Gallery of Curiosities

A 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 more. Her interactive fiction has appeared in Sub-Q, and more projects are available on her website, www.amcorbin.com. On Twitter, she is @rosencrantz.When narrator 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. facebook.com/srslyjohns instagram.com/srslyalexFull show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

All 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 collection Dead is Dead, but Not Always. He runs Unnerving and Unnerving Magazine and he lives on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia with his wife and their cat overlords.Narrator Wilson Fowlie has been reading stories out loud since the age of 4, and credits his parents for any talent he has for it. He’s been narrating for podcasts since he answered a call for readers for PodCastle in 2008. He’s narrated dozens of stories for many podcasts, including all of the Escape Artists shows. Wilson fits all this narrating between his day job as a web developer in Vancouver, Canada, and directing a community show chorus called The Maple Leaf Singers.Curiosities No. 5 is available now on Amazon, Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited. Visit our store page for links.Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Author Holly Schofield website hollyschofield.wordpress.comNarrator Wulf Moon website driftweave.comCuriosities 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 the end of June 2019.Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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.Author Trica Owens - website TriciaOwensBooks.comNarrator Alasdair Stuart - Twitter @AlasdairStuart, or at his blog, The Man of Words. Congratulations on your Hugo nomination!Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A 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 Ear, and The Caterpillar literary magazines, as well as various fantastical anthologies, such as Frozen Fairy Tales, Ignis Fatuus, Tesseracts 21: Nevertheless, and the upcoming Fantastic Trains.When narrator 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. facebook.com/srslyjohns instagram.com/srslyalexMusic: Marked, Now We Feast, by Alex Nakarada/serpentsoundstudios.comPublic Safety Advisory: Cold iron hurts fairies. Hot iron hurts everyone.

Of 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 Post. He used to edit depressing documentaries about homicide victims, but now works cheerfully in a bakery making donuts.Narrator 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.April 2019 is reading month. Please read the guidelines before sending in manuscripts.Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A 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/garybullerNarrator website michael-whitehouse.com/Curiosities No. 5 (Horror Issue) is here in digital and print-on-demand formats.gallerycurious.com/storeMuch gratitude to our 2018 staff for helping the Gallery through its third year -Andrew McCurdy - First Reader, Editor, InterviewerKris Law - voice of Osgoode UnderbyJed Dagger - First ReaderSteadman Kondor - First ReaderKevin Frost - Lead Editor, Audio Producer, First ReaderFull show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

War 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 DEVMCuriosities No. 4 is here in digital and print-on-demand formats. gallerycurious.com/storeFull show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Modified soldiers arrive at the front. Alasdair Stuart narrates.Author Twitter @santiagoeximeno www.eximeno.comNarrator Twitter as @AlasdairStuart, or at his blog, The Man of Words.Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DEVMStory music: Gardariki, Edge of the Wastelands by Tri-Tachyon/Free Music ArchiveCuriosities No. 4 is in the printing queue. Watch our store page to get your copyFull show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Relativity is a pisser in this small town. Wilson Fowlie narrates. Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DEVM Story music: Fallen by Dan Yan-Key/Free Music Archive Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Survivors of an apocalyptic war rebuild their world to a Roman Ideal, which includes being outnumbered by their genetically altered slaves. Wulf Moon narrates. Content note for adult situations. Author Irene Punti lives in Badalona (Catalonia) with her partner. Before that, she lived for a decade in Tarragona, the former capital of a Roman province and the city which inspired this story. Irene's stories have appeared in Gaslandia: a Dieselpunk Anthology and the NonBinary Review, among others. Narrator 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. Thanks for submitting, writers! If you haven't heard from us by the end of next week, your manuscript got lost in transit. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A tourist to a rural village learns why the locals bar themselves in every night. Vic Mullin reads. #Horror Story music by Kevin MacLeod(incompetech.com) Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Osgoode's Chorus via Pond5 Submission window extended to Oct. 31st. Last chance for this year. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A pilot gets a strange warning on a dark and stormy night. CB Droege narrates. #altHist #humor Author Marlin Bressi is the author of Hairy Men in Caves: True Stories of America's Most Colorful Hermits (Sunbury Press, 2015) and creator of the paranormal website Journal of the Bizarre. He was also the runner-up in the 2016 Milwaukee Paranormal Conference national horror fiction contest. Narrator website CBDroege.com https://twitter.com/CBDroege Some music via Incompetech.com Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina We will be taking fiction submissions 1-21 October 2018, looking to up issue 4 (Deco/Dieselpunk) and issue 5 (dread/horror). We let the inbox guide future themes, so #6 is yet to be determined. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Two sisters take in a handsome lodger. But wShy does he have a cage? A dark tale of mystery and romance set in Belle Epoch Odessa. Maria Rose narrates. William Burton McCormick is a Nevada native and Hawthornden Castle Fellowship winner, has lived ten years in Ukraine and visited Odessa, the setting of “Kutsenko’s Cage” numerous times. The story’s protagonists, sisters Tasia and Eleni Karadopoulina, debuted in the Derringer Award-nominated story “The Antiquary’s Wife” in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, March 2013. Maria Rose is a graphic designer, writer, astrologer, classicist. Sometimes saturnine, mostly eccentric. You can hear her audiobook narration work in "Messengers of the Right" from University of Press Audiobooks. Story music via Incompetech.com and Fugue Royalty Free Music Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store We will be taking fiction submissions 1-21 October 2018, looking to up issue 4 (Deco/Dieselpunk) and issue 5 (dread/horror). We let the inbox guide future themes, so #6 is yet to be determined. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

