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Love and Stories

48 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

A podcast of haunting original prose and poetry centered on love and romance in some form. Some pieces may be sharper and darker than others - especially season three. Please check warnings for adult content before listening! Season three artwork by Martyna Cwiek.

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Episodes

Flower House: Part Two

July 01, 2022 11:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MB

While Michael is gone for a weekend, Leah experiences multiple strange encounters throughout their new house. As they compound, she tumbles into escapist memories or horrifying possibilities; anything to avoid the truth. FLOWER HOUSE is a three part story and will be continued. Sound design by DXNT STRESS. Narrated by Alex Ego for Ina Tiernan Bailey. Wander, Woman is the latest film in production. Check out our updates until release: https://www.instagram.com/ina.t.bailey/ ❂ Subsequent ...

Flower House: Part One

December 04, 2021 01:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Young lovers move in to a house with an impeccable emerald yard in a cozy, middle-aged street, but there is something strange about this house: an irregular schism between its walls. Leah, too young and in love, escapes to her monologues or absorbs herself into her life with Michael to avoid it.  FLOWER HOUSE is a three part story and will be continued. Sound design by DXNT Stress. Chapter artwork by Martyna Cwiek. Hold Me, Softly is the latest film in production. Check out our updates ...

Darker Than Dark

September 04, 2021 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.53 MB

The curtain at the edge of the universe opens to reveal Maggie's worst fear. This is a multi-part series that ties together the stories before it and in between. Sound design by DXNT Stress. Hold Me, Softly is the latest film in production. Check out our updates until release: https://www.instagram.com/holdmesoftlyfilm/ ❂ Subsequent Apocalypse single out now: https://youtu.be/Hbvi1aGUzI0 ❂ Support the show

Ultravires

June 22, 2021 17:00 - 1 minute - 965 KB

The cosmic show is about to begin. What mysteries and chaos lie between them? Make sure you're following the podcast since there is no regular publishing schedule. This season is pact full of long, winding, and psychological stories. ❂ Subsequent Apocalypse single out now: https://youtu.be/Hbvi1aGUzI0 ❂ Whisper Wind, Whisper short film is available for viewing: https://youtu.be/u-GStlcoTf0 Support the show

Hook A Nightingale

May 31, 2021 13:00 - 2 minutes - 1.65 MB

Season three of the podcast returns with a haunting and spellbinding poem, introducing us to a larger world of grandeur and mystery featuring Adora's older sister, Ada. Make sure you're following the podcast since there is no regular publishing schedule. This season is pact full of long, winding, and psychological stories. ❂ Subsequent Apocalypse single out now: https://youtu.be/Hbvi1aGUzI0 ❂ Whisper Wind, Whisper short film is available for viewing: https://youtu.be/u-GStlcoTf0 Support th...

Hook A Nightingale

May 31, 2021 13:00 - 2 minutes - 1.65 MB

Season three of the podcast returns with a haunting and spellbinding poem, introducing us to a larger world of grandeur and mystery featuring Adora's older sister, Ada. Make sure you're following the podcast since there is no regular publishing schedule. This season is pact full of long, winding, and psychological stories. ❂ Subsequent Apocalypse single out now: https://youtu.be/Hbvi1aGUzI0 ❂ Whisper Wind, Whisper short film is available for viewing: https://youtu.be/u-GStlcoTf0 Support th...

꧁ Epilogue: Adoramus ꧂

October 11, 2020 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.08 MB

The collective stories of season two converge into Adora's last personal episode, and yet her story never concludes. If life is an endless loop, then she knows she will always return. It's just that she has a new chosen path and will see you on the other side. Follow the podcast to make sure you are the first to hear season three return. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a o...

I Can't Have Dinner With You

October 03, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 4.12 MB

Girl mulls over the complexities of modern, unrequited love in the worst place possible: an overcrowded neon club. Between the vodka on ice and the blazing thoughts in her brain about what she may have “performed” wrong, Narrator reminds us it is not where her story will end. Final episode of season two will premier next Saturday. Follow the podcast to make sure you are the first to hear season three return. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop...

Candy Girls

September 26, 2020 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.35 MB

Narrator doesn't know from where they come or where they go: the Girls with aviator glasses and proud, cunning smiles. They move through space and time differently with each blink...but they're always the heart of the park. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly su...

