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Gallery of Curiosities

120 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings

An anthology fiction podcast of Dark Fantasy and the Odd, presented in the grand tradition of late night television horror hosting.

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Men Against the Current by Louis Evans

March 01, 2024 20:27 - 15 minutes - 24.3 MB

A student of the occult scours Venice for a lost beloved. David Ault reads. #DarkFantasy #Romance #LGBT #skeletons Author Louis Evans is a passionate advocate of skeleton-based urban transit. His work has appeared in Vice, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nature: Futures, and more. He is married to artist. Voice Actor David Ault (he/him) is from North Yorkshire, UK. He started voice acting with Darker Projects in 2005, moving through The Byron Chronicles, Pendant Audio, Colonial ...

A Woman of Good Manners by Nikki Lynn Blakely

February 20, 2024 11:01 - 13 minutes - 18.2 MB

A courtship as a series of fatal picnics. Laura Lee Bahr reads. #horror #humor Author Nikki Lynn Blakely lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and enjoys crafting stories that evoke smiles, tears, laughter, the occasional eye roll, and sometimes even a scream. Her work has appeared in Sundial, Uncharted, Luna Station Quarterly, and Little Old Lady Comedy. Voice Actor Laura Lee Bahr is the author of the novels Haunt, Long-Form Religious Porn, and the short story collection, Angel Meat. Her s...

Coward's Corsage

February 20, 2024 11:01 - 11 minutes - 16.3 MB

Is it cheating to use a love charm? Jasmine Arch reads. #gaslamp #fantasy #romance Author Julia LaFond got her master’s in geoscience from Penn State University. Her fiction has been featured in venues such as The Martian Magazine, Etherea Magazine, and Thirteen Podcast. In her spare time, Julia enjoys reading and gaming. Voice Actor Jasmine Arch is a narrator, writer, and poet whose brain thrives on chaos and caffeine. She lives in a rural corner of Belgium with four dogs, two elderly h...

Thread in the Mouth by Ryan Cole

October 31, 2023 23:59 - 43 minutes - 61.2 MB

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Do you dare to find the witch in the woods? Sarah Golding reads. Author Ryan Cole is a speculative fiction writer who lives in Virginia with his husband and snuggly pug child. He is a winner of the Writers of the Future Contest, and his work has appeared in Ember Journal, Voyage YA Journal, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology Mother: Tales of Love and Terror. Find out more at www.ryancolewrites.com. Voice Actor Sarah Golding has created a huge range of character...

Coming Soon to the Gallery

October 30, 2023 20:50 - 2 minutes - 4.07 MB

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED. All manuscripts have been responded to. Get in touch if you did not get your letter.

The Ghost Extinguishers by Gelett Burgess

March 31, 2023 07:59 - 32 minutes - 46 MB

Got Ghosts? We are ready to believe you. Wulf Moon reads. Author Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) earned a degree from MIT then escaped west and became part of the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s as an artist, poet, author, and humorist. He was best known as a writer of nonsense verse, such as “The Purple Cow,” and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an essay titled The Wild Men of Paris. He was also the author of the popular Goops children’s books, ...

SUBMISSIONS OPEN

February 15, 2023 05:00 - 4 minutes - 7.32 MB

We are reading your manuscripts Feb 14 - April 15, 2023. Please read the guidelines at GalleryCurious.com before submitting. Music: Roller Rink Bossa, Showbiz, by Brett Van Donsel

A Journey of Little Profit by John Buchan

December 25, 2022 07:11 - 35 minutes - 49.5 MB

It's Christmas, so we're back in New Babbage for a very Scottish weird tale. Vic Mullin reads. #Christmas #Scotland #weird 00:01 Tuning the Interocitor 00:32 Welcome to Brunel Hall 02:19 Opening Epigraph 02:55 The cattle market of Inverness 05:05 Duncan Stewart begins his tale Author John Buchan (1875-1940) 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish novelist, historian, and politician, and served as the Governor General of Canada. His most famous work is The Thirty-Nine Steps Reader Vic Mullin...

