Listen "Matchstick and Mischief"
Episode Synopsis
Two adventurous friends offer to help a scientist whose revolutionary invention for all mousekind isn't exactly authorized. Genre: Science Fiction, Fable Excerpt: "What happened to gravity?" Matchstick asked, as he pushed his legs against a stone. The stone moved away from him, and he, moved away from it, and toward the other two mice. Mischief reached into her satchel for her pencil and pad. "Fab, we fell into the isolated chronon field. Can you confirm?" "I…" Doctor Fabaceous clutched the control slab against his chest. His eyes faced forward, but he didn't seem to be looking at anything. What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode? Each Season 8 episode is a standalone story, but it's connected to or inspired by a previous story through a character, a place, an object, a concept, a continuation of events (ahem, sequel), and so on. I adore writing stories about a pair of anthropomorphized animal best friends. One of my favorites was a tale of two caterpillars who crash an extravagant party. It's called, "Lickspittle and Sobersides." MERCH!Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for updated info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE MY FIRST BOOK (yay)Ever wonder how I've gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. And I talk all about it in my book called Fictioneer's Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It's now available as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. The book title takes you straight to the book on Amazon. Or you can visit my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE The Store page has a sign-up form for my email newsletters. Fictioneering mischief and writing tips. Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.) CREDITSStory: "Matchstick and Mischief" Copyright © 2021 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Dancing Operators" by ANDREA BARONI (Intro & Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro) Music by ANDREA BARONI (Cyberleaf) "Ground Control" "The Tech Show" "Dancing Operators" "Fugue For One Synthetic Heart" "Cozy Afternoons" Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music) "Action Time" "Unknown Terrain" "Abstract Vision #6" "Abstract Vision #9" "Hidden Threat" "Among the Stars" "Prepare for Battle" "Close Your Eyes" All these tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Andrea Baroni and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle, and 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. At center, a mouse riding a motorcycle down a glowing pathway, facing forward, left paw on the pedal and right paw holding a lit matchstick. Objects float in the space around the mouse. At top left, a screw. Bottom left a sock. Top right corner, part of some device with buttons. Below that, a toothbrush. Middle right, a yo-yo. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along glowing path at top left. Rectangular image made square with top and bottom borders with blurred elements from the main image.
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