Gallery of Curiosities
Kevin Frost
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The best little horror and dark fantasy anthology podcast you've never heard of, presented in the grand tradition of late night television horror hosting.
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Feb 15, 2023
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Music: Roller Rink Bossa, Showbiz, by Brett Van Donsel
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Dec 25, 2022
A Journey of Little Profit by John Buchan
It's Christmas, so we're back in New Babbage for a very Scottish weird tale. Vic Mullin reads. #Christmas #Scotland #weird
00:01 Tuning the Interocitor
00:32 Welcome to Brunel Hall
02:19 Opening Epigraph
02:55 The cattle market of Inverness
05:05 Duncan Stewart begins his tale
Author John Buchan (1875-1940) 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish novelist, historian, and politician, and served as the Governor General of Canada. His most famous work is The Thirty-Nine Steps
Reader Vic Mullin is a 40something Scotsman who is usually surrounded in a cloud of vapour from constant e-cig usage. He is generally found editing youtube videos for his channel ‘Vaping with Vic’ or, as Vic Mornington, rebuilding his famous hotel in New Babbage.
Music via Filmmusic.io, Evanto Elements, and the good people of New Babbage.
We made it through another year!
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Nov 1, 2022
The Macabre Dance of the Fiddler and Kore by Atalanti Evripidou
Would you loan your dearly departed some skin?S Michael Allen Rose reads. Content note for kink #darkFantasy #weirdDetective #skeletons
00:20 welcome
02:02 story begins
13:53 on your way
Author Atalanti Evripidou is a social psychologist and a speculative fiction writer who occasionally dabbles in poetry too. Her short stories can be found in several Greek anthologies and in venues such as StarShip Sofa, Speculative North, and Flame Tree Publishing. Her work has also been featured in Onyx Path’s Gods and Monsters.
Reader Michael Allen Rose is a writer, musician and performer based in Chicago. He has published numerous books and short stories in the bizarro, horror, and comedy arenas, and also makes industrial music under the name Flood Damage. He loves cats and a good cup of tea. Find out more about his work at www.michaelallenrose.com
Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com
Theme song:
Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina
Additional music via Pond5 and Filmmusic.io
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Oct 24, 2022
An Odd Question by Ian Michael Bavian
Remember playing Call of Cthulhu table-top? It’s time to make your sanity roll. Isaiah Plovnick reads. #cosmicHorror #dieselpunk #noire #humor
00:20 welcome
02:02 story begins
13:53 on your way
Author Ian Michael Bavian is a new writer long time reader. He enjoys the works of Pratchett, King, Adams, and Wyndham to name only a few. He was an Army officer and currently works as a criminal defense investigator. He has a degree in history. When not working or writing he spends his time with his wife, two sons, and a neurotic border collie.
Reader Isaiah Plovnick is a Boston-based performing artist with a steampunk soul. Raised on a healthy diet of Lego and Great Illustrated Classics, the spirit of the retro-futurist was fostered in him at an early age. He received an education in Theatre from Salem State University, and has since been performing onstage or from behind a microphone all over the greater Boston area.
https://www.facebook.com/PlovnickVoice
Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com
Theme song:
Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina
Additional music via Filmmusic.io and Darkness Prevails Podcast
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Aug 30, 2022
Changelings by Rachel Ayers
So you think you know what really happened in Hamelin? #darkFantasy #fairytale
Welcome 00:20
Author bio 2:00
Changelings 02:41
Artifacts of Hamelin 14:00
Narrator bio 15:39
On your way 16:27
Author Rachel Ayers lives in Alaska, where she daydreams, writes and hosts shows for Sweet Cheeks Cabaret, and stares at the mountains. She has a degree in Library and Information Science, which comes in handy at odd hours, and she shares speculative poetry and flash fiction (and cat pictures) at patreon.com/richlayers
Reader Sarah Golding has created a huge range of character types for indie audio drama, and been in such wonderous podcasts as Amelia Project, Edict Zero and Hostile Worlds. She hosts MADIVA podcast and runs script writing comps with her company Quirky Voices, producing and performing new writing at podcast events.
quirkyvoices@weebly.com
Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com
Theme song:
Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina
Additional music via Filmmusic.io
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Jun 14, 2022
The Seventh Wife's Confession by M.E. Bronstein
We've had complaints about the horror themes, so here's a fairy tale to lighten the room. Alex Ford reads. #steampunk #darkFantasy #fairytale
Author M.E. Bronstein is a PhD student in Comparative Literature who writes short stories when she should be working on her dissertation. Her writing has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies; Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors; Michigan Quarterly Review: Mixtape; and elsewhere. You can find her at mebronstein.com.
When reader Alex Ford isn't rocking around the nation in her band, Ford Theatre Reunion, she's holed up in her guest room following a different passion: recording audio books and editing manuscripts. An avid reader and writer, she delights in helping people bring their creativity to life. You can check out her exploits, mystery bruises, and a most handsome cat on facebook or instagram. www.facebook.com/srslyjohns www.instagram.com/srslyalex
Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Apr 19, 2022
Silvergloom by Jonathan Duckworth
The consumptive poet Keats makes a strange encounter while voyaging to Naples. #paranormal #historical
Author Jonathan Duckworth is a completely normal, entirely human person with the right number of heads and everything. He received his MFA from Florida International University. His speculative fiction work appears in Pseudopod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Southwest Review, Tales to Terrify, Flash Fiction Online, and elsewhere. He is a PhD student at University of North Texas and an active HWA member.
Reader David Ault (he/him) is a voice actor from North Yorkshire, UK. He started voice acting with Darker Projects in 2005, moving through The Byron Chronicles, Pendant Audio, Colonial Radio Theatre to modern day antics with Fool & Scholar, the NoSleep Podcast team and Shadows at the Door: The Podcast. He's a big fan of tea, ghosts and astronomy, and can be found online at DavidAult on Twitter, or www.davidault.co.uk
Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Mar 15, 2022
The Prince in the Darkness by Phil Margolies
A carnie, a Romanian, and a zombie ape. What could possibly go wrong? Kris Law reads. #1930s #Odd #Horror
Author Phil Margolies writes science fiction and fantasy, and dabbles in horror. His short fiction has appeared in Brave New Girls, The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror anthology, Perihelion SF, Abyss & Apex, and other publications. He’s on Twitter @philmargolies nearly as often as he is at home outside Washington, DC, with his wife, daughter, and two skittish rescue dogs.
Narrator Kris Law lives in Toronto and works as a voice actor, specializing in villainous types of all stripes. They live with their partner, and two cats which openly defy their supposed authority. They are best known for portraying the eldritch host of a weird fiction anthology podcast. vokrislaw.com
Leopold: Michael Allen Rose
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Mar 3, 2022
Seven Cups of Tea by Gwen C. Katz
A steampunk'd fairy tale retold for troubled times. Jasmine Arch reads. #Steampunk #Fairytale
Gwen C. Katz is an author, artist, and game designer who lives in Pasadena, California with her husband and a revolving door of transient animals. Her first novel, Among the Red Stars, tells the story of Russia's all-female bomber regiment known as the Night Witches. Her short fiction has appeared in venues like Glittership, Vastarien, and We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020.
Jasmine Arch is a narrator, writer, and poet whose brain thrives on chaos and caffeine. She lives in a rural corner of Belgium with four dogs, two elderly horses and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Find out more about her and her work at JasmineArch.com.
Leopold: Michael Allen Rose
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Feb 23, 2022
Walking The Line by William Stiteler
Be cautious of the paths you tread. Lou J Berger reads. Mild content note for language. #Steampunk #WeirdWest #CosmicHorror
Author William Stiteler lives somewhere in Central New York, and has been published in places such as Grimdark Magazine and Kaleidotrope, occasionally as S.M. Williams. When not writing, he spends his time determining where things are. More can be found at internetmanifestation.com
Narrator Lou J. Berger is a Denver-based fiction author, with about two dozen published short stories, a couple nevelettes, and a novella (which was work for hire and probably doesn’t count). He’s been published in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and a host of anthologies. In 2017, he was a Finalist for Writers of the Future.
Osgoode: Kris Law
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Feb 12, 2022
Appointment in Time by James Dorr
What a year. Alasdair Stuart reads. Strong content note for horror/gore. #Steampunk #Horror
Indiana (USA) author James Dorr's most recent book is a novel-in-stories from Elder Signs Press, TOMBS: A CHRONICLE OF LATTER-DAY TIMES OF EARTH. Working mostly in dark fantasy/horror with some forays into science fiction and mystery, his THE TEARS OF ISIS was a 2013 Bram Stoker Award® finalist for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, while other books include STRANGE MISTRESSES: TALES OF WONDER AND ROMANCE, DARKER LOVES: TALES OF MYSTERY AND REGRET, and his all-poetry VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE). He has also been a technical writer, an editor on a regional magazine, a full time non-fiction freelancer, and a semi-professional musician, and currently harbors a Goth cat named Triana. An Active Member of SFWA and HWA, Dorr invites readers to visit his blog at http://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com
Narrator Alasdair Stuart is the host of PseudoPod and Escape Pod, runs Escape Artists Ink, and…
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Nov 30, 2021
Within My Reach by Ola Al-Fateh
All monsters are elusive, some more so than others. None of them, however, are secretive about their existence. Michael Whitehouse reads. #DarkFantasy
Born to immigrant parents, author Ola Al-Fateh has strongly connected to the merging of different worlds from the moment she arrived into this one. All her stories reflect this to some degree. Her other short story “The Grand Museum” has appeared in The Future Fire. Find her online at https://twitter.com/OlaAlfateh.
