Storyfeather

Born in the midst of war and change, my grandmother was a dreamer. She went to college to study astronomy. Before she finished school, she'd visited five of the seven continents of the world. (This is a feat I have yet to accomplish, even though as a young woman in the modern age, I have far more autonomy.) And yet she dreamt of traveling farther. Of going to the moon and beyond. Of traveling through dreams. She wondered about the worlds that must exist under the sea and below the surface of the earth.

A dreamer and adventurer, born in the midst of war and change, finds her greatest treasure.

Her grandchild tells her tale in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Fantasy, Mythology

CREDITS

Story: "The Telescope of True Sight" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by TRG Banks

"Lake in the woods"

"Cigar"

"Goodbye Machineryhead"

"Keith in 1987"

Music by ROZKOL

"Fever Dream"

"Cold Breath in the Alleyway"

"The Apotheosis of All Deserts"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Tech Toys"

"The Nightmare"

"Thoughtful"

"Reflections"

"Heat Haze"

Music by ROZKOL, and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

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Zia had a singular passion, and she believed, a destiny, to play guitar. She began playing when she was twelve years old. She'd asked for a guitar for her birthday, hoping for an electric. Her father bought her a steel-stringed acoustic instead. Seven years later, she bought herself a blue electric guitar and named it Duke. Zia was a talented guitarist, but her talent didn't hold a candle to that of her friend Edie, whose instrument of choice was the fiddle. Thick as thieves, peas in a pod, cosmic sisters were they, even after one of them sold her soul to the Devil.

When a young woman sells her soul to the Devil to gain extraordinary musical talent, her best friend tries to save her by finding a rare instrument that was made in heaven.

Find out if she succeeds in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Fantasy, Mythology

CREDITS

Story: "Glass Guitar Girl" Copyright © 2014 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by Jesse Spillane

"Dreaming with Feedback"

Music by Punk Rock Opera

"Guitar Lessons (Reprise)"

Music by ROZKOL

"Cold Breath in the Alleyway"

"Ambient I-IV"

"The End Comes for Us All"

"To the Water's Edge"

Music by Komiku

"Down the river"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Glass Android"

"Baldachin"

"Under Suspicion"

Music by Rafael Archangel

"Smoke"

Music by Jesse Spillane, Punk Rock Opera, ROZKOL, and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Music by Rafael Archangel and Komiku is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Jesse Spillane, Komiku, Lee Rosevere, Punk Rock Opera, Rafael Archangel, and ROZKOL at freemusicarchive.org Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

When Azzam was a young man, so many moons ago, he was working as an acquirer of valuable goods when he stumbled upon a small, unremarkable bottle that changed the course of his life thereafter…

Young Azzam is an acquirer of valuable goods, and he has just acquired something powerful and dangerous.

Find out what he found and what happens next in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Fairy Tale, Mythology

CREDITS

Story: "The Last Seven Wishes" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by Kai Engel

"Snowmen"

"Endless Story About Sun and Moon"

Music by ROZKOL

"Ambient I-IV"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Featherlight"

"Under Suspicion"

"Cosmic Drifting"

"Heat Haze"

Music by Rafael Archangel

"Thinking"

Music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere and "Snowmen" by Kai Engel is licensed under CC BY 4.0

"Endless Story About Sun and Moon" by Kai Engel is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

Music by Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

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She wandered through the halls of the empty manor, the portraits of the past gazing down at her, following her. They were beautiful and ghastly, the women in the portraits. And she avoided looking at them. At their paleness. It was not the soft paleness of life. It was the unsettling paleness of dying.

A young woman who was raised in isolation learns a terrible secret about her identity and her purpose.

What is her secret?

Find out in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Fantasy, Mythology

CREDITS

Story: "Pestilence" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by ROZKOL

"Ambient I-IV"

"Fever Dream"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Not Alone"

"Slow Lights"

"Gone"

Music by Komiku

"Tension"

"Ambiant Point Of No Return"

Music by Rafael Archangel

"Forgotten"

Music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Music by Rafael Archangel and Komiku is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

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Since they were young, their father always set challenges before the three brothers, challenges for their minds and their bodies. Challenges that tested their hearts and their spirits. Challenges that tested their chosen discipline.

While his brothers inherit their father's wealth, Mesos inherits a belt buckle and a challenge. How will he face this challenge?

