Storyfeather Nila Patel: Fictioneer

An expert in the field of neurological mapping is the only person qualified to enter an experimental simulation and rescue her greatest rival.
Genre: Science Fiction
 
Excerpt:
“It could be psychological. Maybe his subconscious put something in there, or built a section of the maze on its own, and he’s having a tough time getting out.”

“And what else?”

The tech frowned at me as if I already had the answer and was purposely keeping it from her so she could figure it out on her own. But I was just trying to gauge what their box was, and how far outside they had gone to figure out what was happening to their boss.
 
What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?
(Doesn’t appear to be inspired by a prompt)
I probably asked myself a question to start off the brainstorm: What if a researcher and expert in the field of virtual neurological interfaces gets trapped in his own simulation, and the only person qualified to get him out is his bitterest rival?
  
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CREDITS
Story: “The Mind Beyond the Maze” Copyright © 2020 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)*
“Mindhunter”
“The truth”
“As it happenned”
“In search for”
“DNA”
“Virtual reality”
“Secret agent”
“Forensic”
“Dystopia”
“Negociation”
“Me, myself, my enemy”
 
*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 licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
Changes made to the musical tracks?  Just cropping to align with my narration.
 
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. Foreground bottom center, top half of a head, facing and looking forward with wide eyes and raised brows. The head is framed by a spiky glow. Behind the head, view from a top angle of a three-dimensional maze. Watermark of “Storyfeather” at vertical angle along top of maze at left.

An inventor aiming to revolutionize cosmetics with her intelligent nanoparticle mechanisms, revises and refines her invention to serve a greater purpose.

Genre: Science Fiction
 
Excerpt:
Kaira explained how it worked. Her nanoparticles were simple mechanisms that responded to commands transmitted from a voice-activated processing patch attached to her skin, just below her throat. She called them nanoparticle mechanisms or NPMS. They were simple, but not identical. The ones that coated her hair were designed to expand and contract, turn opaque, and reflect light of certain wavelengths. But the ones coating her face were designed to remain translucent, to cluster in different concentrations so as to conceal when needed, and to turn sheer when wanted.
 
What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?
Do you stick to conventional fashion or like to be original?
Source: 500 Creative Prompts. Copyright © 2019 Piccadilly (USA) Inc.
 
Faster Fictioneer
Ever wonder how I’ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written?  I have a method.  You can learn more about it right here: FASTER FICTIONEER
 
I’ve Got Issues For You
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CREDITS
Story: “The Nanocosmetologist” Copyright © 2020 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)*
“Abstract Vision #6”
“Abstract Vision #2”
“Abstract Vision #3”
“Abstract Vision #5”
“Abstract Vision #9”
 
Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)*
“Doubts”
“Genetic marker”
“Ghost hacker”
“Secret agent”
“Trojan horse”
“Reloaded”
“Under the mask”
“Master”

*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 Nicholas Jeudy licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
Vocal effects created with Audacity
Changes made to the musical tracks?  Just cropping to align with my narration.
 
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. A woman seen from waist up, facing and looking forward. She has wavy shoulder length hair and wears dark turquoise makeup. She holds a canister up to the side with her right hand and touches the bottom of the canister with her left. Three red letters are visible on a white label at the bottom edge of the dark metal canister. The letters read “EMP.” Flames erupt behind her, framing her. Smoke surrounds the flames. Just visible across her shirt is a light shadow or silhouette of a car with one door open. Top and bottom borders reflecting select elements of the central image are added to make the format square. Watermark of “Storyfeather” along her left upper arm.

A mouse narrowly escapes a cat, and is later haunted by the ghost of the cat, who believes the mouse plays a part in the “unfinished business” of the cat’s life.
Genre: Fable
 
Excerpt:
Two eyes, yellow with a green glow, hovered in the darkness. A shaft of soft light from a crack in the wall fell between Rini and those eyes, those eyes that loomed. Those eyes that floated closer.
A smiling snout appeared in the shaft of light, and wicked whispers, and sharp, pointed ears, and those eyes whose hungry gaze fell upon Rini.
 
