About this episode

A young woman seeks inspiration and direction in life after purchasing a top hat from a magician's estate sale.

Hoping to find some inspiration and direction in life, an aimless young woman buys a top hat at the estate sale of a magician. Genre: Mystery, Mythology, Science Fiction Excerpt : Ro checked the bookcases and found some intriguing titles. Animating Your Crafts Finding the Right Writer to Type on Your Haunted Typewriter Philosophy and Alchemy: A Foundation Illusions to Fool the Physical Senses: A Foundation Illusions to Fool the Psychic Senses: A Foundation Love Potions, Snake Oils, and Other Tonic Myths In fact, they all looked intriguing. "Where do I begin?" she thought. 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: Transdimensional Top Hat This episode landed on OBJECTS OF POWER. I chose a top hat, which made me think of stage magic, and other kinds of magic. Find more stories and episodes about powerful objects here: Year of Objects of…

People in this episode

Host: Nila Patel

Topics covered

• mystery
• mythology
• science fiction
• magic
• inspiration
• objects of power

Keywords

• top hat
• magic
• inspiration
• mystery
• mythology
• science fiction
• objects of power

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Transdimensional Top Hat, Animating Your Crafts, Finding the Right Writer to Type on Your Haunted Typewriter, Philosophy and Alchemy: A Foundation, Illusions to Fool the Physical Senses: A Foundation, Illusions to Fool the Psychic Senses: A Foundation, Love Potions, Snake Oils, and Other Tonic Myths, Year of Objects of Power

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