There is only one currency that is able to abide at the nexus of all existence. In our world, we call it the black penny.
Genre: Fantasy
Excerpt:
Touching the penny evoked a vision in my mind of a swirling whirlpool, not of water, but of stars.
I felt a moment of calm sweep over me. The problems I faced were real and daunting and major. But there were things in the universe that dwarfed them.
A little bit like how I dwarfed that little penny.
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 once wrote a story based on the saying, "see a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck." But luck can be fickle, can't it? That story is called "Copper Penny."
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CREDITS
Story: "The Black Penny Market" Copyright © 2021 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
"Space Discoveries" by ANDREW SITKOV (Intro and Outro)
"Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)
Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music)*
"Abstract Vision #6"
"Space Discoveries"
Music by TRG BANKS
"Keith in 1987"
"Interstellar Breakfast"
"Insideoutworld"
"New world"
"Non-stop to Insideoutworld"
*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.
Music by Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market
Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal
Sound effects from AudioJungle, and 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 Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org/music/TRG_Banks
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Silhouette of a person who appears to be standing in mid-air, seen from a low angle. The person is wearing pants and a hoodie, and a raising up right arm. Just above the left shoulder is a small black circle, glowing slightly. A multi-colored hazy bar of light originates from the circle, passes behind the figure, and angles to the bottom left corner, into a multi-colored gas cloud that leads into a fog. At top left corner a disc-shaped galaxy, the Milky Way. A translucent peach-colored bar angles up from the bottom right to the top right. Another similar bar angles to the left from the right side. A squiggly neon line connects the two bars. Colors drip upward where the two bars meet. The original image is made square by adding a top and bottom border with colors and shattered square discs in the same color scheme. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along figure's left arm.
