Quintillion argued. She kept her wings respectfully folded as she stood before the Council of Grand Numerators. But she dared to sweep aside the train of glittering white filaments that plumed from her back, a particular characteristic of her tribe. CREDITSStory: "An Aphid Named Quintillion" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Shady Town" "Shady Town (Loop)" "Level 5" "Leve 1" "Level 4" Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Dwarven Settlement" "Ice Cavern" "Abandoned Spacestation" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Benjamin Carr and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Benjamin Carr and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, facing forward, is a tardigrade, whose body is perched on a rock so that the left side and bottom are visible. Perched on the tardigrade's back is an aphid, sitting upright, with wings outstretched and the front forelimbs raised. Feathery protrusions emerge from the aphid's back and lay on either side of the tardigrade. Blades of grass rise from behind the two figures. Rain falls at an angle from the top right to bottom left. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A young woman wonders if the strange "behavior" of her new high-tech jacket is due to her roommate's tampering or to an ever-escalating malfunction. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: I'm old enough to remember a time when nanotech was not embedded in every piece of clothing we own, which is a weird thing to say because that was only about fifteen years ago. I took my little niece shopping the other day for a fun back-to-school outfit, and she was perplexed by my constant grumbling about how none of it was tech-free. CREDITSStory: "One Killer Jacket" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fugue for One Synthetic Heart (No Percussion loop)" "Ground Control" "The Tech Show" "Forest Bathing" "Evolving Cities" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Atmosphere Persecution Danger (Loop)" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Investigation day" "Pitch black" "Unclassified" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni, Albert Fernandez, and Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni, Albert Fernandez, and Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. View looking at corner of room. An abstract painting of blotches is hung on the wall at left. Below it is a simple table with a slim drawer. Its surface is empty. Wall at right, a young woman stands in a doorway, her right arm raised, her mouth open and brows raised. Nothing is visible in the room behind her. At right, part of a stool is visible. Foreground bottom is the object the young woman is looking at, part of a jacket, its left arm folded underneath it, right arm, reaching out toward the woman. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

An abandoned factory that was once filled with a life-saving technology is haunted by the ghosts of its past. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: Back in the day, people called it the "organ factory." The irony is that we have actual organ factories now. Fabrication technology has spread farther than preservation technology ever did. But there was a time when all we had was organ preservation. A time when anyone who could extend the life of a donated organ by even just a bit could save lives that would otherwise have been lost. And it was during that time that Alectrona Fabron invented the technology that made it possible to store almost any organ indefinitely. CREDITSStory: "The Strange Chamber" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fugue for One Synthetic Heart" "March of the Waking Lights" "Fugue for One Synthetic Heart (No Percussion loop)" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Song Visiting Her Forest" "Exploration Technologic Place (loop)" "Atmosphere Persecution Danger (Loop)" "Atmosphere Deep Dark (Loop)" "Exploration Dark (loop)" "Holy Hymn (loop)" Music by Ficus ProSound* "Investigations (Full Version)" "Escape Room (Full Version)" "The Jigsaw (Full Version)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni, Albert Fernandez, and Ficus ProSound is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni, Albert Fernandez, and Ficus ProSound at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. Two figures. At right, a person seen from behind and the left side, wearing a hoodie, holding up a small black disc in the left hand, stands in front of a chamber seen at an angle. The chamber has clear walls, a woman lies on a pillow within, covered by a blanket from waist down. An opaque connecting section of the chamber obscures the woman's face. Below the clear walls, panels, buttons, and controls are visible. The acronym spelling the word "kiss" is seen along the top edge of the control panel. The inside of the chamber is bright, but the room is dark. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

When a small town is chosen by chance to receive a visit from the leader of the realm, they must present a great spectacle to show they are worthy. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: The Sovereign is coming to our town. We must have entertainments ready. We must have feats to display. We must demonstrate the strength and wit and spectacle that she expects from her people. We must do this all the more because we were not chosen for our merit. We were chosen by chance. CREDITSStory: "The Chosen by Chance Dance" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Locations Happy Village (loop)" "Humorous Exploration (loop)" "Locations Medieval Tavern Song" "Locations Village (loop)" "Exploration Mystical Place (loop 1)" "Trailer 1" "Locations Court Song" Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Casual Theme #2" "Casual Theme #3" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Albert Fernandez and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Albert Fernandez and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. Four figures wearing dresses in various dance poses on a plain stage. The figure in the foreground appears to be mid-twirl. Her long hair flows behind her to the left. She wears a headband. Her left arm is bent above her head. Her right arm is bent and held up at shoulder level in front of her. Background left is a young girl also wearing a headband. She's standing facing left. Her right arm is held straight up. Her left arm is held straight in front of her. Background right is a woman with a ponytail, holding the same pose, only facing right. In front of her is a little girl who holds both her arms above her head, slightly bent. One of her feet is held on tiptoe behind the other. In the sky above them, there are bright sparkling lights. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A malfunctioning beauty product gives whole new meaning to the term "vanishing cream." Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: She was usually too tired to do more than close her eyes and sit through the commercials, telling herself that at some point, she should set up one of those systems that would allow her to skip them. And that's how she ended up hearing the commercial for Prosopokaf's Fusion Cream again and again…And that's how she ended up ordering a jar of the stuff, just to see. CREDITSStory: "Prosopokaf's Fusion Cream" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Ground Control" "March of the Waking Lights" "Fast Lanes Light Rain" "Slightly Across (no percussion)" Music by FicusProSound* "The Jigsaw (Loop 6)" "Investigations (Full Version)" "Following Clues (Full Version)" Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 6 (Loop)" "Level 7 (Loop)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni, Chris Logsdon, and FicusProSound is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by FicusProSound, Chris Logsdon, and Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center a head with short wavy hair seen from neck up facing forward. The facial features are absent. At left and right are square panels displaying heads with facial features representing people of different ages and complexions. All are facing and looking forward. Clockwise from top left, a little girl with a fair warm complexion and straight hair with straight fringe of bangs, a man with a light cool brown complexion and short cropped hair, a young woman with a darker warm brown complexion and short slightly wavy hair and bangs swept to the side, and an older man with a warm light brown complexion, cropped hair and a walrus moustache. The image is bordered with an alternating pattern of squares from center outward. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