Wander, Woman

September 21, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MB

Family meetings for Stacey mean Christmastime, when her lover would bring lavish gifts and charm everyone with his picture perfect presence. Unfortunately, she fails to realize losing him struck the onset of her mental illness and that trying to relive the past in a continuous cycle is destroying the family she still has years after. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, ...

Perfect Me

September 12, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

A girl on the cusp of womanhood just wants to experience that alternate universe that bleeds through the air just for her every night. A modern gothic romance fairytale complete with a very characteristic twist. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Th...

If She Ever Builds A House

September 05, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes - 3.33 MB

Welcome, welcome stranger dear, to the house of her own even if it's just a dream in her head. An introspective piece of a young unnamed woman in the modern, gray world reaching for something more despite it. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Thank...

And Don't Have Any Kids Yourself

August 29, 2020 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.57 MB

Adora struggles to consolidate her reality with the future she once thought was almost guaranteed to her. A reflection on lovers that slip right through our fingers, or so it seems. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Thank you for any and all of you...

Mother Panic

August 23, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.65 MB

Tempt your troubles and traumas as long as you'd like, but they will come back to bite. Woman learns it is just a matter of time... Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Thank you for any and all of your indelible support. Mother Panic short film is av...

Brandish

August 16, 2020 10:00 - 1 minute - 1.41 MB

They told her she would be lost to them forever if she carried on, but a witchy heart wants who it wants. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Thank you for any and all of your indelible support. Mother Panic short film will premiere here: https://ww...

Habits

August 09, 2020 10:00 - 5 minutes - 3.6 MB

Girl has one too many intrusive thoughts about The Dress. The one she wasn't supposed to find. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Thank you for any and all of your indelible support. Mother Panic short film will premiere here: https://www.youtube.c...

And Look Before You Love: Part Three

August 02, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB

Marcia's mother used to say she should chase every perfect and beautiful thing, for there is too much of a shortage in a fast-rotating world, so she attends the unveiling of an epitome of romance shrouded in fairy tales: the Love Gate so famous in France, but now in her mother land of Argentina. Now, the "American God" she met, who saved her from tragedy, guides her into the most honest and emotional conversation she has had in her life. ❂ Shop merchandise here: https://inatiernanbailey.com...

And Look Before You Love: Part Two

July 25, 2020 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.36 MB

Marcia's mother used to say she should chase every perfect and beautiful thing, for there is too much of a shortage in a fast-rotating world, so she attends the unveiling of an epitome of romance shrouded in fairy tales: the Love Gate so famous in France, but now in her mother land of Argentina. It...doesn't go as planned in a few ways. ❂ Shop merchandise here: https://inatiernanbailey.com/shop ❂ Sign up as a supporter: https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Follow the podcast to make sure yo...

And Look Before You Love: Part One

July 19, 2020 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.86 MB

Marcia's mother used to say she should chase every perfect and beautiful thing, for there is too much of a shortage in a fast-rotating world, so she attends the unveiling of an epitome of romance shrouded in fairy tales: the Love Gate so famous in France, but now in her mother land of Argentina. It...doesn't go as planned in a few ways. ❂ Shop merchandise here: https://inatiernanbailey.com/shop ❂ Sign up as a supporter: https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Follow the podcast to make sure yo...

Whispers On The Wind

July 11, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.5 MB

Inside an olive grove meadow, a woman takes time to listen truly for the whispers in the wind and dream of the love she has yet to know. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Thank you for any and all of your indelible support. Mother Panic short film...

Cathedral

July 04, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.92 MB

Inside the stone cold cathedral in a far away town, Adora finds the pieces of herself reflected across all the fires in the candelabras and the brilliant stained glass art. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can contribute a one-time gift anytime or even sign up to be a small monthly supporter. Thank you for any and all of your indelib...

Beach Love

June 28, 2020 07:00 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MB

A woman struggles between accepting reality over fantasy during quarantine in her sedan. https://inatiernanbailey.com/  Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. Subscribe to the YouTube channel too so you can be among the first to experience the best of the best stories on the...

Do Not Open These Wrapped Boxes

June 20, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.46 MB

A close-knit family is haunted by memories left behind: of an aunt who never said much yet created a whole world in hundreds of pages tucked away into wrapped boxes inside a wardrobe. https://inatiernanbailey.com/  Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. Subscribe to the YouT...

