The Mystery on Marigold Drive

Published: March 24, 2023, 6:45 a.m.

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Strange happenings in one household trigger a police investigation that reveals a deeper mystery.

Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction

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Excerpt:
A few days later, Reggie mentioned seeing a \\u201cweird-looking dog\\u201d in the backyard when he came home from school. He looked it up and realized that what he\\u2019d seen was a fox. But if there had indeed been a fox in the yard, it had run off by the time Reena went to look. She\\u2019d never heard of any fox sightings in the town proper. But aside from a few jokes at dinner about wildlife passing through their backyard, the Songs had no further concern.

Then, items began to appear. An old-fashioned lantern lying outside in the yard. A rake that no one remembered buying. And one morning, Reena came downstairs to find a stack of plates in the kitchen that didn\\u2019t belong to the family.

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What\\u2019s the Word (that inspired the story)?
Intertemporal: Describing any relationship between past, present, and future events or conditions. (source: Wiktionary)

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CREDITS
Story: \\u201cThe Mystery on Marigold Drive\\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 NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)*
\\u201cSilent walk\\u201d
\\u201cMonochromatic stain\\u201d
\\u201cCold case\\u201d
\\u201cVirtual reality\\u201d
\\u201cPrisma\\u201d
\\u201cProfiler\\u201d
\\u201cInvestigation day\\u201d
\\u201cIn search for (seamless)\\u201d
\\u201cUnclassified\\u201d
\\u201cDo or die\\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 Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

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Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net
Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy at gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

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Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A street map with a few labeled elements and denser detail in the middle, which shows a grid of streets. At top center is a green area labeled \\u201cExeter Park.\\u201d At bottom center is another green area, unlabeled. One of the streets curves down into a body of water labeled \\u201cDragonfly Lake.\\u201d Just outside the grid, in each other cardinal direction is a circle. The circles are labeled \\u201cCircle North,\\u201d \\u201cCircle East,\\u201d Circle West,\\u201d and \\u201cCircle South,\\u201d according to their position. Radiating out from the center of the map is a web of cracks or tears. One of these cracks terminates at upper right on a house symbol on a side street labeled \\u201cMarigold.\\u201d Other parallel streets nearby are labeled \\u201cOlive\\u201d and \\u201cPark.\\u201d The original image is a horizontal rectangle. Borders are added to the top and bottom showing faded portions of the map to make the final image square.

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