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We have conquered deep space, they said. There is nothing at the bottom of our own seas that could be of any worth, they said. But there are always voices of dissent. And there is always something of worth in the places that are beyond our sight, beyond our reach. It just depends on your definition of what is worth it.

Humanity has conquered the stars but has yet to solve the mysteries of the sea.

Genre: Science Fiction

Tags: Forsaken Deep, Forsaken Four, pelagonaut, Pontus Deep, Project Forsaken, Project Pontus, Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench

CREDITSStory: "Forsaken Deep" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Pelagonaut" 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 "Non-stop to Insideoutworld" "Through the gravitational field" "Smooth jacket" "Keith in 1987"

Music by Lee Rosevere "Cosmic Drifting"

Music by Andy Ray "Peace in My World (looped)"

Music by Dark Fantasy Studio (Nicholas Jeudy)* "The encounter"

Music by Unnamed Artist(s)* "Among the Stars" "Space Discoveries (looped)" "Unknown Terrain (looped)"

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundle I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by TRG Banks licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Andy Ray, Dark Fantasy Studio (Nicholas Jeudy), and unnamed artists is licensed from GameDev Market

Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by TRG Banks and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by Andy Ray, Dark Fantasy Studio, and the unnamed artists at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Instagram: @storyfeather

Email: [email protected]

Spencer frowned at the professor's curious claim, and glanced at their two guides. Their guides were men of the jungle, courageous and calm, but among the youngest and least experienced of their people. They would be treated as heroes if they returned from the expedition. But they had not been expected to return. From several yards away, they eyed the golden-bronze idol with as much caution and suspicion as Professor Gadston did.

Professor Gadston embarks on one last expedition before he retires, an expedition from which he does not expect to return.

Genre: Fantasy, Mythology

CREDITSStory: "Professor Gadston" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "The Jungle Idol" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel

Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by Komiku "Frozen Jungle"

Music by Dark Fantasy Studio (Nicholas Jeudy)* "The village (seamless)" "No mountain high"

Music by Unnamed Artist(s)* "Exploration_Mystical Place (loop 1)" "Song_VisitingHerForest" "Exploration_Mystery (loop)" "Unknown Terrain" "Atmosphere_PersecutionDanger_Loop" "Cue_Nature 2" "Ice and Fire (peaceful part – looped)"

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundle I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by Komiku licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by Dark Fantasy Studio (Nicholas Jeudy) and unnamed artists is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Komiku at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by Dark Fantasy Studio and the various unnamed artists at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

He lifted the dog, her tongue lolling in the mild heat of the summer evening, and placed her on the truck bed.

Nico peered at her. "If I left you at home, you'd escape and come after me, and get hit by traffic or something. This way at least, if things don't go as planned, Dad will find you in the morning. Maybe…the others too." He rubbed her head, tousled her ears, and bent down to kiss her head.

A small mining crew is tasked with finding something atypical in the abandoned gold mine, but something atypical finds them instead.

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Tags: Birch, creature, Don, Freddy, Joe, John, Miguel, mine, miner, Nico, Orson, Pierre, purple dirt, purple roots, Ruby, shadow

CREDITS

Story: "The Purple Dust Mine" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "The Whole Mining Crew" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by ROZKOL "To the Water's Edge" "The End Comes for Us All"

Music by Rafael Archangel "Smoke" "So Cold" "Deep Dive" "Thinking"

Music by Lee Rosevere "Decompress" "Start the Day" "Heat Haze"

Music by Dark Fantasy Studio (Nicholas Jeudy)* "Trust Me" "Pitch black" "After dark"

Music by Unnamed Artist(s)* "Atmosphere_BadSensation_Loop" "Song_Mistery" "Atmosphere_DoomTexture"

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundle I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Rafael Archangel licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by Nicholas Jeudy & Dark Fantasy Studio is licensed from GameDev Market

Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Rafael Archangel, Lee Rosevere, and ROZKOL at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and the unnamed artist(s) at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Joanie loved her gramps, but she most certainly did not love clowns. Still, as she sat against the wall of the playroom that her grandfather had made for her, she held onto the little clown doll with the dark fuzzy hair at the sides of his head, the tiny purple hat on his bald head, the blue shirt, and the red pants, and the ever-smiling face.

She waited for him to answer her questions.

Growing up, Joanie learns a lot from her grandfather, about their family's eerie history with sadness, laughter…and clowns.

Genre: Fantasy, Mythology

Tags: clown, Gramps, Joanie, Persimmon, white shadow

CREDITS

Story: "Summoner of Clowns" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Summoner of Clowns" 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 "Keith in 1987" "Insideoutworld"

Music by Andy Ray* "Casual Theme #1" "Story at Night (Looped)" "Scary Theme #5 (Version 2)" "Evil is Near (Looped)" "Casual Theme #4" "Peace in My World (final theme)"

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundle I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by Andy Ray is licensed from GameDev Market 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 music by Andy Ray at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

Once upon a time, a town that sat nestled near the foot of a mountain, surrounded by forest evergreen, ran out of food and fuel in the midst of a deadly winter. They were not poor, the people of this town. They were not foolish with their provisions. The winter had just lasted far longer than any in the realm had expected. Every season of that year was winter. Many perished.

