The Station Companions

Published: Dec. 3, 2022, 1:36 a.m.

Two technicians working alone to maintain an Arctic monitoring station begin to see something they shouldn’t be seeing…a third resident of the station.

Genre: Mystery

 

Excerpt:
Andrew saw it first. About a month into our six-month rotation maintaining the company’s Arctic monitoring station. He was doing weekly maintenance on all the pumps on the north side when he thought he saw some motion. At first, he thought he’d just imagined something.

  

Season 6 Theme is DEFINITIONS
What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?
Frigorific: causing or producing cold

 

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CREDITS
Story: “The Station Companions” Copyright © 2018 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)*
“Ground Control”
“March Of The Waking Lights”
“Forest Bathing”


Music by ALBERT FERNANDEZ (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)*
“Exploration_Dark (loop)”
“Atmosphere_PersecutionDanger_Loop”
“Atmosphere_Frozen”


Music by FICUS PROSOUND*
“The Escape Room Full Version”
“Armageddon Full Version”
“The Jigsaw Full Version”
“Following Clues Full Version”
“Investigation Full Version”
“Now Way Out Full Version”


Music by CHRIS LOGSDON*
“Level 6”
“Level 4”


*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, Albert Fernandez, Ficus ProSound, and Chris Logsdon is licensed from GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

 

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

 

Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At left, two people, facing front, before a large monitor with a glowing screen. Both have mouths drawn into an o-shape and brows raised.  The monitor sits on a tabletop that extends across the bottom of the screen. Other items on the table are a clipboard with loose pages atop it; a rack with three test tubes, two partially full, one capped, one containing a scoop or stirrer; and an instrument, partially visible. The person at left is only seen from neck up, body obscured by the monitor, and is wearing a faux fur collar and glasses. The second person is seen from waist up with left arm resting on the tabletop, glancing to the right where a large distorted humanoid shadow stretches from top to bottom. The shadow wields a wrench in a raised hand. At top left is an overhanging light with a single bulb and a string switch hanging down. The bulb is off.  A wide bar of dim light extends from top right to bottom left.