Gallery of Curiosities

Changelings by Rachel Ayers

So you think you know what really happened in Hamelin?  #darkFantasy #fairytale
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
 
welcome 00:20
author bio 2:00
story start 02:41
artifacts in Hamelin 14:00
narrator bio 15:39
on your way 16:27
 
Osgoode: Kris Law vokrislaw.com/
Theme song:
Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Bass Soli by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3421-bass-soli
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3994-long-note-two
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Road To Dark Tower  by Rafael Krux
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5314-road-to-dark-tower
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://www.orchestralis.net/
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Symmetry by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4790-symmetry
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://incompetech.com
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Nothing Left by Dave Deville
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8547-nothing-left
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artist website: https://www.davedevillemusic.com/
 

The Seventh Wife’s Confessions by M.E. Bronstein

We've had complaints about the horror themes, so here's a fairy tale to lighten the mood. 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 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
 
Music:
Theme song:
Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapored Machina
 
Osgoode’s Chorus:
No Good Layabout by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4140-no-good-layabout
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Magic Forest by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4012-magic-forest
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Zum Kampf Bereit (Romeos Erbe) by Sascha Ende®
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4659-zum-kampf-bereit-romeos-erbe-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Soaring by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4386-soaring
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Comedy Short 3 by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6402-comedy...
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
 
Nothing Left by Dave Deville
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8547-nothing-left
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Suspenseful Calm Piano And Cello by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8826-suspenseful-calm-piano-and-cello
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Dark Piano And Cello by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8899-dark-piano-and-cello
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Silvergloom by Jonathan Duckworth

The consumptive poet Keats makes a strange encounter while voyaging to Naples. David Ault reads.  #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
 
Music:
Theme song- Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
http://www.devmmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/DEVMDeusExVaporeMachina
 
Backbay Lounge by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3408-backbay-lounge
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Fluidscape by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3767-fluidscape
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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, 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: Micheal Allen Rose
 
Music
Intro:
Circus Monkey by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8423-circus-monkey
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Silver Lake  by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5341-silver-lake-
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Dramatic Cinematic Sadness by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8987-dramatic-cinematic-sadness
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Seven Cups of Tea by Gwen C. Katz

A fairy tale for troubled times, retold with a dash of steam. Jasmine Arch reads. #Steampunk #Fairytale
Author Gwen C. Katz is an author, artist, game designer, and retired mad scientist who lives in Pasadena, California with her husband and a revolving door of transient animals. When not writing, she can often be found in her garden or at the local nature center, teaching kids about wildlife.
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

Walking The Line by William Stiteler

Be cautious of the paths you tread. Lou J. Berger reads. #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
 
Music:
Cirque Sous La Mer by Steve Rice Music
Sidewinder by William L. Pearson
058882792-dark-western-spaghetti(Pond5)
Tension: Dark Suspense Soundtrack by Sound Phenomenon
The Song of the Earth: Epic Orchestral by Sound Phenomenon
HauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Appointment in Time by James Dorr

I'm ready for a new year. Aren't we all? Alasdair Stuart reads. #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.
 
Piano In Blues by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7495-piano-in-blues
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Alone Ambience by Tim Kulig
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8571-alone-ambience
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Auld Lang Syne [1921] sung by Nevada Van Der Veer (FreeMusicArchive.org)
 

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 immigrants in British Columbia, 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: Micheal Allen Rose
 
Piano In Blues by MusicLFiles
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7495-piano-in-blues
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Trapped In A Clocktower by Tim Kulig
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8583-trapped-in-a-clocktower
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Alone Ambience by Tim Kulig
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8571-alone-ambience
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Nothing Left by Dave Deville
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8547-nothing-left
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Parsemoth by Dave Deville
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8230-parsemoth
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Outro:
HauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
 

The Peculiarity of Two by Liam Hogan

A gothic meditation on Frankenstein. Matt Dovey reads. #GothicHorror 
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
Music:
Halls of the Undead by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3846-halls-of-the-undeadLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Soaring by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4386-soaringLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
 

The Monstrous Metronome by Lena Ng

Happy Halloween! Would you sell your soul for one last chance at greatness? Kristin Holland performs.  #Horror  
 
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 excellent 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
 
Music:
Cheap Horror by SegnoSoundtrack (Pond5.com)
 
The Horror Maschine 1 by Sascha Ende®
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/43-the-horror-maschine-1
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Artemis by Sascha Ende®
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6934-artemis
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
The Small by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4067-the-small
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Piece for Disaffected Piano One by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4214-piece-for-disaffected-piano-one
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Long note One by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-one
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Halloween Atmosphäre 2 Graveyard by Frank Schröter
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8208-halloween-atmosphare-2-graveyard
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Anxiety by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3374-anxiety
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Parsemoth by Dave Deville
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8230-parsemoth
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Halls of the Undead by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3846-halls-of-the-undead
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Halloween The Pumpkin Head by Frank Schröter
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6663-halloween-the-pumpkin-head
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license