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Storyfeather

Nila Patel: Fictioneer

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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25:29

Opossumillo

Storyfeather ·

2024/08/02

Ah, the curious ways in which the wonders of our childhood manifest when we are older. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: I woke up to watch it walking into my room through the open door. I didn’t remember closing the door. But I always closed the door, so it should have been closed. Part of its tail trailed off beyond the open door that I don’t remember leaving open. It just sat there, or stood there, and I sat in bed, watching it. I didn’t say anything. I felt so tired. My eyes were sore. They wanted

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31:42

The Waking of J

Storyfeather ·

2024/07/27

A man keeps waking up in a sweat, breathless, and on the verge of tears, but he can’t remember his dreams. Then one day, he wakes to find something disturbing on his hands. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: And then he woke up. He huffed out a breath and gasped. He was covered in sweat, even though the room was cool. His eyes were still shut, but he felt the wetness gathered at the rims of his eyelids. He squeezed and a tear rolled down from the corner of his eye and wet the outer rim of his ear.

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37:45

When Serendipity Met the Flower

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2024/07/19

When one flower asks for every passing creature to help her attain the gift of motion, she finds no luck, until she meets a cat named Serendipity. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: Once upon a time, flowers lived long lives. They are now known to be fleeting, for the most part. They bud. They bloom. They grace the world with their beauty. And then they die. But it was not always so. They lived long lives indeed. Longer than creatures with many legs. Longer than creatures with four legs. Longer than

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24:47

When Sun and Moon Fled the Sky

Storyfeather ·

2024/07/12

After the laughing Sun learns a terrible lesson about the power of her radiance, she flees the sky, and her sister, Moon, ventures into the cosmos to find her. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: Mischievous, capricious, boisterous Sun never took her cosmic duty seriously in her younger days. Many cast light upon the mortal world, but only one, only Sun cast warmth upon the mortal world. For Sun was always laughing. Always. And her great warmth came from her perpetual laughter. Her elder sister,

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22:13

The Mystery of Washing Machine Three

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2024/07/05

Two friends notice a mysterious new patron at their famed local laundromat, who always uses the same machine to wash the same few clothes the same way every time. Genre: Fantastic Mystery Excerpt: Yolie and Luxe were “laundromat” friends, who had become actual friends over the course of the past year. And Burgundy was the most intriguing patron to appear in Mervin’s Laundromat since the day the two friends met there. They didn’t know the mysterious new patron’s actual name—well, relatively

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37:54

The Thorn Clock

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2024/06/28

When her auntie died, Subira inherited three things from her: a blessing, a curse, and a quest. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: When her auntie died, far sooner than she should have, Subira inherited three things from her. One was a blessing. One was a curse. The third was a quest. The curse is what killed her aunt. And the curse would kill Subira too unless she completed the quest before the number on the clock that her aunt gave her reached one thousand and six. What’s the Writing Prompt that

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38:44

The Mind Beyond the Maze

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2024/06/21

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

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34:08

The Nanocosmetologist

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2024/06/14

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

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29:17

The Cat That Haunted the Mouse

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2024/06/07

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

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40:43

Auroramorphosis

Storyfeather ·

2024/06/01

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

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35:16

Draugamunninn

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2024/05/24

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

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39:46

Nine Wishes in Three Tales

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2024/05/17

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

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23:23

A Wish Upon the Fountain Fish

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2024/05/10

The youngest of three siblings makes a wish at a mall fountain, where unseen fish supposedly live, helping people’s wishes come true. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: I twisted my mouth to one side, and stared at the coin that I held in the middle of my palm. “There’s a scientific explanation for it,” my sister said. "For what?” I said, glancing up at the fountain. We were standing three feet away from it. "For the wishes coming true.” What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?Rory’s

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26:02

The Everyday God Who Wished to Sleep

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2024/05/03

Alert: This episode contains heartbeat sound effects. Long ago, the human heart experienced an extraordinary change, all because one god wanted to find a quiet place to sleep. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: A tale was once told among the ancestors of the people who live at the base of the great mountain to the north, from which a waterfall plummets into a river that winds across the land. The people who now live in that rich and lovely place still remember the tale of how and why their ancestors’

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30:55

The Moths in the Moon

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2024/04/26

A moth dreams of visiting the Moon, but is too small to fly all the way. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: When first the moths alighted in the world below, the land of earth, they did so out of curiosity. And they did so because they were sent forth from their home by their creator. Their home and their creator were one and same, and she bore the name Moon. And she was the moon. What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?You’re a moth; what is your flame? What draws you to it?Source: 500

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36:27

The Swallow Who Was a Willow

Storyfeather ·

2024/04/20

A prideful swallow is cursed and changed into the form that she finds most abhorrent, a tree. Genre: Fable Excerpt: The swallow was a happy bird, but also somewhat superior. Nothing brought her joy the way flying did. Slicing through the clouds and flicking the air with the perfect points of her tail. She believed that birds were the supreme creatures of the world. Because they could fly. Some insects could fly as well, of course. But birds could fly higher, faster, and farther than any

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31:17

John's Fellow Passengers

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2024/04/12

After a man stuck in the middle seat of a long flight wishes he had more room in his row, his wish comes true: his seatmates start vanishing. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: But saying it out loud, he sounded a little foolish to himself, so he laughed and waved a hand. “I’m probably just being a worrywart for nothing. But I figure better safe than sorry.” The flight attendants agreed. And they said they’d look for his missing seatmates, and if they returned in the meantime, they asked if John would

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32:22

Stranded in the Green and Gold

Storyfeather ·

2024/04/05

Two passengers find themselves alone just after takeoff, on a plane that seems to be floating in some substance that the passengers can only define as being green and gold. Genre: Science Mystery Excerpt: If we were asleep, and the plane crashed into an ocean with green-and-gold water, and we’re now sinking, and the rest of the passengers managed to get out, then how did they all get a chance to take their luggage? And how did they then close the cabin doors again? What’s the Writing Prompt

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31:56

My Food Is Speaking to Me

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2024/03/29

Do the voices coming from the food in my fridge and pantry want to harm me, help me, or just…be? Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: “Tell me I’m sane,” I said. There was a pause on the other end. And then he finally spoke. “I refuse.” I sighed. “Freddy, come on.” “Give me some context, then.” What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?Describe each day of the week as food. Source: 500 Creative Prompts. Copyright © 2019 Piccadilly (USA) Inc. Faster FictioneerEver wonder how I’ve

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32:19

Madeleine Miriam's Pizzapothecarium

Storyfeather ·

2024/03/22

During his first week working at a unique pizzeria, Ronnie encounters some uncanny late-night customers, who place an order for the rarest pizza on the menu. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt:“What…what will this one do?” Ronnie asked as he folded fresh rosemary leaves and parmesan flakes into the dough. “It’ll make the customer swoon with pleasure upon first bite is what it will do.” Madeleine Miriam cocked an eyebrow. “And it’ll treat those infected gums on the left side of his jaw.” What’s the

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