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Nila Patel: Fictioneer
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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.

  1. 1d ago

    The Lamplight Apparition

    The bright blue eyes are watching, always watching. They are her eyes. But she's not in them.  Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Mythology   Excerpt: She wobbled closer and closer. She leaned down. I opened my mouth but my throat caught. And my lungs had no breath to give force to any sound. My sight dimmed at the margins. I saw only shadows. I felt hot, too hot. I closed my eyes.  I remembered something touching my forehead.  A soft pair of lips.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Lamplight Apparition This episode landed on CHALLENGE. I challenged myself to write a story that was spooky in specific way, a story that was unsettling. Find more stories and episodes from the first year of Storyfeather here: Year of Challenge.   SCARYFEATHER IS HERE! Write. Draft. Craft. Create! Or do you care to deviate? 31 prompts over 31 days of October. Each prompt is inspired by one of my stories in the horror genre. (Hmm, per the story art, I seem to have some sort of eyeball fixation.) Visit the Challenge page for funsies. It won't bite. (Much.) storyfeather.com/fictioneer/october   NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station.   MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover.   MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "The Lamplight Apparition" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music: "Witches" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro) "Orbs" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Once" "At night" "Witches" "Dark wonders" "Orbs" "Until dawn" "The death of love" "The 4th world" All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Vocal effects created with Audacity Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration. Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A human-like figure facing forward with head tilted to the left. The figure is hazy and translucent except for the eyeballs, lips, heart and blood vessels leading from the neck to the heart. At upper left, a bright light extends to the shoulders and fades into black. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along right arm.

    The Lamplight Apparition

  2. Oct 17

    Alison Weirdly

    A young couple moves into their first house, knowing it is haunted by the ghost of a former owner, who seemingly died peacefully in her sleep... Genre: Mystery   Excerpts: The woman's gaze stayed on Marco. "Afraid of a little old lady, huh?" she said. "Typical." Ronnie must have known who he was looking at, but he still extended his hand. "I don't think we've had the pleasure, ma'am. I'm Ronnie. And this is my husband, Marco. We're moving in here today." "You gave me your names," the woman said, her gaze still on Marco. "Now I have power over you."   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: Alison Weirdly This episode landed on WILDCARD! I picked a random card from a game deck, and it was…ghostly.   SCARYFEATHER IS HERE! Write. Draft. Craft. Create! Or do you care to deviate? 31 prompts over 31 days of October. Each prompt is inspired by one of my stories in the horror genre. (Hmm, per the story art, I seem to have some sort of eyeball fixation.) Visit the Challenge page for funsies. It won't bite. (Much.) storyfeather.com/fictioneer/october     NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES (New) Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station.   MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover.   MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "Alison Weirdly" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music: "The ceremonial" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro) "Genetic marker" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Room 13" "Cold case" "Connecting dots" "Genetic marker" "Once upon a time" "A crime vision" "Possessed" "Abyss" "The ceremonial" "Red moon" "Trust me"   All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.   Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Vocal effects created with Audacity Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, an older woman facing forward, from elbows up. Arms crossed, brow furrowed, one corner of mouth raised, head tilted to left (her right). She is in grayscale, except for her dark purple necklace and her glowing red-orange eyes. Surrounded by smoke or gray fog at waist level. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along outside of left arm.

    Alison Weirdly

  3. Oct 10

    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 not dangerous.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: They Stand. They Watch. They Wait. This episode landed on CREATURES. Find more stories and episodes inspired by various creatures here: Year of Creatures.   SCARYFEATHER IS HERE! Write. Draft. Craft. Create! Or do you care to deviate? 31 prompts over 31 days of October. Each prompt is inspired by one of my stories in the horror genre. (Hmm, per the story art, I seem to have some sort of eyeball fixation.) Visit the Challenge page for funsies. It won't bite. (Much.) storyfeather.com/fictioneer/october     NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station.     MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover.   MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "They Stand. They Watch. They Wait." Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production:  Nila L. Patel   Music: "The mirror" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro) "Omen" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Omen" "As if it comes" "Above" "Once" "The mirror" "Demon's cage" "Sacrifice" "Dread" "Behind the door" "I'm sorry" "Darkest quest" "A death embrace" "Orbs" All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.   Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. The silhouette of a person facing forward stands at center with arms to the side. The eyes glow with the color of the sunny halo behind the figure's head and torso. The figure stands on ground cast in dark shadows. Scarce shrubbery at left. A bush or small tree at right. The sky is streaked with sunset colors. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along ground at right.