When a terrible creature stalks a little boy's nightmares all the way into adulthood, he uses his imagination to summon an unlikely ally. Genre: Fantasy, Mythology, Horror Excerpt: I woke up one day soaked in sweat, gasping for air, sobbing, and not knowing why my chest felt so tight and so cold. I watched my bedroom door, expecting my parents to rush in. They must have heard me screaming, I thought. But I hadn't screamed or cried out in any way. Something was stalking the hallways of the house in my dreams. The house that was my house but not quite. CREDITSStory: "Hideous Horace and Beautiful Boris" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Mystical House (Short Loop)" "Mystical House (Looped)" "Story at Night (Looped)" "Evil is Near" "Ice and Fire (peaceful part)" "Hidden Fear" "Magic Within (looped)" "Secrets of Kingdom (looped)" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Deep lands (Part 2)" "Demon at the door" "Pitch black" "13 sins" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrew Sitkov and Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, two boys, who appear to be twins, seen from chest up, facing forward. The boy at left holds up his right hand, pointing forward. He appears worried. The boy at right holds up his left hand, palm down. A glow appears beneath his palm. His expression is inquisitive. Creatures surround the boys. From right to left, a creature that looks like a pig with long ears, head facing forward at bottom right corner. A creature that looks like three tubes with fluke-like mouths open. A creature that looks like a raccoon with five eyes curving around its snout, its head visible between the boys. A creature that looks like a gumdrop with a face, mouth turned down, eyes wide. A creature with a bird head and two spiraling horns at bottom left corner. A watermark of the word "Storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A sculptor working through a creative block notices something strange about the sculptures molded from a particular brand of clay. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: They say that a sculptor doesn't create what she sculpts. She only reveals what is already there in the medium. I was not finding that to be true. Either there was nothing to be revealed in the lump of clay that sat on the workbench before me, or I didn't have the skill that a real sculptor is supposed to have. The skill of sight. The skill to see what it is that is seeking to be revealed in the medium. Come on, I thought. Reveal yourself. CREDITSStory: "Cloaked in Clay" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by ROZKOL "Ambient I-IV" "To the Water's Edge" Music by Lee Rosevere "Start the Day" "Night Caves" "Under Suspicion" "Thoughtful" Music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere and ROZKOL at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A clay sculpture of a griffin looming over a man lying on the ground. The griffin, a mythological creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle, is seen from left flank, facing to the left, looking down at the man. The tail is curled into an "s" shape. The left wing extends at top of image, behind the tail. The right wing is curved down toward the man. The left paw, whose bottom part looks like an eagle's leg and claw, pins down the man at his waist and chest. The man raises an arm against the griffin. A watermark of the word "Storyfeather" appears over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A mural painted by an anonymous artist inspires both dread and wonder. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: On the wall of a poorly kept apartment building was painted a vast mural of a forest in the midst of winter, the trees laden with snow, the ground, likewise. The sky a crisp and sharp blue. The mural had appeared overnight at the start of winter. And it had greeted me every morning since then. The first time I'd walked past it, I had stopped to gaze at it, and appreciate it. It was one of the few lovely sights I saw on my far-too-early mornings before I arrived at work. But on that day, something new happened. As we all stood and gazed at the mural, it…changed. CREDITSStory: "The Eleventh Arm" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Mystical Town (Loop)" "Level 6 (Loop)" "Level 7 (Loop)" Music by Lee Rosevere "Awkward Silences (version b)" "Featherlight" "Betrayal" "Featherlight (remix – vocals by Heather Feather)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, a woman seen from mid-calf up, standing and facing forward. She has eleven arms, all bare, ten emerging from her sides symmetrically, the eleventh bent across her waist from her right side. A different object or energy is held by or hovers over each hand. From top right clockwise, a five-petaled flower, a glowing orb, a drop of blood, a stylus or gouge, a lightning bolt, a wheel, a pen, a scroll, a rainbow flame, a pendant of a colorful eye. Above the hand of the eleventh arm floats a feather. The woman has long hair and wears a dress with an ornate collar and short sleeves. A watermark of the word "Storyfeather" appears over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

An ambitious freshman believes her research project will uncover a hidden historical mystery. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: Sometimes a thing isn't good or evil in itself. The sequence is a thing like this. It becomes good or evil when you touch it. If you are good, it becomes good. If you are evil, it becomes evil. But we humans…we are both. What happens when we touch it? Sam lay her fingers on the page where those words were written. The man who'd written them had been dead for almost a century. CREDITSStory: "Sam and the Sequence" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 1" "Level 6" "Level 2" "Level 7" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Exploration_Dark (loop)" "Exploration_Technologic Place (loop)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Chris Logsdon and Albert Fernandez is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Albert Fernandez and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A young woman seen in left profile sitting on the ground in the aisle of a bookstore or library. She's looking down at an open book or magazine in her lap. Her left leg is stretched out. Her right leg is bent. On the bookcase opposite her, a tentacle descends from upper left. Silhouette of a shadowy little figure stands on the bottom shelf at bottom right. From the shelf just behind her, a book is pulled out with an image of a vampire lady's head on the cover. The suggestion of a shadowy figure peeks from the edge of the case in the background behind the young woman. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