H.P. Lovecraft month concludes. There will be pie. Wulf Moon narrates. Author Sebastien Mantle is a Canadian-born fantasy and sci-fi fanatic with a penchant for the dark, twisted, and occasionally silly. When not working on a novel or churning out short stories, he reads anything from swords and sorcery to military history. Narrator 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. Story music via Incompetech.com and Pond5.com Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

An archeologist excavates a meteor crater that appeared during a Civil War battle, what could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, because HP Lovecraft month continues. CB Droege narrates. Mild squick alert for Lovecraftian style body horror. Author's webpage http://shanehalbach.com Narrator's webpage http://twitter.com/CBDroege Story music via Fugue and Incompetech. Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

It's Lovecraft month here at the gallery, but that doesn't mean can't wear a pretty dress. Osgoode should know, he has many. Elizabeth Chatsworth narrates, and editor Andrew McCurdy comes upstairs for a sketch. Story music by Kevin MacLeod. Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A man hears a dreadful tale from his father-in-law, and goes to investigate. CB Droege narrates. Story music by Kevin MacLeod. Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #3 is out now in digital and trade paperback formats. http://gallerycurious.com/store Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

An elderly woman travels to Gettysburg to bring her son's remains home to Massachusetts. She'll do more than just bury him once they get back to the family farm. Karen Bovenmyer narrates. Story music by Kevin MacLeod. Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #3 is going to press this month. 8 stories of adventure and travel with a steampunk twist, and just the right size to tuck into your beach bag or Kindle. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

It's an alt-history double feature. First, we take a listen to a different outcome of the infamous Edison-Tesla feud, then, we're off to Gettysburg with a time travelling Civil War re-enactor. Wulf Moon and CB Droege narrate. Story music and effects by Kevin MacLeod, SoundBible, Pond5 Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Submission session closes today (30 June 2018). Now comes the hard part- picking the best! If you would like to be a first reader, contact Kevin at curiousgallery at gmail. We get more stories every round. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Work is so hard on the farm, especially when the spirit labor will not cooperate. Wulf Moon narrates. Story music by Kevin MacLeod Theme song by Deus Ex Vapore Machina June is submissions month. Don't forget to READ THE GUIDELINES. Please. That would be splendid of you. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

She can contact your loved ones on the Other Side. Or can she? Maria Rose narrates. June is submissions month. Don't forget to READ THE GUIDELINES. Please. That would be splendid of you. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Our ratings suck. No more steampunk. We're switching our format to Bizarro. Isaiah Plovnick narrates. (check the date) Curiosities #2 is on sale now in Kindle, Nook, Amazon Print on Demand, and our website. Buy an issue and help keep the Gallery open! http://gallerycurious.com/store Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Machines, mayhem, and backyard mechanics engage in full contact curricle racing. What could possibly go wrong? Wilson Fowlie narrates. Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #2 is on sale now in Kindle, Nook, Amazon Print on Demand, and our website. Buy an issue and help keep the Gallery open! http://gallerycurious.com/store Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A very proper British story of eccentric peers and the art of time travel. Thank heavens for a good valet. Listener favorite Vic Mullin narrates. Gareth D Jones' website: http://www.garethdjones.co.uk/ Vic Mullin's website: http://www.vapingwithvic.co.uk/ Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosities #2 is on sale now in Kindle, Nook, Amazon Print on Demand, and our website. Buy an issue and keep the Gallery open! Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

With warmer weather on the horizon, thoughts turn to adventure, cowboys, and dinosaurs. Steve Sutherland narrates. Davide Mana's website: https://karavansara.live/ Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina We bought this story two years ago tomorrow. Who knew small hands was going to become a cultural reference? Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

As Valentine's Day approaches, we present a timely double feature for the season. Richard Elen and Gabrielle Riel narrate. Deborah L. Davitt's website: www.edda-earth.com Susan Taitel's website: susantaitel.com Gabrielle Riel's website: radioriel.org Story Music: Kevin MacLeod Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service.

