Gallery of Curiosities

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.a...

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 C...

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

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

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 Fa...

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 baker...

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.  gallerycurious.com/store   Much gratitude to our 2018 staff fo...

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:...

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...

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

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

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 s...

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 web...

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 Karadopoulin...

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 Ch...

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 Machi...

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:...

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

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...

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- pick...

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

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

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

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! http://gallerycurious.com/store Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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 a...