The Macabre Dance of the Fiddler and Kore by Atalanti Evripidou

November 01, 2022 10:13 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MB

Would you loan your dearly departed some skin?S Michael Allen Rose reads. Content note for kink #darkFantasy #weirdDetective #skeletons 00:20 welcome 02:02 story begins 13:53 on your way Author Atalanti Evripidou is a social psychologist and a speculative fiction writer who occasionally dabbles in poetry too. Her short stories can be found in several Greek anthologies and in venues such as StarShip Sofa, Speculative North, and Flame Tree Publishing. Her work has also been featured in Onyx...

An Odd Question by Ian Michael Bavian

October 24, 2022 05:15 - 15 minutes - 19.5 MB

Remember playing Call of Cthulhu table-top? It’s time to make your sanity roll. Isaiah Plovnick reads. #cosmicHorror #dieselpunk #noire #humor 00:20 welcome 02:02 story begins 13:53 on your way Author Ian Michael Bavian is a new writer long time reader. He enjoys the works of Pratchett, King, Adams, and Wyndham to name only a few. He was an Army officer and currently works as a criminal defense investigator. He has a degree in history. When not working or writing he spends his time with h...

Changelings by Rachel Ayers

August 30, 2022 20:00 - 17 minutes - 20.4 MB

So you think you know what really happened in Hamelin? #darkFantasy #fairytale Welcome 00:20 Author bio 2:00 Changelings 02:41 Artifacts of Hamelin 14:00 Narrator bio 15:39 On your way 16:27 Author Rachel Ayers lives in Alaska, where she daydreams, writes and hosts shows for Sweet Cheeks Cabaret, and stares at the mountains. She has a degree in Library and Information Science, which comes in handy at odd hours, and she shares speculative poetry and flash fiction (and cat pictures) at patr...

The Seventh Wife's Confession by M.E. Bronstein

June 15, 2022 00:00 - 42 minutes - 50 MB

We've had complaints about the horror themes, so here's a fairy tale to lighten the room. Alex Ford reads. #steampunk #darkFantasy #fairytale Author M.E. Bronstein is a PhD student in Comparative Literature who writes short stories when she should be working on her dissertation.  Her writing has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies; Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors; Michigan Quarterly Review: Mixtape; and elsewhere.  You can find her at mebronstein.com. When reader Alex For...

Silvergloom by Jonathan Duckworth

April 19, 2022 23:59 - 20 minutes - 22.3 MB

The consumptive poet Keats makes a strange encounter while voyaging to Naples. #paranormal #historical Author Jonathan Duckworth is a completely normal, entirely human person with the right number of heads and everything. He received his MFA from Florida International University. His speculative fiction work appears in Pseudopod, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Southwest Review, Tales to Terrify, Flash Fiction Online, and elsewhere. He is a PhD student at University of North Texas and an active HW...

The Prince in the Darkness by Phil Margolies

March 15, 2022 05:25 - 41 minutes - 59.2 MB

A carnie, a Romanian, and a zombie ape. What could possibly go wrong? Kris Law reads. #1930s #Odd #Horror Author Phil Margolies writes science fiction and fantasy, and dabbles in horror. His short fiction has appeared in Brave New Girls, The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror anthology, Perihelion SF, Abyss & Apex, and other publications. He’s on Twitter @philmargolies nearly as often as he is at home outside Washington, DC, with his wife, daughter, and two skittish rescue dogs. N...

Seven Cups of Tea by Gwen C. Katz

March 04, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes - 50.9 MB

A steampunk'd fairy tale retold for troubled times. Jasmine Arch reads. #Steampunk #Fairytale Gwen C. Katz is an author, artist, and game designer who lives in Pasadena, California with her husband and a revolving door of transient animals. Her first novel, Among the Red Stars, tells the story of Russia's all-female bomber regiment known as the Night Witches. Her short fiction has appeared in venues like Glittership, Vastarien, and We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020. Jasmi...

Walking The Line by William Stiteler

February 23, 2022 23:00 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MB

Be cautious of the paths you tread. Lou J Berger reads. Mild content note for language. #Steampunk #WeirdWest #CosmicHorror Author William Stiteler lives somewhere in Central New York, and has been published in places such as Grimdark Magazine and Kaleidotrope, occasionally as S.M. Williams. When not writing, he spends his time determining where things are. More can be found at internetmanifestation.com Narrator Lou J. Berger is a Denver-based fiction author, with about two dozen publish...