One monkey's mischief alters the course of four other animals' lives. Genre: Fable Excerpt: Long ago, when the world was young, and in some ways smaller than it is today, and in other ways, greater than it is today, there happened a moment of mischief. CREDITSStory: "The Serpent Who Sang Like a Bird" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Lee Rosevere "Early Morning Song (Finch Duet)" "Under Suspicion" "Puzzle Pieces" "Heat Haze" "Curiousity" "Snakes" "The Secret to Growing Up" Music by TRG Banks "The silver bus" Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere and TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Three animals sitting on branches amid vines. At left a colorful snake is coiled over a thick branch. To the right, a monkey. And between and just above the two, a bird is perched on a thinner branch. The monkey, the bird, and the branches are all colored gray. The vines are green. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A woman caught in the middle of an ecological attack becomes a subject of interest for the group who is responsible. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: Chloe glanced again at the handsome man who was lingering at a sculpture. The sculpture was a caryatid, a column shaped like a woman, in this case, a celestial being. He gazed up at the stone carving of the heavily robed Herald of the Gods. The Herald too seemed to gaze down at him. She pointed up to the heavens with a hand that held a scroll, the scroll upon which was written the spell that brought the world into being. CREDITSStory: "Neotrillium" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "NightTime (No Percussion)" "March of the Waking Lights" "Forest Bathing" Music by Lee Rosevere "Awkward Silences (version a)" "Snakes" "Heat Haze" "I Bet You Wonder Why" "Decompress" "I Believe in You" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. Foreground, bottom left corner, a woman seen from the back, shoulders up, wearing a tank top. Her face is turned down and to the right, and her hair is swept over her left shoulder, so she could look at a tattoo on the back of her right arm. In front of her is a caryatid statue of a woman draped in voluminous robes tied at the waist, facing downward. Her raised left arm is bent back, her hand propped under a column behind her. Her right arm is raised straight up. Her right hand holds a scroll, and her index finger is pointing up. A large sphere is set on top of the column. Right above the statue's head, vines sprout from a central spot. The vines entwine the sphere, drape down, and reach out in all directions, some moving off frame. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A brilliant architect impresses an ambitious aristocrat with more and more wondrous constructions. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: So charmed was the aristocrat that by the end of their discourse, he began to speak familiarly with the architect, as he would only typically do with a young man of his own station. He challenged the architect—dared him even—to build a magnificent monument to him from the twigs and branches on the floor. CREDITSStory: "The Architect and the Aristocrat" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by TRG Banks "The silver bus" "Lake in the woods" "Father Green" "Packed lunch" "Swanhead" Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. A tree with a tall trunk and a bushy top, sprouting branches, and scattered six-petal flowers. One flower at top right glows. A wooden spiral staircase curls around the trunk, which appears to be patched with plates attached with rivets. Wiry tangles hang the whole length of the trunk. The hazy shapes of plateaus and a tower on the right appears in the background. The silhouette of a small figure stands at the foot of the staircase. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A student fascinated with conjoined twins uncovers the lives of two brothers whom history only remembers as fortune tellers called Two-Man. Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: I didn't know much about conjoined twins, but when the professor in my embryology class mentioned the accident in cell division that led to the phenomenon, I remembered my first dream in life. Before I dreamt of becoming a Noble-prize-winning biochemist. Before I dreamt of meeting the love ofmy life. Before I dreamt about traveling the world. Before I dreamt about having a dog. When I was just a kid. I remembered wishing I were a twin. CREDITSStory: "Inseparate" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Crystal Caves" "Ancient Ruins" "Fire Dungeon" Music by TRG Banks "Lake in the woods" "Father Green" "Goodbye Machineryhead" "Great Aunt Henrietta" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Benjamin Carr is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Benjamin Carr at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. A poster of twin men conjoined along the top half of their heads, so that they share an eye, but have separate noses and mouths. They are seen from knees up and hold their arms out in a flourish. They wear matching coats that flare just above their knees. Above them is a banner that reads "Two-Man." Below them are written the following sentences on separate lines: "They see into other worlds. They see into other times. They also make wood furniture." Below these lines is another text box that reads "Fortune Tellers." Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

