Journey #207 - Daydream by R.C. Anderson (Co-1st Place Journey Into Journey Illustrated Contest Winner)

King Eric of Gossamer is missing! Daena goes on the search and what she finds changes her life.

 

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R.C. Anderson works a day job in the tech sector, but moonlights as an amateur writer. Originally from the Ozarks, he was fortunate enough to grow up during the 1980’s in his mother’s video store. This allowed him to spend countless unsupervised hours in both the natural beauty of the rural South, and with the VHS classics of the age. This unique blend of influences fired off his imagination, resulting in him crafting stories throughout his life, up to the present day. His works have been published multiple times on the “Journey Into…” podcast. He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, with two cats.

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Journey #205 - Faithfully by Rish Outfield (Co-1st Place Journey Into Journey Illustrated Contest Winner)

Isaac, a disheartened librarian, travels to Vermont to collect one last record for the Guinness Book, but he is about to discover something truly unbelievable.

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Rish Outfield is an author of many short stories, novels, and everything in between. He is also an audiobook narrator and podcaster. Check out the Rish Outcast and Amazon for more of his stories. Rish is also an ancient immortal from Scotland who is training Connor MacLeod in battle so that he can become the last immortal on Earth and obtain The Prize.

Wilson Fowlie lives in a suburb of Vancouver, Canada, and has been reading stories out loud since the age of four. He credits any talent he has in this area to his parents, who were both excellent at reading aloud. He started narrating stories for more than just his own family in late 2008. Since then, he has gone on to read dozens of stories for PodCastle and the other Escape Artists ’casts, and many other fiction podcasts all over the web. He does all this narrating when not reading copy for corporate videos, and acting in local theatre productions.

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2024 Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest - The Winners!

The results are in!  Who are the winners if the 2024 Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest?

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2024 Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest - Title and Picture Assignment

Several people have opted in for this new Writing Contest and so I will now reveal to them their assigned story titles based on a Journey song and their AI-generated image which they must use as inspiration for their story. The images are shown below, but will also be emailed to each participant. See detailed Submission Guidelines at the bottom.

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Assigned Images:

Sweet and Simple

Where Were You

Dead or Alive

Keep On Runnin'

Lay It Down

Open Arms

Faithfully

Precious Time

Opened the Door

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Daydream

I'm Cryin'

2024 JOURNEY INTO JOURNEY: ILLUSTRATED EDITION WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

CONTEST TIMELINE:

• You will be assigned a story title and AI-generated image based upon a song title from the band Journey. This will be the basis and inspiration for your story. You will receive this assignment via email, and on a podcast episode on August 9th.

• You must submit your new original story by 12:00:00 AM Mountain Time on December 1, 2024

• Winners will be announced on the show and by email before January 1, 2025

• The 1st place story will be produced for audio publication on the podcast in 2025.

WORD COUNT: No word limit, but judges may tire while reading an overlong story.

STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:

• The story must be titled as assigned and be based on the AI-generated image you are given.

• Please write an original story based on inspiration from the assigned title and image. There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.

• Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.

• Remember the 1st place winning story (possibly more) will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio."

CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity.

WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.

PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5.  1st place story will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.

WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.com

SUBMISSION FORMAT:  The subject line must contain the prefix of "2024 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story.  The body of the email should be the text of your story.

Enter the 2024 Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest

Let me know if you would like to enter the Journey Into Journey: Illustrated Edition Writing Contest, where you will be assigned a Journey song title to use as your story title, AND an AI-generated image upon which to base your story on.  There will be small cash prizes for the top three winners. Also the 1st place winner will be guaranteed to have their story produced for the show.  More details below...

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2024 JOURNEY INTO JOURNEY: ILLUSTRATED EDITION WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

CONTEST TIMELINE:

• You will be assigned a story title and AI-generated image based upon a song title from the band Journey. This will be the basis and inspiration for your story. You will receive this assignment via email, and on a podcast episode on August 9th.
• You must submit your new original story by 12:00:00 AM Mountain Time on December 1, 2024
• Winners will be announced on the show and by email before January 1, 2025
• The 1st place story will be produced for audio publication on the podcast in 2025.

WORD COUNT: No word limit, but judges may tire while reading an overlong story.

STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:

• The story must be titled as assigned and be based on the AI-generated image you are given.
• Please write an original story based on inspiration from the assigned title and image. There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.
• Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.
• Remember the 1st place winning story (possibly more) will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio."

CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity.

WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.

PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5.  1st place story will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.

WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.com

SUBMISSION FORMAT:  The subject line must contain the prefix of "2024 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story.  The body of the email should be the text of your story.