What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?
While search through writing prompts, I saw the term “spirit animal.” I didn’t want to use whatever the prompt was, but it did inspire me to think of my own prompt: What if a mouse was being haunted by the ghost of the cat who tried to kill her, but ended up dying instead?
 
Faster Fictioneer
Ever wonder how I’ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written?  I have a method.  You can learn more about it right here: FASTER FICTIONEER
 
I’ve Got Issues For You
The Storyfeather Gazette is a monthly round-up of my recent podcast episodes, short stories, trailers, news, recommendations, and more that I send by email. Follow the link to look through old issues and to Sign Up: STORYFEATHER GAZETTE
 
Storyfeather-themed merchandise
T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, baby onesies, and more featuring artwork from stories and art challenges
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CREDITS
Story: “The Cat That Haunted the Mouse” Copyright © 2020 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)*
“Evil is Near”
“Mystical House”
“Scary Theme #3”
“Scary Theme #1”
“Hidden Fear”
“Story at Night”
“Secrets of Kingdom”
“Journey into Fog”
“Magic Within”
 
*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 licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
Changes made to the musical tracks?  Just cropping to align with my narration.
 
Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net
Find more music by Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
 
Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A cat seen from the left side sitting down with tail curled in front. The cat’s head is facing forehead and resting on the forepaws. The cat is looking at a mouse, standing on the hind legs in front of the cat. The mouse is turned to the right, holding forepaws together, with tail stretched out to the right. A hazy glow surrounds both animals. Watermark of “Storyfeather” along top of mouse’s tail.

A girl accidentally passes before a warlock who is laying a curse on someone, and wakes the next morning to find that the curse has fallen upon her instead.
Genre: Fairy Tale 

Excerpt:
I didn’t earn what happened to me. The curse that fell on me was meant for another. That’s what happens when petty warlocks are reckless with their magic.
 
What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?
You wake to find that your appearance has altered completely.  How do you make those around you believe you are still you?
Source: A Writer’s Year: 365 Creative Writing Prompts. Text by Emma Bastow. Copyright © 2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Faster Fictioneer
Ever wonder how I’ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written?  I have a method.  You can learn more about it right here: FASTER FICTIONEER
 
I’ve Got Issues For You
The Storyfeather Gazette is a monthly round-up of my recent podcast episodes, short stories, trailers, news, recommendations, and more that I send by email. Follow the link to look through old issues and to Sign Up: STORYFEATHER GAZETTE
 
Storyfeather-themed merchandise
T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, baby onesies, and more featuring artwork from stories and art challenges
STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE
 
CREDITS
Story: “Auroramorphosis” Copyright © 2020 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)*
“In the shadows”
“The village”
“Emblem”
“Infinite land”
“Fallen leaves”
“Home”
“A band in the inn”
“City of magic”
“Signs of desolation”
“Playing in water”
“Back in the village”
“Treasure”
“Dark fields”
 
*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 licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
Changes made to the musical tracks?  Just cropping to align with my narration.
 
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 girl seen from knees up and from the back, wearing a hooded robe or dress, and holding the right hand behind her back. The head of a pink carnation is held in the right hand. Different sections of the girl’s hair are of different colors and textures. In front of her at waist level, soft rays of light beam out at symmetrical angles. Watermark of “Storyfeather” at center right.

A desperate people once made a monstrous bargain with a demon, and monsters they became.
Genre: Fairy Tale

Alert: This episode contains mention of harm to human babies, comparable to what can be found in classic fairy tales such as “Hansel and Gretel.”
 
Excerpt:
Legend says that the draugamunninn were once human. They were a practical but severe people who after suffering one terrible winter too many, and after failing to feed themselves with their own hands and their own labor, began to pray to their old gods for relief. But their prayer was not answered by a god.
It was answered by a demon.