For as long as she could remember, Frieda had been haunted by a general trend of weirdness. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: I'd lock myself up if I thought I was really a danger. I'd have myself committed to a psychiatric hospital. I would. To keep from hurting someone. I don't want it to come to that. But I'd do it. CREDITSStory: "Flickering Frieda" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "You Were Always in the Right Place" "Fugue for One Synthetic Heart (no percussion)" "Forest Bathing" Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 3 (Loop)" "Level 7" "Level 6" "Level 4" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. Two women at center, seen from waist-up. The woman at left faces forward and looks slightly to the right. The woman at right stands with her body facing back, but slightly turned to her left. Her face, seen in three-quarter profile, looks forward. Her eyes appear to be glowing. Behind both and above both are the silhouettes of hanging lights. The colors of the image extend into the top and bottom quarters of the image, which are borders added to make the whole image square. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A researcher studies a common-looking flower with an uncommon origin. Genre: Fairy Tale, Science Fiction Excerpt: Does the flower remember who built it? Is it trying to tell me? Is that why I've kept having these dreams whenever I consumed the formula? The dreams of the man who made the flower? I never thought I would be one of those scientists who experiments on herself, but after all, it's just a bottle of flower juice. CREDITSStory: "Panfloria Magnifica" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "You Were Always in the Right Place (no percussion)" "Fugue for One Synthetic Heart (no percussion)" "Forest Bathing" Music by TRG Banks "After midnight" "The silver bus" "Interchange" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Scan of colored pencil drawing. Composite image. Right corner, flower with five petals, small figure sitting in center, and long leaves emerging all around. Left corner, a cluster of the same flowers, smaller, sitting at the base of a tree that lies along the left margin, its large wide leaves bending down. Left foreground, behind the flowers, a desk with a bottle of spilled liquid. A tiny figure sits at the front edge of the desk, facing forward. A woman in a laboratory coat stands behind the desk with her hands gripping either side, facing forward. She looks to the left (her right) at a tiny figure hanging from a tree leaf with her left hand. The tiny figure's right arm is bent, and her hand covers her face. Behind and to the right of the woman in the lab coat is a depiction of herself without the coat, her head tilted back, drinking liquid from the bottle that looks like the one on the desk. Behind and to the right of this is a depiction of the same woman with lab coat on again, facing away, looking at a projected image of a cluster of spheres, her left hand on her hip, her right hand pointing up at the cluster. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A magician creates for his empress a powerful elixir that can only work on one person, but the empress desires to share the power with her people. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: It is said the magician imbued the empress's soup with a secret elixir that granted strength of mind, of body, and of character. The soup had to be eaten once a day. Its effects would grow, until the one consuming it obtained powers that even the magician could not predict or fathom. CREDITSStory: "Gammas Forever Soup" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Exploration Mystical Place (loop 1)" "Cue Nature 2" "Locations Medieval Tavern Song" "Battle 1 normal (loop)" "Battle 2 Evil (loop)" Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Ice and Fire" "Medieval Theme 5 (Looped)" "Peace in My World (final theme)" Music by TRG Banks "Lake in the woods" "Interchange" "Father Green" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Albert Fernandez and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Albert Fernandez and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. At center, bottom third, a man seen from waist-up, facing forward, sitting at a table. His gaze is cast down at a steaming bowl of soup. His right hand is holding a spoon raised to his open mouth. Right behind him is a glowing silhouette of a man with hands on hips, head in profile facing right. Behind and left, a tall woman stands with elegant decorations in her bound hair. Behind and right, an older woman stands holding a cane in front of her, one hand over the other, resting on top of the cane. Behind all are vague curtains swept loosely open. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A floundering molecular biology researcher is captivated by a seemingly common creature in a marine biology article…a sea slug. Genre: Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: "They live in the mysterious depths," I said. "The deep depths." "That's pretty deep." CREDITSStory: "The Mythical Slug" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Ground Control" "Fugue for One Synthetic Heart" "Forest Bathing" "Fast Lanes Light Rain" "March of the Waking Lights" "NightTime" "The Longest Year" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. At center, a worm-like creature curled into a partial s-shape tilted to the left. The creature has two feathery antennae and thin spiny appendages along the length of its body. Behind the worm is another translucent wormy shape. Watermark of the word "storyfeather" lies over the image. Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE.

A sheriff investigates the mysterious quakes that have beset her small town. Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: The rumblings were so quiet at first that official records conflicted on the date they actually started. People thought they were imagining them. They only happened at night. And they were only felt in their town of Acton. Influences: Elements of this story are homages to one of my favorite movies from my youth, "Tremors." (Haven't seen in it a while though. Wonder if it holds up.) Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. CREDITSStory: "The Brontide Beast" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Rafael Archangel "Persistence" "Smoke" "Deep Dive" "So Cold" "Persistence (With Beat)" Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Wasteland Ruins" "Mystical Forest" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Prisma" "Trust me" "Pitch black" "Deep lands (Part 2)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by Benjamin Carr and Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Benjamin Carr and Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Rafael Archangel at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. At center, a range of hills with an opening and a path leading away. Behind the hills is a night sky shimmering with colors like a nebula or an aurora borealis. Above, glowing objects fall at an angle from upper right to lower left, like a meteor shower. Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

In our first excursion into the greater cosmos, humanity may have stumbled upon an epic discovery, one so rare as to be mythical. Genre: Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: Did it give off useful energy, that dark glittering rock? Did it hide astounding beauty? Was it anything we could make use of? Or should we let it be? NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. CREDITSStory: "The Black Dwarf Star" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Lee Rosevere "The Nightmare" "Cosmic Drifting" Music by Philipp Weigl "Like Starlight through a Veil" Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fast Lanes Light Rain" "Forest Bathing" "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart (no percussion)" "Cozy Afternoons" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Lee Rosevere and Philipp Weigl is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Philipp Weigl and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. Foreground bottom, silhouette of figure sitting cross-legged facing forward on the very peak of a mountain. Behind the figure's head, centered, is a bright white sphere radiating light. Behind the white sphere, spreading from upper left to lower right is a wispy, netlike formation. Behind the formation is a giant glowing red sphere, set slightly to the left. Peeking from behind the red giant, to upper right, is part of a glowing yellow sphere. Behind all is the star-filled darkness of space. Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

