Gallery Of Curiosities

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

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

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 We will be taking fiction submissions 1-21 October 2018, looking to up issue 4 (Deco/

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

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

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

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 beach bag or Kindle. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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

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 an issue and keep the Gallery open! Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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 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 zine and help us keep the Gallery open. SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2018. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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 zine and help us keep the Gallery open. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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://gallerycurious.com