Narrator Michael Whitehouse is a writer, filmmaker, and voice-over artist from Glasgow, Scotland. He spends most of his time writing supernatural fiction, though occasionally dabbles in other genres when the story leads him there. He's also the founder of Ghastly Tales, which has both a horror fiction podcast and Youtube channel.
Leopold: Michael Allen Rose
Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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Nov 27, 2021
The Peculiariity of Two by Liam Hogan
Do monsters stay monsters after the story ends? A little something to go with your post-Halloween melancholy. Matt Dovey reads.
Author Liam Hogan is an award winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and Best of British Fantasy 2018 (NewCon Press). He’s been published by Analog, Daily Science Fiction, and Flame Tree Press, among others. He helps host Liars’ League London, volunteers at the creative writing charity Ministry of Stories, and lives and avoids work in London. More details at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk
Narrator Matt Dovey is very tall, very British, and probably drinking a cup of tea right now. His surname rhymes with "Dopey", but any other similarities to the dwarf are coincidence. He has short science fiction and fantasy stories all over the place: find out more at mattdovey.com, or follow him on Twitter @mattdoveywriter.
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Oct 28, 2021
The Monstrous Metronome by Lena Ng
Happy Halloween! Would you sell your soul for one last chance at greatness? Kristin Holland of Nocturnal Transmissions podcast reads.
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Oct 22, 2021
The Ants, the Grasshoppers, the Locusts, and the Fungus by Louis Evans
Aesop on the postmodern rocks. Daren Callow narrates. #FracturedFairyTales
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Aug 25, 2021
The Quick and the Dead by Brian K. Lowe
Double-crossing dames, reanimated corpses, and the LAPD on your heels. It's hard to be a dick. Jim Hodgson reads. #occultDetective #noire
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Aug 17, 2021
The Death Trade by Natasha C. Calder
It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your death is? Jasmine Arch reads. #gaslamp #DarkFantasy #YA
Author Natasha C. Calder is from Ely, UK. She has an M.Phil in Medieval Literature from the University of Cambridge and is a graduate of Clarion West 2018. Her work has previously appeared in The Stinging Fly, Lackington's and Burning House Press.
Reader Jasmine Arch is a narrator, writer, and poet whose brain thrives on chaos and caffeine. She lives in a rural corner of Belgium with four dogs, two elderly horses and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Find out more about her and her work at JasmineArch.com.
Leopold: Michael Allen Rose
Cover art by Martini Discovolante
Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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Jul 12, 2021
Mourning Medusa by Mark Orr
Smoke 'em if you got 'em! CO is going to tell us a sea-story! Action, adventure, and a long lost love against the backdrop of WW2. Jim Hodgson reads. #WW2 #mythpunk
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Jul 4, 2021
Does It Hurt? by Dawn Lloyd
A bit of monkpunk to mark the passing of the solstice. Lou J Berger and Andrew McCurdy narrate. #monkpunk #horror #humor
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Jun 18, 2021
The Instant by Harris Coverley
A gentlemen's evening of drinking and parlor games goes horribly wrong. Daren Callow narrates. #steampunk
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Dec 30, 2020
The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
For our 100th episode, we're going all the way back to our first episode. Unfortunately the original master file from 2010 was not able to be recovered to be remastered properly.
Osgoode - Kris Law
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Nov 18, 2020
To Our Own Ghosts by Deborah L. Davitt
Considering everything else that has happened this year, how would you react to a ghost in your home? #ghosts #1920s
Author Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son. She’s known for her Pushcart-nominated poetry, short stories, and novels. Her work has appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, and Asimov’s among other venues. For more about her work, please see edda-earth.com/bibliography.
Narrator Sarah Golding has created a huge range of character types for indie audio drama, and been in such wonderous podcasts as Amelia Project, Edict Zero and Hostile Worlds. She runs script writing competitions with her company, Quirky Voices, producing and performing new writing at podcast events. For more information, visit SarahGoldingVoiceActorAndMore@weebly.com
Osgoode: Kris Law (vokrislaw.com)
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Oct 6, 2020
The Pinch by M.A. Smith
Pickpocketing in London. What could possibly go wrong? Daren Callow narrates.
Author M. A. Smith writes from Gloucestershire, UK, where she lives with her family. Her fiction has appeared in magazines including Mythic, Gathering Storm and Dark Moon Digest,and her novella Severance was published by Fantasia Divinity. Find out more at masmithwriting.com.
Narrator Daren Callow is a writer, voice actor and musician who is based in Hove on the south coast of the United Kingdom, a medium-sized cannon shot from the English Channel. As an actor, as well as (seemingly endless) live performances of Tales Of New Albion stories and plays, Daren has also lent his voice to Brighton Theatre of The Air and 2 Bit Productions audio dramas, he also finds time to record his own steampunk podcast (also entitled Tales Of New Albion) featuring original comedy material voiced by a cast of thousands (approx.) and readings of his sci-fi stories.
Osgoode: Kris Law (vokrislaw.com)
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Sep 10, 2020
Dorothea Defies Convention by AJ Brennan
Sending a woman to war is most unconventional. Sending a hedgewitch, even more so. Jasmine Arch narrates.
Author A.J. Brennan is a Washington, D.C.-based speculative fiction writer and National Novel Writing Month obsessive. Her work has appeared in The Arcanist, Wizards in Space and Translunar Travelers Lounge. She can be found on Twitter @ajbwrites.
Jasmine Arch is a narrator, writer, and poet whose brain thrives on chaos and caffeine. She lives in a rural corner of Belgium with four dogs, two elderly horses and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she’s writing. Find out more about her and her work at JasmineArch.com.
Osgoode: Kris Law (vokrislaw.com)
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Sep 3, 2020
The Night Bazaar by Shaun van Rensburg
Two misfit kids explore a mysterious market. Nat Titman narrates. #fantasy #trans
Author Shaun van Rensburg is currently studying creative writing at the University of South Africa. He has a strong interest in the fantastic and feels that monsters are usually misunderstood.
Narrator Nat Titman is an amateur illustrator, singer, songwriter, storyteller, lapsed podcaster, occasional public speaker and full-time IT professional based in Nottingham UK. Their band's debut album Going through Changes is an eclectic mix of folk and synthpop, inspired by life’s struggles and the fantasy fiction that gets us through them. Find Nat on Twitter at @quarridors or find their creative works at quarridors.com
Cover art by grandfailure(DepositPhotos.com)
Soundscapes by TableTopAudio.com
Be excellent to each other
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Jun 5, 2020
The There-It-Is Store by Adam Gaylord
We're all going to want a There-It-Is store when it's time to go back to work. Tabatha Wood narrates.
Author Adam Gaylord lives with his beautiful wife and kids in Colorado. When not at work as an ecologist, he’s usually writing, cooking, drinking craft beer, drawing comics, or some combination thereof. Look him up on GoodReads or find him on Twitter @AuthorGaylord.
Narrator Tabatha Wood is a former English teacher and library manager, living in Wellington. She writes weird, dark fiction and uplifting poetry. Despite her obsession with the strange and unusual, she considers herself mostly harmless, although she does take great delight in shocking people with her stories every chance she gets.
Cover art by Martini Discovolante.
Take care of each other
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Apr 18, 2020
Two Steps Forward by Holley Schofield
You may be shut in, but you can still dance! Wilson Fowlie narrates a diesel-era delight.
Author Holly Schofield travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of city and country life. Her short stories have appeared in Analog, Lightspeed, Tesseracts, and many other publications throughout the world. She hopes to save the world through science fiction and homegrown heritage tomatoes. Find her at hollyschofield.wordpress.com.
Narrator Wilson Fowlie has been reading stories out loud since the age of 4, and credits his parents for any talent he has for it. He’s been narrating for podcasts since he answered a call for readers for PodCastle in 2008.
He’s narrated dozens of stories for many podcasts, including all of the Escape Artists shows. Wilson fits all this narrating between his day job as a web developer in Vancouver, Canada, and directing a community show chorus called The Maple Leaf Singers. https://www.mapleleafs…
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Apr 17, 2020
Gallery Lockdown #1
While we wait for the virus curve to pass, we will be recording some extras with Osgoode and the staff. Not all the staff have proper microphones so audio quality will vary. Some will have stories. This one does not.