The crew of a salvage trawler comes upon a hundred-year-old satellite and must determine if it is a piece of space junk or a valuable artifact. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: "From this far out, it looks to be about…a hundred or so years," Jiang said. "Largely intact." Thurston turned to her. "And no one else has claimed it yet? That's unlikely." "What should I do, boss?" the pilot asked. NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. CREDITSStory: "The Salvage of Core 925" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Lee Rosevere "Start the Day" "Decompress" "Everywhere" "Thoughtful" "Cosmic Drifting" Music by Rafael Archangel "Thinking" "So Cold" "Deep Dive" "Forgotten" Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket (part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.) Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Rafael Archangel and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. View through the window of a spaceship. Support beams between the three main window panels angle away from center to edges of frame. At left a seated figure seen from behind and from shoulders up, right hand perched over a console with index finger out, as if prepared to press a button. At right, a standing figure seen in left profile from waist up, arms crossed and looking out at the object beyond the window. The object is a satellite with two dishes connected to a boxy central structure and two receiver antennae. Extending toward the satellite from somewhere out of right frame is a robotic arm. Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

A team dispatched to a tiny island to investigate the source of a strange signal makes an unexpected discovery. Genre: Mystery, Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: "That volcano was supposed to have consumed everything, including itself. But we're seeing something. Something is giving off enough of an energy signature for several terrestrial and even a few orbital detectors to register the signal." NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. CREDITSStory: "The Caves of Hephaestus Island" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Ice Cavern" "Crystal Caves" "Ancient Ruins" Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 1" Music by Lee Rosevere "Decompress" "Start the Day" "Here's the Thing" "Night Caves" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Benjamin Carr and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Benjamin Carr and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode art description: Digital drawing. The dark silhouettes of four people standing before a passage or opening inside a cave. Foreground, two partial figures from shoulders up at either edge of the frame. Mid-ground, two figures seen from mid-thigh up. The figure at left is holding up a flashlight. The light illuminates the stone walls of a cave. Above the figure at right flies at butterfly. To make the overall image square, the rectangular drawing is set in front of a glowing circle against a black background to give the illusion of a flashlight glow, whose arc is seen above and below the drawing. Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

A captain and her crew investigate the fate of those who set out on a mission to study an intriguing cosmic chemical. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: I heard someone calling…calling to me. "Captain?" Is it the voice of the woman on the other side of the airlock window? "Captain!" Or is it the voice of the ghost that's trying to possess me? "Captain…" NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather CREDITSStory: "Mission ICE 19" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music:"Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Abandoned Spacestation" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Atmosphere Bounded Screams (Loop)" "Atmosphere Deep Dark (Loop)" Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 7 (Loop)" "Level 2 (Loop)" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Profiler" "Prisma" "The myst" "Unclassified" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Benjamin Carr, Nicholas Jeudy, Albert Fernandez and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Benjamin Carr, Nicholas Jeudy, Albert Fernandez and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

An ordinary mouse was once chosen to receive a great honor that came at a great cost. Genre: Fable Excerpt: I could not see the edge of the knife, but I felt the promised bite of the blade at the base of my tail. Courage is a strange thing. For when you think you have it, you are wrong. And when you think you don't have it…you are wrong. When I stepped ever-so-carefully onto that dais where the Ritual was to begin, I thought I had all the courage I would need. I was wrong. NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather CREDITSStory: "The Blinding of the Mice" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Exploration Mystery (loop)" "Holy Hymn (loop)" "Holy Gregorian Chant (loop)" "Exploration Cave (loop)" "Locations Medieval Tavern Song" "Locations Village (loop)" "Locations Court Song" Music by Andrew Sitkov ((MuzStation Game Music)* "Medieval Theme 2 (Looped)" "Medieval Track #2 (looped)" "Medieval Track #1 (looped)" "Medieval Theme 3 (looped)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Albert Fernandez and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Albert Fernandez and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

A medical doctor, a supernaturalist, and a philosopher investigate mysterious tracks that appear in the snow. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: The three special investigators arrived a few weeks after the tracks were first seen. They each hailed from a different part of the country. Each had a different expertise. The supernaturalist. The medical doctor. And the philosopher. And each had been briefed on the happenings in the town. But as was their practice, according to the root training that they shared, all three investigators sat in the mayor's office, and entreated him to tell them in his own words what was happening in his town. NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather CREDITSStory: "Mysterious Tracks in the Snow" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Crystal Caves" "Ice Cavern" Music by Andrew Sitkov ((MuzStation Game Music)* "Medieval Theme 5 (Looped)" "Ice and Fire" Music by Lee Rosevere "Thoughtful" "Decompress" "Puzzle Pieces" Music by Rafael Archangel "So Cold" Music by Kai Engel "Snowmen" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Benjamin Carr and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere and Kai Engel is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Benjamin Carr and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere, Rafael Archangel, and Kai Engel at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

A mother uses myth to teach math and math to teach humanity to her three children. Genre: Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: Isra stood before the whiteboard in the drawing room, or as she called it after repurposing, the lesson room. Or as her three children had designated it, Room Seven. Their friends always talked about what room they were in, or how so-and-so teacher was in charge of a particular room number. So they wanted a room number. Libby and Dom sat back in their seats, knowing what was to come because they recognized the prompt. They kept their notebooks open, but set their pencils down. But little Irene still sat in the "row" in front of her brother and sister, with her back straight and her pencil poised. NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather CREDITSStory: "Lesson Number Undefined" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Mystical Town" "Level 7" "Mystical Town (Loop)" Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Mystical Forest" "Ice Cavern" "Ancient Ruins" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Chris Logsdon and Benjamin Carr is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Chris Logsdon and Benjamin Carr at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Upon the insistence of a loved one, a person decides to undergo a life-altering elective surgery. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: She says that I have always lived in darkness. But I'm fine with it. I don't need the light. I don't even necessarily want the light. I'm not doing this for me. I'm doing this for her. Because she wants me to see the world the way she sees it. NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather CREDITSStory: "I Surgery" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Lee Rosevere "Cosmic Drifting" "Musical Mathematics" "Tech Toys" "Awkward Silence (version b)" "Awkward Silence (version a)" Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Lyrics Voices #4" "Lyric Voices #3" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

