A collection of speculative short fiction curated for those with steampunk and other varieties of vintage sensibilities.
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 short stories have been featured in over a dozen literary magazines and anthologies. She's also a life-long performer, filmmaker, and literal tree-hugger. More at lauraleebahr.com Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com.
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 horses and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Find out more about her and her work at JasmineArch.com Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com.
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 types for indie audio drama, and been in such wonderous 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. quirkyvoices.weebly.com Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com.
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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, and coined the term blurb. Voice Actor 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 Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com.
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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 is a 40something Scotsman who is usually surrounded in a cloud of vapour from constant e-cig usage. He is generally found editing youtube videos for his channel ‘Vaping with Vic' or, as Vic Mornington, rebuilding his famous hotel in New Babbage. Music via Filmmusic.io, Evanto Elements, and the good people of New Babbage. We made it through another year!
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 Path's Gods and Monsters. Reader Michael Allen Rose is a writer, musician and performer based in Chicago. He has published numerous books and short stories in the bizarro, horror, and comedy arenas, and also makes industrial music under the name Flood Damage. He loves cats and a good cup of tea. Find out more about his work at www.michaelallenrose.com Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina Additional music via Pond5 and Filmmusic.io Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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 his wife, two sons, and a neurotic border collie. Reader 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. https://www.facebook.com/PlovnickVoice Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina Additional music via Filmmusic.io and Darkness Prevails Podcast Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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 patreon.com/richlayers Reader Sarah Golding has created a huge range of character types for indie audio drama, and been in such wonderous 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. quirkyvoices@weebly.com Osgoode: Kris Law krislawvo.com Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina Additional music via Filmmusic.io Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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 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 Osgoode: Kris Law krislawvo.com Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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 HWA member. Reader David Ault (he/him) is a voice actor from North Yorkshire, UK. He started voice acting with Darker Projects in 2005, moving through The Byron Chronicles, Pendant Audio, Colonial Radio Theatre to modern day antics with Fool & Scholar, the NoSleep Podcast team and Shadows at the Door: The Podcast. He's a big fan of tea, ghosts and astronomy, and can be found online at DavidAult on Twitter, or www.davidault.co.uk Osgoode: Kris Law Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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. Narrator Kris Law lives in Toronto and works as a voice actor, specializing in villainous types of all stripes. They live with their partner, and two cats which openly defy their supposed authority. They are best known for portraying the eldritch host of a weird fiction anthology podcast. vokrislaw.com Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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. 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 horses and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Find out more about her and her work at JasmineArch.com. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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 published short stories, a couple nevelettes, and a novella (which was work for hire and probably doesn't count). He's been published in Galaxy's Edge Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and a host of anthologies. In 2017, he was a Finalist for Writers of the Future. Osgoode: Kris Law Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together on this Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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 WONDER AND ROMANCE, DARKER LOVES: TALES OF MYSTERY AND REGRET, and his all-poetry VAMPS (A RETROSPECTIVE). He has also been a technical writer, an editor on a regional magazine, a full time non-fiction freelancer, and a semi-professional musician, and currently harbors a Goth cat named Triana. An Active Member of SFWA and HWA, Dorr invites readers to visit his blog at http://jamesdorrwriter.wordpress.com Narrator Alasdair Stuart is the host of PseudoPod and Escape Pod, runs Escape Artists Ink, and is professionally enthusiastic about genre fiction on the Internet at places like Tor.com , Barnes & Noble, The Guardian, Uncanny Magazine, SciFi Now and My M Buzz. He lives in the UK with the love of his life and their ever expanding herd of microphones. Follow him on Twitter as @AlasdairStuart, or at his blog, The Man of Words. Osgoode: Kris Law Did you know? You can find all our anthologies together on this Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09PFD2PCQ
