Storyfeather
346 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsI'm Nila, and I have stories to tell you. Stories in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, fairy tale, mystery, and mythology. Mortals wield godly powers, eggs appear out of enchanted pockets, sentient substances are invented, and stars are incubated in the hearts of humans. Welcome to Storyfeather.
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Into Stasis
July 14, 2023 06:45 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBA wealthy capitalist steals a rare and cutting-edge piece of technology in the hopes of developing it for public use. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: “I have plenty of possessions and plenty of currency. And if ever I were to lose any of it, I know how to acquire more. But there is one currency that I cannot make more of. And do you know what that is, Leeke?” I paused long enough for her to response with a shake of her head. “Time. I have as much, and as little, as every ot...
Lexinkeo
July 07, 2023 08:21 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBOn the eve of giving one of the most important speeches of his life, the greatest orator in the known worlds develops a condition that renders him speechless. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: “Me for? For…me…only? No, not. For all.” Quin peered at the man who was her mentor, her friend, and now, her charge. It was late, and they were both tired. But she believed that she under-stood what he was trying to say, as he took in the flurry of effort that was being directed towar...
The Mora
June 30, 2023 06:51 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBTo save the woman they both love, two men enter a forest where magic cannot abide, and any magic that enters unravels in unexpected and dangerous ways. Genre: Fairy Tale, Mythology, Fantasy Excerpt: It was a time when dragonflies could flutter all the way up to the moon, when the flickering of a hummingbird’s wings was faster than lightning. It was a time when the growl of thunder signified the coming of a catastrophe, a cracking of the earth, a roiling of the seas, a shuddering o...
The Moonbroch
June 23, 2023 06:45 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBA starry-eyed youth seeks to entreat the man in the moon to stop the lunar fairies from causing terrible storms in the earthen realm. Genre: Mythology, Fairy Tale, Fable Excerpt: The starry-eyed youth named Carson cast his gaze at the full moon. His father had just cursed it, or rather, he had cursed those who dwelt upon it. “A storm is coming,” his father said, gazing up at the low and looming clouds. “A storm with high winds.” Yet another storm, the fourth one in as many days....
The Last Wish of Caducus the Wizard
June 16, 2023 06:57 - 29 minutes - 40.3 MBA dying wizard forges a pair of enchanted rings to help himself fulfill his last wish, to speak with his baby granddaughter. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: When my grandfather, the humble and ordinary wizard Caducus, first heard the whispers of the after-world summoning him, he decided to heed the call, but only after achieving his last wish. My grandfather’s trade always gave him strength, even as time drained that strength away. The race could not abide forever. One of the runners must...
Contest Chevelure
June 09, 2023 06:45 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MBA modest town at the foot of the mountain holds a contest every summer with a powerful prize. Genre: Mystery, Mythology Excerpt: The Contest Chevelure was a time-honored competition held in a modest town in the middle of a modest country. It was a contest to see who could have the most extravagant and beautiful head of hair. Only, there was one notable detail. None of the people in the town had any hair on their heads. What’s the Word (that inspired the story)? Chevelure: a h...
A Handbook of Universal Truths
June 02, 2023 06:45 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBA researcher comes across a legendary text and is overwhelmed by the knowledge contained within. Genre: Mystery, Mythology Excerpt: I glanced at the clean white bandage wrapped around her left hand and a good ways down her wrist. “It’s going to be all right,” I said. “I’m here to help.” The steely-eyed woman sitting across from me in the booth gave a single nod. She wasted no time on small talk and launched straight into her first question. “The Axiom Enchiridion, ever heard of it...
The Cosmic Hourglass
May 26, 2023 09:02 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBA mortal apprentice to an immortal being is tempted to steal the great powers contained within the Cosmic Hourglass to tilt the balance of the cosmos toward good. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: When young mortals were told the story of the Cosmic Hourglass for the first time, and taught to cherish each speck of sand, many would ask a question that their teachers foresaw (and had themselves asked). Why sand? The teachers would smile, for this was one of the questions they were ready t...