A finalist in a cookie contest recalls a classic locked-in-a-bakery-overnight dream for inspiration. Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Excerpt: Finally, I am there. In front of the platter. I can smell the soft scent of vanilla and brown sugar circling around and through the overpowering scent of the chocolate. Butter, cocoa, milk. I reach for one of the cookies, and find that they haven't quite cooled all the way. There is just a touch of warmth left in them. And I know what that means. So I begin to slowly split the cookie in half to watch the extravagant amount of chocolate chips and chunks pull apart in a satisfying melted ooze. NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather CREDITSStory: "I Dreamed A Cookie" Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Chris Logsdon* "Whimsical Town" "Whimsical Town (Loop)" Music by Jonathan Shaw* "Checking Inventory" Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Casual Theme #2" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Humorous Exploration (loop)" "Locations House (loop)" "Locations Happy Village (loop)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Chris Logsdon, Jonathan Shaw, Andrew Sitkov, and Albert Fernandez is licensed from GameDev Market Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Chris Logsdon, Albert Fernandez, and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk and gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Note of Caution: Episode contains heartbeat sound effects. The human heart becomes the supreme object of fascination for a race of artificial beings. Genre: Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: They are not our creations. We did not build the androids. They came from the stars, and when they began to trust us, they pointed to the sky and showed us which star. And when we began to trust them, we let them into our hearts. NOW AVAILABLE! Storyfeather-themed merchandise T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather CREDITSStory: "When The Androids Asked For Hearts" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by TRG Banks "After midnight" Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 1" "Level 4" Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Exploration Technologic Place (loop)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni, Albert Fernandez, and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Chris Logsdon, Albert Fernandez, and Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

A scientist finds a unique egg and eagerly awaits the day it cracks open and reveals the mysteries within. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: Beneath the vault of the sky lies our entire world. We know there is more world out there, beyond the sky, but most of us will never see or know that world, not for ourselves. We are contained within a shell of protection from the myriad forces and matters in the cosmos beyond that would most certainly kill us. Instantly. NOW AVAILABLE!Storyfeather-themed merchandise (Yay!)T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, and more featuring artwork from the stories and podcast episodes. STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE. teepublic.com/user/storyfeather EPISODE CREDITSStory: "This Egg Is Not An Egg" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart (No percussion)" "Fast Lanes Light Rain (No noise)" "Forest Bathing" "Ground Control" "You Were Always In The Right Place (No percussion)" "Forest Bathing (loop-intro)" "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Lachenhut flew out toward the creature first. Overclock and Keo hovered in the air, at the ready, but hanging back as our red-capped leader had requested. I watched it all through that little drone's cameras. Silly, I had called it, ever since Overclock overproudly announced he had built something for the team. And yet, Max Speed was there for his team, when I could not be. I was laid up at headquarters, my powers drained, while my team faced the biggest challenge they had ever faced together. Biggest, in every sense of the word. Trudging toward the city was a giant creature with the head of a fly and the body of…a person almost. All we could tell was that it was a living thing, not some kind of machine. And it had just appeared out of thin air in the eastern harbor and started making its way to shore. A robot, a power-shifting merman, a redcap, a brilliant drone, and a strong-man who's lost his strength face the biggest threat their city has seen. Genre: Science Fiction Tags: Anodos City, chromollage, faere folk, Keo, Lachenhut, Lorgnon, Max Speed, Mister Sarcomere, Overclock, redcap Literary Influences: I took the name Anodos from a fairy tale written by George MacDonald, Phantastes, in which the main character is a young man named…Anodos. I read the story long ago. I don't recall understanding any of the subtext. I just remember it as a story of someone wandering through another realm. CREDITSStory: "Heroes of Anodos" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Heroes of Anodos" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "The Superiority" "Abstract Experimental Track #2 (looped)" "Unknown Terrain" "Dark Side" "Prepare for Battle" "Casual Arcade Track #3 (looped)" "A&C Percussion Loop #3 (Fast Version)" "A&C Percussion Loop #3" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Prisma" "Ghost hacker" "Paradigm" "Lost in the maze" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Note of caution: This episode contains sound effects of real-world firearms (from minute 49 to end). "I'll need the ether regulator. Hand it to me, won't you?" "Umm…" "It's the device with the controls for wireless manipulation of extraplasmic conductance." The young journalist's eyes widened and though he was afraid to admit to the inventor that he did not know which one of the devices laid out on the laboratory bench was the ether regulator, he was more afraid of handing her the wrong device. When Doctor Miratio checks her cabinet of past and future invention one day, she finds something amiss. Genre: Science Fiction Tags: Agnes Prester, healing machine, Miratio, molecular rifter, Prester, Raziya Miratio, Webb CREDITSStory: "Doctor Miratio's Cabinet of Imminent Invention" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Doctor Miratio's Cabinet" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by TRG Banks "Through the gravitational field" "Non-stop to Insideoutworld" "Cigar" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "The myst" "Prisma" "Trust me" "13 sins" "Investigation day" Music by Chris Logsdon* "Level 2 (Loop)" "Level 4 (Loop)" "Level 6 (Loop)" "Level 4" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Over the last three hundred years, elaborate guesses have been made about the nature of the treasure aboard the Arcadian. It was only after news spread of the ship's loss to a freak storm as it passed through open and unclaimed seas that the rumors of what it carried began to spread along with the news of the wreck. Captain Stella and his deep diving crew have just accepted a mission to recover an unidentified treasure from one of the most mysterious shipwrecks in history. Genre: Science Fiction Tags: Arcadian, Astrogleam, Captain Stella, Chief Officer Parker, Dr. Regis, pirate, seventh element, shipwreck, treasure CREDITSStory: "The Lost Treasure of the Arcadian" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Captain Stella's Descent" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Undead crew" "Pirate attack!" "Here we go" "Sirens" "Shadow tunnel" Music by Jonathan Shaw* "Treading the Unknown" "Afternoon Chat" "Lingering Evil" Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Labyrinth" "Underwater Temple" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Jonathan Shaw, Nicholas Jeudy, and Benjamin Carr is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Benjamin Carr at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk and gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

