Dec 1, 2023
When the once-inseparable children of the Rain and the Sun quarrel and go their separate ways, they set in motion dire consequences for their parents and for the world.
Genre: Mythology
Excerpt:
When they were young, the
seven children of the Rain and the Sun were inseparable. They were
magnificent, these children. When they were born, so too were
colors born into the world. And the colors bore the names of the
seven children. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and
Violet.
What each child touched became that color. The red petals of a rose, the orange cheeks of a young fairy, the green spires of a pine, the indigo eye of a peacock’s feather. They
What’s the Writing Prompt that
inspired the story?
“Write down the colors of the
rainbow, then list a character trait that suits each color.”
Source: A Writer’s Year:
365 Creative Writing Prompts. Text by Emma Bastow. Copyright ©
2019 HarperCollins Publishers
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Story: “The
Children of the Rain and the Sun” 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 ALBERT FERNANDEZ (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)*
“Humorous Exploration (loop)”
“Exploration Mystery (loop)”
“Exploration Cave (loop)”
“Cue Nature 2”
“Cue Nature”
“Holy Hymn (loop)”
Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game
Music)*
“Magic Within”
“Lyric Voices #2”
“Lyric Voices #5”
“Peace in My World (final theme)”
Music by LEE ROSEVERE
“How I Used to See the Stars”
“Night Caves”
“You’re Enough (version a)”
*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.
Music by Albert Fernandez and 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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music by Albert Fernandez and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
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more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and
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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. Seven bands of vertical color form a rainbow with red at left and violet at right. The silhouettes of humanoid figures stand within each band of color and match that color. The figures are seen from the waist up and are joining hands. The borders contain all seven colors mixed together as if in a paint palette.