Weatherman Cliff Blazer is always receiving blazers from his fans. But the latest one he receives really takes the cake. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: “So far, five people have come in complaining of difficulty breathing, and producing a strange croaking sound. Now, they’re still being treated, and the hospital staff is hesitant to speculate on what could be causing this, but the reason we’re reporting on this is that one of the patients has been discharged and we spoke to them earlier...
Weatherman Cliff Blazer is always receiving blazers from his fans. But the latest one he receives really takes the cake.
Genre: Fantasy
Excerpt: “So far, five people have come in complaining of difficulty breathing, and producing a strange croaking sound. Now, they’re still being treated, and the hospital staff is hesitant to speculate on what could be causing this, but the reason we’re reporting on this is that one of the patients has been discharged and we spoke to them earlier. They didn’t want to be on camera, but…”
Of course they didn’t want to be on camera. What they had to say sounded preposterous.
The patient had puked up a frog.
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. Outerwear gone rogue! I’ve written about it before, only last time, it was a technological issue, in an episode call “One Killer Jacket.” And wild weather was a major component of yet another story I’d previously written, called “The Rainheralds.”
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CREDITSStory: “Cliff's Rad Blazer” Copyright © 2021 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music: “Whimsical Town” by Chris Logsdon (Intro & Outro) “Abstract Vision #5” by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)
Music by ANDREA Baroni (Cyberleaf) “Ground Control” “Fugue For One Synthetic Heart” “The Tech Show” “Slightly Across”
Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music) “Casual Theme #1” “Casual Theme #3” “Abstract Vision #9” “Casual Theme #2”
Music by CHRIS LOGSDON “Mystical Town” “Whimsical Town” “Shady Town”
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, Chris Logdson, 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, Chris Logsdon, and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A weatherman, from waist up, facing forward and standing slightly left of center before a screen showing a generic weather map. He’s wearing a fancy-looking blazer over shirt and tie. The blazer is patterned with sparkling stars and colorful nebulas. He holds his hands to the blazer’s button. A watch and ring on ring finger is visible on his left hand. His left eyebrow is arched. On the weather display, bottom right, a snow flurry is moving in. Top left, an overlay of temperatures. Top right, a cloud under which raindrops and cats and dogs are falling. The rectangular image is made square with top and bottom borders that display portions of the main image, distorted as if blotted with a paint brush. Watermark of “Storyfeather” outside and along the weatherman’s right upper arm.
