Gallery of Curiosities

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? Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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 Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service.

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 Machi...

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 Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to...

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 Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a book and help us keep the Gallery open. Full show notes at http://gall...

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 Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook...

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 Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. 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. Full show not...

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. Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. News- Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook format. Treat youself to a book tod...

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

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

Boarding school girls learn magic. What could possibly go wrong? Maria Rose narrates. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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

David Boop narrates his own work, a weird western from the Arizona Territory town of Drowned Horse. Be splendid and leave a review on iTunes or where ever you are downloading the show. It's the only way to break the algorithm. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Two Tales of abandoned things to end out the summer. Sarah Heiner and Andrew McCurdy Narrate. Be splendid and leave a review on iTunes or where ever you are downloading the show. It's the only way to break the algorithm.

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  Narra...

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...

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 Be...

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 S...

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...

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 tw...

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...

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 th...

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 Tepi...

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...

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.or...