Latest Retropunk Podcast Episodes
The Night Bazaar by Shaun van Rensburg
Gallery of Curiosities - September 03, 2020 21:21 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTwo 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 Titm...
The There-It-Is Store by Adam Gaylord
Gallery of Curiosities - June 05, 2020 05:55 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe'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 combinatio...
Two Steps Forward by Holley Schofield
Gallery of Curiosities - April 18, 2020 07:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsYou 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, Lightspee...
Gallery Lockdown #1
Gallery of Curiosities - April 17, 2020 04:20 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWhile 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 magazi...
Year of the Teacup Dragon by Suzanne J. Willis
Gallery of Curiosities - April 06, 2020 19:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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 f...
Six Coins by Liam Hogan
Gallery of Curiosities - March 31, 2020 05:37 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThere'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"...
Twilight of the Electric Shadows
Gallery of Curiosities - March 29, 2020 02:47 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThings 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 occasio...
Fixable by Sheliah Lindsey and Scent by Maria Haskins
Gallery of Curiosities - March 14, 2020 03:14 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIt'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 pop...
This Particular Evening by Manuel Royal
Gallery of Curiosities - February 11, 2020 10:47 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWe’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 an...
Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone by Donald J. Bingle
Gallery of Curiosities - November 20, 2019 20:07 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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 ...
Customer Service of the Priestood of Thikra, Destroyer of Worlds and Creator of Light by Yasmine Fahmy
Gallery of Curiosities - November 11, 2019 03:43 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsEven 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...
All She Needs by Madeleine Swann
Gallery of Curiosities - November 05, 2019 17:51 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOh, 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 relea...
Doc Borden's Hard-Luck Hoss by Julie Frost
Gallery of Curiosities - November 01, 2019 23:59 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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, Story...
X Minus One: A Gun For Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp
Gallery of Curiosities - November 01, 2019 00:01 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsTime traveling big game hunters go after the biggest trophies of all.
Escape: Three Skeleton Key
Gallery of Curiosities - November 01, 2019 00:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsYou might know this one from 1949. The rats? The lighthouse?
The Shadow: Circle of Death
Gallery of Curiosities - November 01, 2019 00:01 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThe greatest pulp hero of them all, presented with the original Blue Coal ads.
Quiet Please: The Thing on the Fourble Board
Gallery of Curiosities - November 01, 2019 00:01 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAn oil rig crew brought something from deep out of the earth, and it wants to meet you.
Only Gutter Girls and Ruined Things by Julia K. Patt
Gallery of Curiosities - October 27, 2019 03:51 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAn 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...
The Seven O'Clock Man by Kate Heartfield
Gallery of Curiosities - October 25, 2019 00:21 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsChildren 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 novel...
Approximations That Gradually Approach the Truth by David M. Hoenig
Gallery of Curiosities - October 18, 2019 16:07 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsThere’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,...
The Book Burning by JD Blackrose
Gallery of Curiosities - October 15, 2019 09:43 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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...
The One in the Night-Storm Dress by Andrea Martinez Corbin
Gallery of Curiosities - July 30, 2019 23:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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 mo...
Badlands Dentistry by Eddie Generous
Gallery of Curiosities - July 08, 2019 04:07 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAll 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 collect...
East Wind in Carrall Street by Holly Schofield
Gallery of Curiosities - June 27, 2019 19:07 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsAuthor 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 ...
Patron of the Arts by Tricia Owens
Gallery of Curiosities - June 25, 2019 17:19 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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 ...
The Stolen Child by Gavin Bradley
Gallery of Curiosities - May 02, 2019 18:27 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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 Ea...
Whaling With Clowns by Chris Kuriata
Gallery of Curiosities - April 01, 2019 12:47 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOf 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 Po...
A Light in the Darkness by Gary Buller
Gallery of Curiosities - March 27, 2019 04:31 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsA 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 her...
Lady With A Thousand Teeth by George Edwards Murray
Gallery of Curiosities - December 21, 2018 22:25 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWar 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 Curiositie...
Barbed Wire Fence by Santiago Eximeno
Gallery of Curiosities - December 03, 2018 08:37 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsModified 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 Musi...
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