A patient checks into the hospital for a simple procedure and experiences remarkable side effects.
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Video description: Trailer for “A Simple Procedure.” 45 seconds. Title card with the words “Podcast Episode” and “Genre: Science Fantasy” is displayed at top. Story tagline is displayed at bottom. Tagline reads, “A patient checks into the hospital for a simple procedure and experiences remarkable side effects.” The title card and tagline fade. Digital drawing. View around two sides of a corner. On the left wall are two elevators with a man stepping away from the far elevator. The man holds a bouquet and a balloon. On the right wall is a painting and a floor vase containing a plant. The right wall is connected to another wall. At right foreground are two women and a girl. One woman and the girl stand against a counter and one woman stands behind them. Transposed over all this are the translucent distorted edges and outlines of the original image. A watermark of the word “Storyfeather” appears along the bottom left. Subtitles appear in time with music and narration at the bottom: “I could remember the smells. I smelled blood. And I smelled body odor. And I smelled something foul. Something I’d never smelled before. Something that smelled wrong, twisted. I smelled it all until the moment things went wrong. Then I smelled nothing. Nothing at all.” Story title appears at top. Website URL appears at bottom center throughout and fades as text box appears at center displaying the words, “Listen on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, and so on. Or listen on my Podcast page at storyfeather.com.”
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Episode Released: 20 April 2023
ALERT: This episode contains a fictionalized depiction of a panic attack and heartbeat sound effects. Please listen with caution.
EXCERPT:
It was a simple procedure.
A simple procedure.
I would be admitted to the hospital overnight. I had to be fasting. Except for some clear liquid that the nurse would have me drink every four hours. It contained some stuff that the doctor called “fixers.” She explained that they were meant to help boost the efficiency of the procedure and help my recovery go faster. Then she joked that they would “fix” me.
What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?
Fantod: usually “the fantods.” A state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets
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CREDITS:
Story: “A Simple Procedure” 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 LEE ROSEVERE
“All the Answers”
“Heat Haze”
“The Nightmare”
“Here’s the Thing”
Music by CHRIS LOGSDON*
“Level 8”
“Level 6”
“Level 7”
Music by ANDREA BARONI (Cyberleaf)*
“Slightly Across (No Percussion)”
“March Of The Waking Lights”
“Night Time (No Percussion)”
“Forest Bathing”
*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 and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market
Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net
Find more music by Andrea Baroni and Chris Logsdon at gamedevmarket.net
Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
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FROM SEASON 6 (AKA YEAR 6)
THIS SEASON’S THEME IS DEFINITIONS
(Stories centered on an intriguing word and its meaning)
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Tags: Foreshadow, Hospital, Nervousness, Nurse Kim, Patient, Procedure, Restlessness, Ripples
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