A woman with unique blood and a man with an uncanny sense of smell are targeted by a shadowy corporation seeking to shut down all research into synthetic blood.
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction
Excerpt:
Too much blood. Too much blood is dripping. He'll smell it. He'll find me.
Once again, she stopped for a moment and leaned against a wall under the flashing red bulbs and the piercing alarm. She inhaled and drew the blood back into her body through the poorly sealed gash that arced over her shoulder. A dozen rivulets trickled up her bare arm.
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.
In an earlier story, I wrote about the invention of a synthetic blood substitute called "Modern Blood," through the eyes of a patient who desperately needs it. This new story takes place several decades later and explores a couple of potential consequences of the invention. I also revisit a character from another story, who fits right in with the topic, a man with a supernatural sense of smell, from an episode called "Bloodhound Brody."
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CREDITS
Story: "Unstable Blood" Copyright © 2021 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
"No Way Out Full Version" by FICUS PROSOUND (Intro and Outro)
"Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)
Music by FICUS PROSOUND*
"Investigations Full Version"
"Following Clues Full Version"
"No Way Out Full Version"
"The Escape Room Full Version"
"The Jigsaw Full Version"
Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)*
"Connected"
"Cyber"
"MDK"
"Under the mask"
"Doubts"
"Complexe mind"
"Master"
"Men in black"
*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.
Music by Ficus Prosound, 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, Ficus Prosound, and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, figure seen from chin to mid-thigh, wearing a top with no sleeves, a shirt or blazer tied around the waist, and a watch around the left wrist. The ends of the figure's short hair dangle just below the chin. The right hand grips the left at the elbow. The left arm dangles. Rivulets of blood trickle from a wound on the left shoulder. They trickle down the arm, but also float across the body and out from the arm, condensing into larger blobs. Behind the figure is a glowing background with spatters bursting out from the center. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along figure's right hip.
