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Storyfeather
by Nila Patel: Fictioneer
Mortals wield godly powers, eggs appear out of enchanted pockets, sentient substances are invented, and stars are incubated in the hearts of humans. I'm Nila, and I have stories to tell you. Stories in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, fairy tale, mystery, and mythology. Welcome to Storyfeather.
Episodes
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They Stand. They Watch. They Wait.
Two people investigating the shadowy figures that haunt a mountain cross paths, just as one of them may have made a major discovery. Genre: Horror, Mythology Excerpts: Don't look at them directly. Don't try to speak to them. And don't approach them. As long as those rules were followed, they were...
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A Dream Unto Death
When a young woman's nightmares seem to be drawing her into the realm of death, her last hope may be someone who can do no more than observe and record her journey. Genre: Horror, Fantasy Excerpts: "I have been waiting for you." They had first summoned doctors to her bedside, then clerics,...
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The Monstrous and Curious
A huge pterosaur appears out of nowhere, sparking wild speculation about the creature's origin, and the meaning of its existence. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy Excerpt: When I first saw footage of it, I was scared of it. Scared of how small and fragile it made me feel in so many ways...
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The Shadow of Victoria Lockhart
Rising star of stage and screen, Victoria Lockhart, traded kindness for cruelty out of necessity, giving rise to strange manifestations of her psyche. Genre: Mystery, Horror Note of CAUTION: This episode contains depictions and descriptions of workplace abuse, specifically on a movie set. Please...
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The Desk of Professor West
A professor at a small college has gone missing. His typically cluttered desk is found completely bare, drawers empty, except for a letter addressed to someone he's never met before. Genre: Mystery, Mythology Excerpt: I gazed down at the blank page. Maybe the detective was right and further tests...
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The Surgeon's Secretary
A new secretary is assigned to observe a surgeon who believes he has discovered a method of proving the existence of the soul. Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery Excerpt: "Here, you see?" the surgeon said, as he pointed with his scalpel. "At the nexus of the heart and the brain? Between the eyes and...
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Car Wash to the Cosmos
An imaginative girl narrates in her captain's log as she, her father, and her dog pass through a car wash…and emerge on the other side of the galaxy. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: "Let me see where there's a good place to land in that jungle," I said, easing off the brake again. "Not a good...
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The Lunarian
Two astronauts investigate a faint but suspicious signal on the dark side of the moon, and encounter the being who sent the signal. Genre: Science Fiction, Mythology Excerpt: "I know why you're here," the lunarian said. "I know the history of your explorations into your system. I know how curious...
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The Distant Proximity
A technician monitoring the trajectory of a long-lost spaceship with an experimental engine finds a troubling piece of data. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: "Did you find something? Something not typical?" "It seems to be an audio file…it's almost as if it were hidden?" I waited, saying nothing....
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Showdown at the Cinna-bar
A crew assigned to repossess a precious and undefined item end up in the midst of a suspicious bar fight in a far-off sector of space. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: Yeah, the vastness of space is scary, but the vastness of death…is scarier. I thought I'd have far more profound thoughts at the...
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The Golden Ratio Theater
A recent college graduate dreams of operating a local theater that has a special and secret importance to planet Earth...and beyond. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: "Jules, you're fired," he said. "What!" He held up his hand. "It's for your own good. Those… men, for lack of a better word, are not...
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The Grand Universal Singularity Resort
A new guest services employee works a memorable first shift at the most exclusive resort in the galaxy. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: According to Lianne, searching for a lost pet was the best way for Rekha to quickly become familiar with the actual layout of the resort and to get her "sea…
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Zone of Eternal Sleep
The sleep-deprived parents of a sleepless baby stumble upon a potential relief on their way to a Martian superstore. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: A soft beeping began to sound. The shuttle's computer was calling for the attention of a manual operator. She saw the mapping system's failed…
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The Man Who Cried Bird
A birdwatcher who's determined to discover an unknown species stumbles upon a strange little sparrow. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpts: "It's a blue cardinal, look." "There's no such bird, Andre." "That's because no one has seen him, until now." Andre submitted to the group that he had spotted a...
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Flight of the Stegosaur
A stegosaur scientist uses her own body in her experiments to achieve a physical feat that seems impossible for a dinosaur of her kind…flight. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpts: "Modifications! Glint, what you're proposing is more than modification." "How?" "Magnets!" "Sometimes people don't know...