A story of love and invention told in a series of letters from a young wife in whose husband has gone West. Mimielle Marek Montoya narrates. Author's website - http://www.amandacdavis.com Story music:Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel, The Spirit of Russian Love (violin) by Zinaida Trokai performed by Kosta T, Sonatina, Air Prelude by Kevin MacLeod Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a zine and help us keep the Gallery open. SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2018. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A bayou girl is summoned to repair her father's weather control device. Ella Turenne narrates. Story music: Heavy Heart, Fantastic Dim Bar, Darkening Developments, Steel and Seething by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a zine and help us keep the Gallery open. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A strange story of time and redemption to close the year. Wilson Fowlie narrates. Story music: Thunder Dreams by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a book and help us keep the Gallery open. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

An Unusual Christmas Gift, by Tepic Harlequin. Tepic narrates from the urchin hideout in New Babbage. Music boxes arranged and performed by LaTosha Hall Story music by Alexander Nakarada www.serpentsoundstudios.com Story music by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Story music by Brett Van Donsel Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats. Treat youself to a book and help us keep the Gallery open. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A Christmas Eve Special to help the little ones go to bed. Osgoode and Kevin narrate. Author webpage - http://twitter.com/jheijndermans Story music by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook formats and includes this story. Treat youself to a book today and help us keep the Gallery open. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A strangely gifted child recounts how her family survived the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. Maria Rose narrates. May trigger abuse survivors. Author webpage - http://thewiseserpent.blogspot.com/ Story music by Phil Michalski and Kevin MacLeod. Be Splendid! Leave us a review on your favorite podcatcher service. News- Curiosities#1 is out in print and ebook format. Treat youself to a book today and help us keep the Gallery open. News- Follow Osgoode on Twitter @0sgoode Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A low ranking librarian is plagued with a pest of a customer. Benjamin Sperduto narrates. Author webpage - http://edwardmcdermott.net/ Narrator webpage - http://www.benjaminsperduto.com Story music by Kevin MacLeod. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Hang on for a high flying urchin adventure. Lesa Whyte narrates. Story music by Brett Van Donsel and Kevin MacLeod. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Boarding school girls learn magic. What could possibly go wrong? Maria Rose narrates. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

A different sort of zombie story, set in the streets of Victorian London. Vic Mullin narrates. Submission season ends October 31st 2017. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

David Boop narrates his own work, a weird western from the Arizona Territory town of Drowned Horse. Be splendid and leave a review on iTunes or where ever you are downloading the show. It's the only way to break the algorithm. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Two Tales of abandoned things to end out the summer. Sarah Heiner and Andrew McCurdy Narrate. Be splendid and leave a review on iTunes or where ever you are downloading the show. It's the only way to break the algorithm.

Tonight, it's an art theft in a city unlike any you've ever been to. Vic Mullin reads. Author Andrew Knighton lives in Yorkshire with his cat and many unread books. The first volume of his steampunk adventure series, The Epiphany Club, is available for free from Amazon or Smashwords. You can find more free stories and links to his books at andrewknighton.com. He’s on Twitter as @gibbondemon Narrator Vic Mullin is a 40 year old scotsman who is usually surrounded in a cloud of vapour from constant e-cig usage. Generally found spending time editing youTube videos or lazing around in New Babbage pretending to build something. Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DeVM Ogoode's chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod Music: Chill Bells by Frank Nora Ambient Drones by Buzzbeat Music Shadowlands, Infinite Peace, and Plans in Motion by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Song Of The Earth: Epic Orchestral and Sacred Chant by SoundPhenomenon HELP US GET FOUND! Leave a review on iTunes or where ever you are downloading the show!

