The Antechamber

Storyfeather

Researchers on the verge of a medical breakthrough must investigate why their advanced surgical machine works perfectly on some patients, and not at all on others.

Genre: Science Fiction

Excerpt: Waiting. We’ve been waiting for thirty minutes. A nuisance, maybe, if I were out in the world on an er-rand or anticipating someone’s arrival. But here, in the antechamber, poised on the threshold of themost important thing I will ever do with my life, or the grandest failure of my life, those thirty minuteshave stretched into the last thirty years of my life. It must be worse for the person on the other side of the antechamber door, the patient waiting for us to save his life.

What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?Antechamber: a chamber or room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment; anteroom. (source: dictionary.com)

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CREDITSStory: “The Antechamber” Copyright © 2019 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 ANDREA BARONI (Cyberleaf)* “Evolving Cities” “Fugue For One Synthetic Heart (No Percussion)” “Ground Control” “Fugue For One Synthetic Heart” “Forest Bathing”

Music by TRG BANKS “Cigar”

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

Music by Andrea Baroni is licensed from GameDev Market Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

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Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Three people seen from chest up standing in front of a console with buttons made of simple geometric shapes, below a window that looks into a room or chamber. At left, a person facing forward in three-quarters profile. The person in the middle is seen from right profile, but with the head turned to the console. She has her right index finger poised over one of the controls. The person at right is seen from the back. They are wearing uniforms each in a different color. A structured hood or helmet is seen at the back of the persons at middle and right. The hazy image of an examination table surrounded by some apparatus or device is visible through the window.