In the year 2025, humanity received an answer to one of its most fundamental questions: "Are we alone in the universe?" Only one thousand standard years later, unnoticeable and unfathomable to the greatly aged cosmos, a galactic alliance was formed, a coalition of inhabited worlds bound together in cooperation, friendship, and mutual progress. The Grand Unified Milky Way. The G.U.M. was protected by the Milky Way Planetary Rangers, whose members hailed from every planet in the alliance, and whose mission was to patrol within and outside the borders of their home, the galaxy the Earth humans charmingly named the Milky Way. On the most important diplomatic mission of the millennium, Captain Sal Nova and her Rangers are attacked by a weapon that shouldn't exist. Genre: Science Fiction Tags: alien, ambassador, Bristle, captain, chief engineer, commander, Milky Way, Myrmica, Roditore, Sal Nova CREDITSStory: "Sal Saturn and the Planetary Rangers" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "The Argon Weapon" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by TRG Banks "Through the gravitational field" "Insideoutworld" "Interstellar breakfast" Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart (no percussion)" "Ground Control" "Forest Bathing" Music by Jonathan Shaw* "A Dream of First Flight" Music by Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Last Moments of Peace" "Prepare for Battle" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni, Jonathan Shaw, and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrea Baroni and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk and gamedevmarket.net Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

It starts off dark, and all I hear is a low, subtle pulsing. Not as rhythmic and steady as a heartbeat, but more like, the whooshing and sloshing of a washing machine. Then I can make out the clicking. Click, click, click. Multiplied. Click, click, clickclickclickclickclickclick. I see myself. And I am myself at the same time. My shoulders are drooped. I can hardly keep my eyes open. My skin feels warm, too warm. I see myself noticing the sound and raising his—my—head. My eyes move to the left and my head turns slightly, but then stops. I need to see. But I don't want to see. A young man pursuing his dreams is himself pursued by something from his nightmares. Genre: Fantasy, Horror Tags: devourer, dream, improv, mucus, nightmare CREDITSStory: "How I Defeated the Devourer" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "The Devourer Laughs" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Shadow tunnel" "Do or die" "Pitch black" Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* "Atmosphere_Frozen" "Atmosphere_BoundedScreams_Loop" "Atmosphere_BadSensation_Loop" Music by Lee Rosevere "It's A Mystery" "Start the Day" "Awkward Silences (version b)" Music by ROZKOL "Fever Dream" "To the Water's Edge" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Albert Fernandez is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere and ROZKOL is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket, including effects by Kara Square and Evil Mind Entertainment Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Albert Fernandez at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere and ROZKOL at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

"What is that? On its head? Is that a hat or…a deformity?" "It's too hazy to see when it's in motion," I said. "We'll have to pause." "The lights are on. We can see everything. I thought he only comes when it's dark." "No, remember that mom who was taken when she was tucking her kid in. He was awake and his light was on." Jules and I were reviewing all of the preliminary evidence. I didn't want to keep looking at this video. Seeing a girl getting dragged away. All the rumors that the person dragging her away may not even be human didn't make it easier. Some of the first rumors were of alien abduction. The latest rumors had turned the abductor into some kind of urban legend. One investigator is about to discover that the latest victim in a string of strange abductions is more than she appears to be. Genre: Horror, Mystery Tags: abduction, April Majus, Bagger, closet, creature, Jules, soul CREDITS Story: "April Majus" Copyright © 2016 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Reaching" Copyright © 2016 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Prisma" "Dark Secret" "13 sins" "Demon at the door" "On the other side" "Where Am I" "Unclassified" Albert Fernandez (Potion Audio)* "Atmospheres_PersecutionDanger_Loop" Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Forest Bathing" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy, Albert Fernandez, and Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy, Albert Fernandez, and Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

A kid…in a costume. It had to be. Still, it was frightening. To think I almost hit the poor little guy. Maybe it was a good thing that the costume was so good, so convincing. The sickly yellow glow-in-the-dark contacts. The pro-quality fang fixtures. That tail that almost looked as if it were whipping back and forth on its own. I thought it was some animal I'd almost hit. That would have been bad enough. If I'd known it was a kid, I might have panicked and lost control of the car. Maybe I would have hit him. A homeowner is haunted and harassed by sightings of a demonic little creature. Genre: Horror, Mystery Tags: cat, creature, dog, Flynn, imp, Nox, sleep, vision CREDITSStory: "The Incident of the Imp" Copyright © 2016 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Incident of the Imp" Copyright © 2016 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Fear" "Paradigm" "Investigation day" "The attic" "Souls" "Once upon a time" "The myst" Andrew Sitkov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Mystical House" "Story at Night (Short Loop 1)" "Scary Theme (All in One)" "Story at Night (Short Loop 2)" Lee Rosevere "What's Behind the Door" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