All the Mirrors Are Broken
May 19, 2023 07:43 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBA private investigator who thinks she’s chasing a thief realizes that her case may be linked to her own uncanny past, and a truth she may not be ready to face. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: She didn’t let me into her house, but she did give me the trash bag with the broken shards of the mirror. And she did agree to take a picture of the mirror’s remnants with my camera. (She frowned when Iteased her not to steal it.) My phone had a better lens than that old camera, but this wasn’t the fir...
The Magic Triptych
May 12, 2023 07:51 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBEvery year on her birthday, the daughter of a mage receives a key that unlocks a different world in her enchanted triptych. Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy Excerpt: When I was born, a clever mage, who was also my mother, made for me a triptych: three panels, attached in a row by hinges, depicting paintings of our home. The middle panel depicted our capital city, where we lived. The left panel depicted my mother, her hands raised as if in the casting of a spell. The right panel depicted t...
The Forest of the Dasollagi
May 05, 2023 18:09 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBA student seeking to learn the craft of enchantment is challenged to pass through a forest filled with strange obstacles. Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Mythology Excerpt: “Wait until you are within the borders of the forest before you open the box, else you have failed before you have begun.” With those words, the schoolmaster turned away and left Naji alone before the borders of the forest. Naji entered the forest with no other possessions but that box, as the test required. He c...
A Tiny Man in a Giant Land
April 28, 2023 08:36 - 39 minutes - 54.6 MBTwo cousins decide to visit the mysterious isle of giants, and to steal portions of treasure small enough to escape a giant’s notice, but large enough to make their fortunes. Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy Excerpt: “We will live in their house, as mice live in ours. Wes hall never want for anything. One slice of their bread could feed us for half a year.” Slubber slapped me on the back. “Cousin, I have always thought you clever, but this is beyond clever. This is true brilliance.” “Mice. ...
A Simple Procedure
April 21, 2023 06:45 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBALERT: This episode contains a fictionalized depiction of a panic attack and heartbeat sound effects. Please listen with caution. A patient checks into the hospital for a simple procedure and experiences remarkable side effects. Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Excerpt: It was a simple procedure. A simple procedure. I would be admitted to the hospital overnight. I had to be fasting. Except for some clear liquid that the nurse would have me drink every four hours. It contained ...
Happy Anniversary, Forever
April 14, 2023 07:19 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBA lone astronaut and a ship’s artificial intelligence spend two decades trapped in a spatial phenomenon from which there is no escape. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: What if you knew that you only had twenty-five years to live, safely and surely, but you would be alone, watching your death approach, unable to escape it? And what if you knew that whatever you did or accomplished in that time would most certainly never be known by the rest of your people? So you won’t be leaving behi...
Astral Andie Is Angry
April 07, 2023 08:02 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBAndie Ogami is hired as a spy by a wealthy family because of her ability to astral project. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: “How do you feel?” the technician asked. She was holding one of those astral scanners toward my head. I blinked a few times. “Strange…uh, disoriented.” My lips felt dry. I licked them and glanced over at the chair where I’d left my handbag. I had some balm in one of the front pockets. “Here,” the technician said, handing me a pad and pen. “Write do...
Lost and Found at the Hotel Gloaming
March 31, 2023 06:49 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBA guest at an extravagant hotel gets lost and stumbles upon a strange secret. Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Excerpt: I noticed the magician when he slipped in behind the last person to enter the golden-walled elevator, and I sucked in a breath. I held it, half-subconsciously, as if it would make me invisible to him. It did not. I started feeling thudding of my heart as soon as he started turning to people, one at a time, handing them scraps of paper, touching their hands. I exhaled when h...
The Mystery on Marigold Drive
March 24, 2023 06:45 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBStrange happenings in one household trigger a police investigation that reveals a deeper mystery. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: A few days later, Reggie mentioned seeing a “weird-looking dog” in the backyard when he came home from school. He looked it up and realized that what he’d seen was a fox. But if there had indeed been a fox in the yard, it had run off by the time Reena went to look. She’d never heard of any fox sightings in the town proper. But aside from a few jo...
