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To rescue her kidnapped infant sister from a magical monarch, Parni and her pet rat enter the dream realm and pass through nightmare and illusion.

Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy

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Excerpt:
Three days has passed since Parnika\\u2019s baby sister, Kulfi, has been taken by the Marshmallow Monarch.

Such was the price of living in a town that bordered the famed and infamous slumberland\\u2014the source of all dreams and nightmares. Most people only ever visited slumberland in their dreams. But Parni\\u2019s people lived close enough to enter the land in body as well as in mind.

Myriad signs of warning marked the borders of slumberland. They were meant for grown folk. Children didn\\u2019t need such signs.

For only children could see slumberland\\u2026

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What\\u2019s the Word (that inspired the story)?
Slumberland: an imaginary land described to children as the place they enter during sleep. (source: dictionary.com)

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CREDITS
Story: \\u201cA Waking Walker in Slumberland\\u201d Copyright \\xa9 2019 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production:\\xa0 Nila L. Patel

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Music:
\\u201cTrip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background\\u201d by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

Music by JONATHAN SHAW*
\\u201cThoughts\\u201d
\\u201cTreading the Unknown\\u201d
\\u201cChecking Inventory\\u201d
\\u201cA Bitter Hope\\u201d
\\u201cCold Sanctuary\\u201d
\\u201cMidnight Creeping\\u201d
\\u201cEncounter of Misdeeds\\u201d
\\u201cSpinning Tavern\\u201d
\\u201cVisions of Freedom\\u201d
\\u201cShowdown of Misdeeds\\u201d
\\u201cSinning Tavern\\u201d

Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)*
\\u201cCompass\\u201d
\\u201cDon\\u2019t move\\u201d
\\u201cThe plan\\u201d
\\u201cHunter\\u2019s moon\\u201d

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*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

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Music by Jonathan Shaw and Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

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Find more music by Digital_Emotions at\\xa0audiojungle.net
Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Jonathan Shaw at gamedevmarket.net
Find more music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

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Episode Art Description: Scan of ink drawing, digitally colored. A tree with light colored bark sitting on a slight rise of earth.\\xa0 The tree\\u2019s roots extend down and to the right. The base of one branch appears at top left. The thin leafy ends of branches extend down from the top right.\\xa0 A girl peaks out from the edge of the tree at right, only the face and left arm visible, hand grasping the tree. A small dark rat with a long tail sits on her shoulder. Some of the roots glow with a bright light.