Trailers

Video Description: “Thorn, Sword, and Teardrop” Trailer. Duration, 24 seconds. “Song Painful Memories (loop)” by Albert Fernandez. Digital drawing. The top part of a table in a tavern set before a window. An empty chair sits at left. Portions of the stone wall are visible. At left, a sword is hung up on the wall, the blade partly obscured by the chair. A mask of tragedy is hung before the pommel. The mask has a single tear falling from the left eye. A thorny vine is wrapped around the blade. On the table from left to right sit a plate holding a bowl with a spoon beside a bread roll, a tankard, a lit candle in a holder, and a stein with steam rising from the top. Dark clouds are visible through the diagonal grids of the window. Watermark of word “Storyfeather” appears along left edge of blade. Title card with the words “Short Story” and “Genre: Mythology,” is displayed at middle. Tagline is displayed below. It reads: “A stranger in a quiet corner of a tavern is asked to share a story, and tells a tale of a thorn that kills, a sword that heals, and a teardrop that never fell.” Title card and tagline fade. Lines from the story appear: “In the beginning, she was a blacksmith. She managed a noisy shop. And she lived a quiet life. But a quiet life is not enough to avoid doom. Every life teeters on the edge of oblivion. Even the ones that are the safest.” Animation of a candle flame throughout. Site URL appears at bottom center throughout and fades at end. The title appears at center. A text card appears at top that reads “Available to Read Now.”

Video Description: “The Stork That Drank the Stars” Trailer. Duration, 42 seconds. “Holy Hymn (loop)” by Albert Fernandez. Digital drawing. A bird-like creature perched on a tree branch. The body faces left, the head is turned to look forward. The bird has two large rodent-like ears, rodent-like legs, two antennae emerging from the head above the eyes, a large wide beak like that of a shoebill stork, and segments of fur along the chest. Large feathers drape over the bird’s back. Part of the tree is visible at right with one branch arcing over the bird. Watermark of word “Storyfeather” appears along right ear. Title card with the words “Short Story” and “Genre: Mythology,” is displayed at middle. Tagline is displayed below. It reads: “A girl puts together an event that everyone thinks is a stunt to break a record, even though she told them it’s a ritual to summon a vast mythic creature.” Title card and tagline fade. Lines from the story appear: “The stork could handle being in outer space.  But people couldn’t, except the people who were granted special powers by the ancients, a race of god-like beings who were in charge of the earth-world back in those days.  The ancients could all handle space travel.  They rode around in the stork’s bills to different worlds warmed by different stars.” Site URL appears at bottom center right throughout and fades at end. The title appears at center. Animation of a twinkling star between the last two words of the title. A text card appears at top that reads “Available to Read Now.”

Video Description: “The Plentiful Powers of Pigeons” Trailer. Duration, 41 seconds. “Magic Within” by Andrew Sitkov. Digital drawing. A man seen from waist up, facing forward, with hands on hips, a crooked smile, and eyes closed. He wears a pigeon costume. The pigeon head lies over his head, with his full face showing. His arms look like pigeon legs, with the feet forming cuffs around his wrists. At his waist is a band of overlapping feathers, and on his back are two large folded wings. Watermark of word “Storyfeather” appears along top of right wing. Title card with the words “Short Story” and “Genre: Mythology,” is displayed at top. Tagline is displayed below. It reads: “The city leaders did not heed the warning. The leaders assured the people…that they had nothing to fear from the mountain. …they decreed that all the people would take turns climbing some ways up the mountain and performing a ritual of thanks. …the pigeons continued warning them.  The mountain could not be appeased.  It was not angry.  It was simply waking.  And its waking would doom the entire city.” Site URL appears at bottom right throughout and fades at end. The title appears at center. A text card appears at top that reads “Available to Read Now.”

Video Description: “No Kings Among Rats” Trailer. Duration, 38 seconds. “Immortals (seamless)” by Nicholas Jeudy. Digital drawing. Eight rats arrayed in a circle with their tails tied in a pattern. The furthest rat is seen from the back. The rat in the foreground is facing forward and wears a small yellow crown. The other rats are seen in profile. They appear to be sitting atop a watery textured background, which glows where their tails meet. Watermark of word “Storyfeather” appears at an angle at bottom left. Title card with the words “Short Story” and “Genre: Myth and Fable,” is displayed at top. Tagline is displayed below. It reads: “A rat named Hatcher has hatched a plan that might save his king and colony, and might doom his own life.” Title card and tagline fade. Lines from the story appear: “‘I am tempted to ask you what is around the corner for my colony.’ ‘Then why not ask, and be prepared?’ ‘I am not a god. I may not understand what I am seeing. And in my ignorance, I may do something, decide upon a course that may doom my colony.’ ‘What if I show you anyway?’ the god of corners said.” Site URL appears at bottom center throughout and fades at end. The title appears at center. A text card appears at top that reads “Available to Read Now.”