Tonight, a young chess whiz is recruited to play a most curious role. This story was previously published by WItty Bard Publishing, in a Steampunk anthology, "Of Airships and Automatons". Author Liam Hogan is a London based writer and host of the award winning monthly literary event, Liars' League. He was a finalist in Sci-Fest LA's Roswell Award 2015 (losing out to "Grandma's sex robot") and has had work published at DailyScienceFiction and in Sci-Phi Journal. Find him online at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk/ Twitter: @LiamJHogan Narrator Jema Hewitt is a designer and performer living and working among the beautiful hills of Derbyshire UK with a menagerie of small fluffy friends. As her steampunk alter ego Emilly Ladybird she has also written several craft books and regularly lectures on costume in the UK and the US. You can enjoy her work at www.patreon.com/jema and www.facebook.com/emillyladybird Theme song: Ashes Ashes by DeVM (congratulations on the new album!) Ogoode's chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod HELP US GET FOUND! Leave a review on iTunes! Rumor says it takes 50 reviews to get ranked, and hundreds of brand new podcast titles are added to the inventory every day.

It's a fabulous furry double feature with animals acting like humans, humans posing as animals, and maybe, just maybe, exactly what you think its going to be. Tepic Harlequin and Byron narrate. Author Barbara A. Barnett is a writer, musician, orchestra librarian, Odyssey Writing Workshop alum, coffee addict, wine lover, and all-around geek. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online. Barbara lurks about the Philadelphia area and can be found online at babarnett.com. Narrator Tepic Harlequin is an urchin who lives in the city of New Babbage, he is eight, going on ancient. Author Diego Reymondez has made an appearance in Cleaver Magazine and has a forthcoming publication in Inwood, Indiana. Recently he’s left the states and is now in Spain working as an explorer in his food forest. When the crickets come out (or the mid-afternoon heat) and planting gets difficult, he writes. Narrator Byron is a disembodied voice living in a genuine reproduction Ming Dynasty vase in the foyer of the Gallery. You’ll notice it on your way out, there by the door. Music: Spanish Guitar Classical by Mark Winstanley via Pond5 Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus ex Vapore Machina (congratulations on the album release!) Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Osgoode’s Other Chorus: Funky Sexy Time 1970s by Patrick Coen (via Pond5)

A jewel theft threatens to ruin the family business, and it's up to two clever girls to solve the crime before it is too late! Sarah Heiner reads. #steampunk #kids Author Dawn Vogel has been published as a short fiction author and a fiction and non-fiction editor. In her alleged spare time, she runs a craft business, helps edit Mad Scientist Journal, and tries to find time to write. She lives in Seattle with her husband and their herd of cats. Narrator Sarah Heiner, active in Second Life under the pseudonym of Bookworm, assisted in the editing of two of the three ‘Tales from New Babbage’ volumes, and has stories published in all three. She lives in the fly-over land of Minnesota, with more books than she knows what to do with. Music: Frost Waltz (Alternate), Air Prelude, Comfortable Mystery, Satin Danger, Icicles Melting by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech.com and FreePD.com Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina

A steampunk tale of a scheming inventress and the mechanicals she made. This story was first published in the DAUGHTERS OF FRANKENSTEIN: LESBIAN MAD SCIENTISTS anthology in July 2015. Amy Griswold is the author (with Melissa Scott) of the gaslamp fantasy/mystery novels DEATH BY SILVER and A DEATH AT THE DIONYSUS CLUB. Amy has also published multiple Stargate tie-in novels and is currently working on a steampunk interactive fiction game for Choice of Games. She can be found online at @amygris. Narrator Elizabeth Chatsworth is a professional voice actor and a member of SAG-AFTRA. She prefers voice acting to on-screen work as in a voice-booth no-one can see your fuzzy bunny slippers. Her interests include cosplay, PC gaming, and writing. Find out more at http://www.elizabethchatsworth.com Music: Piece for Disaffected Piano Two by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Not Quite Blue by Kevin MacLeod (FreePD.com) Modern Piano Zeta – Improbable by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Painting Room by Kevin MacLeod (FreePD.com) Piece for Disaffected Piano One Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Roquefort Prologue by Kevin MacLeod (FreePD.com) Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Around by Kevin MacLeod

A visit to a pet shop with a collection that rivals our own curious gallery. Vic Mullin reads. Author Gary Buller is an author from Manchester England where he lives with his long suffering partner Lisa, his daughter Holly and dog Chico. He grew up in the Peak District where the hauntingly beautiful landscapes inspired him to write. He is a huge fan of all things macabre and loves a tale with a twist. Narrator Vic Mullin is a 40 year old scotsman who is usually surrounded in a cloud of vapour from constant ecig useage. He is generally found spending his time editing YouTube videos or lazing around in New Babbage pretending to build something. Music: A Minor Jazz, Singing Bowl Soundscape, by Brett van Donsel Gregorian Chant by Kevin MacLeod Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina

