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Ink and Ash is a seasonal, bi-weekly short story podcast. Host Shawn Ennis narrates classic short stories, using sound effects and music to bring them new life. The show also asks for listener submissions. Whether you're an aspiring author or just write as a hobby, you can be a part of the show! Send your short story to [email protected] for consideration, and in the meantime, thanks for listening!
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Sean Ennis pairs informed introductions with solo readings that bring classic horror, fairy tales, and moral suspense into immediate earshot.
Sean Ennis gives classic short fiction room to work, moving from concise author and story context into solo narration. Ink and Ash ranges from the uncanny worlds of Robert W. Chambers, H. P.
Bedtime gets complicated when your story might involve a rebel barber or a Christmas tree with FOMO.
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A loose, lived-in frame gives the horror reading room to land.
Ink and Ash opens in a plainspoken, slightly restless register: a move from Delaware to North Carolina, a new job, time in a hotel, and a return to last year's Live Stream for the Cure segment before another run this Saturday.
A calm reading that lets The Yellow Sign build unease at an unhurried pace.
Sean Ennis returns to The King in Yellow with a practical, unhurried frame: a new five-star review from Noel Hall leads into Robert W. Chambers's The Yellow Sign, and the setup gives the story room to arrive on its own terms.
A formal ghost story with patient dread and a grim, memorable payoff.
Sean Ennis presents Miminashi Hoichi as a blind musician's encounter with the dead, and the story's force comes from its steady drift toward an otherworldly court rather than from spectacle.
Two first-time authors, a tense shave, and a quiet case for leaving the moral open.
Sean Ennis opens with two stories from authors not yet heard on the show, beginning with Hernando Tellez's Just Lather, That's All, a requested pick that turns a routine shave into a slow knot of tension.
A Christmas tale with a rebrand update and a closing note on gratitude.
Sean Ennis opens with a rebrand update, then lets the episode settle into a Christmas reading of Andersen's fir tree story. The tree's desire for something grander gives the reading its real bite, and the seasonal frame keeps the tone light even when the story leans wistful.
Classic stories, patiently brought into the room.
Queer Filipino desire, told close to the skin.
Compact stories with craft beneath the surface.
The host opens with housekeeping: the long quiet, the family move from Delaware to North Carolina, the new job, and why the audio has that hotel-room feel.
The Yellow Sign returns.
Sean Ennis opens with *Miminashi Hoichi* and says his voice is rough from a cold, though the story itself holds up fine.
Sean Ennis opens with a warm greeting and lines up two authors who have not yet been featured on the show.
Sean Ennis opens with a holiday greeting and a rebrand update.
Host Shawn Ennis narrates classic short stories with sound effects and music, and reads listener reviews.
Host Shawn Ennis introduces an episode of classic short story narration, reads an iTunes review, and encourages listener submissions and support.
Host Shawn Ennis narrates classic short stories with sound effects and music, and reads listener reviews.