{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"A Carnival of Cakes","description":"Three siblings created their own game to play each year at winter solstice, a game that has grown and changed as they have, sometimes in unexpected ways. Genre: Fantasy Excerpt: No one knew anything in the beginning of their journeys. They only started knowing things by going on the journey. By making decisions before they even knew what the right decision was. And they told me that it was better to learn some lessons in a game than it was to learn them in real life.   The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time?Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is \u201cTurn Again.\u201d One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. This episode landed on CHALLENGE. See a story trailer and a video of the wheel turning (if you\u2019re into that sort of thing) here: A Carnival of Cakes   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: \u201cA Carnival of Cakes\u201d Copyright \u00a9 2021 by Nila L. PatelNarration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production:  Nila L. Patel   Music: \u201cDonjon keeper (bonus track)\u201d by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro & Outro)\u201cJoy\u201d by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro)\u201cAbstract Vision #5\u201d by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)  Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music)\u201cPercussion Loop #11\u201d   Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)\u201cCompass\u201d \u201cFallen leaves\u201d\u201cScroll of the wind walker\u201d\u201cAdventure\u201d \u201cA story of gold\u201d\u201cThe harbor\u201d\u201cWinterheart (seamless)\u201d\u201cDonjon keeper (bonus track)\u201d\u201cJoy\u201d   All 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 MarketChanges made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration.  Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.netFind more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Background, a two-layer round chocolate cake with a slice cut out, with orange frosting, chocolate glaze on top and dripping down the sides, and overlapping round orange slices wrapped around the bottom. Tall glowing triangles of sugar candy crown the top. Foreground left, a square piece of two-layer cake with sprinkles, frosted with whipped cream, topped with three berries in a diagonal, and sprigs of tiny leaves. Foreground right, a square cake seen from top and along one corner, with frosting piped at the bottom and top borders. The word \u201cFarewell\u201d is written on the top. The word \u201cLevel\u201d is written on both visible sides. A shadowy hand emerges from right and reaches for the cakes. From below, another hand grasps the first at the wrist. Watermark of \u201cStoryfeather\u201d along bottom of cake at right. ","author_name":"Storyfeather","author_url":"http:\/\/storyfeather.libsyn.com\/site","html":"