Shadowy spirits called the umbra hold back winter and famine from the town, but they did so at the cost of the town's soul. Now, one little girl must face the umbra.

Genre: Fairy Tale, Horror

Tags: Anise, Cane, ghost, grandmother, spirit, umbra

CREDITS

Story: "The Fortunate Little Leaf" Copyright © 2016 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Umbra" Copyright © 2016 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel

Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by TRG Banks "Packed lunch"

Music by Lee Rosevere "Night Caves" "Curiousity" "Under Suspicion" "Chillin' in the Forest"

Music by Unnamed Artist(s)* "Exploration_Forest of Magic" "Cue_Nature" "Locations_Village (loop)" "Cue_Nature 2" "Journey into Fog (looped)" "Atmosphere_PersecutionDanger_Loop"

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundle I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by the unnamed artists is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by TRG Banks and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by the…uh, various unnamed artists at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

An ancient people with great potential built a glorious thing before they succumbed to corruption, fell into ruin, and vanished from the world.

One person may have stumbled upon the forgotten creation of an ancient people who erased their very existence from all records.

Genre: Mystery, Horror

Tags: giant, glorious thing, Hyperion, worm

CREDITSStory: "The Riddle of Hyperion" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Hyperion Found" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel

Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by Komiku "Where you hear the prayer (McGuffin theme)"

Music by Andy Ray* "Freedom"

Music by Unnamed Artist(s)* "Exploration_Technologic Place (loop)" "Exploration_Cave (loop)" "Exploration_Dark (loop)"

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundle I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by Komiku is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by Andy Ray and the unnamed artists is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Komiku at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by Andy Ray and…uh, various unnamed artists at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

In the suddenly dimmed room full of seated strangers, I heard subdued coughs, the click of a heel, the crack of a knuckle, and the hushed hiss of fabric shifting against fabric or against the hard plastic chairs.

The room brightened from the front, where the image slowly appeared and came into focus, radiant white and familiar. Gasps and murmurs rippled through the room as eyes adjusted to the monotone image and grasped the subtle sight of the unexpected.

They meant to "build a better x-ray machine," but their stromascope can see beyond flesh and bone.

Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction

Tags: backbone, Diane, medical imaging, narumplexus, spine, stromascope, Wu

CREDITS

Story: "Stromascope" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Stromascope" 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 "It's A Mystery" "Decompress" "Universe Calling" "Not Alone" "Thoughtful" "Night Caves" "Under Suspicion" "Cosmic Drifting"

Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.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]

Perhaps centuries from now, medicine will be able to restore what was lost from injuries such as his. But now, I must turn to practices arcane.

Clara sighed as she watched the ink dry. She sat in the dim basement of the home she shared with her husband, who was working in his office upstairs. It was a chilly autumn day. Yet the basement was temperate. She dipped her quill into the well and continued.

With arcane knowledge, a woman builds and tests a device that she hopes will heal her husband's maimed legs.

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Tags: basement, Clara, cricket, displacement, frog, Henry, mirror

CREDITSStory: "The Mirror of Displacement" Copyright © 2016 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Displacement" Copyright © 2016 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel

Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by Komiku "Dreaming of you" "When you hear the prayer (McGuffin theme)" "Time" "Tension"

Music by Lee Rosevere "Under Suspicion" "Thoughful" "It's A Mystery" "Waves of Sleep" "Betrayal"

Music by Unnamed Artist(s)* "Song_PainfulMemories_Loop" "Medieval Track #1 (looped)" "Atmosphere_Frozen"

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundle I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Komiku is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License Music by the unnamed artists is licensed from GameDev Market

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Komiku and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com Find more music by…uh, various unnamed artists at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Instagram: @storyfeather Email: [email protected]

The two cozied up on the bench seat of the red convertible, parked on a bluff that overlooked the glittering city below.

"Thanks for letting me drive her," Raul said.

"Him."

"What?"

Maya grinned and reached out to pat the dashboard. "My baby's a boy."

Maya's boyfriend shares the origin of the mysterious monument that sits upon his secret spot.

Genre: Mystery

Tags: Maya, Mike Riley, monument stone, pale giant, Prospero, Raul, red convertible

CREDITS

Story: "Giant's Overlook" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "El Barco Rojo" Copyright © 2017 by Sanjay Patel Narration and Editing: Nila L. Patel

Music: "Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background" by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by Komiku "Dreaming of you" "Tension"

Music by Lee Rosevere "Quizitive" "Curiousity" "Thoughtful" "It's A Mystery" "Betrayal"

Music by Rafael Archangel "So Cold" "Deep Dive"

Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Music by Komiku and Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.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]

There are people in this world worth saving.

Zoe repeated the mantra to herself as she gingerly pulled the sheet away from the skin of her back. Her back was aching, itching, burning, roiling, and writhing.

There are people in this world worth saving, she thought to herself again. There are people in this world worth saving.

Zoe is a living amphora, a human vessel for knowledge or power that should be unknowable to her…

Genre: Fantasy, Mythology

Tags: amphora, lion, serpent, Sophia, tattoo, vessel, Zoe

CREDITS:

Story: "Amphora Incarnate" Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel Episode Art: "Living Amphora" 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 "Thoughtful" "Under Suspicion" "Making A Change" "Decompress" "Universe Calling" "It's A Mystery" "Baldachin" "I Bet You Wonder Why"

Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.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]