Video description: Trailer for “The Cosmic Hourglass.” 54 seconds. Title card with the words “Podcast Episode” and “Genre: Mythology” is displayed at top. Story tagline is displayed at bottom. Tagline reads, “A mortal apprentice to an immortal being is tempted to steal the great powers contained within the Cosmic Hourglass to tilt the balance of the cosmos toward good.” The title card and tagline fade. Digital drawing. At center, an hourglass with an equal amount of glittering sand on the top and bottom levels. Two hands hold the hourglass in place at top and bottom. The hands share the complexion of the face behind the hourglass and seen through its glass. The face looks forward. Light symmetrical lines extend over the face from the centerline out. The face’s hair flares out from the side, growing more voluminous from chin to top of head. A watermark of the word “Storyfeather” appears at left along side of face. Subtitles appear in time with music and narration at the bottom: “‘But is there no way that I can put right what I have done wrong?’ No. It is done. Time can be transformed into anything, but it cannot be transformed back into itself. Ilaria’s heart was seized with fright, but she rose and took a step toward the Cosmic Hourglass. ‘Then I am ready to be imprisoned.’ No. Your punishment will be to witness what you have wrought. You will live in the world among those who suffer from your mistake. And so she did.” Animation: Sparkles appears at end. Website URL appears at bottom center throughout and fades as story title appears at top and 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.”

Video description: Trailer for “All the Mirrors Are Broken.” 47 seconds. Title card with the words “Podcast Episode” and “Genre: Mystery” is displayed at top. Story tagline is displayed at bottom. Tagline reads, “A private investigator realizes her latest case may be linked to her own uncanny past, and a truth she may not be ready to face.” The title card and tagline fade. Digital drawing. A woman seen from the left, crouching and picking up a shard of glass. She wears a knee-length coat which flares down from the waist. More shards of glass lie on the floor. She holds a small notebook in her left hand, and wears a ring with a stone on her right hand. At top left, glass shatters outward from left to right above her head. On the wall or surface behind are faint elemental symbols. A watermark of the word “Storyfeather” appears along bottom edge of coat. Subtitles appear in time with music and narration at the bottom: “Before he even opened the door, I saw it. Blood. It was smeared along the edge of the bathroom door and around the knob. He pushed the door opened and I gaped. The bathroom mirror was obliterated. There were no shards of glass. Only pebbles and grains. And all of it was swimming in a sticky pool of dark maroon blood. Blood was spattered along the walls. I wasn’t an expert, but I would have been willing to bet that the spatter pattern indicated that the blood had exploded out from the mirror.” Website URL appears at bottom center throughout and fades as story title appears at top and 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.”

Video description: Trailer for “The Magic Triptych.” 40 seconds. Title card with the words “Podcast Episode” and “Genre: Fairy Tale” is displayed at top. Story tagline is displayed at bottom. Tagline reads, “Every year on her birthday, the daughter of a mage receives a key that unlocks a different world in her enchanted triptych.” The title card and tagline fade. Digital drawing. A collage made of three panels, the center one being square and bigger than the two rectangles that flank it, which are of equal size to each other. From left to right, a long stem flower with six petals and two long leaves running alongside the stem; the front half of a turtle swimming at right, and strands of seaweed and fish swimming behind the turtle; and the bright silhouette of a tall tower with several openings and protruding sections, and the silhouettes of trees on either side. A watermark of the word “Storyfeather” appears along bottom of turtle. Subtitles appear in time with music and narration at the bottom: “When I was born, a clever mage, who was also my mother, made for me a triptych: three panels, attached in a row by hinges, depicting paintings of our home. The middle panel depicted our capital city, where we lived. The left panel depicted my mother, her hands raised as if in the casting of a spell. The right panel depicted the Arx, the great tower of knowledge where mages learned their trade.” Website URL appears at bottom center throughout and fades as story title appears at top and 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.”