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38:28

Silent Serpent Under Sea

Storyfeather ·

2025/12/26

On the verge of death, a penultimate god leaves behind a terrible enemy and an unexpected legacy. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: "If the tunnels aren't dangerous, why would anyone close them on purpose?" "I didn't say they weren't dangerous." I nodded. Of course. Knowledge was dangerous. And knowledge was what we would find at the end of this tunnel. 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

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37:05

The Ace of Pumpkins

Storyfeather ·

2025/12/19

The Ace of Pumpkins is invited as the guest of honor to a peculiar dinner at the High House of Clovers. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: The Pumpkin Ace did not know whether to expect favor and praise or horrific humiliations. She only knew that any who left the table may not return. She only knew that the price for leaving the table before her host might be a terrible one. Might be. Her triumph or her doom depended upon the whims and fancies of her esteemed host, the King of the House of Clovers… The

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35:53

A Proximite and a Human

Storyfeather ·

2025/12/12

Two ordinary transport technicians, working their first shift together, are assigned to drive a high-profile prisoner. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: "Proximites and humans are both relatively fragile species—no offense—when it comes to space travel. But here on solid earth…well, you're still fragile, but you have certain qualities that come in handy should there be any problems with this particular prisoner." Javier felt a lurch in his fragile human gut. "Should we expect any problems, sir?"

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34:42

The Apprentice Who Dazzles

Storyfeather ·

2025/12/05

A self-help instructor helps himself to the most dazzling part of his newest protégé…her soul. Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Excerpt: This 'man who dazzles' seemed to be the real deal. Under the smoothed down hair, and the pressed suits, and the glinting gold cuff links, the rings, the chains, and that slight brush of coppery glitter just at his temples, there was substance. There was a man who could teach others to dazzle as well. I wanted to meet him and talk to him. The Wheel of Fiction

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30:01

A Carnival of Cakes

Storyfeather ·

2025/11/28

Three siblings created their own game to play each year at winter solstice, a game that has grown and changed as they have, sometimes in unexpected ways. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: No one knew anything in the beginning of their journeys. They only started knowing things by going on the journey. By making decisions before they even knew what the right decision was. And they told me that it was better to learn some lessons in a game than it was to learn them in real life. The Wheel of Fiction Turns

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51:41

The Unicellular Detective

Storyfeather ·

2025/11/21

While investigating a murder, a single-celled detective encounters bacterial filaments, proto-multicellular colonies, and a new concept called "love." Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: "It's not an accident," Dina said. She spun out a flagellum to wave to him. Harry sighed. "I wouldn't be here if it was." He glanced over at the couple of uniformed diatoms who were keeping any floaters-by from getting too close a look at the crime scene. He glided toward Dina. "How's your day so far,

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45:02

Attack of the Vacuum Machine Army

Storyfeather ·

2025/11/14

Six kids explore the possibility that dogs have been trying to warn humanity about a terrible enemy in their midst…vacuum machines. Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Excerpts: They were right all along. "What do they know that we don't know?" "What are they trying to protect us from?" "This is my home too! And it is in danger…" "If the law won't help us, we'll have to turn to…the outlaw." What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode? Each Season 8 episode is a standalone story,

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57:42

Galactic Ring of Wrestling Ladies

Storyfeather ·

2025/11/07

The most popular wrestling show in five galaxies is in danger of being shut down, unless the wrestlers jump into action to save it. Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Excerpt:"Sentient entities of the cosmos!" the announcer spoke, her voice booming through the arena that floated in free space. "Welcome…to GROWL! The audience cheered, waving their flags, waving their extremities, and shouting the names of their favored fighters. The announcer paused until they settled. "Our first contender on

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34:39

The Final Monster I Fight

Storyfeather ·

2025/10/31

A hunter dedicated to keeping the world safe from monsters has one final monster to fight. Genre: Horror Excerpt: Curses and cures. Curses and cures. I've tried everything. …flecks of blood in my eye. My joints have started to ache... My vision has started to flicker. And…now I'm finally afraid. What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode? Each Season 8 episode is a standalone story, but it's connected to or inspired by a previous story through a character, a place, an object,

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30:26

The Eye in My Ceiling

Storyfeather ·

2025/10/24

What starts as a curiosity, a light on the bedroom ceiling that seems to have no source, heralds the appearance of a huge eye that just watches and watches. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Horror Excerpt: I yelled out. The hazel iris shifted toward me. I slowly slid off the bed... dashed to the door, flung it open, and pulled it closed behind me. Okay, okay, think. I have to… I had cried out. Someone must have heard. Someone would come knocking on my door. Normally I didn’t want that. But