Fairy's Muse

June 13, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.34 MB

They say big parties are the most intimate, so what do you get when you've got a mischievous fairy on the loose? Luckily she's busy searching for a yet unknown variable to add to her world. ❂ Watch the companion video of Fairy’s Muse by clicking here: https://youtu.be/3yzOs7nVol0 ❂ https://inatiernanbailey.com/  Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. Subscribe to the...

Only a Genius

May 30, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.18 MB

He's a little enchanting, and she's just a little starry-eyed. What could go wrong between her and the one who seems to make her gray world into an aura of majesty in all his true colors. https://inatiernanbailey.com/  Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. Subscribe to the Y...

Delicate

May 23, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.01 MB

Love is simple, really. It is the unwinding moments we create into dreams together, and fly away to our own little paradise. https://inatiernanbailey.com/  Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. Subscribe to the YouTube channel too so you can be among the first to experience ...

Hollow Boy

May 16, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

"How do I have to press on you?" she asked. He blinked. "I am not a piano key." https://inatiernanbailey.com/  Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. Subscribe to the YouTube channel too so you can be among the first to experience the best of the best stories on the podcast g...

His Eyes

May 09, 2020 11:00 - 4 minutes - 2.86 MB

Ancient myth beings meet classic and undying love story in this engulfing and atmospheric piece. This is vintage and classic Ina in a modern world. Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. ❂ Watch the companion video of Grey Dreams by clicking here: https://youtu.be/2GPZI0HVU8...

Death Lays Low

May 02, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.37 MB

You should see her in a crown, for when she picks, it means the world to her. Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. ❂ Watch the companion video of Grey Dreams by clicking here: https://youtu.be/2GPZI0HVU84 ❂ Merchandise information to be posted on the Ko-Fi page and update...

꧁ Prologue: Adora ꧂

April 25, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.51 MB

Adora is a woman out of time, and there is so much to say about that. Accidental matriarch of the second season, but really, she could carry it alone. So begins her convoluted story...and perhaps she echoes yours? Welcome home. Link to the Lo-Fi soundtrack highly inspired by Hollow Boy here: https://youtu.be/o42ajEFjL_g Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. Season two is here and booked throughout the next few months, so make sure you receive your notifications. ❂ Watch ...

꧁ Season 2 Trailer ꧂

April 11, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.17 MB

Season one has drawn to a close, and now it's time for new stories. Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss new long and short form pieces. ❂ Watch the companion video of Grey Dreams by clicking here: https://youtu.be/2GPZI0HVU84 ❂ Merchandise information to be posted on the Ko-Fi page and updates tab on the website once available, so make sure you've bookmarked. Subscribe to the YouTube channel to catch the debut of the Lo-Fi piece—greatly inspired by "Hollow Boy," one of the fir...

Grey Dreams

April 04, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.78 MB

There are many things that could haunt your mind, but thoughts of a lost lover...there is no way to heal than to remember. An exploratory piece on the power of misunderstandings in our heads and the destruction they lead to. Keep an eye out for this piece's special companion video publishing to the YouTube channel on April 11th! On the same day, catch a preview of all the feels coming your way with a brand new voice for more haunting but lovely stories for season two. ❂ Watch the companion...

Gray Dreams

April 04, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.78 MB

There are many things that could haunt your mind, but thoughts of a lost lover...there is no way to heal than to remember. An exploratory piece on the power of misunderstandings in our heads and the destruction they lead to. Keep an eye out for this piece's special companion video publishing to the YouTube channel on April 10th! On the same day, catch a preview of all the feels coming your way with a brand new voice for more haunting but lovely stories for season two. ❂ Watch the companion...

House of Leaves

March 28, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.48 MB

Seasons change and seasons go, but memories are the things that haunt us most. When you're not ready to say goodbye, how will you build their tombstone even while they're alive and well across town? Season one is quickly drawing to a close, so make sure you're following the podcast to catch the premiere of season two with a lovely new voice and more haunting and beautiful stories to tell! ❂ Watch the companion video of He here: https://youtu.be/cLU8XC11o9Q ❂ https://inatiernanbailey.com/...