    They Stand. They Watch. They Wait.

  4. Oct 3

    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, supernaturalists, and finally even charlatans selling potions.  Only after all of that did they turn to me.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: A Dream Unto Death This episode landed on CREATURES. Find more stories and episodes inspired by various creatures here: Year of Creatures.   SCARYFEATHER IS HERE! Write. Draft. Craft. Create! Or do you care to deviate? 31 prompts over 31 days of October. Each prompt is inspired by one of my stories in the horror genre. (Hmm, per the story art, I seem to have some sort of eyeball fixation.) Visit the Challenge page for funsies. It won't bite. (Much.) storyfeather.com/fictioneer/october   NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES (New) Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station.   MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover.   MERCH Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "A Dream Unto Death" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music: "Dedale" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro and Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Broken keys" "Experiment 7" "At night" "Dark echoes" "Blood and bones" "Dedale" "Lullaby" "Obscura" "Well of souls" "Hunters moon" "Creatures of the night" All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.   Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration. Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Sketch of a structure roughly shaped like a tree, made up of disproportionately sized animal bones. The trunk is an elephant leg. Curled horns sprout from the foot bones, labeled at right "horns of a markhor?" Human hand bones rise from trunk, fingers splayed out like tree branches. Extending from various branches are bones of cat tails and bat wings, one at right labeled "bat wings,"and skull bones penguins, one labeled at left "penguin skull." To left of the sketch is written in a calligraphic style: "25 October. Her dreams grow ever more frantic, ever more heinous. I have attempted a sketch based on the details gleaned from her latest nightmare." Watermark of "Storyfeather" at bottom right.

    A Dream Unto Death

  5. Sep 25

    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 both conscious and subconscious. But I've gotten used to it now. I've watched close-ups of its eyes. I've watched it stretch its wings, shift around on its perch until it settled in position, glance over at other birds, and at people. I care about it now. It's part of this world, my world. I can't study it, or follow it, or speak to it. What can I do?   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Monstrous and the Curious This episode landed on CREATURES. Find more stories and episodes inspired by various creatures here: Year of Creatures.   MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES (New) Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station. Something is coming in October… I've also started posting some tips on Pinterest: pinterest.com/storyfeather/   MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "The Monstrous and the Curious" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music: "Connecting dots" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro) "Genetic marker" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "As it happenned" "Genetic marker" "Connecting dots" "Cold case" "Haunted" "Between two worlds" "Under the mask" "Experiment 6" All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.   Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects Soundly (through Hindenburg) Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration. Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A creature that appears in the shape of a pterosaur but with the coloring and long tail feathers of a blue-and-gold macaw. The creature is perched on a bare branch at left, facing right, in three-quarters view, wings extended forward. The wings are feathered. Vague outlines suggesting tree trunks and branches are visible behind the creature. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along branch at right.

    The Monstrous and Curious

  6. Sep 18

    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 listen with care. Excerpt: ...there was one bulb that had somehow managed not to break. It lay a corner. And Victoria used its light to see what she had done. Shadows and glass, everywhere. Victoria came to a conclusion. Anger was her road to strength and power.     The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Shadow of Victoria Lockhart This episode landed on one of the mystery spokes, DRAW. Here are other episodes inspired by DRAW: The Golden Ratio Theater Garden of the Peculiar   MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES (New) Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station. I've also started posting some tips on Pinterest: pinterest.com/storyfeather/   MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "The Shadow of Victoria Lockhart" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music: "Whispers" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro) "Inspector" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Inspector" "Killer escape" "Unsolved" "Evidence" "In the shadows" "The mirror" "Whispers" "Before the shadows"   Music by ALBERT FERNANDEZ (Potion Studio) "Mistery" "Visiting Her Forest" "Painful Memories"   All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.   Music by Albert Fernandez, Nicholas Jeudy, and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and Soundly (through Hindenburg) Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy, Albert Fernandez, and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Silhouette of a figure in a dress with bell sleeves and a hoop skirt, holding up a parasol in the right hand, with a gauzy veil flowing to the right. Bright light shines from above and behind the figure. Extending below the figure is her shadow. Leafy, bushy foliage frames the top half of the image, extending down either side of the frame into dark shadowy patches in the foreground and hazy patches in the background. The image appears to be right side up, but would still be so if it were flipped vertically.

