Gallery Of Curiosities

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 formats. Treat youself to a book and help us keep the Gallery open. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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 notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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 today and help us keep the Gallery open. News- Follow Osgoode on Twitter @0sgoode Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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  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 HELP US GET FOUND! Leave a review on iTunes or where ever you are downloading the sh

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 new album!) Ogoode's c

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 difficult, he writes. Narrator B

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

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 Room by Kevin MacLeod (Fr

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

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 Song: Ashes Ashes by De

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 film. For more on John go to

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.

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 pieces by Jon Sayles.

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.