Gallery Of Curiosities

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-Canadian writer and translator. Sh

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 Artists shows. Wilson fits all

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 at Future Science Fiction Di

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

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

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, Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited. V

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 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/serpentsoundstudios.com   Public Safety Ad

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

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 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

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

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

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