Storyfeather Gazette: Treacherous illusions, alternate dimensions, memories, mysteries, and the netherworld

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October 2024 Issue 1

In this issue: A round-up of the September stories and podcast episodes, and what's coming up next issue.

Circle format, a three-quarters view of Nila's smiling face from a photo with an oil paint filter applied.

HELLO OCTOBER

It's not yet the end of the calendar year, but the end of storytelling for Year 11, the Year of Frontiers, is coming soon! 😱

Fear not! I spent time today brainstorming potential themes for my twelfth year of storytelling, and I have chosen one. I'm excited! 😄 I'll tell you about it in the next issue.

But let me return to the present. We are currently in Spooktober. And the theme for this month's podcast episodes is...well, also horror.

I've got stories to tell you.

September celebrated Treks 🗺️ and Treasures 💎🪙.

The short story theme for the month was Trektember (traveling to and traveling through). The podcast episode theme was Treasures.

Short Stories

Digital drawing. View into a hospital room. Two beds partially visible at left with a partly drawn curtain between them. A creature or animal is perched at the corner of the bed in foreground. It has long rounded ears that are held flat against its back. It has a long curving tail and limbs with claws. At right, background, a woman stands with her back to the viewer, holding her hands up to the window, looking out at a reddish sky with the shape of a pterodactyl flying through. She’s in a hospital gown and her left ankle is bandaged. Watermark of “Storyfeather” along left side of hospital gown. Copyright notice at bottom right reads, “Copyright © 2024 Nila L. Patel.”

The links below lead directly to the story post.

A Trek Through Tiers of Trickery
Fantasy

A Trek Through the Midnight Mall
Mystery

The Trek to Hospital Block 4
Mystery, Science Fiction

A Trek Through Some Netherworld Neighborhoods
Fairy Tale, Fantasy

A Trek Through the RED Mystery
Mystery, Science Fiction

Podcast Episodes

Digital drawing. Right half, partial view of a dragon, facing forward, seen from chest up. Wings are raised but folded down. Head is curved down from a long neck. Two horns slightly curving down extend from behind the eyes, which look down at the black silhouette of a human at bottom left, seen from the shoulders up. Behind the human and the dragon’s chest is a bright light shining on a rocky surface. Watermark of “Storyfeather” along the dragon’s left wing.

The links below lead directly to the episode page, hosted at Libsyn.

THE MAGE, THE TROLL, AND THE GOLD COINS 🪙

A young mage facing a difficult homecoming finds a treasure by the side of the road, a stolen treasure whose true owner she cannot find, and whose last owner is a terrible troll.

THE TREASURE OF GILDA 💍

The heiress of an unexpected fortune learns the cost of becoming too attached to her newfound riches after she is cursed by a magical vagabond.

THE NIMASTERION 💎

A small team of marine explorers searches for a treasure from an arcane myth, a jewel that fell from the heavens.

THAT WHICH DRAGONS GUARD 🐲

A bard embarks on a quest to discover what it is that the dragons guard at the center of a maze made of the primal cosmic elements.

Parting words🪶

In the next issue, coming out two weeks from now, I'll announce the theme for Year 12. I'm sure about the theme. I'm not quite sure about the name. And I'll see what I can include as a little bonus treat.

If you've got feedback on this issue, please reply and let me know.

Long live stories!
—Nila

💡 🧠 🌩️ ☠️ 🦖 🦀 🐉

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