The inventor of a working time machine takes her closest friend on what was meant to be a quick trip to the near future.

Genre: Science Fantasy

Excerpt:
I didn’t panic right away when Violeta said she had succeeded in building a working time machine.

All of her inventions worked. All of them. But all her other inventions were a lot less…ambitious.

I mean, a time machine. That’s the ultimate invention, isn’t it?

What’s the Writing Prompt that inspired the story?
Drawing challenge: Psychedelic portal
Drawing challenge: Jukebox
I’m combining them.
Source: Source: 500 Creative Prompts. Copyright © 2019 Piccadilly (USA) Inc.

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CREDITS
Story: “Jukebox Time Portal” Copyright © 2020 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 TAO & SOUND*
“80s Synth Ambient 01 C"
“80s Synth Ambient 02 E”
“U Never Had To Exist – (B) Melody Loop”
“Cry No More – Intro”
“Cry No More – (A) Melody Loop”
“Cry No More – Outro (long)”
“Cry No More – (A) Drums & Bass Loop”
“I Never Gave Up – Intro”
“U Never Had To Exist – Intro”   
“U Never Had To Exist”
“U Never Had To Exist– (A) Drums & Bass Loop”
“I Never Gave Up – (A) Melody Loop”

Music by Lee Rosevere
“4th Ave. Walkup”
“Try Anything Once”
“Tech Toys”
“As I Was Saying”
“Southside”
“Max Flashback”
“Betrayal”
“I Bet You Wonder Why”
“Awkward Silences (version b)”
“Going Home”
“Glass Android”

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

Music by Tao & Sound licensed from GameDev Market
Music by Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net
Find more music by Tao & Sound at gamedevmarket.net
Find more music by Lee Rosevere at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. Central image with a top and bottom border to make the format square. A woman seen from knees up, stands facing and looking forward, leaning against a multicolored jukebox at right. Her right thumb is hooked in her belt, which is hung with a few tools and devices, and her left elbow rests on the jukebox, arm bent.  One brow and the corner of her mouth are raised. In the background are splashes of color that match the jukebox’s colors.