{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Only Fools Prevail","description":"In a realm where the learned are held at the highest esteem, a fool is called upon to challenge a trickster.  Genre: Fairy Tale   Excerpt:\u201cI visit you because I am curious.\u201d \u201cI think it\u2019s because you want to be the first trickster who understands a fool.\u201d The trickster laughed. \u201cMy dear Sovereign, no one amuses me as you do. But I must tell you. To a trickster, everyone is a fool.\u201d   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. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: Only Fools Prevail This episode landed on CHALLENGE. The character faces a challenge that they are too foolish to face. Find more stories and episodes that revisit previous stories here: Year of Challenge.   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   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.)   MY FIRST BOOK (yay)Ever wonder how I\u2019ve gotten all these hundreds of stories written? I have a method. You can learn 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 CREDITSStory: \u201cOnly Fools Prevail\u201d Copyright \u00a9 2022 by Nila L. PatelNarration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel   Music:\u201cMidnight Creeping\u201d by JONATHAN SHAW (Intro & Outro)\u201cAbstract Vision #5\u201d by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)   Music by JONATHAN SHAW\u201cSpinning Tavern\u201d\u201cMidnight Creeping\u201d\u201cSinning Tavern\u201d\u201cA Bitter Hope\u201d\u201cEncounter of Misdeeds\u201d\u201cLingering Evil\u201d\u201cA Tale of Peace\u201d   Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music)\u201cAdventure Track #1\u201d\u201cKnight Rising\u201d\u201cJourney into Fog\u201d\u201cMedieval Track #2\u201d\u201cMedieval Theme 4\u201d\u201cMedieval Theme 5\u201d All tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market. Music by Jonathan Shaw 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 Jonathan Shaw and Andrew Sitkov at gamedevmarket.net Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.ukFind more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com   Episode Art Description:Digital drawing. A composite image of two faces with a soft diagonal border between them, cutting from bottom left to top right. At top seen in left profile is a face looking down and having a pleasant almost smiling expression, short curly hair, and a high loose collar with edges curling down. At bottom is a face in three-quarters profile facing right, looking forward with a distant dreamy expression, short wavy hair, and a straight collar, wearing a hoop earring. Watermark of \u201cStoryfeather\u201d at bottom left, following the diagonal border. ","author_name":"Storyfeather","author_url":"http:\/\/storyfeather.libsyn.com\/site","html":"