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“Why does there have to be winter?”

Genre: Mythology, Fantasy

Excerpt:
“Why does there have to be winter?”

The asker was my little niece, all bundled up in black-and-silver fleece blankets. Her favorite colors. She didn’t ask the question just out of curiosity. She was frowning slightly. Winter had swallowed up her favorite season, autumn. (The season to which her only objection was, “why does there have to be so much orange?”).

I smiled. “Do you want the scientific explanation or the non-scientific explanation?”

What’s the Word (that inspired the story)?
Favonian: of or relating to the west wind (source dictionary.com)

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CREDITS
Story: “The Why Winter Challenge” 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 JONATHAN SHAW*
“Morning Frost”
“A Tale of Peace”

Music by ANDREW SITKOV (MuzStation Game Music)*
“Another World”
“Adventure Track #1 (looped)”
“Medieval Track #1 (looped)”
“Story at Night”
“Hidden Fear”
“Ice and Fire”
“Funny Horror”
“Stars Talk”

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

Music by Jonathan Shaw and Andrew Sitkov 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 music by Jonathan Shaw at jshaw.co.uk
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Collage of four vertical images, described from left to right. Part of a planet seen at bottom, and above it, a ship emitting sparks and smoke.  A forearm with horns emerging from several spots extends down and places a clawed hand on a surface of cracked ice. A cloaked figure with a featureless face seen in right profile and waist up, partially visible, holds up the left hand, palm curled up as if to catch a snowflake just above it. A figure with a featureless face seen from knees up, facing forward, holding a dagger at their side in the right hand, and holding up a scythe with their bent left arm. Behind this figure stands a magnified version of the same figure. Behind that stands a still more magnified version of the same figure.  Snowflakes of different sizes are scattered across all the collage. This landscape image is made square with a top and bottom border behind the image that depicts a stretched version of the image in shades of blue.