Dec 15, 2023
A reporter and camera operator expect to
uncover a hoax when they investigate sightings of flying pigs, but
soon find themselves on the path of a much stranger story.
Genre: Fantastic Mystery
Excerpt:
“The boss wants us to
relate it to the flying pigs story,” Quentin said.
They were driving out to another farm, within the county this time. And this time, it was a commercial farm where the workers had reported that the chickens had begun growing teeth.
What’s the Writing Prompt that
inspired the story?
“Draw: When pigs fly” (I didn’t
actually draw a flying pig…not for this story anyway.)
Source: 500 Creative
Prompts. Copyright © 2019 Piccadilly (USA) Inc.
Additional inspiration from the following source.
https://omniglot.com/language/idioms/flyingpigs.php
Idioms that mean something that is highly unlikely to happen
Faster Fictioneer
I
held my first free writing workshop over Zoom to teach my method of
writing short stories (an abbreviated version) on 11/8/2023. The
workshop is based on my course, called “Faster Fictioneer: A Doable
Method to Write a Short Story from Start to Finish in Five
Weeks.”
You can watch a replay of the workshop here: FASTER FICTIONEER
(You can also buy the course there.)
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Story: “Seven
Signs of Impossible Times” Copyright © 2020 by Nila L.
Patel
Narration, Episode
Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
“Trip-Hop
Lounge Abstract Background” by Digital
Emotions (Intro/Outro)
Music by LEE ROSEVERE
“Awkward Silences (version a)”
“Not My Problem”
“Knowing the Truth”
“Slow Lights”
“Betrayal”
“Awkward Silences (version b)”
Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game
Music)*
“Hidden Fear”
“Mystical House (Short Loop)”
“Story at Night”
“Scary Theme #5”
“Scary Theme #3”
“Scary Theme #4 (Version 2)”
*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.
Music by Andrew Sitkov licensed from GameDev Market
Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY
4.0
Sound effects from AudioJungle and
GameDevMarket
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audiojungle.net
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music by Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
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more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and
bandcamp.com
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stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Central image with a top and bottom border to make the format square. At center, two figures seen from mid-thigh up standing in front of a massive gate that is halfway open. The man at left faces forward. He holds a microphone up to his mouth with his right hand and gestures to the gate with his left. The woman at right holds a professional camera over her right shoulder. The camera is pointed toward the man. On either side of the frame in foreground are towers of gladiolus flowers. Snow appears to be blowing down and out from the open gate. A plaque on the left side of the gate reads “Pandemonium.”