A Coat for Many Dimensions

An alchemist attempts to create a coat that will allow her to travel to other dimensions.

Genre: Fantasy

Excerpt: Aunt Mariya was certain that she had solved the mystery of the many dimensions. All of us could do it, but our minds and bodies prevented us from going, be-cause the environments in these other dimensions were different. Some were slightly different. Some more drastically so. One would die as certainly as a diver without oxygen and a space-walker without a spacesuit would die. Only in these other dimensions, it would not be the body that suffered injury, but the mind and the soul.

What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?Bugaboo: something that causes fear or worry; bugbear; bogy Bugbear: 1) any source, real or imaginary, of needless fright or fear. 2) a persistent problem or source of annoyance. (source: dictionary.com)

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CREDITSStory: “A Coat for Many Dimensions” 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 ANDREA BARONI (Cyberleaf)* “Fugue for One Synthetic Heart (No Percussion)” “March of the Waking Lights” “Evolving Cities” “Forest Bathing” “Cozy Afternoons” “Night Time (No Percussion)” “You Were Always in the Right”

Music by Benjamin Carr (Scythuz)* “Labyrinth” “Fire Dungeon” “Ice Cavern” “Torture Chamber” “Forbidden Tower” “Miscellaneous Battle Theme 1”

*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 Benjamin Carr is licensed from GameDev Market Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

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Episode Art Description: Scan of ink drawing, digitally colored. A girl or young woman seen from knees up and from the back. She has short hair ending at the base of the skull and is wearing a coat that is gathered at the back and flares down from the waist in folds. Trees with scarce bare branches surround her, their tops looming above. Through them can be seen the glowing disc of the moon casting out dim light on the gray and foggy atmosphere below.