Want to help keep the Gallery open? Buy a copy of Curiosities fiction magazine in Kindle or trade paperback on Amazon!
Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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Apr 6, 2020
Year of the Teacup Dragon by Suzanne J. Willis
A woman recalls her childhood during the London Blitz, and the strange pet who saved her. Bryony narrates an urban fantasy for all ages. Content note for wartime sound effects.
Author Suzanne J. Willis is a Melbourne, Australia-based writer, a graduate of Clarion South and an Aurealis Awards finalist. Her stories have appeared in anthologies by PS Publishing, Prime Books, Falstaff Books and Metaphorosis, and in SQ Mag, Mythic Delirium, and Lackington’s. Suzanne’s tales are inspired by fairytales, ghost stories and all things strange, and she can be found online at suzannejwillis.webs.com
Narrator Bryony is a twenty-something Londoner who has loved stories in all forms her whole life. This love has led to a Masters degree in English Literature and a decade-long hobby of narration and performance. She teaches English and maths, and her biggest dream is to successfully land a Salchow jump in figure skating.
Want to help keep the Gallery open? You can listen to outtakes and bu…
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Mar 31, 2020
Six Coins by Liam Hogan
There's nothing quite like the fresh bracing air of interesting times. Or the sea. Wulf Moon narrates a nautical adventure with a twist, while Osgoode shelters in place in the Zen Room.
Author Liam Hogan is an Oxford Physics graduate and award winning London based writer. His short story "Ana", appears in Best of British Science Fiction 2016 from NewCon Press, and his twisted fantasy collection, "Happy Ending Not Guaranteed", is published by Arachne Press. Find him online at HappyEndingNotGuaranteed.blogspot.co.uk, and @LiamJHogan
Narrator Wulf Moon feasted on fantasy as a child when he lived with his Chippewa grandmother. He begged stories from her every night—fireside tales that fired his imagination. If Moon had a time machine, those are the days he would go back to. Since he doesn’t have a time machine, he tells stories. He is podcast director at Future Science Fiction Digest. Learn more at driftweave.com
Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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Mar 28, 2020
Twilight of the Electric Shadows
Things get weird in a shadow dimension populated by echoes of the film industry. Matt Dovey narrates. File under: Uncategorizable
Author Paul R Hardy is currently on a quest to find the adorable pets, eccentric family members and amusing work history required in an author biography. He occasionally takes short breaks to write stories for venues such as Unidentified Funny Objects, Diabolical Plots, StarShipSofa and Escape Pod.
Narrator Matt Dovey is very tall, very British, and probably drinking a cup of tea right now. His surname rhymes with "Dopey", but any other similarities to the dwarf are coincidence. He has short science fiction and fantasy stories all over the place: find out more at MattDovey.com, or follow him on Twitter @MattDoveyWriter.
Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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Mar 13, 2020
Fixable by Sheliah Lindsey and Scent by Maria Haskins
It's a mother of a double feature and we guarantee it won't make you feel all warm and snuggly inside. No, not at all. Alex Ford and Maria Rose narrate. Rated Dark.
Author Sheliah Lindsey was neither born nor raised under a rock, but does claim she was as an excuse for how behind she is on popular culture. She currently resides in Texas, still not under a rock despite her continued insistence to the contrary, where she divides her time unevenly between reading, writing, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
When narrator Alex Ford isn't rocking around the nation in her band, Ford Theatre Reunion, she's holed up in her guest room following a different passion: recording audio books and editing manuscripts. An avid reader and writer, she delights in helping people bring their creativity to life. You can check out her exploits, mystery bruises, and a most handsome cat on facebook or instagram. www.facebook.com/srslyjohns www.instagram.com/srslyalex
Author Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Cana…
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Feb 11, 2020
This Particular Evening by Manuel Royal
We’re barhopping through history with the heppest cats in town. Jim Hodgson narrates.
Author Manuel Royal, like Tristram Shandy, was born with a broken nose, followed by interminable digressions. Although his body resides in Atlanta, Georgia, his mind can be found shuffling down the alleys and circumnavigating the roundabouts of Donnetown, an imaginary midsize city somewhere in the Carolinas. http://donnetowntoday.blogspot.com
Narrator Jim Hodgson is a humorist from Atlanta, GA. He writes, produces, and acts in Bad Gladiator, a full-cast audio comedy set in ancient Rome. http://badgladiator.com
Music: Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod(Incompetech.com)
Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosisites #6 is out now in Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Trade Paperback. Visit the https://gallerycurious.com/store for links to Amazon.
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Nov 20, 2019
Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone by Donald J. Bingle
A haunted Englishman tells the tragic story of an adventure abroad in Colorado mining country to his very British gentleman's club. File under: Weird West, Horror, Creature Feature.
Donald J. Bingle is the author of six books and more than fifty shorter works in the horror, thriller, science fiction, fantasy, steampunk, mystery, romance, comedy, and memoir genres. The Love-Haight Case Files, his mystery/horror/romance/urban fantasy novel (with Jean Rabe) won three Silver Falchions. More at www.donaldjbingle.com.
Narrator Matt Dovey is very tall, very British, and probably drinking a cup of tea right now. He has short science fiction and fantasy stories all over the place: find out more at mattdovey.com, or follow him on Twitter @mattdoveywriter.
Recipe inspiration for Osgoode's mid-century dinner exhibit were sighted on Midcentury Menu, Cracked, Autostraddle, Vocal Media, and The Joys of Jello.
Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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Nov 10, 2019
Customer Service of the Priestood of Thikra, Destroyer of Worlds and Creator of Light by Yasmine Fahmy
Even the most ancient of religions must adapt to survive. Elizabeth Chatsworth performs.
Author Yasmine Fahmy lives in Cairo, Egypt, where she spends her time hiding from the sun, her students, and the djinn to whom she sold her soul for inspiration. It never delivered on the inspiration front, you see. Her work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction and the Sockdolager.
Narrator Elizabeth Chatsworth is a professional voice actor and a member of SAG-AFTRA. She prefers voice acting to on-screen work as in a voice-booth no-one can see your fuzzy bunny slippers. Her interests include cosplay, PC gaming, and writing. Find out more at www.elizabethchatsworth.com
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Nov 5, 2019
All She Needs by Madeleine Swann
Oh, she's a horrible woman! But you will have to decide who the monster is. Sarah Golding narrates. Rated R.
Author Madeleine Swann's story collection, Fortune Box, was published by Eraserhead Press and her first novella was part of their New Bizarro Author series. Her second novella was released by Strangehouse Books. Her delightfully icky short stories have appeared on The Wicked Library podcast, and the anthology The New Flesh: A Tribute to David Cronenberg. http://madeleineswann.com/
Narrator Sarah Golding has created a huge range of character types for indie audio drama, and been in such wondrous podcasts as Amelia Project, Edict Zero and Hostile Worlds. She hosts MADIVA podcast and runs script writing comps with her company Quirky Voices, producing and performing new writing at podcast events. www.sarahgoldingvoiceactorandmore.weebly.com
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Nov 1, 2019
Doc Borden's Hard-Luck Hoss by Julie Frost
A frontier doctor is befriended by a unicorn. Jim Hodgson narrates. You may need a hankie before this one is over.
Julie Frost is an award-winning author who writes every shade of speculative fiction. Her short stories appear in Monster Hunter Files, Writers of the Future, Tales of Ruma, StoryHack, and many others. Her novel series, "Pack Dynamics," is published by WordFire Press. She whines about writing, a lot, at http://agilebrit.livejournal.com/
Narrator Jim Hodgson is a humorist from Atlanta, GA. He writes, produces, and acts in Bad Gladiator, a full-cast audio comedy set in ancient Rome.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Oct 26, 2019
Only Gutter Girls and Ruined Things by Julia K. Patt
An frontier girl learns about life, larceny, and how to repair a clockwork cat. Sarah Heiner narrates. #YA #steampunkWestern
Author Julia K. Patt is a writer, teacher, and editor living in Maryland. Her stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Escape Pod, and Luna Station Quarterly, among other places. Follow her on Twitter (@chidorme) or check out her website juliakpatt.com for more.
Narrator Sarah Heiner, active in Second Life under the pseudonym of Bookworm, assisted in the editing of two of the three 'Tales from New Babbage' volumes, and has stories published in all three. She lives in the fly-over land of Minnesota, with more books than she knows what to do with.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Oct 24, 2019
The Seven O'Clock Man by Kate Heartfield
Children will be in bed on time. Or else. A seasonably dark tale from colonial Quebec to turn the mood to winter. Wilson Fowlie narrates. Rated creepy clockpunk.