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 Whitehouse is a writer, filmmaker, and voice-over artist from Glasgow, Scotland. He spends most of his time writing supernatural fiction, though occasionally dabbles in other genres when the story leads him there. He's also the founder of Ghastly Tales, which has both a horror fiction podcast and Youtube channel. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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 work in London. More details at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk Narrator Matt Dovey is very tall, very British, and probably drinking a cup of tea right now. His surname rhymes with "Dopey", but any other similarities to the dwarf are coincidence. He has short science fiction and fantasy stories all over the place: find out more at mattdovey.com, or follow him on Twitter @mattdoveywriter. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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 TRANSMISSIONS short horror story podcast. He both produces the audio and performs all the various voices that appear on the show. He also appears as Dr Malcolm Ryder - ' Parapsychologist' on the A Voice From Darkness podcast. Not only a mercurial voice actor, he is also a professional musician, singer, actor, and commercial voice over artist. You can find out more about the NOCTURNAL TRANSMISSIONS podcast on their official website - NocturnalTransmissions.com.au Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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. As an actor, as well as (seemingly endless) live performances of Tales Of New Albion stories and plays, Daren has also lent his voice to Brighton Theatre of The Air and 2 Bit Productions audio dramas, he also finds time to record his own steampunk podcast (also entitled Tales Of New Albion) featuring original comedy material voiced by a cast of thousands (approx.) and readings of his sci-fi stories. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
Double-crossing dames, reanimated corpses, and the LAPD on your heels. It's hard to be a dick. Jim Hodgson narrates. #occultDetective 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 brianklowewriter@aol.com. He blogs at http://brianklowe.wordpress.com Reader 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. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your death is? Jasmine Arch narrates. #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, two elderly horses and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Find out more about her and her work at JasmineArch.com. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
The Commander of the US 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 from Dark Recesses Press and through Amazon. He has recently returned to writing short stories, a form in which he had a small degree of success during the first decade or so of the current millennium. He is also scribing a bi-weekly column for HorrorAddicts.net under the moniker Historian of Horror. 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. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
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/home Narrator Lou J. Berger is a Denver-based fiction author, with about two dozen published short stories, a couple novelettes, and a novella (which was work for hire and probably doesn't count). He's been published in Galaxy's Edge Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and a host of anthologies. In 2017, he was a Finalist for Writers of the Future. Narrator Andrew McCurdy is a writer and editor whose day job as a Speech-Language Pathologist involves providing nonverbal children with access to technology to help them communicate. He lives in rural Nova Scotia with a thirteen year old girl, two freakishly old cats, and an assortment of feral creatures who have assumed ownership of the woodshed and only grant him access if he's carrying food. Leopold: Michael Allen Rose Music and Soundscape: Circus Clowns Lighter Edit by Zev Weinstein (Pond5.com) Summer Nights by eric5335(Freesound.org) HauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezebox License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com
A gentlemen's evening of drinking and parlor games goes horribly wrong. Daren Callow narrates. #steampunk
For our 100th episode, we're going all the way back to our first episode. Vic Mullin narrates.
Considering everything else that has happened this year, how would you react to a ghost in your home? Sarah Golding narrates. #ghosts #1920s
It's crime time! Daren Callow narrates the woes of a London pickpocket who picked the wrong pigeon.
Sometimes a hedgewitch just needs a little breathing room. Jasmine Arch narrates.
Two misfit kids explore a mysterious market. Nat Titman narrates.
We're all going to need a There-It-Is store when it comes time to go back to work. Tabatha Wood narrates.
You may be shut in, but you can still dance! Wilson Fowlie narrates a diesel-era delight.
Things get weird in a shadow dimension populated by echoes of the film industry. Matt Dovey narrates. File under: Uncategorizable
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.
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.
We're barhopping through history with the heppest cats around. Jim Hodgson narrates. File under: Time Travel.
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.
Even the most ancient of religions must adapt to survive. Elizabeth Chatsworth performs.
Oh, she's a horrible woman! But you will have to decide who the monster is. Sarah Golding narrates. Rated R for adult situation
A frontier doctor is befriended by a unicorn. Jim Hodgson narrates.
A frontier girl learns about life, larceny, and how to repair a clockwork cat. Sarah Heiner narrates. Rated YA.
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.
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.
A librarian in Nazi occupied Paris uses her special talents when faced with an order to burn her books. Gabrielle Riel narrates.
A young woman makes her debut at Death's masquerade. Rated YA friendly. Alex Ford narrates.
All is fair in love and dentistry. A horror story from the badlands of Canada. Mild NFSW. Alex Ford narrates.
A spring powered clockpunk adventure for all ages in Vancouver's old Chinatown. Wulf Moon narrates.
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.
Of all the creatures in the sea, none is more deadly than the clown. Isaiah Plovnick narrates.
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