Episodes
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In The Black Chapel by Michael Voss
We're dropping in at a grad school with a most esoteric and cutthroat curriculum. Laura Lee Bahr performs. #Horror #Fantastique #Occult #Academia Author Michael Voss a writer of weird tales and dark fiction. His work has appeared most recently in Cosmic Horror Monthly. He lives in Milwaukee with...
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The Evil Eye by Brandon Daubs
Happy Halloween! Let's go toshing beneath Victorian London. What could possibly go wrong? Daren Callow performs #Steampunk #Horror #CreatureFeature Author Brandon Daub’s stories have appeared in Grimdark Magazine, Dark Fire and Three Crows, and the anthologies All Hail our Robot Conquerors! and...
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Hit the Bottle by M. Regan
Grab your fedora and a finger of scotch a whole lotta weird. Kris Law performs #Noire #Odd #Horror #metawriting Author M. Regan has been writing for over a decade, with credits ranging from localization work to short stories to podcast scripts. Their soulful debut novella, 21 Grams, can be found…
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Men Against the Current by Louis Evans
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…
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A Woman of Good Manners by Nikki Lynn Blakely
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,...
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Coward's Corsage
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...
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Thread in the Mouth by Ryan Cole
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…
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Coming Soon to the Gallery
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED. All manuscripts have been responded to. Get in touch if you did not get your letter.
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The Ghost Extinguishers by Gelett Burgess
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…
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN
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
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A Journey of Little Profit by John Buchan
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...
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The Macabre Dance of the Fiddler and Kore by Atalanti Evripidou
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…
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An Odd Question by Ian Michael Bavian
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,...
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Changelings by Rachel Ayers
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,...
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The Seventh Wife's Confession by M.E. Bronstein
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...
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Silvergloom by Jonathan Duckworth
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...
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The Prince in the Darkness by Phil Margolies
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,...
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Seven Cups of Tea by Gwen C. Katz
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...
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Walking The Line by William Stiteler
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...
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Appointment in Time by James Dorr
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...
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Within My Reach by Ola Al-Fateh
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…
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The Peculiariity of Two by Liam Hogan
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...
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The Monstrous Metronome by Lena Ng
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...
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The Ants, the Grasshoppers, the Locusts, and the Fungus by Louis Evans
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...
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The Quick and the Dead by Brian K. Lowe
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…
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The Death Trade by Natasha C. Calder
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...
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Mourning Medusa by Mark Orr
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…
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Does It Hurt? by Dawn Lloyd
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...
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The Instant by Harris Coverley
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…
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The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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
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To Our Own Ghosts by Deborah L. Davitt
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...
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The Pinch by M.A. Smith
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…
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Dorothea Defies Convention by AJ Brennan
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...
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The Night Bazaar by Shaun van Rensburg
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...
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The There-It-Is Store by Adam Gaylord
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...
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Two Steps Forward by Holley Schofield
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,...
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Gallery Lockdown #1
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…
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Year of the Teacup Dragon by Suzanne J. Willis
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...
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Six Coins by Liam Hogan
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",...
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Twilight of the Electric Shadows
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…
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Fixable by Sheliah Lindsey and Scent by Maria Haskins
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…
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This Particular Evening by Manuel Royal
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...
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Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone by Donald J. Bingle
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...
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Customer Service of the Priestood of Thikra, Destroyer of Worlds and Creator of Light by Yasmine Fahmy
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…
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All She Needs by Madeleine Swann
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...
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Doc Borden's Hard-Luck Hoss by Julie Frost
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…
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Only Gutter Girls and Ruined Things by Julia K. Patt
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...
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The Seven O'Clock Man by Kate Heartfield
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....
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Approximations That Gradually Approach the Truth by David M. Hoenig
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,...
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The Book Burning by JD Blackrose
A 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…
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