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 characteristics, (maybe gaining awareness…

 

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 concept, a continuation of events (ahem, sequel), and so on.

This week's episode aims to answer some unanswered questions I left in a Season 4 episode called “Professor Gadston.”

 

MY FIRST BOOK (yay)
Ever wonder how I’ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written?  I have a method. And I talk all about 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

 

The Store page also has sign-up forms for my two email 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.)

 

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: “Doctor Spencer's Fallen Star” Copyright © 2021 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production:  Nila L. Patel

 

Music:
“Connecting dots” by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro & Outro)
“Abstract Vision #5” by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)

 

Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)
“Complexe Mind”
“Connecting dots”
“Cold case”
“Connected”
“Compass”
“Cyber”
“City”

 

All these tracks are part of a 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, and GameDevMarket
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 mask-like face at center with sharp angled eye holes, a mouthpiece shaped like jagged teeth, and a beak-like nose. Instead of a body, an amorphous form flows out and up from behind two small ears, where the neck would be expected. A wake of glowing light flows out from the face’s jaw, indicating movement at great speeds. Below and behind the face, bottom half of image, the translucent hint of a planet and a large continent. Watermark of “Storyfeather” along border of visible continent.