Aug 4, 2023
A sixteen-year-old decides that her first journey alone will be into a forbidden valley of flowers that lies just beyond her town.
Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy
Excerpt:
There is a valley, where
grow flowers of every hue and kind, colors and fragrance in
harmony. They singsongs, it is said, in spring and summer, songs
whose ghosts and echoes can be heard in winter and fall.
These flowers are singular, for each is inhabited by an animating spirit.
The valley is haunted, they say.
What’s the Word (that inspired the
story)?
Anthophobia: an irrational or disproportionate
fear of flowers (source: dictionary.com)
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Story: “The
Impassable Valley of the Flowers” Copyright © 2019 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)*
“Exploration_Mystery (loop)”
“Exploration_Forest of Magic”
“Exploration_Mystical Place (loop 1)”
“Exploration_Cave (loop)”
“Cue_Nature”
“Humorous_Stealth (loop)”
“Song_Visiting Her Forest”
“Locations_Court Song”
Music by LEE ROSEVERE
“Waves of Sleep”
“Night Caves”
“Featherlight (remix – vocals by Heather Feather)
Music by ROZKOL
“Ambient I-IV”
*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 is licensed from
GameDev Market
Music by Lee Rosevere and ROZKOL is licensed under CC BY
4.0
Sound effects from AudioJungle and
GameDevMarket
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music by Albert Fernandez at gamedevmarket.net
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more music by Lee Rosevere and ROZKOL at freemusicarchive.org and
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stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A figure in black silhouette seen from behind, standing on a path that recedes toward the horizon, in front of a giant red dahlia flower with a leaf emerging from either side. The forms of grass blades and tulip flowers rise behind the dahlia, seen through a multi-colored mist. The original image is horizontal, made square through a lightbox effect at top and bottom.