Drabblecast 414 – Dance, Siege, Swoop

[mightytwix]

Drabblecast 414 – Dance, Siege, Swoop

By Robert Reed

My foot did not discover the prize, nor was I the first of the object’s erstwhile owners.

According to every account, it was a young girl who innocently tripped over the mostly buried artifact while skipping across a whisper field. Since this was near the edge of the habitable world, onlookers assumed that the object was an artifact lost by one of the Great Cranes, and perceiving rarity, it was the girl’s uncle who excavated the prize…

Episode art by Melissa McClanahan

Twabble: Lifeless yet clueless He clutches at air, runs into walls Pity the one eyed zombie Tragically lacking death perception by Ichabod

[subybaja]

Can someone point me to the music at the end of this?

It's 'Wayfaring Stranger', but I can't figure out the artist!

[ScubaMan]

I"m getting a Chung Kuo (by David Wingrove) vibe from this tale.

Spoiler:

Spindly monoliths

(timestamp ~20:40).

Spoiler:

Their purpose lost in time. Invasive species. Mind you the story starts out like a narrative of people living near a nuclear waste depository (with warning signs that have degraded with time)

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Tripods?! Cranes?! Yep yep yep. I appreciated the story's Lovecraftian build-up (unlike some stories which just blurt it out).

Spoiler:

By the way, if you're unsure what the hell is going on, tough it out until timestamp ~21:00. Ahhhhhh!

[ScubaMan]

The soundtrack was carefully chosen.

[normsherman]

Look at Scuba Man just getting all up inside my head.