The Cavern Traveler
March 17, 2023 07:10 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MBA woman seeking medical treatment for what seems to be a travel-related infection in her foot becomes involved in a grander mystery. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: “Is there such a thing as hallucinogenic moss?” Seyyal raised her brows as she asked the question, and watched her cousin’s fork freeze in mid-air. They were having their usual monthly brunch and catching up with each other. And Seyyal had already somewhat updated Yalanda about the subject that had been occupy...
Behind the Hour
March 10, 2023 07:45 - 32 minutes - 44.5 MBA woman unwittingly misses the start of daylight savings, falls one hour behind, and is unable to catch up. Genre: Mystery, Mythology Excerpt: On her way back to her cubicle, she called to her nearest neighbor. He didn’t answer. She walked over, leaned against his cubicle and called his name again. He kept working. You too? she wondered. The silent treatment? For being late? Audrey sighed. It was going to be a long day. She re-turned to her cubicle and reached for the mug on her...
Madam Pantoflae
March 03, 2023 07:44 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBWhen rumors and gossip surround the newest resident of town, particularly about her mysterious habit of hiding her feet, one girl dares to seek the truth. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: “Ah yes, Madam Pantoflae. She of the delicate foot. Have you heard? A witch placed a curse upon her feet, and the curse can only be counteracted by the wearing of enchanted boots.” Katherine Lovelace sighed a long and long-suffering sigh at the girl who’d spoken. They two, and the several other children g...
Starling and Leveret
February 24, 2023 07:54 - 41 minutes - 57.3 MBStarling and Leveret investigate the sudden disappearance of the legendary Tortoise of the famed race between the Tortoise and the Hare. Genre: Fable, Fantasy Excerpt: “Is it true that you once beat Hare in a foot race? It can’t be true. But is it true?” Tortoise sighed. He continued walking along as the little black bird flapped around him. She landed on a nearby branch. “I’ve heard that you’ve seen the world from above as a bird does when she’s flying. Is that true? How did ...
The Thief, The Fairy, and The Raven
February 17, 2023 08:24 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MBAs penance for a recent crime, a thief is tasked with carrying a most precious and coveted treasure to a place where no mortal may tread. Genre: Fairy Tale, Mythology, Fantasy Excerpt: The thief fell from the tower’s upper window. She had lost her precarious grip on the pitted brick. She remembered that she should roll herself up into a loose ball to protect her head and neck. But by the time she remembered, she had already struck the first branch of the tree in the orchard below. Then ...
The Fairy Blackberry
February 10, 2023 07:45 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBWhen her sister disappears into the fairy realm, a girl and her best friend mount a rescue. But while it’s quite easy to get into the fairy realm, almost no one gets out. Genre: Fairy Tale Excerpt: It’s quite easy to get into the fairy realm, you see. They want you to come to them. They need you to come to them. So quite easy to get into the fairy realm. But almost no one gets out. There were eight hundred and eighty-eight doors leading into the fairy realm. And only eight leadi...
The Frog Who Foiled the Fantasticator
February 03, 2023 07:45 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBRare are the fantasticators, who can by their very presence bring about the emergence of the fantastic from the most common of things and the most mundane of people. Genre: Fable, Fairy Tale, Fantasy Excerpt: Rare are they who can by their very presence bring about the emergence of the fantastic from the most common of things and the most mundane of people. So rare indeed, that most towns only had one such person, only one whose speech inspired the emergence of energy from letharg...
Jacquery Tattery Maker of Sails
January 27, 2023 07:45 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBJaquery Tattery was born at sea, and he grew up in a town far from the sea, and all he wanted to do was return to the sea. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: The Tatterys were tailors who started working in town with a humble business of repairing and refreshing old clothes, and soon expanded to fine tailoring of clothes and tapestries. Jack learned the trade of sewing and tailoring from a young age, as his brother and sister had been required to do before they set out on their own. He knew he...
