The Impassable Valley of the Flowers

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A sixteen-year-old decides that her first journey alone will be into a forbidden valley of flowers that lies just beyond her town.

Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy

Excerpt: There is a valley, where grow flowers of every hue and kind, colors and fragrance in harmony. They singsongs, it is said, in spring and summer, songs whose ghosts and echoes can be heard in winter and fall.

These flowers are singular, for each is inhabited by an animating spirit.

The valley is haunted, they say.

What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?Anthophobia: an irrational or disproportionate fear of flowers (source: dictionary.com)

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CREDITSStory: “The Impassable Valley of the Flowers” 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 ALBERT FERNANDEZ (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)* “Exploration_Mystery (loop)” “Exploration_Forest of Magic” “Exploration_Mystical Place (loop 1)” “Exploration_Cave (loop)” “Cue_Nature” “Humorous_Stealth (loop)” “Song_Visiting Her Forest” “Locations_Court Song”

Music by LEE ROSEVERE “Waves of Sleep” “Night Caves” “Featherlight (remix – vocals by Heather Feather)

Music by ROZKOL “Ambient I-IV”

*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 is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Lee Rosevere and ROZKOL is licensed under CC BY 4.0Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

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Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A figure in black silhouette seen from behind, standing on a path that recedes toward the horizon, in front of a giant red dahlia flower with a leaf emerging from either side. The forms of grass blades and tulip flowers rise behind the dahlia, seen through a multi-colored mist. The original image is horizontal, made square through a lightbox effect at top and bottom.