The Innis Forgettance
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According to rumors going around the haunted town of Inniscombe, 17-year-old Porter Hollis is to blame for his mother’s crying sickness. What’s more, he’s been bewitched by the Neverseen, spirits haunting the forest who possess townsfolk’s bodies and steal their souls. Yet no one seems to know how or why the Neverseen came to afflict them. Written and narrated by Leah Noel, with special appearance by David Walker and original music by Miles Landrum and Laurelai, "The Innis Forgettance" is a fiction podcast that straddles timelines set in a 19th-century alternate Appalachia and faraway Celtic fort. Travel with Porter Hollis as he sets on a journey to untangle the lies of the past, and a spell woven of darkness and fear. Will he bring about Inniscombe’s deliverance… or its end? ┃ Support this podcast by sharing with your friends, posting on social media, or by clicking this link to buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/leahnoel
Episodes
48 episodes
Episode 1
According to rumor, 17-year-old Porter Hollis is to blame for his mama's crying sickness. Innisfolk say he and his mother have been bewitched by the Neverseen, spirits who haunt the forest. The weight is unbearable to Porter; he is desperate to...
Episode 2
Porter visits his only friend, Dahli Hampton, and asks her if she'll go with him to see the Widow Warren. They reminisce about the tale of the Neverseen... but Dahli's family has passed down a version of the tale no one else remembers.S...
Episode 3
After visiting Dahli Hampton, Porter sets homeward atop his horse, Banjo. He really shouldn't be journeying after dark. He has his lantern for protection. But the Neverseen come with the settin' sun.Support th...
Episode 4
The Hollis family prepares--and braces--to attend the corn shuckin', a community event where Innisfolk pool together everyone's corn harvest, and shuck together. The event lasts all day and well into the night (with lantern protection, of cours...
Episode 5
Long ago and far away, on the island of Inniskellig, Ealga--the Storykeeper of the Innis people--is desperate to ensure the safety of her dangerously sensitive granddaughter Bronagh. But there are no easy options...Support this podcast ...
Episode 6
After Bronagh glimpses an old friend--and priestess of the rival tribe--leaving the Innis stone fort, she rushes to find her grandmother Ealga, to beg for answers--and puts herself in grave danger.Support this podcast by sharing with yo...
Episode 7
Ealga, the Storykeeper, works with Abban, the Locksmith, to revive her sensitive granddaughter Bronagh, after the girl collapses in the Triad Lodge. Ealga knows she cannot care for her granddaughter forever... but the plan she proposes leaves B...
Episode 8
A heartfelt talk with Great Aunt Nuala, the Wisewoman of Inniscombe, gives Porter the courage to engage in the village corn shuckin' like he never has before... but his actions have consequences.Support this podcast by sharing with your...
Episode 9
After Porter abruptly leaves the corn shucking, Colleen seeks privacy at the back of the Cartwright cabin. She has her own perspective... and her own secrets.Support this podcast by sharing with your friends, posting on social media, or...
Episode 10
Instead of hurrying home, Porter surprises Dahli after dark and begs her to visit the Widow Warren. He is desperate to know the truth and to cure Mama's crying sickness -- but he gets much more than he could have ever anticipated.Suppor...
Episode 11
Two weeks after the corn shuckin'--and unexplainable occurrence between himself and the town's oldest midwife--the Widow Warren herself finds Porter in town, and insists that he come to her homeplace again. Once there, she tells him something t...
Episode 12
Though she is dangerously empathic and deeply afraid, Bronagh agrees to try to meet a suitor for her grandmother Ealga's sake. She promised to attend the harvest festival, but the closer she approaches, the more her fear grows and she risks rev...
Episode 13
Ealga is furious that Bronagh didn't show up at the harvest festival--as far as she knows, anyway. She commiserates about what to do with Abban the Locksmith, Cara the Soul-Shepherd, and Turlough, the Innis tribal king. When a newc...
Episode 14
Ealga has kept her promise to search her endless memory as Storykeeper, to unearth the meaning behind Seamus's disturbing Gifting. The information is of no consolation to the young man, however, and his response fills Ealga with utter terror.
Episode 15
Though it sears her soul--and threatens to reveal her secret--Bronagh goes with Abban to Gheardaig land, to marry Cairbre. Yet despite her insistence on the marriage, Ealga has misgivings...Support this podcast by sharing with your frie...
Episode 16
The Inniscombe woods echo with shouts of Sarah Hollis's name. When the town--and his own family--are ready to give up on Mama, Porter takes matters into his own hands...Support this podcast by sharing with your friends, posting on socia...
Episode 17
Porter heads into the West Mountain woods to look for Mama -- breaking through the Daylight Boundary that guarantees a safe return before nightfall. And darkness comes...Support this podcast by sharing with your friends, posting on soci...
Episode 18
After a harrowing attack by the Neverseen in the West Mountain woods, Porter is rescued by a strange, wild woman, who introduces herself as someone he thought had been long, long dead...THIS WEEK, stay tuned after the episode to hear ab...
A Message from Me to You
There is no new episode this week, as I take some time to catch up on things and rest, but I wanted to speak to you, dear listeners. New episodes for this spooky fiction podcast will resume each Sunday beginning next week, Sunday, Decembe...
Episode 19
Porter helps Henrietta capture a very unconventional breakfast... and confronts Mama about why she left their family and headed straight into the Neverseen's night. Her answer leaves Porter unsettled...
Episode 20
Henrietta answers a few of Porter's burning questions... and she offers a chilling possibility about Inniscombe's past...
Episode 21
In the wee hours of morning, Porter sneaks out into the darkness to visit the Sleeping Place, the mysterious pool of water that the Neverseen emerge from each night...
Episode 22
With Henrietta's ancient memory and Porter's newly discovered abilities, the two prepare an Unlocking ritual for Mama... could it be the key to her healing?