"Empire of the Necromancers," by Clark Ashton Smith
11/30/22 • 29 min
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Today we venture into weird fiction, with a tale by master of the genre, Clark Ashton Smith. We’ll follow a couple of sorcerers on their path to a life of leisure. But as they use the dark arts to get what they want, how long can they sustain their gluttonous ways?
0:00 – Intro, Apple Podcasts Review
1:11 – Intro to Clark Ashton Smith and this week’s story
5:44 – “Empire of the Necromancers”
28:21 – Afterword/Closing the Show – See you next time!
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Credits:
Intro/Outro Music: "Funkeriffic,” by Kevin MacLeod Promo Music:
Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
Review Music: “Lovely Piano,” by Kevin MacLeod
“Empire of the Necromancers”
Intro/Outro Music:
Oppressive Gloom by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4174-oppressive-gloom
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
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Today we venture into weird fiction, with a tale by master of the genre, Clark Ashton Smith. We’ll follow a couple of sorcerers on their path to a life of leisure. But as they use the dark arts to get what they want, how long can they sustain their gluttonous ways?
0:00 – Intro, Apple Podcasts Review
1:11 – Intro to Clark Ashton Smith and this week’s story
5:44 – “Empire of the Necromancers”
28:21 – Afterword/Closing the Show – See you next time!
Become a Patron of Ink and Ash at http://www.patreon.com/inkandashpod!
Submit or suggest a story and get all the links to subscribe and review at http://inkandashpod.com!
Find the show on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @inkandashpod!
Check out the YouTube channel here!
Credits:
Intro/Outro Music: "Funkeriffic,” by Kevin MacLeod Promo Music:
Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
Review Music: “Lovely Piano,” by Kevin MacLeod
“Empire of the Necromancers”
Intro/Outro Music:
Oppressive Gloom by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4174-oppressive-gloom
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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1:27 – Quick introduction to this week’s story
3:30 – “All Gold Canyon”
45:10 – Afterword/Closing the Show – See you next time!
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Credits:
Intro/Outro Music: "Funkeriffic,” by Kevin MacLeod Promo Music:
Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
Review Music:
Sunny Morning by MusicLFiles
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7813-sunny-morning
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles
“All Gold Canyon”
Intro/Outro Music:
Campfire by Frank Schroeter
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9346-campfire
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Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52
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"The Witness for the Prosecution," by Agatha Christie
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0:00 – Starting the show!
0:52 – Intro to this week’s story
5:29 – “The Witness for the Prosecution”
46:18 – Afterword/Closing the Show – See you next time!
Become a Patron of Ink and Ash at http://www.patreon.com/inkandashpod!
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Credits:
Intro/Outro Music: "Funkeriffic,” by Kevin MacLeod Promo Music:
Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3495-cheery-monday
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
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Wealthy Life by Rafael Krux
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5411-wealthy-life
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://www.orchestralis.net/
“The Witness for the Prosecution”
Intro/Outro Music:
Bumbling In The Dark by Steven OBrien
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10011-bumbling-in-the-dark
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://www.steven-obrien.net
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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