Contest Chevelure

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A modest town at the foot of the mountain holds a contest every summer with a powerful prize. Genre: Mystery, Mythology

Excerpt: The Contest Chevelure was a time-honored competition held in a modest town in the middle of a modest country. It was a contest to see who could have the most extravagant and beautiful head of hair. Only, there was one notable detail. None of the people in the town had any hair on their heads.

What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?Chevelure: a head of hair (source: dictionary.com)

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CREDITSStory: “Contest Chevelure” Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel

Music: “Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background” by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music)* “Medieval Theme #5” “Lyric Voices #5” “Medieval Track #1 (looped)” “Medieval Theme #3” “Be a Hero” “Peace in My World (final theme)”

Music by BENJAMIN CARR (Scythuz)* “Crystal Caves” “Dwarven Settlement”

Music by ALBERT FERNANDEZ (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* “Locations Medieval Tavern Song” “Exploration Cave (loop)” “Exploration Forest of Magic” “Humorous Exploration (loop)” “Locations Court Song”

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

Music by Albert Fernandez, Benjamin Carr, and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

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Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Center bottom third, a figure facing forward, seen from shoulders up, wearing a scarf around the neck and a fitted coat. Her head is tilted up and her left hand is extended up, index finger pointing up, and other fingers held loosely. She has no hair, but a set of spiraling horns emerging from the top of her head and extending up through the top two-thirds of the image. A second set of shorter spiraling horns extend from the back of her head. She stands beneath a starry sky. A falling star streaks across that sky from upper right to lower left, just between the span of her horns.