Author Kate Heartfield is the author of the historical fantasy novel Armed in Her Fashion and the two Alice Payne time travel novellas. She also writes interactive fiction, including The Road to Canterbury, published by Choice of Games. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Nebula, Locus, Aurora, Sunburst and Crawford awards; "The Seven O'Clock Man" was longlisted for the Sunburst award. A former journalist, Kate lives in Ottawa, Canada. Her website is heartfieldfiction.com and she is on Twitter @kateheartfield.
Narrator Wilson Fowlie has been reading stories out loud since the age of 4, and credits his parents for any talent he has for it. He's been narrating for podcasts since he answered a call for readers for PodCastle in 2008.
He has narrated dozens of stories for many podcasts, including all of the Escape Arti…
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Oct 18, 2019
Approximations That Gradually Approach the Truth by David M. Hoenig
There’s something strange about the trains. Buy a ticket to Brisbane, and it takes you to Berlin instead. Or maybe even Boston. A young student from MIT sets out to decode the mystery. Wulf Moon narrates. Rated Weird Steampunk.
Author David M. Hoenig is an academic surgeon who lives to write, instead of writing to live. His wife believes that he rather than his stories belongs in a gallery of Curiosities. He has published with Grim Dark Magazine, Flame Tree Publishing, Cast of Wonders, and others. He has published a book of weird poetry and surreal art called Queen to His King with Oscillate Wildly. His first novel (Sci fi space opera) is in the editing phase.
As a teen, narrator Wulf Moon won Scholastic Writing Awards--the same contest that discovered Stephen King, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates and many iconic names of the 20th Century. He won Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; and recently won the international talent search Writers of the Future. Moon is podcast director a…
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Oct 15, 2019
The Book Burning by JD Blackrose
A librarian in Nazi occupied Paris uses her special talents when faced with an order to burn her books. Gabrielle Riel narrates.
Author JD Blackrose loves all things storytelling and celebrates great writing by posting about it on her website, www.slipperywords.com. She has published The Soul Wars series and the Monster Hunter Mom series, both through Falstaff Books, as well as numerous short stories. No one knows how many of her family were killed because there are none left. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.
Narrator Gabrielle Riel is the General Director of Radio Riel (http://radioriel.org), an Internet radio station with seven audio streams that has been bringing music and audio dramas to audiophiles, bibliophiles, history-lovers, Jazz babies, Classical music enthusiasts, Steampunks and other assorted geeks since June 2007. You can hear the many ways in which the Nightingale sings at https://www.mixcloud.com/gabrielleriel/ .
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Jul 30, 2019
The One in the Night-Storm Dress by Andrea Martinez Corbin
A young woman makes her debut at Death's masquerade. Rated YA friendly. Alex Ford of Ford Theater Reunion narrates.
Author Andrea Martinez Corbin is an author and the founder of the Speculative Boston reading series. Her stories have appeared in Shimmer, Flash Fiction Online, Podcastle, and more. Her interactive fiction has appeared in Sub-Q, and more projects are available on her website, www.amcorbin.com. On Twitter, she is @rosencrantz.
When narrator Alex Ford isn't rocking around the nation in her band, Ford Theatre Reunion, she's holed up in her guest room following a different passion: recording audio books and editing manuscripts. An avid reader and writer, she delights in helping people bring their creativity to life. You can check out her exploits, mystery bruises, and a most handsome cat on facebook or instagram. facebook.com/srslyjohns instagram.com/srslyalex
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Jul 8, 2019
Badlands Dentistry by Eddie Generous
All is fair in love and dentistry. A weird horror from the badlands of western Canada. Mild NSFW advisory. Wilson Fowlie narrates.
Author Eddie Generous is a co-author of the collection Splish, Slash, Takin’ a Bloodbath (written with Mark Allan Gunnells and Renee Miller) as well as the collection Dead is Dead, but Not Always. He runs Unnerving and Unnerving Magazine and he lives on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia with his wife and their cat overlords.
Narrator Wilson Fowlie has been reading stories out loud since the age of 4, and credits his parents for any talent he has for it. He’s been narrating for podcasts since he answered a call for readers for PodCastle in 2008. He’s narrated dozens of stories for many podcasts, including all of the Escape Artists shows. Wilson fits all this narrating between his day job as a web developer in Vancouver, Canada, and directing a community show chorus called The Maple Leaf Singers.
Curiosities No. 5 is available now on Amazon…
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Jun 27, 2019
East Wind in Carrall Street by Holly Schofield
Author Holly Schofield website hollyschofield.wordpress.com
Narrator Wulf Moon website driftweave.com
Curiosities No. 5 is available now on Amazon, Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited. Visit our store page for links.
Special submission session: We are reading World War 2 themed manuscripts until the end of June 2019.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Jun 25, 2019
Patron of the Arts by Tricia Owens
A disabled war veteran finds a horrific journal while taking refuge in a book store. Alasdair Stuart narrates. Strong content note for body horror and cowardice.
Author Trica Owens - website TriciaOwensBooks.com
Narrator Alasdair Stuart - Twitter @AlasdairStuart, or at his blog, The Man of Words. Congratulations on your Hugo nomination!
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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May 2, 2019
The Stolen Child by Gavin Bradley
A familiar poem for May. Alex Ford narrates.
Author Gavin Bradley is an Irish writer from Belfast who works in happy obscurity in Edmonton, Alberta. His poetry has been selected for a ‘Hennessy New Irish Writing Award’ by The Irish Times, and his work can be found in Glass Buffalo, The Open Ear, and The Caterpillar literary magazines, as well as various fantastical anthologies, such as Frozen Fairy Tales, Ignis Fatuus, Tesseracts 21: Nevertheless, and the upcoming Fantastic Trains.
When narrator Alex Ford isn’t rocking around the nation in her band, Ford Theatre Reunion, she’s holed up in her guest room following a different passion: recording audio books and editing manuscripts. An avid reader and writer, she delights in helping people bring their creativity to life. You can check out her exploits, mystery bruises, and a most handsome cat on facebook or instagram.
facebook.com/srslyjohns instagram.com/srslyalex
Music: Marked, Now We Feast, by Alex Nakarada/serpents…
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Apr 1, 2019
Whaling With Clowns by Chris Kuriata
Of all the creatures in the sea, none is more deadly than the clown. Isaiah Plovnick reads.
Author Chris Kuriata's stories about elderly poisoners, vengeful Aunties, and time-traveling kittens have appeared in many fine publications such as Gamut, OnSpec, and on-line at The Saturday Evening Post. He used to edit depressing documentaries about homicide victims, but now works cheerfully in a bakery making donuts.
Narrator Isaiah Plovnick is a Boston-based performing artist with a steampunk soul. Raised on a healthy diet of Lego and Great Illustrated Classics, the spirit of the retro-futurist was fostered in him at an early age. He received an education in Theatre from Salem State University, and has since been performing onstage or from behind a microphone all over the greater Boston area.
April 2019 is reading month. Please read the guidelines before sending in manuscripts.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Mar 27, 2019
A Light in the Darkness by Gary Buller
A stranded hiker takes shelter at a remote highland inn. Michael Whitehouse narrates a very traditional ghost story from the British Isles to close out the year.
Author website http://twitter.com/garybuller
Narrator website michael-whitehouse.com/
Curiosities No. 5 (Horror Issue) is here in digital and print-on-demand formats.
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Much gratitude to our 2018 staff for helping the Gallery through its third year -
Andrew McCurdy - First Reader, Editor, Interviewer
Kris Law - voice of Osgoode Underby
Jed Dagger - First Reader
Steadman Kondor - First Reader
Kevin Frost - Lead Editor, Audio Producer, First Reader
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Dec 21, 2018
Lady With A Thousand Teeth by George Edwards Murray
War curfews force a traveling carnival to camp in small mining town, while the world outside changes forever. Rated R for mild suggestive language and body horror.
Author website elegantapocalypse.com/
Narrator website michael-whitehouse.com/
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DEVM
Curiosities No. 4 is here in digital and print-on-demand formats. gallerycurious.com/store
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Dec 3, 2018
Barbed Wire Fence by Santiago Eximeno
Modified soldiers arrive at the front. Alasdair Stuart narrates.
Author Twitter @santiagoeximeno www.eximeno.com
Narrator Twitter as @AlasdairStuart, or at his blog, The Man of Words.
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DEVM
Story music: Gardariki, Edge of the Wastelands by Tri-Tachyon/Free Music Archive
Curiosities No. 4 is in the printing queue. Watch our store page to get your copy
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Nov 21, 2018
Waterproof by Marcelina Vizcarra
Relativity is a pisser in this small town. Wilson Fowlie narrates.
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DEVM
Story music: Fallen by Dan Yan-Key/Free Music Archive
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Oct 31, 2018
The Cheshire's Grin by Irene Punti
Survivors of an apocalyptic war rebuild their world to a Roman Ideal, which includes being outnumbered by their genetically altered slaves. Wulf Moon narrates.
Content note for adult situations.
