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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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