The Watchers of the Whale
January 20, 2023 07:45 - 30 minutes - 41.5 MBThe mayor of a modest harbor town struggles to deal with the appearance of a whale in the sky above the ocean. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: “There’s a whale, just…floating in the middle of the sky. That doesn’t impress you?” “I never said I wasn’t impressed.” “I mean that doesn’t move you to—I don’t know—ponder about the big stuff in life?” The mayor crossed his arms. “Big stuff?” She shook her head, then turned back to look at him. Her brows were slightly creased now, and her ga...
Lord Orgulous
January 13, 2023 08:41 - 50 minutes - 69.7 MBAn air of mystery surrounds a young lord who came to rule a province from a distant land, until those closest to him gather clues about his past. Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy Excerpt: Lord Orgulous came to our province some time ago, and when he did, he inherited the rule of the province. As might be expected, he arrived with quite a flurry of rumor swirling about him, for he hailed from a distant land, and he was young and handsome and mysterious. Some said he left behind a fortune s...
The Piecemeal Cake
January 06, 2023 07:45 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBA baker chosen for an honorable and prestigious assignment must contend with a rival who was not chosen. Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Excerpt: Four nations warred. And they warred. And they warred. And some suppose that they might be war-ring still if not for the firm but humble interference of a fifth nation. Mensulamare was a lengthy name for such a small nation. “The Little Table in the Sea” it was called, for the isle floated in one of the world’s vast oceans, surrounded by four nati...
Letter From Self
December 30, 2022 07:45 - 24 minutes - 34 MBA young woman receives a letter written by her future self about all the significant events to come in the next year of her life. Genre: Mystery, Fantasy Excerpt: Three major things will happen to me over the course of the coming year. I’ll meet someone. I’ll think he’s wonderful. He won’t be. That’s the first thing. Second, I’ll break my arm in a cowardly attempt to flee from my own responsibilities. And third, I’ll serve on the crew of the most extravagant ship to ever sail the ni...
The Visitor on the Valorous
December 23, 2022 07:45 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBReporter Lily Landry has an extraordinary encounter one night after she investigates a bright light in the sky above her apartment. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: She gulped and tried to tell herself what she always told herself in such situations. There’s a story here. A figure approached her and she gulped again. Come on, Landry. Put on your reporter’s hat. No time to panic. No time to— The figure reached out to her with one of its eight arms. What’s the Word (that ...
The Holiday Truce on Stage 34
December 16, 2022 07:45 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBTwo rival television shows set aside their differences to film their solstice holiday specials. Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: “Lily Loquacious” and “Calling All Ships” were both filmed in the same giant building that housed the famed Stage 34. In fact, they were the reason that Stage 34 was famed. The building actually housed five stages, all originally occupied by the “Lily Loquacious Variety Hour,” brought over from radio, which later became “Lily Loquacious Li...
The Why Winter Challenge
December 09, 2022 08:47 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MB“Why does there have to be winter?” Genre: Mythology, Fantasy Excerpt: “Why does there have to be winter?” The asker was my little niece, all bundled up in black-and-silver fleece blankets. Her favorite colors. She didn’t ask the question just out of curiosity. She was frowning slightly. Winter had swallowed up her favorite season, autumn. (The season to which her only objection was, “why does there have to be so much orange?”). I smiled. “Do you want the scientific explanation ...
The Station Companions
December 03, 2022 01:36 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBTwo technicians working alone to maintain an Arctic monitoring station begin to see something they shouldn’t be seeing…a third resident of the station. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: Andrew saw it first. About a month into our six-month rotation maintaining the company’s Arctic monitoring station. He was doing weekly maintenance on all the pumps on the north side when he thought he saw some motion. At first, he thought he’d just imagined something. Season 6 Theme is DEFINITIONS Wha...
Mokkie's Double Diner
November 25, 2022 07:45 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MBMost people think the “double” in Mokkie’s Double Diner means that the diner has two levels. That’s…not what it means. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: Did you know that Mokkie’s Double Diner is the only place in this sector that serves everything from Trilenkarian froth to Earthlingian burgers and fries? A sound machine sits beside a self-serve frozen cream fountain, and both are loaded with enough variety that even a sample of each choice would occupy most beings for mul...