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41:20

The Infernal Bargain House

Storyfeather ·

2025/10/17

Surely, a beautiful old house sold at a bargain must have a sinister history. One new homeowner is about to find out. Genre: Horror, Mystery Excerpt: “If afterlife spirits are real, they’re real whether I believe in them or not.” I shrugged. “And if they’re real, I’d rather not stir them up.” “So…she felt something?” “She said the place had a weird energy.” “What does that mean?” I shook my head. “Frustrated….” What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode?Each Season 8 episode is

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39:14

There Lived a Crooked Creature

Storyfeather ·

2025/10/10

An apartment resident is recruited for help by four kids who claim that a demonic creature has just laid eggs in the laundry room. Genre: Horror Excerpt: “It’s like the thing from the poem that my first grade teacher told us about. ‘There Lived a Crooked Creature.’ Do you know the one? It lives in a corner—“ “—and it can touch us but we can’t touch it—“ “’In a corner it did lay; fourteen eggs every fourteen days.’” “’Nothing can destroy it. No weapon forged by human hand.’” What story or

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28:00

One Wicked Warlock

Storyfeather ·

2025/10/03

There is a tall tower to the north. A warlock once lived there. Now the tower is abandoned. But that does not mean is it safe. Genre: Horror, Mystery Excerpt: There was a story told…of a little girl who went into the tower and came out unscathed... The bard who told the story sang in sweet and rising notes of how the girl was protected by her innocence. But when in the history of this tricksome world has innocence ever protected anyone from anything? This isn’t her story. It’s mine. I went

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41:57

The Misfortune of Repetition

Storyfeather ·

2025/09/26

When Anushka was cursed to only repeat what others said, her only hope of escaping the curse was the only person who seemed to remember the curse. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: Because Anushka could not convey her thoughts in any way that others could understand, it seemed to many that she did not have any thoughts of her own. But Mitra always told her cousin. “You are the bright one. And the quick one. Like lightning. Like your true name.” What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode

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33:20

Mushrooms of the Underworld

Storyfeather ·

2025/09/19

The living do not belong in the underworld. But all the paths of escape are horrific, save for one…the mushroom. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: There were a number of ways for the passage to be made—flesh-wrenching spells, maps that could only be read by those who had spent a lifetime studying magic, or aid given by the sovereign’s own siblings to some favored mortal, all of which were giving way to a new and much easier means…mushrooms. What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode?

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45:39

The Margin Alien

Storyfeather ·

2025/09/12

To rescue her brother, a woman jumps into what she believes is a dimensional rift generated by a device that he has invented. Genre: Science Fantasy Excerpt: “You come from within the margins. Where there are well-defined boundaries... Reality.” "Isn’t this also real?” “It is for now.” What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode? Each Season 8 episode is a standalone story, but it’s connected to or inspired by a previous story through a character, a place, an object, a

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44:22

The Doorway of Disarray

Storyfeather ·

2025/09/05

Using alchemy and electricity, a man builds a doorway that’s meant to isolate the mind of anyone who passes through it. Genre: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: “A whole twisted into a new shape that does not remember the old. A whole slowly sliced into pieces that do not know how to come back together. And so they move farther and farther apart. That is what your doorway has done to me.” What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode? Each Season 8 episode is a standalone

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31:09

Many Things Have Hatched

Storyfeather ·

2025/08/29

Once, a colossal egg floated in space. It was the size of a planet, and it orbited the twin stars of a system somewhere in a galaxy far from our own. Genre: Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: Many things have hatched from many eggs. Some terrible. Some wonderful. Some massive. Some minuscule. Was there not a poet that spoke of the egg’s perfection as a container? No hinge, no edge, no keyhole, and yet, the newest and weakest of creatures can break through, and in doing so, prove themselves

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30:15

Doctor Spencer's Fallen Star

Storyfeather ·

2025/08/22

An astrobiologist gathers and assembles clues from across time to help solve a cosmic mystery that threatens to doom Earth. Genre: Science Fiction, Mythology Excerpt: From the depths of the cosmos they come…warping all around them as they go. Time. Matter. Energy. Will. Shifting between the unknowable and the knowable. Per our current understanding, the entity moves through the cosmos and through dimensions, through all levels of existence, differentiating like a cell, gaining specific

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32:13

The Lemonuclear Conductor

Storyfeather ·

2025/08/15

A merchant vessel enters a system with rigid laws about visitors, and almost succeeds in making a lucrative delivery, when it encounters a potentially deadly obstacle. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: We had obtained the means of shielding certain sections of engineering and the crew quarters. Cargo, I was happy to be transparent about. But there were things aboard my ship that I needed to hide. And I couldn’t expect the crew to remove every questionable item. Our chief engineer would have

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