Appointment in Time by James Dorr

February 12, 2022 23:31 - 16 minutes - 22.7 MB

What a year. Alasdair Stuart reads. Strong content note for horror/gore. #Steampunk #Horror Indiana (USA) author James Dorr's most recent book is a novel-in-stories from Elder Signs Press, TOMBS: A CHRONICLE OF LATTER-DAY TIMES OF EARTH. Working mostly in dark fantasy/horror with some forays into science fiction and mystery, his THE TEARS OF ISIS was a 2013 Bram Stoker Award® finalist for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, while other books include STRANGE MISTRESSES: TALES OF W...

Within My Reach by Ola Al-Fateh

November 30, 2021 20:04 - 32 minutes - 44.8 MB

All monsters are elusive, some more so than others. None of them, however, are secretive about their existence. Michael Whitehouse reads. #DarkFantasy Born to immigrant parents, author Ola Al-Fateh has strongly connected to the merging of different worlds from the moment she arrived into this one. All her stories reflect this to some degree. Her other short story “The Grand Museum” has appeared in The Future Fire. Find her online at https://twitter.com/OlaAlfateh. Narrator Michael Whiteho...

The Peculiariity of Two by Liam Hogan

November 27, 2021 20:47 - 22 minutes - 31.5 MB

Do monsters stay monsters after the story ends? A little something to go with your post-Halloween melancholy. Matt Dovey reads. Author Liam Hogan is an award winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and Best of British Fantasy 2018 (NewCon Press). He’s been published by Analog, Daily Science Fiction, and Flame Tree Press, among others. He helps host Liars’ League London, volunteers at the creative writing charity Ministry of Stories, and lives and avoids ...

The Monstrous Metronome by Lena Ng

October 29, 2021 03:55 - 42 minutes - 56.7 MB

Happy Halloween! Would you sell your soul for one last chance at greatness? Kristin Holland of Nocturnal Transmissions podcast reads. Author Lena Ng skulks around Toronto, Canada, and is a zombie member of the Horror Writers Association. She tiptoes at night so no one knows she’s awake. Under an Autumn Moon is her short story collection. She is currently seeking a publisher for her novel, Darkness Beckons, a Gothic romance. Voice Actor Kristin Holland is the creator of the NOCTURNAL TRANS...

The Ants, the Grasshoppers, the Locusts, and the Fungus by Louis Evans

October 22, 2021 11:44 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB

Aesop on the postmodern rocks. Daren Callow narrates. #FracturedFairyTales Author Louis Evans is a sci-fi writer with work in Analog, Interzone, Escape Pod and more. He lives in Brooklyn with his partner and two cats named after fictional detectives. He is almost certainly not infested with a mind-controlling fungus. Narrator Daren Callow is a writer, voice actor and musician who is based in Hove on the south coast of the United Kingdom, a medium-sized cannon shot from the English Channel....

The Quick and the Dead by Brian K. Lowe

August 25, 2021 09:07 - 35 minutes - 52.3 MB

Double-crossing dames, reanimated corpses, and the LAPD on your heels. It's hard to be a dick. Jim Hodgson reads. Author Brian K. Lowe has been writing since he was a child, the same time during which he was devouring comic books and travelling to Mars with Edgar Rice Burroughs. A graduate of UCLA, Brian lives in Southern California with his wife, working as a paralegal in securities law. Write to him at [email protected]. He blogs at http://brianklowe.wordpress.com Reader Jim Hodgs...

The Death Trade by Natasha C. Calder

August 17, 2021 07:55 - 32 minutes - 45.7 MB

It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your death is? Jasmine Arch reads. #gaslamp #DarkFantasy #YA Author Natasha C. Calder is from Ely, UK. She has an M.Phil in Medieval Literature from the University of Cambridge and is a graduate of Clarion West 2018. Her work has previously appeared in The Stinging Fly, Lackington's and Burning House Press. Reader Jasmine Arch is a narrator, writer, and poet whose brain thrives on chaos and caffeine. She lives in a rural corner of Belgium with four dogs, ...

Mourning Medusa by Mark Orr

July 12, 2021 21:23 - 30 minutes - 44 MB

The commander of an occult objects recovery unit recalls a lost love while patrolling the Mediterranean during World War II. Author Mark Orr lives in Middle Tennessee with his wife of forty years, a couple of cats, a history degree and way too many books. On his best days, he gets to play with his grandchildren - currently four, with a fifth expected by the end of 2021. His hard-boiled supernatural mystery novels, Smarter Than the Average Werewolf and Dead Women in Love, are both available ...