    The Shadow of Victoria Lockhart

  7. Sep 11

    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 would reveal something, a message only visible by a specific wavelength of light or some chemical. That still didn't make sense to me. It had to be simpler than that. A goofy thought occurred to me. Maybe it was the old lemon juice trick. I plucked out the first of the three pages, and held it up to the overhead lights.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Desk of Professor West This episode landed on PROMPTS. Find more stories and episodes inspired by definitions here: Year of Prompts.   MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE     NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES (New) Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station. I've also started posting some tips on Pinterest: pinterest.com/storyfeather/   MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "The Desk of Professor West" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music: "It's A Mystery" by LEE ROSEVERE (Intro) "Smoke" by RAFAEL ARCHANGEL (Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by RAFAEL ARCHANGEL "Smoke" "Forgotten" "Thinking" "Rising Danger" "Deep Dive" "So Cold"   Music by LEE ROSEVERE "It's A Mystery" "Not Alone" "Heat Haze" "Awkward Silences (version b)" "All the Answers"   Tracks by Andrew Sitkov are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.   Music by Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Sound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and Soundly (through Hindenburg) Vocal effects created with Audacity Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   Find more music by Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Rafael Archangel at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rafael_Archangel/ Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org/music/lee-rosevere and leerosevere.bandcamp.com Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. From above, a weathered antique desk, a tabletop and a hutch with a central cabinet, various slots, a dome top, and drawers, one of which, at left, is open and empty. The whole desk and hutch appear empty except for a wax-sealed envelope lying on the tabletop. Just above the open drawer, a glowing pink butterfly in midflight seen, trailing afterimages. A hand emerges from right of frame, holding the blade of what appears to be a dagger with a cross guard whose ends curl down and a handle resembling a spiral horn. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along tabletop at bottom left.

    The Desk of Professor West

  8. Sep 4

    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 the throat, right at the back of the mouth, where the voice is on the verge of emerging?" That was where the soul resided.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Surgeon's Secretary This episode landed on S.T.E.A.M. Science. Technology. Engineering. Arts. Mathematics. This episode…surgery (kind of). Find more stories and episodes inspired by definitions here: Year of S.T.E.A.M.   MERCH! Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   NEWSLETTERS Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me)  Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)   FICTION-WRITING ARTICLES & RESOURCES (New) Come and explore the Fictioneer's Field Station. I've also started posting some tips on Pinterest: pinterest.com/storyfeather/     MY FIRST BOOK (yay) Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITS Story: "The Surgeon's Secretary" Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music: "Monochromatic stain" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro) "Unsolved" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Inspector" "Unsolved" "Whispers" "Evidence" "Don't move" "Cold case" "The 4th world" "Genetic marker" "Monochromatic stain" All tracks are part of music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and Soundly (through Hindenburg) Vocal effects created with Audacity Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   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 forward, tilted to the right, holding an open book before herself. Her right hand is poised over the book loosely holding a fountain pen. She's wearing a shirt, tie, aviator's coat, and glasses with round lenses that completely obscure her eyes, and reflect the silhouette of a woman in profile with her face and arms thrown back, her hair and clothing streaming backwards. A rainbow overlay of that same silhouette lies over the image. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along jacket opening at right.

    The Surgeon's Secretary
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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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  • Creator
    Nila Patel: Fictioneer
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    467
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2017-2026 Nila L. Patel
  • Show Website
    Storyfeather