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The Brittle Star
The captain and crew of a vessel-for-hire cautiously agree to help a banished merman prince find his hidden realm in exchange for a lavish undersea treasure. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: "What did he look like, Captain?" someone asked. "Did he have long sharp teeth, like a pike fish?" "No, I've…
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The Arcanomen
Our ancestors possessed powers and protections that were lost upon the destruction of a machine that had only one function, providing each person with a name. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: Tempest and storm. Disease and death. Creatures who hunted humankind as prey. Beings who pursued humankind out…
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The Flaming Jargonelle
A thief and an investigator each try to convince the other to accept the truth about the unparalleled treasure that is the Flaming Jargonelle. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: And the thief spoke. "Most of the stories say that when the Flaming Jargonelle is struck by any kind of light from brightest sun...
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The Vessel Vespertilian
In the alley behind the factory where they toil, two friends discover something that may lead to their salvation...or to their doom. Genre: Fantasy, Mythology Excerpt: The statue was a depiction of a "vas vespertilio," an idol carved specifically to be the vessel for containing fundamental…
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A Brief Case of Dread
A man opens his new briefcase and discovers that something else lies beside his files, something…vast. Genre: Mystery, Mythology Excerpt: "Once," she started, "the world was filled with different beings than the ones that now fill the world." They were just as wondrous. And just as terrible. But…
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Encounter With Ship 47
A cartography vessel mapping a sector of space that's expected to contain nothing of interest encounters…something of interest. Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery Excerpt: "This thing is changing by the hour. We may not have time for Vessel 86 to arrive before something even more intense happens." I...
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Transdimensional Top Hat
Hoping to find some inspiration and direction in life, an aimless young woman buys a top hat at the estate sale of a magician. Genre: Mystery, Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: Ro checked the bookcases and found some intriguing titles. Animating Your Crafts Finding the Right Writer to Type on...
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Stranded in Shadow
When two friends hear a commotion in their mysterious new neighbor's apartment, they go to check, only to find the door open, and the apartment completely empty...well, almost empty. Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Excerpt: The only object in the entire apartment was lying on the tiled kitchen floor....
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Citizen Forsaken
A tourist is stranded after a mysterious incident destroys all the paths leading to the tourist's home, a seemingly identical city that once existed just beyond the surface of a mirror. Genre: Fantastical Mystery Excerpt: "I'll be damned," I heard a voice say. My roommate's voice. And she…saw me....
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King Midian and His Glove of Gold
An elven traveler grants a king a priceless power in return for an equally priceless treasure. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: The elven traveler leaned closer and whispered to the girl. "What kind of life can he give you? Closed off and cloistered? Stuffed into corsets? I can give you a life of...
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Diamond Dreamt of Rose
A cursed young woman seeks the aid of a queen who walks through dreams to reach a sister trapped in eternal sleep. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: "Turn back," the queen said. "I want no curses in my kingdom." Clara explained as quickly as she could. "I am not the only one who is cursed. My sister. My...
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Only Fools Prevail
In a realm where the learned are held at the highest esteem, a fool is called upon to challenge a trickster. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: "I visit you because I am curious." "I think it's because you want to be the first trickster who understands a fool." The trickster laughed. "My dear Sovereign…
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A Realm Without Rain
A visitor from another realm encounters an overwhelming and mysterious phenomenon that bears further investigation, rain. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: "When I was young, my mother told me a story about the rain. I was afraid of it, you see. And what she told me didn't help much with that." He…
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Forge of the Forsaker
Even before the mountain began to rumble, one mortal had begun to doubt his decadent gods. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: We are descended from a powerful people. So it is said. The most powerful our world has ever known. Their might unmatched. Their domain unending. Their eyes all-seeing. I am…
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Queen Niyami
Troubled by the tragic tale of a queen, who suffered because of a quarrel between two gods, three children question and alter the story. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: For the thing that lurched from shadow to shadow had been summoned by godly powers and imbued with godly powers. As it passed, it left...
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The Last Night of Grief
A philosopher, a mage, and a swordsman are sent on an impossible quest from which they know they will not return alive. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: The philosopher felt her heart go still. She felt the cold steel of the swordsman's sword quivering by her right side. She felt the warm spark of the...
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Nine Gods in Masquerade
The story is told of how nine little gods came to be honored at a feast where they dared not show their faces. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: The new mortal-made masks were so fantastical and magical that they could not easily be distinguished from the masks of the gods. A few called it blasphemy.…
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Through a Sky Gray
In a realm cursed to lie under a gray veil, one man accepts a job patrolling a neighborhood to watch for unauthorized breaches. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: He had given up on his childhood fantasy when he realized that people had already found ways to break the curse, and had tried those ways and...
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Kairos and the Phantom
The terrifying night phantoms that haunt a once-forbidden wood are never seen by day, until one morning when an ordinary man encounters a phantom trapped in the sunlight. Genre: Fantasy, Mythology Excerpt: Something terrible had come into the world. Something evil. Invisible, intangible. Some...