Does It Hurt? by Dawn Lloyd

July 05, 2021 01:59 - 9 minutes - 14.3 MB

A bit of monkpunk to mark the passing of the solstice. Lou J Berger and Andrew McCurdy narrate. #monkpunk #horror #humor Author Dawn Lloyd is an American who got bored and set out across the world looking for adventure. Nineteen years, four continents and six countries later, she has returned to settle into the Alaskan bush. She is the Editor in Chief of The Colored Lens speculative magazine. More information about her adventures can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/dawnlloydwriter...

The Instant by Harris Coverley

June 18, 2021 04:25 - 19 minutes - 15.3 MB

A gentlemen's evening of drinking and parlor games goes horribly wrong. Daren Callow narrates. #steampunk Author Harris Coverley lives in Manchester, England, where he (mostly) pretends to be busy. He has short fiction published or forthcoming in Planet Scumm, Horror Magazine, Eldritch Journal, and Shotgun Honey, amongst others. He is also a Rhysling-nominated poet with verse in Star*Line, Spectral Realms, Utopia Science Fiction, Jitter, and elsewhere. If he really had his own “Instant” he ...

The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

December 30, 2020 23:37 - 50 minutes - 54.3 MB

For our 100th episode, we're going all the way back to our first episode. Unfortunately the original master file from 2010 was not able to be recovered to be remastered properly.   Osgoode - Kris Law vokrislaw.com

To Our Own Ghosts by Deborah L. Davitt

November 18, 2020 06:37 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MB

Considering everything else that has happened this year, how would you react to a ghost in your home? #ghosts #1920s  Author Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son. She’s known for her Pushcart-nominated poetry, short stories, and novels. Her work has appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, and Asimov’s among other venues. For more about her work, please see edda-earth.com/bibliography. Narrator Sarah Golding has created a hug...

The Pinch by M.A. Smith

October 06, 2020 18:11 - 20 minutes - 29.3 MB

Pickpocketing in London. What could possibly go wrong? Daren Callow narrates. Author M. A. Smith writes from Gloucestershire, UK, where she lives with her family. Her fiction has appeared in magazines including Mythic, Gathering Storm and Dark Moon Digest,and her novella Severance was published by Fantasia Divinity. Find out more at masmithwriting.com. Narrator Daren Callow is a writer, voice actor and musician who is based in Hove on the south coast of the United Kingdom, a medium-size...

Dorothea Defies Convention by AJ Brennan

September 10, 2020 18:37 - 17 minutes - 25.4 MB

Sending a woman to war is most unconventional. Sending a hedgewitch, even more so. Jasmine Arch narrates. Author A.J. Brennan is a Washington, D.C.-based speculative fiction writer and National Novel Writing Month obsessive. Her work has appeared in The Arcanist, Wizards in Space and Translunar Travelers Lounge. She can be found on Twitter @ajbwrites. Jasmine Arch is a narrator, writer, and poet whose brain thrives on chaos and caffeine. She lives in a rural corner of Belgium with four dog...

The Night Bazaar by Shaun van Rensburg

September 03, 2020 21:21 - 16 minutes - 23.7 MB

Two misfit kids explore a mysterious market. Nat Titman narrates. #fantasy #trans   Author Shaun van Rensburg is currently studying creative writing at the University of South Africa. He has a strong interest in the fantastic and feels that monsters are usually misunderstood.   Narrator Nat Titman is an amateur illustrator, singer, songwriter, storyteller, lapsed podcaster, occasional public speaker and full-time IT professional based in Nottingham UK. Their band's debut album Going through ...

The There-It-Is Store by Adam Gaylord

June 05, 2020 05:55 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MB

We're all going to want a There-It-Is store when it's time to go back to work. Tabatha Wood narrates.   Author Adam Gaylord lives with his beautiful wife and kids in Colorado. When not at work as an ecologist, he’s usually writing, cooking, drinking craft beer, drawing comics, or some combination thereof. Look him up on GoodReads or find him on Twitter @AuthorGaylord.   Narrator Tabatha Wood is a former English teacher and library manager, living in Wellington. She writes weird, dark fiction...

