Jul 24, 2026
A new guest services employee
works a memorable first shift at the most exclusive resort in the
galaxy.
Genre: Science
Fiction
Excerpt:
According to Lianne,
searching for a lost pet was the best way for Rekha to quickly
become familiar with the actual layout of the resort and to get her
“sea legs.” The bubble they were in didn’t protect them completely
from exotic particles, gravity waves, tidal forces, and other
dangers of being so close to a black hole. Dangers that most of the
people in the resort, including Rekha, didn’t even
half-understand.
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 Grand Universal Singularity Resort
This episode landed on DEFINITIONS. A French word
inspired the name of a side character and eventually led to story’s
core concept.
Find more stories and episodes
inspired by definitions here: Year of
Definitions
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CREDITS
Story: “The
Grand Universal Singularity Resort”
Copyright © 2022 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and
Production: Nila L.
Patel
Music:
“Space
Discoveries” by ANDREW SITKOV (Intro)
“Another World” by ANDREW SITKOV
(Outro)
“Abstract Vision #5” by ANDREW
SITKOV (Outro)
Music by BENJAMIN CARR
(Scythuz)
“Abandoned
Spacestation”
“Alien Hive”
Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game
Music)
“Another
World”
“Stars
Talk”
“Unknown
Terrain”
“Space
Discoveries”
“Dark
Side”
“Casual Funny Track
(looped)”
“Casual Arcade Track #1
(looped)”
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
Benjamin Carr is licensed from GameDev
Market
Sound effects from
AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and
Soundly (through Hindenburg)
Vocal effects created
with Audacity
Changes made to the musical tracks? Just
cropping of some to align with my narration.
Find more music by Benjamin
Carr and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art
Description:
Digital painting.
A black hole and surrounding space. At center, a black orb almost
half surrounded by a pool of glowing white and yellow seen at a
bias, angled from top left to bottom right. This pool is surrounded
by a hazy ring of bright orange on the same plane. Fainter and
thinner rings enclose the bright orange. Small bright spots are
scattered among the rings. Darkness surrounds all. A wispy beam of
light bursts out from the edge of the black orb, perpendicular to
the plane of the rings. At bottom left, at the farthest ring, there
is a small bubble. Watermark of “Storyfeather” along curve of
outermost rings near bottom right.