{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Unicellular Detective","description":" While investigating a murder, a single-celled detective encounters bacterial filaments, proto-multicellular colonies, and a new concept called \u201clove.\u201d Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction   Excerpt: \u201cIt\u2019s not an accident,\u201d Dina said. She spun out a flagellum to wave to him. Harry sighed. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here if it was.\u201d He glanced over at the couple of uniformed diatoms who were keeping any floaters-by from getting too close a look at the crime scene. He glided toward Dina. \u201cHow\u2019s your day so far, Doc?\u201d he asked. \u201cSame as yours, I imagine. But much, much better than his.\u201d Dina moved out of the way, giving Harry a better view of the victim.   What story or stories am I revisiting in this episode? Each Season 8 episode is a standalone story, but it\u2019s 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\u2019ve written at least a couple of previous stories about single-celled organisms doing and being more than they\u2019re expected. Here are those episodes: Amoeba: A Modern Fable Rise of the Prokaryotes   MY FIRST BOOK (yay)Ever wonder how I\u2019ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written?  I have a method. And I talk all about it in my book called Fictioneer\u2019s Field Guide: A Game Plan for Writing Short Stories. It\u2019s now available from Amazon as an eBook, paperback, and hardcover. You can also get there from my Store page: STORYFEATHER STORE   The Store page also has sign-up forms for my two email newsletters: Storyfeather Gazette (if you\u2019d like to keep up with the fiction I create) Fictioneer\u2019s Field Guide (if you\u2019d like writing tips and guidance from me)   Choose what you want. (Either way, you're choosing high jinks.)     MERCH!Interested in merch, like mugs and notebooks, featuring my artwork? Please visit my Store page for info on where you can buy: STORYFEATHER STORE   CREDITSStory: \u201cThe Unicellular Detective\u201d Copyright \u00a9 2021 by Nila L. Patel Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production:  Nila L. Patel   Music: \u201cSmoke\u201d by RAFAEL ARCHANGEL (Intro & Outro) \u201cAbstract Vision #5\u201d by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by RAFAEL ARCHANGEL \u201cPersistence With Beat\u201d \u201cSo Cold\u201d \u201cDeep Dive\u201d \u201cSmoke\u201d \u201cForgotten\u201d \u201cPersistence\u201d   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY* \u201cUnsolved\u201d \u201cInspector\u201d \u201cTrojan horse\u201d \u201cUnder the mask\u201d \u201cWhispers\u201d \u201cDoubts\u201d \u201cMaster\u201d \u201cNegociation (seamless)\u201d   *These tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.   Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from GameDev Market Music by Rafael Archangel is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal Sound effects from AudioJungle, GameDevMarket, and Soundly (through Hindenburg) Changes made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.   Find more music by Benjamin Carr and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Rafael Archangel at Bandcamp Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com     Episode Art Description: Digital image. Cartoon depictions of anthropomorphized unicellular organisms in a line. From left to right, three filaments of cyanobacteria, a Stentor, a paramecium with flagella who\u2019s wearing a fedora, a slime mold, and a dinoflagellate with glasses. The rectangular image is made square with top and bottom borders that extend the background texture. Watermark of \u201cStoryfeather\u201d along inner side of the Stentor. ","author_name":"Storyfeather","author_url":"http:\/\/storyfeather.libsyn.com\/site","html":"