Osgoode survived 2016, and to celebrate he is bringing you two stories to close the old year and usher in the new. Samuel van Pelt and Tepic Harlequin read. "Wreck on the Highway" by Jake Walters Mr. Walters has been published in several journals, including The Saturday Evening Post, Forge Literary, and Cast of Wonders. He has spent years teaching English in Transylvania. Narrator: Samuel Van Pelt Music: Night on the Docks, Long Note Two, Music for Funeral Homes Part 1 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "River and Sea" by Nathan Susnik When he was twelve, Mr. Susnik’s mother forced him to take the Wisconsin boating safety exam. During college, he used this knowledge to become a deckhand on the steamboat Julia Belle Swain. He now lives in Hanover, Germany with his wife and children, where he does considerably less boating. Narrator Tepic Harlequin is an urchin living in the City of New Babbage. He is eight, going on ancient. Music: Heart of Nowhere by Kevin MacLeod Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Osgoode’s Chorus: Lobby Time – Alternate Bass by Kevin MacLeod

It’s that week between Christmas and New Years, my favorite time of year. Time to tidy up lose ends, get a little silly, spend time with your social life, and head to the club to indulge. Author Kate Philbrick writes horror historicals and creepy fantasies to amuse herself and friends. Scribblings of the strange variety have appeared in random anthologies over the years, and she is presently on the staff of Weird NJ Magazine. She had the pleasure of editing Richard O’Brien’s (yet to be published) autobiography, though writing fiction is what she most enjoys. Current projects include the Steampunk series Ashlands, and the Mudlark, a Victorian tale of horror, sequel to Unburied Dead. Poorly disguised as a normal person, Ms Philbrick is employed as curator in a local historical museum. Narrator John Longenbaugh is a Seattle-based writer and playwright, and the creator of the Steampunk adventure serial BRASS, which is available as an audio drama, a series of stage plays and a short film. For more on John go to johnlongenbaugh.com, and for more on BRASS go to Battlegroundproductions.org. Music: Dance of the Turtle by Kevin MacLeod Author Lou Antonelli has had 101 short stories and three collections published since 2003. He was a finalist in 2013 for the Sidewise Award in Alternate History for “Great White Ship” (Daily Science Fiction – May 2012). He was a two-time Hugo nominee (Short Story and Best Related Work) in 2015. Narrator Byron is a disembodied voice currently residing in a genuine reproduction Ming Dynasty urn, which is on display in the Gallery anteroom. Music: Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Want to give us a present? Leave a review on iTunes or whatever platform through which you get your downloads.

Once a year we go back to where we got our start for the traditional Christmas broadcast from a city that doesn’t exist except as smudges on disks in an unknown server farm. Yeah, there was a script. It was going to be more produced. The girls were going to sing the song. But 2016 being what it was, maybe simplicity was the better approach. Godspeed. The Naughty Child, by Beryl Strifeclaw and Tepic Harlequin Read by Tepic Harlequin Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Boiler Elf Don’t Stare At Me written and performed by MacKnight Culdesac. Visit his store in Port Babbage for music boxes and more. The Christmas Gremlin written and read by Loki Eliot. Visit the Krakenwell factory in Babbage Square and see the amazing spinning mules! Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Music box pieces arranged and performed by Canolli Capalini. Her store is no longer inworld but the music boxes are available on SL Marketplace. Hail the Hum.

The classic big game expedition to darkest Africa with a holiday twist. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, actually. Richard Elen of Radio Riel reads. Author Megan Engelhardt is short, round, and merry. A lapsed librarian, a displaced farm girl, and a toddler wrangler, she lives an hour away from the Sasquatch Triangle of Ohio. She tweets as @MadMerryMeg.Reader Richard Elen is a recording engineer, writer, and designer based in Cambridge, England. He is Technical Director of internet radio station Radio Riel, and co-host/editor of Designing Worlds, a weekly online TV show about design and designers in virtual environments. He also creates marketing materials for clients in the consumer and professional audio fields. This story first appeared in Zombie Kong, an anthology edited by James Roy Daley, in January of 2012. Theme song – Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Osgoode's Chorus by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com Story Music by Kevin MacLeod, classical guitar pieces by Jon Sayles. Sound effects provided via Pond5

A clockwork tale for all ages featuring a mechanical theater, and a meddling child who leaves their mark.John Longenbaugh is a Seattle-based writer and playwright, and the creator of the Steampunk adventure serial BRASS, which is available as an audio drama, a series of stage plays and a short film. For more on John go to johnlongenbaugh.com, and for more on BRASS go to Battlegroundproductions.org.Theme song – Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore MachinaOsgoode's Chorus by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.comStory Music by Podington BearThe carollers have respectfully requested not to be identified.