The Remedy Men
November 18, 2022 07:45 - 37 minutes - 52 MBA pair of physicians observe the bizarre and dying practices of their profession’s predecessor, the remedy man. Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Excerpt: The wounded man, his wife, the vulnerary, and the two physicians made their way out of the kitchen and into the yard where the chickens were still pecking away at their breakfast. It was winter, but a mild one. The risen sun had already baked the chill out of the ground and the air. The vulnerary coaxed a rooster toward his patient....
Midnight 45
November 11, 2022 08:55 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBEvery evening, one woman undergoes an unfathomable transformation. She turns into a cartoon. Genre: Fantasy, Mystery Excerpt: I needed a mental health professional to contact the company with me, so that the company would take me seriously when I told them what their app was doing to me. “Eleanor,” the therapist said. “Let’s back up. Tell me about the app. What does it do? Why did you start using it? When did you first notice something unusual?” CREDITS Story: “Midnight 45”...
Attack of the Giant Cyclops Worm
November 04, 2022 23:05 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBA cast and crew of middle school students put on an original play about cosmic heroes and deadly aliens. Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction Excerpt: “I am Exoplanetary Janet, Traveler of the Cosmos.” She raised her arm and swept her hand slowly from left to right. There was whispering at the back of the class. Two girls, so thick-as-thieves that they were more like one two-headed girl, glanced at Janet, then resumed whispering. One of them, Rhine, raised her hand. “Then why are you...
The Monstrous Men of the Moors
October 28, 2022 21:22 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBWhen the Lavendars sought to settle on new lands, they were warned that the surrounding moors were haunted by strange creatures. Genre: Horror, Mystery Excerpt: Nisha knew what was in the basket though she could no longer see it and could barely hear it. The “allfeistus” they were called once. Strange creatures who were thought to have died out until someone rediscovered them. Uncle Nestor said they might still die out. And that’s why people like him were trying to capture them. Not...
The Haunted Harpsichord
October 21, 2022 08:26 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBA young investigator must spend a set number of nights in a haunted house to earn a hefty inheritance. Genre: Horror, Mystery Excerpt: “You said it yourself. I’ll keep it simple.” Kay rose from her chair. “I will investigate thoroughly, find nothing paranormal, report my findings, and then…” She clapped her hands. “…I will collect that hefty inheritance, and perhaps even share a bit of it with my husband-to-be.” She tapped a finger on the tip of his nose. Storyfeather-themed m...
The Transmutation of Mister Lang
October 14, 2022 06:45 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBAfter closing his latest case, a private investigator who specializes in finding missing persons starts experiencing strange changes. Genre: Horror, Mystery Excerpt: “Can you put that out?” I asked through clenched teeth. I was still hunched over the desk, but I could smell it. Her cigarette. It felt as if every particle of ash was boring its way up into my nose, past my eyes, into my skull. When she dimmed the lights, I’d been mostly suspicious and partly curious about what she had i...
The Unstrange Face in the Mirror
October 07, 2022 06:35 - 37 minutes - 51.6 MBA man overwhelmed by the good but stressful changes in his life wishes he could switch places with his reflection. Genre: Horror, Mystery Excerpt: “If only I could take your place,” he said to her. And I felt my gut drop. I banged against the mirror’s inside surface and I kept my gaze from straying to the darkness that surrounded me. I would have given anything to keep my wife from feeling any pain when she gave birth to our children. But I could not have allowed Reflection to tak...
Rise of the Prokaryotes
September 30, 2022 07:28 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBWhy and how are the world’s bacterial species suddenly banding together? Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: “Ladies, gentlemen, rogues, and sundry, I implore you to focus,” Greenfield said. Doctor Greenfield, a microbiologist, was the northwestern region’s representative in the newly formed International Research Consortium on the Planetary Biofilm. She asked a simple question, a prompt really. “Do we know if the species that makes up this planetary biofilm is dangerous to humans? ...