Author Irene Punti lives in Badalona (Catalonia) with her partner. Before that, she lived for a decade in Tarragona, the former capital of a Roman province and the city which inspired this story. Irene's stories have appeared in Gaslandia: a Dieselpunk Anthology and the NonBinary Review, among others.
Narrator Wulf Moon feasted on fantasy as a child when he lived with his Chippewa grandmother. He begged stories from her every night—fireside tales that fired his imagination. If Moon had a time machine, those are the days he would go back to. Since he doesn’t have a time machine, he tells stories. Learn more at driftweave.com.
Thanks for submitting, writers! If you haven't heard from us by the end of next week, your manuscript got lost in transit.
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Oct 26, 2018
After Nightfall by David A. Riley
A tourist to a rural village learns why the locals bar themselves in every night. Vic Mullin reads. #Horror
Story music by Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Osgoode's Chorus via Pond5
Submission window extended to Oct. 31st. Last chance for this year.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Oct 11, 2018
Spirit in the Sky by Marlin Bressi
A pilot gets a strange warning on a dark and stormy night. CB Droege narrates. #altHist #humor
Author Marlin Bressi is the author of Hairy Men in Caves: True Stories of America's Most Colorful Hermits (Sunbury Press, 2015) and creator of the paranormal website Journal of the Bizarre. He was also the runner-up in the 2016 Milwaukee Paranormal Conference national horror fiction contest.
Narrator website CBDroege.com https://twitter.com/CBDroege
Some music via Incompetech.com
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
We will be taking fiction submissions 1-21 October 2018, looking to up issue 4 (Deco/Dieselpunk) and issue 5 (dread/horror). We let the inbox guide future themes, so #6 is yet to be determined.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Oct 4, 2018
Kutsenko's Cage by William Burton McCormick
Two sisters take in a handsome lodger. But wShy does he have a cage? A dark tale of mystery and romance set in Belle Epoch Odessa. Maria Rose narrates.
William Burton McCormick is a Nevada native and Hawthornden Castle Fellowship winner, has lived ten years in Ukraine and visited Odessa, the setting of “Kutsenko’s Cage” numerous times. The story’s protagonists, sisters Tasia and Eleni Karadopoulina, debuted in the Derringer Award-nominated story “The Antiquary’s Wife” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, March 2013.
Maria Rose is a graphic designer, writer, astrologer, classicist. Sometimes saturnine, mostly eccentric. You can hear her audiobook narration work in "Messengers of the Right" from University of Press Audiobooks.
Story music via Incompetech.com and Fugue Royalty Free Music
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store
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Aug 30, 2018
One Last Date by the Pitside by Sebastien Mantle
H.P. Lovecraft month concludes. There will be pie. Wulf Moon narrates.
Author Sebastien Mantle is a Canadian-born fantasy and sci-fi fanatic with a penchant for the dark, twisted, and occasionally silly. When not working on a novel or churning out short stories, he reads anything from swords and sorcery to military history.
Narrator Wulf Moon feasted on fantasy as a child when he lived with his Chippewa grandmother. He begged stories from her every night—fireside tales that fired his imagination. If Moon had a time machine, those are the days he would go back to. Since he doesn’t have a time machine, he tells stories. Learn more at driftweave.com.
Story music via Incompetech.com and Pond5.com
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Aug 20, 2018
Bright and Falling, Like an Avenging Angel by Shane Halbach
An archeologist excavates a meteor crater that appeared during a Civil War battle, what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, because HP Lovecraft month continues. CB Droege narrates.
Mild squick alert for Lovecraftian style body horror.
Author's webpage http://shanehalbach.com
Narrator's webpage http://twitter.com/CBDroege
Story music via Fugue and Incompetech.
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Aug 16, 2018
The Rat and the Frog by Emma Whitehall
It's Lovecraft month here at the gallery, but that doesn't mean can't wear a pretty dress. Osgoode should know, he has many. Elizabeth Chatsworth narrates, and editor Andrew McCurdy comes upstairs for a sketch.
Story music by Kevin MacLeod.
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Aug 2, 2018
The Thousand Injuries by Eric Cline
A man hears a dreadful tale from his father-in-law, and goes to investigate. CB Droege narrates.
Story music by Kevin MacLeod.
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Jul 14, 2018
Dem Bones by Ann Stolinsky
An elderly woman travels to Gettysburg to bring her son's remains home to Massachusetts. She'll do more than just bury him once they get back to the family farm. Karen Bovenmyer narrates.
Story music by Kevin MacLeod.
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #3 is going to press this month. 8 stories of adventure and travel with a steampunk twist, and just the right size to tuck into your beach bag or Kindle.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Jun 30, 2018
The Questionable Redemption of Thomas Alva Edison by Evan Dicken and The Gettysburg Paradox by Joe Vasicek
It's an alt-history double feature. First, we take a listen to a different outcome of the infamous Edison-Tesla feud, then, we're off to Gettysburg with a time travelling Civil War re-enactor. Wulf Moon and CB Droege narrate.
Story music and effects by Kevin MacLeod, SoundBible, Pond5
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Submission session closes today (30 June 2018). Now comes the hard part- picking the best!
If you would like to be a first reader, contact Kevin at curiousgallery at gmail. We get more stories every round.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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May 30, 2018
On The Path by Kelly A. Harmon
Work is so hard on the farm, especially when the spirit labor will not cooperate. Wulf Moon narrates.
Story music by Kevin MacLeod
Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
June is submissions month. Don't forget to READ THE GUIDELINES. Please. That would be splendid of you.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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May 25, 2018
The Analytical Engine of Hester Watts, Grand Mistress of the Unseen by Laura Duerr
She can contact your loved ones on the Other Side. Or can she? Maria Rose narrates.
June is submissions month. Don't forget to READ THE GUIDELINES. Please. That would be splendid of you.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Apr 1, 2018
And The Faces Screamed In The Gallery by Konstantine Paradias
Our ratings suck. No more steampunk. We're switching our format to Bizarro. Isaiah Plovnick narrates. (check the date)
Curiosities #2 is on sale now in Kindle, Nook, Amazon Print on Demand, and our website. Buy an issue and help keep the Gallery open!
http://gallerycurious.com/store
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Mar 26, 2018
The Mark V Eleganté by Nelson Stanley
Machines, mayhem, and backyard mechanics engage in full contact curricle racing. What could possibly go wrong? Wilson Fowlie narrates.
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #2 is on sale now in Kindle, Nook, Amazon Print on Demand, and our website. Buy an issue and help keep the Gallery open!
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Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Mar 11, 2018
The Long Afternoon of Sir Rupert Moncrief by Gareth D Jones
A very proper British story of eccentric peers and the art of time travel. Thank heavens for a good valet. Listener favorite Vic Mullin narrates.
Gareth D Jones' website: http://www.garethdjones.co.uk/
Vic Mullin's website: http://www.vapingwithvic.co.uk/
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Curiosities #2 is on sale now in Kindle, Nook, Amazon Print on Demand, and our website. Buy an issue and keep the Gallery open!
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Feb 28, 2018
Tyrannosaurus Tex by Davide Mana
With warmer weather on the horizon, thoughts turn to adventure, cowboys, and dinosaurs. Steve Sutherland narrates.
Davide Mana's website: https://karavansara.live/
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
We bought this story two years ago tomorrow. Who knew small hands was going to become a cultural reference?
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Feb 12, 2018
Honeyed Tongue by Deborah L. Davitt and Seeded by Susan Taitel
As Valentine's Day approaches, we present a timely double feature for the season. Richard Elen and Gabrielle Riel narrate.
Deborah L. Davitt's website: www.edda-earth.com
Susan Taitel's website: susantaitel.com
Gabrielle Riel's website: radioriel.org
Story Music: Kevin MacLeod
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
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Feb 6, 2018
Dear George, Love Margaret by Amanda C. Davis
A story of love and invention told in a series of letters from a young wife in whose husband has gone West. Mimielle Marek Montoya narrates.
Author's website - http://www.amandacdavis.com
Story music:Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel, The Spirit of Russian Love (violin) by Zinaida Trokai performed by Kosta T, Sonatina, Air Prelude by Kevin MacLeod
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
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Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a zine and help us keep the Gallery open.
SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2018.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Jan 10, 2018
The Titan's Daughter by Evan Dicken and Shannon Rampe
A bayou girl is summoned to repair her father's weather control device. Ella Turenne narrates.
Story music: Heavy Heart, Fantastic Dim Bar, Darkening Developments, Steel and Seething by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
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Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a zine and help us keep the Gallery open.
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Dec 31, 2017
A Man Named Time by Fredrick Obermeyer
A strange story of time and redemption to close the year. Wilson Fowlie narrates.
Story music: Thunder Dreams by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
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Dec 26, 2017
2017 Christmas Broadcast from New Babbage
An Unusual Christmas Gift, by Tepic Harlequin. Tepic narrates from the urchin hideout in New Babbage.
