Listen "The Last Voyage of the Echidna"
Episode Synopsis
Following their queen and captain into exile, the crew of the Echidna build an experimental engine, to keep surviving and striving, and to one day establish a new colony. Genre: Science Fiction THIS IS EPISODE #400. I have put out 400 podcast episodes by my lil old self. Mwahaha! Tell me this means I cannot be stopped! Excerpt:"Queens growing old without growing wiser. That's not what we need. That's not what I seek to be." Those were the last words that Captain Navaso spoke before she went into exile, breaking from the Unified Colonies, along with 899 loyal members of her colony. 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. This story is a direct prequel to an episode from Season Three, "The Adventure of the Goliath," in which a couple of agents who investigate unusual phenomena follow a distress signal coming from an unusual source. 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 also has sign-up forms for my two email newsletters: Storyfeather Gazette (if you'd like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer's Field Guide (if you'd like writing tips and guidance from me) Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.) 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 CREDITSStory: "The Last Voyage of the Echidna" Copyright © 2021 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel Music: "Drive With Me" by ANDREW SITKOV (Intro & Outro) "Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro) Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music) "Abstact Vision #3" "Abstact Vision #6" "Drive With Me" "Be a Hero" Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio) "Particle Voyager" "Connected" "Prisma" "Connecting dots" "Pursuit" "Killer Escape" "Autopsy" "Black light" "Genetic marker" All these tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Nicholas Jeudy 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 Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A ship shaped like a submarine appears at bottom half, moving toward a glowing anomaly at center. Lightning, sparks, and gases emerge from the anomaly and stream outward. A zigzag pattern with nodes at each junction glows on the ship's hull and is reflected above and below the ship, but darker in color. Lightning also bursts from two thrusters on the ship's dorsal hull. Watermark of "Storyfeather" on hull of ship along left thruster.
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