What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?
The title of the story is the slightly modified version of the word that resulted when I picked English to Icelandic in Google translate, and punched in the words “ghost mouth.”
Another resource I read almost all the way through, about Icelandic names.
https://www.icelandtravel.is/blog/icelandic-names-what-makes-them-unique/
 
Faster Fictioneer
Ever wonder how I’ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written?  I have a method.  You can learn more about it right here: FASTER FICTIONEER
  
I’ve Got Issues For You
The Storyfeather Gazette is a monthly round-up of my recent podcast episodes, short stories, trailers, news, recommendations, and more that I send by email. Follow the link to look through old issues and to Sign Up: STORYFEATHER GAZETTE
 
Storyfeather-themed merchandise
T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, baby onesies, and more featuring artwork from stories and art challenges
STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE
 
CREDITS
Story: “Draugamunninn” Copyright © 2020 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)*
“Incantation”
“Ancient gods”
“The ritual”
“Hidden in the dark”
“Devasted”
“The forest”
“Fallen leaves”
“A place where evil lives”
 
*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 licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
Vocal effects created with Audacity
Changes made to the musical tracks?  Just cropping to align with my narration.
 
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. An illuminated letter “D.” Contained within the letter is a bearded man, facing forward, standing beside the curve, in stylized rays of sunlight, holding a baby in his left arm against his chest, and a dagger in his outstretched right arm. His dagger is plunged through the neck of a humanoid creature lying in right profile along the bottom curve of the letter. The creature is completely white. Its long tongue extends out of the mouth. Its tail curls out of the bounds of the letter, ending in a tip that points up. The right leg is bent up so that the long toes of the foot are seen resting along the edge of the letter. The man’s cloak also extends in front of the letter, its fur hem lying out of bounds. Watermark of the word “Storyfeather” along left edge of the square box containing the main part of the letter.

A restless fairy creates a restless trinket with the power to grant its bearer three wishes, but as each wish is grant, the last wish fades away.

Genre: Fairy Tale
 
Excerpt:
A restless fairy grew bored one day and created a restless trinket, imbuing it with all of the fairy’s magic. The magic was all bent toward one purpose, to grant the bearer of the trinket three wishes. The form the trinket first took was as a pendant, which the fairy gave to a human acquaintance with only three instructions…or warnings.
 
What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?
You are granted three wishes. Each wish can only be used once and not at the same time as another wish.  What do you wish for?
Source: A Writer’s Year: 365 Creative Writing Prompts. Text by Emma Bastow. Copyright © 2019 HarperCollins Publishers
 
Faster Fictioneer
Ever wonder how I’ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written?  I have a method.  You can learn more about it right here: FASTER FICTIONEER
 
I’ve Got Issues For You
The Storyfeather Gazette is a monthly round-up of my recent podcast episodes, short stories, trailers, news, recommendations, and more that I send by email. Follow the link to look through old issues and to Sign Up: STORYFEATHER GAZETTE
 
Storyfeather-themed merchandise
T-shirts, mugs, stickers, notebooks, baby onesies, and more featuring artwork from stories and art challenges
STORYFEATHER TEEPUBLIC STORE
 
 
CREDITS
Story: “Nine Wishes in Three Tales” Copyright © 2020 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)*
“Compass”
“Emblem”
“Elder wisdom”
“Written in stones”
“Here we go”
“Playing in water”
“Winterheart”
“Immortals”
“Stars Above”
“A story of gold”
“The village”
“What is hidden”
“You are a giant”
“Shadows and flames”
 
*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 licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
Changes made to the musical tracks?  Just cropping to align with my narration.
 
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. A collage of nine images in a three by three grid. From top row to bottom row and left to right, the images are as follows. Closed eyes and mouth bearing heavy makeup. Outline of a human head from left profile, containing a glowing sphere where the brain would be. Black silhouette of a person on an outdoor stage, holding out their arms to their sides, with the silhouettes of spectators standing below. Stylized image of a woman from left profile, face devoid of features, holding up the left hand with bent arm, palm directed to the face. A symbolic image of a crown floating above royal robes. Stylized image of a woman in right profile, a mirror image of woman in left profile. A cave opening showing a pile of gold coins within and branches extending across the opening. Stylized figure in left profile, kneeling on one knee, and holding one hand under a window of a structure. A disc bearing the symbol of the open eye. The whole image is set in front of a blurred sepia-toned version of the image in square format. Watermark of “Storyfeather” at center right, vertically along box with the woman in right profile.