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Garden of the Peculiar
A person struggling with heartbreak is drawn into the history of a garden filled with morbid beauty. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: Branches terminating in skulls. Transparent petals whose vessels glow white as bleached bone in the dark. Bright yellow leaves whose soft serrated edges exude a dark red...
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Outer City Magician
An uncertified magician, who's not allowed to cast enchantments in the city proper, finds odd jobs to do in the outer city. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: I got into this business at the wrong time. Now that huge factories could crank out standardized magic components that anyone could use, without even…
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Angel at the Carnival
A dog and a boy wander through a carnival. One of them is terrifying. One of them is sweet. Guess which is which. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: "There's a pit bull in the ball pit!" someone cried. The children saw Angel, and they began to flee. Angel opened his mouth enough to bare his teeth, but not...
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Isle of the Fairy Ring
A folklorist is swept up in a journey to find the proof that supports her seemingly preposterous notion about porcupines and fairy tales. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: Tommie's conjecture concerned the many fairy tales where a sudden growth of thorny vines encompassed a tower or a castle to protect,...
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The Last Magnificent Seahorse
A humble seahorse reconstructs his form by studying his fellow fish, and emerges as the most magnificent creature to grace the sea. Genre: Mythology, Fable Excerpt: "We are only one of many different kinds of horses," his mother said. "And all of us, the ones who fly through storm, the ones who...
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Gaharalil
A turtle of great renown receives a great gift, and with that gift, a terrible burden no other turtle has ever known. Genre: Fable, Mythology Excerpt: When Gaharalil slipped into the water, he was seized by a sensation. It rippled across the surface of his body, his skin. The spark of sensation...
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River Fisher and Blue Dragon
The unlikely encounter between a river fisher bird and a slug of the sea inspire both to strike a bargain to explore the powers and limits of their forms. Genre: Fable Excerpt: Halceyx cocked her head. "I've never encountered a poisonous river slug before. This is most adventurous." "I am not a...
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Silent Serpent Under Sea
On the verge of death, a penultimate god leaves behind a terrible enemy and an unexpected legacy. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: "If the tunnels aren't dangerous, why would anyone close them on purpose?" "I didn't say they weren't dangerous." I nodded. Of course. Knowledge was dangerous. And knowledge...
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The Ace of Pumpkins
The Ace of Pumpkins is invited as the guest of honor to a peculiar dinner at the High House of Clovers. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: The Pumpkin Ace did not know whether to expect favor and praise or horrific humiliations. She only knew that any who left the table may not return. She only knew that...
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A Proximite and a Human
Two ordinary transport technicians, working their first shift together, are assigned to drive a high-profile prisoner. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: "Proximites and humans are both relatively fragile species—no offense—when it comes to space travel. But here on solid earth…well, you're still...
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The Apprentice Who Dazzles
A self-help instructor helps himself to the most dazzling part of his newest protégé…her soul. Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Excerpt: This 'man who dazzles' seemed to be the real deal. Under the smoothed down hair, and the pressed suits, and the glinting gold cuff links, the rings, the chains,...
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A Carnival of Cakes
Three siblings created their own game to play each year at winter solstice, a game that has grown and changed as they have, sometimes in unexpected ways. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: No one knew anything in the beginning of their journeys. They only started knowing things by going on the journey. By...
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The Unicellular Detective
While investigating a murder, a single-celled detective encounters bacterial filaments, proto-multicellular colonies, and a new concept called "love." Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: "It's not an accident," Dina said. She spun out a flagellum to wave to him. Harry sighed. "I wouldn't be...
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Attack of the Vacuum Machine Army
Six kids explore the possibility that dogs have been trying to warn humanity about a terrible enemy in their midst…vacuum machines. Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Excerpts: They were right all along. "What do they know that we don't know?" "What are they trying to protect us from?" "This is my...
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Galactic Ring of Wrestling Ladies
The most popular wrestling show in five galaxies is in danger of being shut down, unless the wrestlers jump into action to save it. Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Excerpt: "Sentient entities of the cosmos!" the announcer spoke, her voice booming through the arena that floated in free space....
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The Final Monster I Fight
A hunter dedicated to keeping the world safe from monsters has one final monster to fight. Genre: Horror Excerpt: Curses and cures. Curses and cures. I've tried everything. …flecks of blood in my eye. My joints have started to ache... My vision has started to flicker. And…now I'm finally afraid....
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Mortals wield godly powers, eggs appear out of enchanted pockets, sentient substances are invented, and stars are incubated in the hearts of humans. I'm Nila, and I have stories to tell you. Stories in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, fairy tale, mystery, and mythology. Welcome to Storyfeather.
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