Mar 13, 2026
A philosopher, a mage, and a
swordsman are sent on an impossible quest from which they know they
will not return alive.
Genre:
Mythology
Excerpt:
The
philosopher felt her heart go still. She felt the cold steel of the
swordsman’s sword quivering by her right side. She felt the warm
spark of the mage’s magic prickling by her left side.
In that moment, and none
other since, she had wished her friends would unleash their might
and fury…
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 Last Night of Grief
This episode landed on CREATURES.
Find more stories and episodes about
creatures here: Year of
Creatures.
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CREDITS
Story:
“The
Last Night of Grief” Copyright © 2022
by Nila L. Patel
Narration,
Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
“Flames on ice”
by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro)
“Haven” by
NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro)
“Abstract Vision
#5” by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)
Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark
Fantasy Studio)
“Whispers"
“Scroll of the wind
walker”
“Wide
place”
“Fallen leaves
(seamless)”
“To
Falgalown”
“Signs of
desolation”
“The last
stand”
“Adventure”
“Haven”
“Runes”
“Compass”
“In the
shadows”
“Flames on ice”
Music by Nicholas Jeudy and
Andrew Sitkov 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 Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov
at gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art
Description:
Digital drawing.
Facing forward stands a creature with three dog-like heads with
different fur colors. The heads emerge from serpent-like necks
attached to a central body from which the top heads of three legs
are visible. All eyes are glowing. All the snouts are contracted as
if growling, mouths parted, revealing fangs. All ears are perked
up. A forked tongue emerges from the head at right. Snake-like
fangs drip a drop of venom from the head at left. Behind and above
the heads, an armored segmented body is visible extending up out of
frame. Extending down from top left of frame is a segmented spiked
tail curling upward. Behind the creature is the opening of a cave.
Rectangular image is made square with top and bottom borders that
reflect blurred versions of the faces in the main image. Watermark
of “Storyfeather” on cave wall, along right side of
torso.