A Brief Case of Dread
About this episode
A man discovers something vast in his new briefcase, leading to a story inspired by the concept of anthropopathy.
A man opens his new briefcase and discovers that something else lies beside his files, something…vast. Genre: Mystery, Mythology Excerpt : "Once," she started, "the world was filled with different beings than the ones that now fill the world." They were just as wondrous. And just as terrible. But in different ways. For ways changed with time. As it would come be, it was so in those days as well, that some of these beings were short-lived but numerous, and some were long-lived but few. The longest lived of all were the firstborn. They were born when the world was born. And they would end when the world would end. The Wheel of Fiction Turns. What did it land on this time? Each Season 9 story follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes. Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is "Turn Again." One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and will be revealed when the wheel lands on them. See a story trailer and a (satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: A Brief Case of Dread This episode landed on DEFINITIONS. The story was inspired by the definition of the word "anthropopathy." It's when human emotion is ascribed to an inanimate…
People in this episode
Host: Nila Patel
Topics covered
- mystery
- mythology
- human emotion
- inanimate objects
- powerful objects
- definitions
Keywords
- briefcase
- mystery
- mythology
- anthropopathy
- human emotion
- powerful objects
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: A Brief Case of Dread, Year of Definitions, Wheel of Fiction, anthropopathy
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