He wore not a scrap of clothing as he lay on the grimy dirt within the coffin, so I could see that his entire body bore a ghastly green pallor. His toes and fingers were abnormally long and thin, and the toes even seemed to taper to points as the nails had grown back deformed. His ears too were long and tapered. The serene and contented smile on his face struck me as obscene. She was watching from afar. She insisted on watching. And though her brother was with her, giving her comfort, and though she had paid twice my wage for the privilege of being present, a wave of doubt troubled my gut. This was no time for doubt, with my hand gripping the wooden stake that I was soon to drive into her husband's heart. A hunter of the foul and the unnatural believes he has found his—and humankind's—greatest enemy. Genre: Horror Tags: crypt, fiend, hunter, knight of snakes, O'Brien, William CREDITS Story: "The Hunter and the Crypt" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "The Hunter and the Crypt" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "The crypt" "The evil inside" "Six feet under" "To hell" "After dark" "The corner of your room" "On the other side" "Dead end" "Just behind" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket. Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Achievement Unlocked: 200th Episode! "Marisela!" Rigo cried out and Marisela came running into the boys' bedroom. He was standing before the left side of his bed, shining a flashlight on both the bed and the wall behind it. Alex stood beside him, speechless, clutching the cuff of Rigo's sleep shorts. With the lights off, the only thing easily visible was the part of the thing that his flashlight illuminated. Something dark and dangerous is growing inside the wall next to one little boy's bed. Genre: Horror Tags: Alex, chemoimagination, Frank, Manifestus, Mari, Marisela, Rigo, wall monster CREDITSStory: "Chemoimagination" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Manifestation" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Andrew Sikov (MuzStation Game Music)* "Evil is Near" "Last Moments of Peace (looped)" "Scary Theme #2 (Version 2)" "Lyric Voices #1" "Lyric Voices #2" "Scary Theme #1" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Under my bed" "The encounter" "Eternity (seamless)" "Ghost hacker" "Emblem (seamless)" "Trust me" "The myst" Music by Andrea Baroni (Cyberleaf)* "Night Time (no percussion)" "Fast Lanes Light Rain (no noise)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrew Sitkov, Nicholas Jeudy, and Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket, including spooky effects by Evil Mind Entertainment Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Andrew Sitkov, Nicholas Jeudy, and Andrea Baroni at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

"We only allow guests to stay in the master suite for one night. Any longer than that and some begin to experience issues with their health." "Psychological issues, you mean?" "Indeed, Mister Rattus." The manor's keeper and their guide through the tour of the grounds, Mr. Wildschwein bowed his head to the reporter and glanced at the rest of the tour-guest group. The believers, as he thought of them. Even the ones who deemed themselves skeptical. There was the mysterious and bespectacled Ms. Kapik who lingered in the back; Mr. and Mrs. Mouflon, the posh and professional patrons; Mr. Bantam, the young red-maned traveler; and the trench-coated Mr. Rattus. Five special guests check into a manor house with a dark and enchanted history. But are they only guests, or does the manor's keeper have some other motive in mind for their stay? Genre: Horror, Mystery Tags: Bantam, boar, garden house, Goodhorse, Kapik, monkey, Mouflon, rat, Rattus, rooster, sheep, stranger, Wildschwein CREDITSStory: "Goodhorse Manor" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "The Chamber of Lady Goodhorse" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Lee Rosevere "Awkward Silences (version b)" "The Nightmare" "Heat Haze" "I Believe in You" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Profiler" "Investigation day" "Black light" "Unclassified" Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Deceitful Castle" "Mystical Forest" "Fire Dungeon" "Modern Battle Theme 5" Music by Andrew Sikov* "Mystical House (Looped)" "Scary Theme #5 (Version 2)" "Scary Theme #1 (Version 2)" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy, Benjamin Carr, and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket, including spooky effects by Evil Mind Entertainment Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy, Benjamin Carr, and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Once, there were five magic beans. A poor boy was swindled into accepting them as payment for some vegetables he was trying to sell at market. His mother had thought the beans were useless until he ate one and grew into a giant. His mother was poor and could not have supported the needs of a skinny boy much less a giant. So she had no choice but to cast him out. On his wanderings, he befriended a young girl who called herself Turtle. She named him Cob, which was short for "corncob" for he was tall as a cornstalk (and he didn't fancy being called "Stalk"). They were an odd company. An enchanted company. And they had lived through many adventures together. Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy Tags: bean-maker, Beanstalk, bird, Cob, Gallus, giant, golden goose, harper, magic bean, Renny, Turtle Storyfeather Shared Universe: This is the fifth story in a continuing narrative. The recap at the beginning allows me to get away with saying that this story stands alone. (I hope.) Here are the first four episodes: "The Green Magic Bean" "The Blue Magic Stew" "The Red Magic Dread" "The Defiant Little Giant" CREDITSStory: "The Meek Mountain Peak" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Where the Giants Once Lived" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro) Music by Scott Buckley "Dragon's Lullabye" Music by TRG Banks "Lake in the woods" "Swanhead" "The silver bus" Music by Komiku "Dreaming of you" Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)* "Pitch black" "Ex nihilo (seamless)" "Deep lands (Part 2)" "The ocean takes it all" "Deep lands (Part 1)" "After dark" Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* "Ancient Ruins" "Fire Dungeon" Music by Jonathan Shaw* "A Tale of Wind" *These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy, Benjamin Carr, and Jonathan Shaw is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Scott Buckley is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by TRG Banks and Komiku is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Scott Buckley at scottbuckley.com.au Find more music by TRG Banks and Komiku at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Benjamin Carr at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk and gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]