Two Steps Forward by Holley Schofield

April 18, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes - 25.1 MB

You may be shut in, but you can still dance! Wilson Fowlie narrates a diesel-era delight.   Author Holly Schofield travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of city and country life. Her short stories have appeared in Analog, Lightspeed, Tesseracts, and many other publications throughout the world. She hopes to save the world through science fiction and homegrown heritage tomatoes. Find her at hollyschofield.wordpress.com.   Narrat...

Gallery Lockdown #1

April 17, 2020 04:20 - 5 minutes - 8.46 MB

While we wait for the virus curve to pass, we will be recording some extras with Osgoode and the staff. Not all the staff have proper microphones so audio quality will vary. Some will have stories. This one does not.   Want to help keep the Gallery open? Buy a copy of Curiosities fiction magazine in Kindle or trade paperback on Amazon!   Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com

Year of the Teacup Dragon by Suzanne J. Willis

April 06, 2020 19:00 - 38 minutes - 53.7 MB

A woman recalls her childhood during the London Blitz, and the strange pet who saved her. Bryony narrates an urban fantasy for all ages. Content note for wartime sound effects.   Author Suzanne J. Willis is a Melbourne, Australia-based writer, a graduate of Clarion South and an Aurealis Awards finalist. Her stories have appeared in anthologies by PS Publishing, Prime Books, Falstaff Books and Metaphorosis, and in SQ Mag, Mythic Delirium, and Lackington’s. Suzanne’s tales are inspired by fair...

Six Coins by Liam Hogan

March 31, 2020 05:37 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MB

There's nothing quite like the fresh bracing air of interesting times. Or the sea. Wulf Moon narrates a nautical adventure with a twist, while Osgoode shelters in place in the Zen Room.   Author Liam Hogan is an Oxford Physics graduate and award winning London based writer. His short story "Ana", appears in Best of British Science Fiction 2016  from NewCon Press, and his twisted fantasy collection, "Happy Ending Not Guaranteed", is published by Arachne Press. Find him online at HappyEndingNo...

Twilight of the Electric Shadows

March 29, 2020 02:47 - 40 minutes - 39.3 MB

Things get weird in a shadow dimension populated by echoes of the film industry. Matt Dovey narrates. File under: Uncategorizable   Author Paul R Hardy is currently on a quest to find the adorable pets, eccentric family members and amusing work history required in an author biography. He occasionally takes short breaks to write stories for venues such as Unidentified Funny Objects, Diabolical Plots, StarShipSofa and Escape Pod.   Narrator Matt Dovey is very tall, very British, and probably d...

Fixable by Sheliah Lindsey and Scent by Maria Haskins

March 14, 2020 03:14 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

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 J...

This Particular Evening by Manuel Royal

February 11, 2020 10:47 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

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 wri...

Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone by Donald J. Bingle

November 20, 2019 20:07 - 51 minutes - 76.6 MB

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 a...

Customer Service of the Priestood of Thikra, Destroyer of Worlds and Creator of Light by Yasmine Fahmy

November 11, 2019 03:43 - 7 minutes - 12 MB

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-s...

All She Needs by Madeleine Swann

November 05, 2019 17:51 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MB

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/ ...

Doc Borden's Hard-Luck Hoss by Julie Frost

November 01, 2019 23:59 - 19 minutes - 29.5 MB

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 fro...

Quiet Please: The Thing on the Fourble Board

November 01, 2019 00:01 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MB

An oil rig crew brought something from deep out of the earth, and it wants to meet you.

The Shadow: Circle of Death

November 01, 2019 00:01 - 28 minutes - 15 MB

The greatest pulp hero of them all, presented with the original Blue Coal ads.

X Minus One: A Gun For Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp

November 01, 2019 00:01 - 28 minutes - 40.5 MB

Time traveling big game hunters go after the biggest trophies of all.

Escape: Three Skeleton Key

November 01, 2019 00:01 - 29 minutes - 48 MB

You might know this one from 1949. The rats? The lighthouse?

Only Gutter Girls and Ruined Things by Julia K. Patt

October 27, 2019 03:51 - 38 minutes - 54.6 MB

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 ...

The Seven O'Clock Man by Kate Heartfield

October 25, 2019 00:21 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

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; ...

Approximations That Gradually Approach the Truth by David M. Hoenig

October 18, 2019 16:07 - 22 minutes - 37.3 MB

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, a...

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