Anomaly Valley
September 23, 2022 07:59 - 56 minutes - 77 MBAn explorer gets lost in a spatiotemporal anomaly that was once the treasure vault of an alien pirate. Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction Excerpt: It didn’t seem like a fool’s mission three months ago, this wandering into the deep unknown. Despite all our misgivings about plunging into a newly discovered spatiotemporal anomaly, the expedition seemed like it would be worth it. It seemed like an adventure I could handle when I was firmly wrapped in Landy’s arms under a blue sky, standing...
The Plotz Hole
September 16, 2022 06:35 - 39 minutes - 54 MBThe passionate people involved with making movies at Plotz Hole Studios hail from all the many corners of the universe, and beyond. Genre: Science Fiction It’s the 250th episode. Yay! Excerpt: Martin Plotz glanced down at the photographs that Trudy had placed on his desk. He took a magnifying lens to one of them and bent over it. He frowned and glanced up at Trudy with the expression that she expected him to have on his face, annoyed but certain disbelief. “Spider-snake?” “Yes...
The Singing Safecracker
September 09, 2022 07:05 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBWith his uniquely gifted voice, Nate tries to right a wrong by doing wrong. Genre: Fantasy, Mystery Excerpt: As it turned out, Nate was the real deal. When he sang, his voice was like honey and sunshine. The piano player joked that Nate’s last name was a fitting one for a man who could make people cry waterfalls worth of tears, whether he was singing a happy and hopeful song or a sad and mournful one. It was Nate himself who cried the first time he read a glowing review in the paper...
The Thief of All Sounds
September 02, 2022 06:35 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBAn unassuming artifact in a small museum might be a powerful mythical object from whence all sound arises. Genre: Mythology Excerpt: There was a sound; it was called the “keynote.” And just as a keystone holds all other stones in place in an arch, the keynote held all other sounds in place in the world. The keynote was also the sound from which all other sounds emerged. CREDITS Story: “The Thief of All Sounds” Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing,...
The Flight of Flea
August 26, 2022 06:35 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBThe smallest bird in the world embarks on a quest to recover a lost gift left to him by his mother…his true name. Genre: Fable, Mystery, Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt: The thunderbird. The trickster raven. The creator heron known as Benu. He was in awe of them all. And he wanted to learn to acquire their qualities. Cleverness, strength, knowledge. And wings so magnificent that all creatures great and small were gripped with awe at their sight. But whenever he would voice s...
The Lady in My Headphones
August 19, 2022 06:35 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBA girl is haunted by a mysterious voice that she can only hear through her headphones. Genre: Mystery Excerpt: She scanned his blueprints. She understood the math equations he had neatly written in his notebook, and some of the code he’d drafted. But she didn’t really get how it all came together. “What is it supposed to do?” she asked. “Eavesdrop.” Vinnie raised her brows. “Listen in on them before they listen in on us?” Marcus shrugged. “Something like that. CREDITS ...
Spectral Camera Model 57
August 12, 2022 07:41 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBA rookie agent assigned to test a new piece of technology makes a momentous observation about a young woman at a taco truck. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: The human eye can only see so much. The human senses can only perceive…so much. That is why the Agency established an entire division to develop and test technologies that can augment and even surpass human perception. DarkGray, it was called. CREDITS Story: “Spectral Camera Model 57” Copyright © 2017 by Nila L. Patel N...
Humans: A Blorgnathian Delicacy?
August 05, 2022 06:35 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBA man struggles with his decision to become a “Cultural Ambassador” to a newly befriended alien species. Genre: Science Fiction Excerpt: Yeah, I’ve come to terms with it. I’m not going offworld to do anything noble, like teach aliens how to speak human languages, or to plant trees, build houses, or pass out blankets and water during emergencies. I’m going offworld to go live in the house of some rich Blorgnathian who’ll spend the next five years licking my face. CREDITS Story:...