Journey #195 - Like a Moth to a Flame by Barry Haworth (1st Place Quordle Quell Writing Contest Winner).

Algernon invites Brother Michael to come help debunk a séance that his widowed mother insists will help her reach beyond the veil of death.

 

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Barry Haworth works as a data scientist with the Australian Taxation Office, which is more interesting than you might think.  Barry lives in Brisbane, Australia with his wife Sylvia, his three unmarried children, their five cats and one dog.  Barry's married daughter has just made him a grandfather.  Outside of work and family, Barry's hobby is community theatre, where he has performed a variety of roles over the years, including some Shakespeare (Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Prospero in The Tempest), Marley's Ghost and Ebenezer Scrooge in two different version of A Christmas Carol, a few musicals, a murder mystery or two, and a lot of children's theatre with his daughters when they were younger.  Barry is currently rehearsing for a production of Frankenstein, his first ever science fiction play.  Barry has listened to Journey Into for many years and has meant to enter several past writing competitions but only managed to complete something for this latest one.

Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and imitator of the late Sean Connery.  He's a fan of the Star Wars Trilogy, Eighties music, and those horror movies your mother insisted you not watch for fear of what they'd do to you (turns out she was right about that one).  He's the former co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine podcast, and his own show, the Rish Outcast.  

Story Music: 

"The Chamber", "Symmetry", and " SCP-x2x" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Journey #194 - The Decline of the West (and other secret terrorist photo galleries) by R.C. Anderson (2nd Place Quordle Quell Writing Contest Winner)

Langer is trying to start over  after getting out of Silicon Valley, but accidently gets pulled into a terrorist conspiracy while trying to develop his next web product.

 

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Cast of characters:

Bria Burton as Lee-Ann

Rish Outfield as Zoltan

Josh Roseman as Armin Pluto

Marshal Latham as Langer, and the narrator.

R.C. Anderson is an amateur writer who would much rather write something original and good, than cliché and great. Although his attempts at “Original & Great” have sometimes yielded success.  While he wishes he could focus on writing more, (‘focus’ being the key word), his day job at a microchip fab provides for such luxuries as food, shelter, a backyard tomato garden, and the ability to have writing as a hobby, even if he’s too tired to want to do it most days.  He lives in Oregon with two cats (Katie and Bobbie), is considering his alternatives to this, (on states of which to live in, not the cats).

More stories by R.C.:

• Backtalk
• Journey Into IFC

Story Music: 

"Mesmerizing Galaxy" (and others) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Journey #191 - With A Banjo On My Knee by Rish Outfield (3rd Place Quordle Quell Writing Contest Winner)

Garrett McClaren picks up an old banjo in an alley after watching the murder of who he thinks was its previous owner.  Despite that, he feels compelled to learn how to play it and discovers not is all as it seems.

 

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Cast of characters:

Dave Thompson as Garret McClaren

Rish Outfield as Kyvin Grandine

Keith Teklits as Brad Kramer

Renee Chambliss as Belva Stone

Bria Burton as LaTonya Erinsen

Big Anklevich as Cal Hickson

Gino Morretto as the Columbia Records executive

Marshal Latham as the narrator, and assorted voices

Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and imitator of the late Sean Connery.  He's a fan of the Star Wars Trilogy, Eighties music, and those horror movies your mother insisted you not watch for fear of what they'd do to you (turns out she was right about that one).  He's the former co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine podcast, and his own show, the Rish Outcast.  Born with an oddly-shaped birthmark and a lack of the vital section of the brain that produces ambition, he could still live a somewhat-full life, if only he'd get up and do something once in a w--oh no, he's gone to sleep again.

More stories by Rish:

• Rish's other Journeys and Delusions 
• Rish on Amazon 
• Rish on Audible 

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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2023 Quordle Quell Writing Contest: The Winners!

The results are in!  Who are the winners if the Journey Into 2023 Quordle Quell Writing Contest?

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2023 Quordle Quell Writing Contest: Assignment of the Four Words

Assigning the four words to the early bird entrants to the contest and laying out the guidelines.

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2023 “QUORDLE QUELL” WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

CONTEST TIMELINE:

• You will be assigned the four words on which to base your story by email, and for those who have already entered, by listening to this episode of the podcast. 
• You must submit your new original story by 12:00:00 AM Mountain Time on May 1, 2023
• Winners will be announced on the show and by email by June 1, 2023
• Winning stories will be produced for audio publication on the podcast in 2023.

WORD COUNT: The story shall be between 7500 words or less in length

STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:

• The story must contain your four assigned words in a significant way.
• Please write an original story based on inspiration from the assigned words.  Please don't stuff these words into a story you have already written.  There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.
• Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.
• Remember the winning stories will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio".

CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity (including Schlonz).

WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.

PRIZES: 1st Prize: $20, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5.  All winning stories will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.

WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintopodcast@gmail.com

SUBMISSION FORMAT:  The subject line must contain the prefix of "2023 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story.  The body of the email should be the text of your story.

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Enter the 2023 Journey Into Quordle Quell Writing Contest

Let me know by January 15th that you would like to enter the Quordle Quell, where you will be given four words from a Quordle game that you must use within your story in a significant way for the contest.  There will be small cash prizes for the top three winners as well as having the story produced for the show.  More details to follow in January when I assign out the words. Let your intentions be known 

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Journey #177 - Backtalk by R.C. Anderson (1st Place Journey Into Journey Writing Contest Winner)

In episode 235 of the podcast "Hidden In Plain Sight," Armin Pluto and Lucy Devlin start exploring communication in space, but end up uncovering some bizarre and unnerving experiences from early manned space travel.

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Cast of characters:

Josh Roseman as Armin Pluto

Renee Chambliss as Lucy Devlin

Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Gerald Schroeder (retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and NASA astronaut)

Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Marty Gibson (astronaut)

Marshal Latham as Louis Vance (astronaut)

Gino Moretto as a New Zealand sheep herder

R.C. Anderson works in the engineering field, but moonlights as a speculative fiction author. (As rewarding as the later is, the former pays the mortgage.)  He has been published in such places as the Journey Into… podcast.  He currently lives in Hillsboro, Oregon, with his two cats.

Relevant Links:

Journey #147 - Journey Into IFC by R. C. Anderson 

99% Invisible Podcast 

Journey #164 - Troubled Child by Rish Outfield - 2nd Place Winner

Journey #162 - Chain Reaction by Sam McDonald - 3rd Place Winner

Music used in this episode:

Dark Space Music mix by Gydja for Cryo Chamber 

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Delusion #84: Still They Ride by B. D. Anklevich

Big Anklevich is back to help Rish and Marshal present his Star Wars fan fiction story "Still They Ride."  Then, we go on to talk about all of the various types of troopers that we have seen over the years.  Even Announcer Man sneaks in for a few comments.  Enjoy!

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Full Disclosure:  Chupo's voice was not actually from me.  We recorded our discussion before I finished production on the story.  I wasn't happy with the way Chupo's voice sounded with my attempts, so I found some Aqualish speech sound effects from the Battlefront video games, pitched it up, and put some "squishy" sound effects underneath it.

Music Used in the Story:

• Alliance Assembly by John Williams (from ROTJ sound track)
• Long note One by Kevin MacLeod
• Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one
• License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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Journey #164 - Troubled Child by Rish Outfield (2nd Place Journey Into Journey Writing Contest Winner)

Allyson and Don Connover come to terms with their oddly morose daughter, Jessica, and her emotional powers.

 

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Cast of characters:

Tena Kolakowski as Allyson

Delilah Kolakowski as Jessica

Bria Burton as Detty

Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Don

Kelley Latham as Colleen

Marshal Latham as Doctor Palfrey, and the narrator

Rish Outfield is a fan of Horror films, Eighties music, and the television work of Joss Whedon. He enjoys chasing after frogs, talking about comic book characters, and thinking about the Star Wars Trilogy. He is a voice actor, audiobook narrator, and podcaster, and can be heard reading his own stories on the Rish Outcast podcast.  He has been a writer of short stories all of his life, but has only recently begun to share his work with others. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation, but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression.

More stories by Rish:

• Rish's other Journeys and Delusions 
• Rish on Amazon 
• Rish on Audible 

Music used in this episode:

Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4980-anamalie

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #162 Appendix - Author's Note: Chain Reaction

Sam McDonald's author's note for his story "Chain Reaction"

 

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Sam McDonald runs his great Audiophile Blog, where he provides reviews for many fine audio fiction podcasts, and creates large, curated lists of recommendations, complete with brief descriptions of each show he recommends.  He's also very active in the Audio Drama Lovers Facebook group and the r/audiodrama subreddit on Reddit. Sam has published other short fiction, such as "Spelling Test", "Irwin Tarheel",  and "Golem of the Gullah". 

Journey #162 - Chain Reaction by Sam McDonald (3rd Place Journey Into Journey Writing Contest Winner)

Nicholas Griffalco has a spiritual experience during a roller coaster riding competition.