Music boxes arranged and performed by LaTosha Hall
Story music by Alexander Nakarada www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Story music by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Story music by Brett Van Donsel
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Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a book and help us keep the Gallery open.
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Dec 24, 2017
Christmas Eve Extra - All Through The House by Joachim Heindermans
A Christmas Eve Special to help the little ones go to bed. Osgoode and Kevin narrate.
Author webpage - http://twitter.com/jheijndermans
Story music by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
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Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats and includes this story. Treat youself to a book today and help us keep the Gallery open.
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Dec 20, 2017
There Was A Nicholas Once by Alexis Lantgen
A strangely gifted child recounts how her family survived the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. Maria Rose narrates.
May trigger abuse survivors.
Author webpage - http://thewiseserpent.blogspot.com/
Story music by Phil Michalski and Kevin MacLeod.
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News- Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook format. Treat youself to a book today and help us keep the Gallery open.
News- Follow Osgoode on Twitter @0sgoode
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Dec 8, 2017
Invisible Men by Edward McDermott
A low ranking librarian is plagued with a pest of a customer. Benjamin Sperduto narrates.
Author webpage - http://edwardmcdermott.net/
Narrator webpage - http://www.benjaminsperduto.com
Story music by Kevin MacLeod.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Nov 30, 2017
Against Mint Justice by Daniel Ausema
Hang on for a high flying urchin adventure. Lesa Whyte narrates.
Story music by Brett Van Donsel and Kevin MacLeod.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Oct 20, 2017
Common Magick by Jordan Taylor
Boarding school girls learn magic. What could possibly go wrong? Maria Rose narrates.
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Oct 12, 2017
The Reanimation Emporium by Brian Rappatta
A different sort of zombie story, set in the streets of Victorian London. Vic Mullin narrates.
Submission season ends October 31st 2017.
Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com
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Sep 22, 2017
Where Justice Ends, Vengeance Begins by David Boop
David Boop narrates his own work, a weird western from the Arizona Territory town of Drowned Horse.
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Sep 8, 2017
Safe as Houses by Laura E. Price and The Automat's Automaton by Angela Enos
Two Tales of abandoned things to end out the summer. Sarah Heiner and Andrew McCurdy Narrate.
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Jul 21, 2017
Urban Drift by Andrew Knighton
Tonight, it's an art theft in a city unlike any you've ever been to. Vic Mullin reads.
Author Andrew Knighton lives in Yorkshire with his cat and many unread books. The first volume of his steampunk adventure series, The Epiphany Club, is available for free from Amazon or Smashwords. You can find more free stories and links to his books at andrewknighton.com. He’s on Twitter as @gibbondemon
Narrator Vic Mullin is a 40 year old scotsman who is usually surrounded in a cloud of vapour from constant e-cig usage. Generally found spending time editing youTube videos or lazing around in New Babbage pretending to build something.
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DeVM
Ogoode's chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod
Music:
Chill Bells by Frank Nora
Ambient Drones by Buzzbeat Music
Shadowlands, Infinite Peace, and Plans in Motion by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
Song Of The Earth: Epic Orchestral and Sacred Chant by SoundPhenomenon
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Jun 18, 2017
Mechanical by Liam Hogan
Tonight, a young chess whiz is recruited to play a most curious role. This story was previously published by WItty Bard Publishing, in a Steampunk anthology, "Of Airships and Automatons".
Author Liam Hogan is a London based writer and host of the award winning monthly literary event, Liars' League.
He was a finalist in Sci-Fest LA's Roswell Award 2015 (losing out to "Grandma's sex robot") and has had work published at DailyScienceFiction and in Sci-Phi Journal. Find him online at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk/ Twitter: @LiamJHogan
Narrator Jema Hewitt is a designer and performer living and working among the beautiful hills of Derbyshire UK with a menagerie of small fluffy friends.
As her steampunk alter ego Emilly Ladybird she has also written several craft books and regularly lectures on costume in the UK and the US.
You can enjoy her work at www.patreon.com/jema and www.facebook.com/emillyladybird
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DeVM (congratulations on the…
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Jun 2, 2017
A Red One Cannot See by Barbara A Barnett and The Swineherd by Diego Reymondez
It's a fabulous furry double feature with animals acting like humans, humans posing as animals, and maybe, just maybe, exactly what you think its going to be. Tepic Harlequin and Byron narrate.
Author Barbara A. Barnett is a writer, musician, orchestra librarian, Odyssey Writing Workshop alum, coffee addict, wine lover, and all-around geek. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online. Barbara lurks about the Philadelphia area and can be found online at babarnett.com.
Narrator Tepic Harlequin is an urchin who lives in the city of New Babbage, he is eight, going on ancient.
Author Diego Reymondez has made an appearance in Cleaver Magazine and has a forthcoming publication in Inwood, Indiana. Recently he’s left the states and is now in Spain working as an explorer in his food forest. When the crickets come out (or the mid-afternoon heat) and planting gets difficul…
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May 19, 2017
The Recondite Riddle of the Rose Rogue by Dawn Vogel
A jewel theft threatens to ruin the family business, and it's up to two clever girls to solve the crime before it is too late! Sarah Heiner reads. #steampunk #kids
Author Dawn Vogel has been published as a short fiction author and a fiction and non-fiction editor. In her alleged spare time, she runs a craft business, helps edit Mad Scientist Journal, and tries to find time to write. She lives in Seattle with her husband and their herd of cats.
Narrator Sarah Heiner, active in Second Life under the pseudonym of Bookworm, assisted in the editing of two of the three ‘Tales from New Babbage’ volumes, and has stories published in all three. She lives in the fly-over land of Minnesota, with more books than she knows what to do with.
Music:
Frost Waltz (Alternate), Air Prelude, Comfortable Mystery, Satin Danger, Icicles Melting by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.com and FreePD.com
Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod
Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
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May 6, 2017
Hypatia and her Sisters by Amy Griswold
A steampunk tale of a scheming inventress and the mechanicals she made.
This story was first published in the DAUGHTERS OF FRANKENSTEIN: LESBIAN MAD SCIENTISTS anthology in July 2015.
Amy Griswold is the author (with Melissa Scott) of the gaslamp fantasy/mystery novels DEATH BY SILVER and A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB. Amy has also published multiple Stargate tie-in novels and is currently working on a steampunk interactive fiction game for Choice of Games. She can be found online at @amygris.
Narrator Elizabeth Chatsworth is a professional voice actor and a member of SAG-AFTRA. She prefers voice acting to on-screen work as in a voice-booth no-one can see your fuzzy bunny slippers. Her interests include cosplay, PC gaming, and writing. Find out more at http://www.elizabethchatsworth.com
Music:
Piece for Disaffected Piano Two by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
Not Quite Blue by Kevin MacLeod (FreePD.com)
Modern Piano Zeta – Improbable by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
Painting R…
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Feb 3, 2017
P∃T Shop by Gary Buller
A visit to a pet shop with a collection that rivals our own curious gallery. Vic Mullin reads.
Author Gary Buller is an author from Manchester England where he lives with his long suffering partner Lisa, his daughter Holly and dog Chico. He grew up in the Peak District where the hauntingly beautiful landscapes inspired him to write. He is a huge fan of all things macabre and loves a tale with a twist.
Narrator Vic Mullin is a 40 year old scotsman who is usually surrounded in a cloud of vapour from constant ecig useage. He is generally found spending his time editing YouTube videos or lazing around in New Babbage pretending to build something.
Music:
A Minor Jazz, Singing Bowl Soundscape, by Brett van Donsel
Gregorian Chant by Kevin MacLeod
Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
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Jan 8, 2017
Wreck on the Highway by Jake Walters and River And Sea by Nathan Susnik
Osgoode survived 2016, and to celebrate he is bringing you two stories to close the old year and usher in the new. Samuel van Pelt and Tepic Harlequin read.
"Wreck on the Highway" by Jake Walters
Mr. Walters has been published in several journals, including The Saturday Evening Post, Forge Literary, and Cast of Wonders. He has spent years teaching English in Transylvania.
Narrator: Samuel Van Pelt
Music: Night on the Docks, Long Note Two, Music for Funeral Homes Part 1 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"River and Sea" by Nathan Susnik
When he was twelve, Mr. Susnik’s mother forced him to take the Wisconsin boating safety exam. During college, he used this knowledge to become a deckhand on the steamboat Julia Belle Swain. He now lives in Hanover, Germany with his wife and children, where he does considerably less boating.
Narrator Tepic Harlequin is an urchin living in the City of New Babbage. He is eight, going on ancient.
Music: Heart of Nowhere by Kevin MacLeod
Theme Son…
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Dec 25, 2016
An Evening at the Club as told by Dr. Horatio Boyle by Kate Philbrick and If You Were A Dinah Shore, My Love by Lou Antonelli
It’s that week between Christmas and New Years, my favorite time of year. Time to tidy up lose ends, get a little silly, spend time with your social life, and head to the club to indulge.