Find out in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy

CREDITS

Story: "The Wayfarer's Buckle" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by TRG Banks

"The silver bus"

"Swanhead"

"Lake in the woods"

"Interchange"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Puzzle Pieces"

"Night Caves"

"And So Then"

"Curiousity"

"What's Behind the Door"

Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

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"My husband was one of you," the doctor said, smiling fondly. But her smile faded. "That's why my mother killed him."

Is the doctor with the uncanny ability to heal a suspect, witness, or patsy in a crime against her husband?

Find out in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Fairy Tale, Mystery

CREDITS

Story: "The Good Doctor's Tears" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by Rafael Archangel

"So Cold"

"Deep Dive"

"Thinking"

"Smoke"

Music by ROZKOL

"Cold Breath in the Alleyway"

"Ambient I-IV"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Expectations"

Music by ROZKOL, and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Music by Raphael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by ROZKOL, Raphael Archangel, and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

I found it at a garage sale. Someone was getting rid of their family heirlooms. Not jewels or ancient scrolls or photo albums from bygone eras. Just cookware and cutlery, end tables, mismatched dining sets, and the like. I was supposed to be looking for something specific and practical. A desk. But something else caught my eye. It looked exactly as I would imagine a witch's pot would look like. Coal-black cast iron. Bulging, maybe three or four quarts big, with three stubby feet and a handle. I paid five dollars for it.

What happens after a young woman eats some shallots she cooked in a witch's pot that she got at a garage sale?

Find out on this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Mythology, Fantasy

CREDITS

Story: "The Shallot Pot" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Curiousity"

"Puzzle Pieces"

"Baldachin"

"The Secret to Growing Up"

"And So Then"

"Reflections"

"I Believe in You"

"Betrayal"

Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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The stick was about a half inch wide and seven inches long, a tan color with knots and streaks of a darker tan-brown. It had three nodes where smaller branches had once grown in and then broken off. One end was mostly flat. The other had been broken off at a slant, so it looked like the top of new lipstick.

What happens when someone rediscovers a seemingly ordinary childhood souvenir?

Find out on this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Mythology, Fantasy

CREDITS

Story: "My Lucky Stick" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by ROZKOL

"Ambient I-IV"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Start the Day"

"Puzzle Pieces"

"Curiousity"

"Musical Mathematics"

"Night Caves"

"Looking Back"

"Reflections"

"We'll Figure it Out Together"

Music by Lee Rosevere and ROZKOL is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

It had been lying on the concrete inside the white stripe of paint that delineated the parking spot he'd taken. And when Rix opened the door to step out of his car, his left foot landed beside it. It glinted in the noon sun as if newly minted. It certainly looked newly minted, but it couldn't be. He marked the year on the coin. It was the year he was born. Rix smiled a little and put the coin in his pocket.

A young man picks up a penny one day and his luck begins to change…and change, and change.

Find out how on this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Mythology, Fantasy

CREDITS

Story: "Copper Penny" Copyright © 2014 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by Nctrnm

"Parade"

"Escapade"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"Tech Toys"

"Under Suspicion"

"It's A Mystery"

"Reflections"

Music by Nctrnm and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by Nctrnm and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

When the world was new, there was much chaos. Wars between gods. Wars between gods and those they were charged with guarding and guiding. The birth of terrible monsters on sea and land and sky. The birth of creatures who could cross between the realms of the living and the dead, who could haunt the dreams of all creatures who dreamed.

In the midst of it all, there were those who, perhaps in vain, still endeavored to live and love and build in the new world.

Humanity relies on the gods to heal disease, but the gods are stretched thin. What does one man do to help his people when the gods cannot answer every prayer?

Find out on this episode of Storyfeather.

Genre: Mythology

CREDITS

Story: "The Blacksmith's Bucket" Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

"Mysterious Trip-hop Lounge Beat" by Digital_Emotions

Music by ROZKOL

"Go then, there are other worlds than these"

"The Apotheosis of All Deserts"

"The World Has Moved On"

"Fever Dream"

"Ambient I-IV"

Music by Lee Rosevere

"The Long Journey"

"Cosmic Drifting"

Music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 except for "Cosmic Drifting," which is licensed under CC BY NC 4.0

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net Find more music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com