Aesop on the postmodern rocks. Daren Callow narrates. #FracturedFairyTales

A bit of monkpunk to mark the passing of the solstice. Lou J Berger and Andrew McCurdy narrate. #monkpunk #horror #humor

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. Unfortunately the original master file from 2010 was not able to be recovered to be remastered properly.   Spring will come.

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. 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...

Sometimes a hedgewitch just needs a little breathing room. Jasmine Arch narrates. #steampunk #gaslamp

Two misfit kids explore a mysterious market. Nat Titman narrates. 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 Changes is an...

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...

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. Narrator...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 at...

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...

A thoroughly modern girl returns from London with a new style and new friends, much to the dismay of her parents and the staff. 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...