Author Kate Philbrick writes horror historicals and creepy fantasies to amuse herself and friends. Scribblings of the strange variety have appeared in random anthologies over the years, and she is presently on the staff of Weird NJ Magazine. She had the pleasure of editing Richard O’Brien’s (yet to be published) autobiography, though writing fiction is what she most enjoys. Current projects include the Steampunk series Ashlands, and the Mudlark, a Victorian tale of horror, sequel to Unburied Dead. Poorly disguised as a normal person, Ms Philbrick is employed as curator in a local historical museum.
Narrator John Longenbaugh is a Seattle-based writer and playwright, and the creator of the Steampunk adventure serial BRASS, which is available as an audio drama, a series of stage plays and a short…
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Dec 25, 2016
The 2016 Christmas Broadcast from New Babbage
Once a year we go back to where we got our start for the traditional Christmas broadcast from a city that doesn’t exist except as smudges on disks in an unknown server farm.
Yeah, there was a script. It was going to be more produced. The girls were going to sing the song. But 2016 being what it was, maybe simplicity was the better approach.
Godspeed.
The Naughty Child, by Beryl Strifeclaw and Tepic Harlequin
Read by Tepic Harlequin
Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Boiler Elf Don’t Stare At Me written and performed by MacKnight Culdesac. Visit his store in Port Babbage for music boxes and more.
The Christmas Gremlin written and read by Loki Eliot. Visit the Krakenwell factory in Babbage Square and see the amazing spinning mules!
Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Music box pieces arranged and performed by Canolli Capalini. Her store is no longer inworld but the music boxes are available on SL Marketplace.
Hail the Hum.
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Dec 16, 2016
The Ape That Would Not Die! by Megan R. Engelhardt
The classic big game expedition to darkest Africa with a holiday twist. What could possibly go wrong?
Quite a lot, actually.
Richard Elen of Radio Riel reads.
Author Megan Engelhardt is short, round, and merry. A lapsed librarian, a displaced farm girl, and a toddler wrangler, she lives an hour away from the Sasquatch Triangle of Ohio. She tweets as @MadMerryMeg.
Reader Richard Elen is a recording engineer, writer, and designer based in Cambridge, England. He is Technical Director of internet radio station Radio Riel, and co-host/editor of Designing Worlds, a weekly online TV show about design and designers in virtual environments. He also creates marketing materials for clients in the consumer and professional audio fields.
This story first appeared in Zombie Kong, an anthology edited by James Roy Daley, in January of 2012.
Theme song – Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Osgoode's Chorus by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com
Story Music by Kevin MacLeod, classical guitar…
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Dec 9, 2016
The Boyproof Watch by John Longenbaugh
A clockwork tale for all ages featuring a mechanical theater, and a meddling child who leaves their mark.
John Longenbaugh is a Seattle-based writer and playwright, and the creator of the Steampunk adventure serial BRASS, which is available as an audio drama, a series of stage plays and a short film. For more on John go to johnlongenbaugh.com, and for more on BRASS go to Battlegroundproductions.org.
Theme song – Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Osgoode's Chorus by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com
Story Music by Podington Bear
The carollers have respectfully requested not to be identified.
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Nov 23, 2016
Frankenstein Double Feature
200 years ago, four friends huddled around a fireplace and held a story telling contest to keep cabin fever at bay. Tonight we have two stories inspired by that cold summer’s night.
Author Dan Micklethwaite is a freelance writer based in the north of England. His most recent short fiction has featured in Unsung Stories, Metaphorosis, and Flame Tree Publishing’s Swords and Steam anthology. His debut novel, The Less than Perfect Legend of Donna Creosote, is shortlisted for the Guardian’s ‘Not The Booker’ Prize 2016.
Narrator Benjamin Spurduto is a history teacher in Tampa, Florida. His short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies, including Coven (Purple Sun Press), Bad Neighborhood (Spooky Words Press), and Dystopian Express (Hydra Publications). His first novel, The Walls of Dalgorod, is available from Curiosity Quills Press. For a full list of publications and fiction updates, visit www.benjaminsperduto.com or follow him on Twitter (@bensperduto).
Music: Long No…
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Oct 31, 2016
The Greatest Zombie Story Ever by John Cooper Hamilton and The Death Mount's Rider by Spencer Koelle
Happy Halloween! Osgoode is having trouble with some annual visitors, and he has two spooky stories for you.
John Cooper Hamilton tells of of how Hollywood coped with the Zombie Apocalypse, and Spencer Koelle takes us on an excursion to the Weird West.
What does Weird West have to do with Steampunk? Just ask any steampunk you happen to meet in the American Southwest. Matt Zophiel and Nonney Constantine narrate.
Explicit tag for brief f-bomb.
Author John Cooper Hamilton's website: https://johncooperhamilton.com/
Author Spencer Koelle's website: http://spencerkoelle.com/
Reader Matt Zophiel's website: http://apocalypse.today/
Theme song – Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Osgoode’s Chorus – Cheap Horror by Segno Soundtrack(Pond5)
Story Music:
In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)
Il Bandito by Ivia(pond5)
Western Suspense by Patrick Coen(Pond5))
Old Western Saloon Ragtime Theme by Seaport Sound(Pond5)
Gathering Darkness by Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)
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Sep 3, 2016
There Will Always Be Dragons by Benjamin Sperduto
The Czar’s Army is having a bit of trouble with the local fauna while pressing eastward across Manchuria. Their only hope? A jaded, insubordinate corporal from the Caucasus. Benjamin Sperduto reads his own work.
Author Benjamin Sperduto is a history teacher in Tampa, Florida. His short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies, including Coven (Purple Sun Press), Bad Neighborhood (Spooky Words Press), and Dystopian Express (Hydra Publications). His first novel, The Walls of Dalgorod, is available from Curiosity Quills Press. For a full list of publications and fiction updates, visit www.benjaminsperduto.com or follow him on Twitter (@bensperduto).
Cover art – Zmey Gorynych by Viktor Vasnetsov(wikimedia)
Story music – Violin viola alt flute cello Sad duo soundtrack, Wailing Violins, by Konstantin Troika(FreeMusicArchive.org)
Theme song – Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
Osgoode’s Chorus – Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod
Production Engineer – Kevin Frost…
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Aug 19, 2016
The Revivalist by Stephen S. Power and Ariadne by Jennifer R. Povey
Mad Science Double Feature with two stories about strange inventions and the men who made them.
Author Stephen S. Power’s novel, The Dragon Round, was just published by Simon and Schuster. His short fiction has recently appeared in Everyday Fiction, Swords and Sorcery, and the Stupifying Stories Showcase, and it will soon appear in Deep Magic. He tweets at @stephenspower, his site is stephenspower.com, and he lives in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Reader John Longenbaugh is a Seattle-based writer and playwright, and the creator of the Steampunk adventure serial BRASS, which is available as an audio drama, a series of stage plays and a short film. For more on John go to johnlongenbaugh.com, and for more on BRASS go to BattleGroundProductions.org.
Story music:
Mesmerize, Ossuary 6 – Air, Promising Relationship by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Author Jennifer R. Povey writes all kinds of science fiction and fantasy. She also enjoys trying to get 1,000 pound hooved animals to do what s…
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Jul 28, 2016
Steam and Hot Air by Zach Bartlett
A "Professor" rents out a barn to build his bombastic inventions. A delightful send up of the steampunk aesthetic. Molly Shipwreck reads. #steampunk
Author Zach Bartlett has been called the New Englandest man in New Orleans, both as compliment and insult. His work has been published by Mad Scientist Journal and Wildside Press, and he’s a regular contributor to the reading series Esoterotica. You can find more of him at http://ZachBIsTall.wordpress.com.
Reader Molly Shipwreck is an ex-pat Californian trying to lose the drawl she acquired while living on the East Coast.
First published in Mad Scientist Journal.
Story music: Monkeys Spinning Monkeys, Music to Delight, Fife and Drums by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus ex Vapore Machina
Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Around by Kevin MacLeod
Production: Kevin Frost
Osgoode: Kris Law
Editors: Andrew McCurdy, Jed Dagger
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Jul 14, 2016
Dad's Balloon by Andrew McCurdy
Summer is here, so let’s go up the country, all the way to to Nova Scotia for our story tonight, written and read by our own Andrew McCurdy.
Andrew McCurdy has been reading and writing science fiction ever since he saw Charleton Heston kneeling in the surf, cursing the half-buried Statue of Liberty. He recently relocated from teaching college in a large city to rural Nova Scotia where he hopes to start writing in earnest.
Music:
Morning Mist by Brett van Donsel
Fiddles McGinty and Heavy Heart by Kevin MacLeod
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DEVM
Osgoode’s chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod
Sound Effects and Spaceship Ambience: Freesound.org
Released under a Creative Commons 4.0 International attribution noncommercial no-derivatives license. Share often, but don’t sell it, change it, or make a transcript.