 

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Cast of characters:

Norm Sherman (of The Drabblecast) as Nicholas Griffalco, and Rocco

Dave Robison as the Roller Coaster God

Bria Burton as Molly

Tena Kolakowski as Gwen

Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Sean

Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as AJ

Marshal Latham as Arthur, and Otis

Sam McDonald runs his great Audiophile Blog, where he provides reviews for many fine audio fiction podcasts, and creates large, curated lists of recommendations, complete with brief descriptions of each show he recommends.  He's also very active in the Audio Drama Lovers Facebook group and the r/audiodrama subreddit on Reddit. Sam has published other short fiction, such as "Spelling Test", "Irwin Tarheel",  and "Golem of the Gullah". 

Music used in this episode:

Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3744-feelin-good

Organic Meditations One by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4177-organic-meditations-one

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Announcements from Base Camp: The Winners of the 2020 Journey Into Journey Writing Contest

The results are in!  Who are the winners if the 2020 Journey Into Journey Writing Contest?



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Announcements from Base Camp: Title Assignments for Journey Into Journey Writing Contest

We have thirteen participants in this year's contest.  In this episode, each of them will be assigned their Journey song title to use for the title of their story.  The have until March 31, 2020 at 11:59:59 PM Mountain time to submit their stories to be eligible to win.  For full submission guidelines, go here.



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Intro music: Announcemenets Song by Witchger, Updyke and Hall

Announcements from Base Camp: 2020 Journey Into Journey Writing Contest

Happy New Year!  It's time for a new Journey Into writing contest.  Listen to me talk about it and See details below.

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2020 “JOURNEY INTO JOURNEY” WRITING CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

CONTEST TIMELINE:

• You must declare your intention to submit a story by 11:59:59 PM Mountain Time on January 31, 2020
• You will be assigned your story title (Journey song title) on the show and by email on February 8, 2020
• You must submit your new original story by 11:59:59 PM Mountain Time on March 31, 2020
• Winners will be announced on the show and by email by April 30, 2020
• Winning stories will be produced for audio publication on the podcast some time in 2020 or 2021.

WORD COUNT: The story shall be between 2000 - 7500 words in length

STORY REQUIREMENTS AND PREFERENCES:

• The story title must be the Journey song title assigned to you.
• You must include two phrases from the song lyrics somewhere in your story utilizing 4 words or more for each phrase.
• Please write an original story based on inspiration from the song title.  Please don't tack this title onto a story you have already written.  There is no way for me to enforce this, but the spirit of this contest is to provide a prompt for a new story.
• Preference for speculative fiction, including science fiction, fantasy, horror, and various combinations and sub-genre.
• Remember the winning stories will be produced for the podcast, so we will be looking for stories that "work well in audio".

CONTEST RESTRICTIONS: Please no splatter horror, grimdark, or explicit sexual content. Also please avoid coarse profanity (including Schlonz).

WHO WILL DECIDE THE WINNERS: A panel of volunteer judges.

PRIZES: 1st Prize: $25, 2nd Prize: $15, 3rd Prize: $5.  All winning stories will be produced as a full cast audio production for the podcast.

WHERE TO SEND SUBMISSIONS: Email submissions to journeyintosubs@gmail.com

SUBMISSION FORMAT:  The subject line must contain the prefix of "2020 CONTEST:" followed by the title of your story.  The body of the email should be the text of your story.

Journey #148 - Journey Into the Dying Light of Stars by Bria Burton

Valla Hale is trapped aboard Earth S-1 Station where an unexplained mass casualty event has left her devastated and alone. But everything is on lock-down and she's running out of time to escape.

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Award-winning author Bria Burton lives in St. Petersburg with her wonderful husband, her darling son, and two wild pets. Her fiction has appeared in over twenty anthologies and magazines. Her novelette, The Running Girls, was a 2017 Royal Palm Literary Award Finalist. Her novella, Little Angel Helper, won a 2016 RPLA and earned high praise from the 25th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. While she writes, her dog and cat do their best to distract her, which is why they star in her family-friendly short story collection, Lance & Ringo Tails. She writes under pen name Shayla Cole for her epic fantasy trilogy, Livinity (awarded a First Place RPLA in unpublished fantasy). At St. Pete Running Company, she's a blogger and customer service manager. A member of the Florida Writers Association, she previously led the St. Pete chapter and served on the statewide FWA Board. She's also a member of the Alvarium Experiment, a by-invitation-only consortium of outstanding authors who created The Prometheus Saga Volumes 1 & 2, Return to Earth, and The Masters Reimagined anthologies.

Cast of characters:

Renee Chambliss as Valla Hale
Dave Thompson as Tray Hale
Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and Big Anklevich on Toys) as Comm Director Greg Poole
Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as Ingrid Hale
Bria Burton as Pepper Underwood
Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Dr. Heder
Gino Moretto as Dr. Riggs
Kelley Latham as Nurse
Marshal Latham as the narrator

Music from Kevin MacLeod
Sound effects from Youtube.org

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