The Apple Tree Courtyard

March 27, 2020 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.91 MB

Love is a game inside of her head, but you must forgive her for always misinterpreting what she doesn't understand. There are so many kinds of it, but she only knows one: the kind where you give your soul to parry for another's, close.  Season one is quickly drawing to a close, so make sure you're following the podcast to catch the premiere of season two with a lovely new voice and more haunting stories to tell! ❂ Watch the companion video of He here: https://youtu.be/cLU8XC11o9Q ❂ https...

He

March 06, 2020 11:00 - 3 minutes - 2.3 MB

What if you could be a fly on the wall when he answers the phone call? Is it you on the other end, or whom? Many have called him a piece of Michelangelo's finest work, but where is your place in the exhibit? ❂ Watch the companion video of He here: https://youtu.be/cLU8XC11o9Q ❂ New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show

Glass Hands

February 28, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.09 MB

There's a reason why she loves him so, and it's partly because he cannot be controlled. A wild force he may be, but still he loves and trusts. New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show

Sweater Weather

February 21, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 2.84 MB

In a dreamworld, not all things make sense, but what should you do if you get a special guest? This longer fairytale piece is an ode to the gothic romances from long before. ❂ Shop merchandise here: https://inatiernanbailey.com/shop ❂ Sign up as a supporter: https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Follow the podcast to make sure you never miss pieces. If you would like to support the podcast and future short films they can develop into in the meantime, stop by the Ko-Fi page, where you can co...

Once Upon a Silver Moon (Valentine's Day Special)

February 14, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 2.9 MB

Who says the fair folk are always mischievous and ill-inclined? Sometimes even they have a soft spot for a delicate fairytale. This is a modern fairytale with the soul of the older ones before. If you enjoyed this special Valentine's Day episode, share it with your good friends and lovers, and make sure you're following the podcast to be among one of the first to hear the many more like it to come. All my love to the singles today. If you're feeling lonely, drop me a message, my dear: i...

Once Upon a Silver Moon

February 14, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 2.9 MB

Who says the fair folk are always mischievous and ill-inclined? Sometimes even they have a soft spot for a delicate fairytale. This is a modern fairytale with the soul of the older ones before. If you enjoyed this special Valentine's Day episode, share it with your good friends and lovers, and make sure you're following the podcast to be among one of the first to hear the many more like it to come. All my love to the singles today. If you're feeling lonely, drop me a message, my dear: i...

The Mom and Pop Shop

February 07, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.63 MB

There are moments when you realize you're in proximity of someone so feral yet divine. Call it chemistry, call it what you want, that pull that makes you unable to look away, but mysteries in people as such are better suited unsolved. New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. There will be a special longform episode to be published on Valentine's day, so make sure you're following the podcast to be among one of the first to hear! https://inatie...

My Stranger

January 24, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.52 MB

What would you do if you realized your destiny walking in white jeans in a crowd? New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show

Away From Here

January 17, 2020 20:00 - 1 minute - 1.27 MB

When you choose to love someone, you don't get a choice about if you want to handle their history. It comes up through moments of memories that flash across their face; often ones that have no reason to be shared. Would you push yourself into digging through times that weren't yours, or would you understand that your time has come? New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support...

DUPLICITOUS!!!

January 10, 2020 12:00 - 1 minute - 1.08 MB

Trouble couples are chaotic, but there's something so free in their reckless spontaneity and unashamed revel. In this short piece, meet a couple who shares a history and a wild future.  New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show

Thin Echoes

January 03, 2020 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.08 MB

Some of the best memories are the ones that don't leave. They are like episodes the heart must hold to maintain its peace, but when old love returns, it's the start of something familiar yet tantalizing and new. New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show

Night Wish

December 27, 2019 22:00 - 1 minute - 885 KB

That moment when you realize your puppy love has become your home captured in a short and sweet piece. New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show

A Haunting Eternal

December 20, 2019 22:00 - 1 minute - 1.09 MB

History carries many regrets of missed opportunities and misunderstandings in this short piece of coming to terms with accepting who you miss and what matters to the heart decades later. New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show

Carol of the Bells

December 13, 2019 22:00 - 1 minute - 873 KB

First short piece to kick off our [dark] little fairytale podcast of all original works of varying lengths. It ties the nostalgia of the Christmas season with all the emotions that come with having a new love. New episodes are published frequently, so follow our feed and check out the website. https://inatiernanbailey.com/ ❂ https://ko-fi.com/inatiernanbailey Support the show