Stoking the Charcoal: Kevin Frost
Blowing Hot Air: Kris Law
Ready to drop the sandbags: Andrew McCurdy, Jed Dagger
outro: Molly Shipwreck
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Jun 11, 2016
A Ring, A Ring O'Roses by Simon Kewin
A tale of an alternate London, where Vapourmen man giant rosewater towers to protect the populace from bad airs. Richard Elen reads. #steampunk
Red lights flickered all across the board filling one wall of Dartford Vapour Monitoring Station. The tiny gas flames in the bulbs hissed, their combined sound angrier and angrier as more and more sparked into life…
Simon Kewin is the author of over 100 published short stories. He lives in England with his wife and their daughters. His wife is a microbiologist, so he doesn’t really believe the stuff about bad air. He is currently working on the third volume in his Cloven Land fantasy trilogy. Find him at simonkewin.co.uk.
Richard Elen is a recording engineer, writer and designer based in Cambridge, UK. He is Technical Director of internet radio station Radio Riel, and co-host/editor of Designing Worlds, a weekly online TV show about design and designers in virtual environments. He also creates marketing materials for clients in the cons…
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May 14, 2016
The Scarlet Cloak by Karen Bovenmyer
Consider the red riding hood with a grim agenda of its own. Karen Bovenmyer narrates.
Karen Bovenmyer earned her MFA in Creative Writing: Popular Fiction from the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast program in Summer of 2013. She is lucky to train future faculty at Iowa State University, where she works primarily with inspiring Ph.D. students who enthusiastically share speculative-story-idea-generating research. http://karenbovenmyer.com/
Host: Kris “The Ghost of Orson Wells” Law
Production: “Silent” Kevin Frost
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus ex Vapore Machina
Osgoode’s chorus: Walking Around by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Story music: Road to Hell, Long Note Two, The Dread, by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Outro: “Super” Suz
Associate Editors: Andrew “The Contender” McCurdy, Jed “The Knife” Dagger
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Apr 26, 2016
Last of the Spice Schooners by Philip Brian Hall
A rotting ship reeking of death moors at Pool of London, the crew fallen victim to a mermaid. Vic Mullin reads.
Author: Born in Yorkshire, Oxford graduate Philip Brian Hall is a former diplomat and teacher. Outside work, he has stood for parliament, sung solos in amateur operettas, rowed at Henley Royal Regatta, completed a 40 mile cross-country walk in under 12 hours and ridden in over one hundred horse-races over fences. He lives on a very small farm in Scotland with his wife, a dog, a cat and some horses.
Writing mainly in speculative genres, Philip has had short stories published by AE The Canadian Science Fiction Review, T Gene Davis’s Speculative Blog, The Sockdolager, Flame Tree Publishing and Third Flatiron Publishing, as well as the ‘Up and Coming’ anthology of authors eligible for the Campbell Award 2016. His novel, ‘The Prophets of Baal’ is available as an e-book and in paperback.
Reader: Vic Mullins is a landlubber and a long time favorite narrator from our old…
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Apr 17, 2016
YOU-GO-BACK by Elise Forier Edie
A watchmaker tells of his boyhood job at the famed American Museum of P.T. Barnum, and how a demon was acquired for the menagerie. Keith Edie reads.
First published in Strange Tales V.
Author Elise Forier Edie is a playwright and author based in Los Angeles. Her most recent play, “The Pink Unicorn,” has been performed all over the US and Canada. Her short fiction has appeared in Metaphorosis Magazine and The Enchanted Conversation. You can find out more about her at her website: EliseForierEdie.com.
Reader Keith Edie is an actor and screenwriter in Los Angeles. He has appeared on small and big screens everywhere, usually as a likable geek, but also as a doting dad, an international spy and (most recently) as someone’s nightmare boyfriend on Lifetime television’s “My Crazy Ex.” You can find out more about him at his website: KeithEdie.com.
Theme music: Ashes Ashes by DeVM
Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Additional music by Kevin Mac…
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Apr 13, 2016
The Cathood of Maurice by Edith Nesbit
A naughty boy trades places with his scheming cat. Bookworm Hienrichs reads. #vintage #fantasy #kids
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Feb 14, 2016
Love is a Masterpiece by Chris Kelworth and This Peculiar Way of Hers by Joel Arnold
Our reboot episode, featuring two curious on stories of the strangeness Love.
Osgoode welcomes you to the gallery and presents two new stories for Valentine's Day.
"Love is a Masterpiece" by Chris Kelworth.
Mr. Kelworth lives in Hamilton, Ontario. He has been writing science fiction and fantasy stories with increasing diligence for the past twenty-five years, and is a graduate of the Odyssey, Taos Toolbox, and Young Gunns workshops. He works in Burlington as a computer software developer under an assumed name. You can find his Author blog at http://chriskelworth.com/blog
Reader: Garnet Psaltery
"This Peculiar Way of Hers" by Joel Arnold.
Mr. Arnold is the author of the novel Northwoods Deep, as well as dozens of short stories. He lives in Minnesota in a house with a front porch. Nothing, however – at least as far as he knows – lives beneath it.
Reader: Travis I. Sivart
Theme music by Deus ex Vapore Machina.
Walking Along, To The Ends, There is Romance, Danse Morialta, En…
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Aug 16, 2014
The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells
If you're going to haunt a proper English gentlemen's club after you die, you'd best be a member. Vic Mullin narrates. #ghosts #occult #vintage
We return to Brunel Hall to hear Mr. Victor Mornington, the steamlands’ most famous hotelier, read The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells. Grab a drink, turn down the lights, and get comfortable, because story night is Serious Business in New Babbage.
First publication: The Strand Magazine, March 1902
Reader: Mr. Victor Mornington (Vic Mullin)
Intro/Outro: Miss Garnet Psaltery
Music:
Dark and Stormy Night written and performed by MacKnight Culdesac
Tranquility, Reawakening, Clean Soul written and performed by Kevin MacLeod.
Additional music sourced from MusOpen.org
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Jun 9, 2013
The Novel of the White Powder by Arthur Machen
What is in that powder my brother keeps taking?
A classic fright from 1895, said to have been an early influence on HP Lovecraft. Junie Ginsburg narrates.
Arthur Machen was born in Wales and became enamored with mysticism and the occult at an early age. The Novel of the White Powder was part of The Three Impostors, a novel composed of a number of interwoven tales, in 1895. The novel and the stories within it were eventually to be regarded as among Machen's best works. However, following the indecency scandal surrounding Oscar Wilde later that year, Machen's association with works of decadent horror made it difficult for him to find a publisher for new works until later in his career. Publisher John Lane, wary of the atmosphere, asked Machen to censor his manuscript. Barring the omission of one word, Machen refused to comply.
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Mar 10, 2013
The Red Haired Girl by Sabine Baring-Gould
Good help is so hard to find, but what do you do when your family is complaining about a maid that you don't remember hiring? Junie Ginsburg reads. #VintageHorror #Ghosts
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was an eclectic scholar and folklorist whose best known work is the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers. Oddly, he is also noted for writing The Book of Were-Wolves, the 16 volume The Lives of the Saints, and the popular Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, which was an overview of medieval superstition.
Host: YoYo Underby
Reader: Junie Ginsburg
Music: Music for Funeral Homes Part 11, Phantasm, Gagool, Investigations, by Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com)
Outro: Bookworm Heinrichs
Music: New Babbage Shore by MacKnight Culdesac
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Jan 6, 2013
The White Ship by H.P. Lovecraft
An early work from H. P. Lovecraft's Dream cycle stories. Sit back, relax, and have your squire bring a coal from the stove to spark the hookah.
This story was first published in the November 1919 issue of The United Amateur.
Host: Vic Mullin
Reader: Byron
Music: Valentine Wolfe
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Sep 23, 2012
A Man of Science by Jerome K. Jerome
Ghosts, revenge, skeletons in the closet? Is it October yet? Tonight, our favorite lowlander, Victor Mornington (Vic Mullin), reads "A Man of Science" by Jerome K. Jerome. First published in The Idler, an illustrated monthly of literature and humor, in September of 1892. Keep the brandy carafe near, you might need just a nip before this one is over.
Host: Junie Ginsburg
Reader: Victor1st Mornington
Outro: Byron
Ad: Emerson Lighthouse
Music: Kevin MacLeod(incompetech)
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May 1, 2011
The Brownie of the Black Haggs by James Hogg
That new servant has the Lady of the castle all in a twist. Is he a boy? Or a brownie? Vic Mullin reads. #folklore #vintage #scotland
Vic Mullin reads a grim tale from his native Scotland by poet and novelist James Hogg. Hogg wrote in both Scots and English, and it is said that his grandfather was the last man to have spoken with fairies.
First published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, October 1828.
Outro: Byron
Music: Kevin MacLeod(incompetech)
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