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Victoria's Lift

VL: Bonus Episode "The Barren", by Meg Hafdahl

Victoria's Lift

9th Story Studios LLC

Drama, Arts, Books, Fiction, Science Fiction

4.7 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This episode was adapted from "The Barren" as published in The Lift: Nine Stories of Transformation, Volume One - available now on Amazon.com in print and Kindle. This performace  originally appeared as a story on the Wicked Library as episode 901, but as it is a Lift story, we wnated to bring it home.

Savannah is desperate to have a baby. When a haughty woman from her past flaunts her own fertility, Savannah starts down a dark path. Can an encounter with a young girl who is much more than she seems keep Savannah from making a choice she'll regret?

Author: Meg Hafdahl | Storytellers: Jessica McEvoy and Amber Collins | Custom Score: Nico Vettese

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One – now available on Amazon.

Art: Jeanette Andromeda of JeanetteCreations.com

Score: Nico Vettese of  We Talk of Dreams 

A 9th Story Studios Production | Foytik, Collins, Vettese

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THEMES:

"The Lift Arrives, (Opening Theme Music:
"Victoria's Music Box, (Victoria's Theme)"
The Lift Closing Theme Music
Composed and Recorded by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams 
www.wetalkofdreams.com

FX:

Sound FX: freesound.org, audioblocks.com

AUDIO RECORDING

Producer/ Creator: Daniel Foytik
Executive Producers: Amber Collins, Nico Vettese
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Victoria's Lift and all core characters, places, and situations are property of Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios, and 9th Story Publishing and may not be used in any form without explicit written permission.

Transcript

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0:00.0

9th Story Studios, giving story a voice.

0:10.0

Welcome to the lift. Get ready to take a ride.

0:33.9

Hello.

0:38.8

I'm Daniel Foyek, and I thank you for joining us for a special episode of Victoria's Lyft.

0:45.3

Today we're presenting a short story that was written for our collection, The Lift 9 stories of transformation, and this story was actually adapted for audio and appeared on The Wicked Library as

0:51.5

episode number 901. But since it is actually a Lyft story,

0:55.6

we figured we would bring it home today.

0:57.4

I do want to say thank you to those who are supporting the show.

1:00.2

We're going to be able to do some cool things with season five

1:02.4

that we haven't been able to do before,

1:04.1

and of course we have our mini-series to those who thrive in the dark.

1:07.6

These things would not be possible without the support of our Patreon supporters, and we do greatly thank you for your support. If you like what we make here and you want us to

1:15.4

keep making it, you can support the show on Patreon at patreon.com forward slash

1:19.9

Victoria's Left. This is The Baron by Meg Haftall, starring Jessica McAvoy and Amber

1:27.0

Collins. The The Baron. Based on the short story, The Baron. Based on the short story, The Baron, based on the short story The Baron, written by Meg Hofdahl.

2:25.9

Savannah expertly positioned the plastic stick beneath her.

2:30.3

Through the ragged, hypnotic haze of her lingering nightmares,

2:37.7

she coached herself to pee, whispering to her bladder.

2:39.4

Come on.

2:44.8

Finally, she doused the stick, as well as the edge of her right thumb.

2:52.6

Savannah flushed the toilet, pulling up her linen pajama pants, then setting the urine-soaked rectangle on the ceramic lip of the sink. Tingling hope tickled up her sides as she washed her hands

2:58.6

with mounds of foamy soap. Her gaze flitted down to the pregnancy test, which still displayed

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