Jul 31, 2026
A recent college graduate
dreams of operating a local theater that has a special and secret
importance to planet Earth...and beyond.
Genre: Science
Fiction
Excerpt:
“Jules,
you’re fired,” he said.
“What!”
He held up his hand. “It’s
for your own good. Those… men, for lack of a better word, are not
aliens really. They’re, they’re called ‘intimidators.’ Look, they
won’t hurt you, okay? Or your family. As long as you forget about
the theater.”
The Wheel of Fiction
Turns. What did it land on this
time?
Each Season 9 story
follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes.
Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is “Turn Again.”
One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and
will be revealed when the wheel lands on them.
See a story trailer and a
(satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: The Golden Ratio Theater
This episode landed on a mystery spoke, DRAW. I
drew the image first, then used it to inspire a story.
Find more stories and episodes
inspired by the artwork first here: Year of
Creatures
Find more science fiction stories here: Science Fiction at Storyfeather
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CREDITS
Story: “The
Golden Ratio Theater” Copyright © 2022
by Nila L. Patel
Narration,
Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
“Abstract Vision
#1” by ANDREW SITKOV (Intro)
“Fugue for
One Synthetic Heart” by ANDREA BARONI
(Outro)
“Abstract Vision #5” by ANDREW
SITKOV (Outro)
Music by ANDREA BARONI
(Cyberleaf)
“Fugue for One Synthetic
Heart”
“Fast Lanes Light
Rain”
“Dancing
Operators”
“Cozy
Afternoons”
“Ground
Control”
“Slightly
Across”
“The Tech Show”
Music by ANDREW SITKOV
(MuzStation Game Music)
“Abstract
Vision #2”
“Abstract Vision
#9”
“Abstract Vision #1”
All tracks are part of a music and
sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced
from GameDev Market.
Music by Andrew Sitkov and
Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev
Market
Sound effects from
AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and
Soundly (through Hindenburg)
Changes made to the musical
tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my
narration.
Find more music by Andrea
Baroni and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art
Description:
Digital drawing.
View of four rows of seats in a theater with some aliens and some
humans seated. At bottom is the top portion of the front two seats
with people sitting in them. Only the hair of the person at left is
visible, in a top bun. At right, only the top of the head with one
eye and one ear is visible. The person is looking back and to their
right. In the middle two people sit in two seats. A human at left,
with a straw in her mouth from a large drink cup. A humanoid alien
at right, holding a handful of popcorn up to his face from a large
bucket of popcorn. Both are looking down at the handful of popcorn.
In the row behind, at far left is an alien with the face of a
triceratops-like dinosaur, who is looking up, and who has one hand
gripping the top of the seat in front of them. An empty seat
separates them from a human at right, holding a hand to their face
and looking up. Watermark of “Storyfeather” middle row middle
seat.