Gallery of Curiosities

The Ants, the Grasshoppers, the Locusts, and the Fungus by Louis Evans

Aesop on the post-modern 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
 
Fiddle Player - Peter Voronov(Fiverr)
 
MusicIntro:Circus Clowns Lighter Edit by Zev Weinstein (Pond5.com)
Adeste Fideles Waltz by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7908-adeste-fideles-waltzLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
The Winter is Inside Us by Ilya Marfin (FreeMusicArchive.org)
Mourning Song by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4086-mourning-songLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Canon in D Major by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3473-canon-in-d-majorLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Long note One by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3992-long-note-oneLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Giant Wyrm by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3807-giant-wyrmLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Ancient Rite by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5739-ancient-riteLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Outro:
HauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 

The Quick and the Dead by Brian K. Lowe

Double-crossing dames, reanimated corpses, and the LAPD hot on your heels. It's hard to be a dick. Jim Hodgson narrates. #OccultDetective #Noir 
 
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
 
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
 
Music:
Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3585-dances-and-damesLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3895-i-knew-a-guyLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spy Glass by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4410-spy-glassLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cool Vibes by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3553-cool-vibesLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Faster Does It by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/3741-faster-does-itLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
HauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Death Trade by Natasha C. Calder

It's 11 o'clock. Do you know where your death is? Jasmine Arch narrates. #Gaslamp #DarkFantasy 
 
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
 
Music
IntroCircus Clowns Lighter Edit by Zev Weinstein (Pond5.com)
Bittersweet Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Big Eyes by Rafael KruxLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5306-big-eyes-License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Visitors In The Night by Rafael KruxLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5304-visitors-in-the-night-License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Lights by Rafael KruxLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5309-lights-License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 006 by Sascha Ende®Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6308-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-006License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Forsaken by Mikael HellmanLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5221-forsakenLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
OutroHauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 

Mourning Medusa by Mark Orr

 
A commander of an occult objects retrieval unit recalls a lost love while patrolling the Mediterranean during World War II. #AltHistory #Fantasy  
 
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: Micheal Allen Rose
 
Opening music:Circus Clowns Lighter Edit by Zev Weinstein (Pond5.com)
Dark Secrets (DECISION) by Sascha Ende®Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/246-dark-secrets-decision-License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 006 by Sascha Ende®Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6308-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-006License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
DeepWoods by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6005-deepwoodsLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Artemis by Sascha Ende®Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6934-artemisLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Voice In The Night by Rafael KruxLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5608-voice-in-the-night-License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Melodic Interlude Two by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6394-melodic-interlude-twoLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Outro music:HauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 

Does It Hurt by Dawn Lloyd

A bit of monkpunk to mark the passing of the solstice. Andrew McCurdy and Lou J. Berger read.
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: Micheal Allen Rose
 
 
Music & 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-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Instant by Harris Coverley

It was supposed to be a jolly evening of drinking and parlor games. What could possibly go wrong? Daren Callow narrates. 
 
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, and Shotgun Honey, amongst others. He is also a Rhysling-nominated poet with verse in Star*Line, Spectral Realms, Utopia Science Fiction, Jitter, and elsewhere. If he really had his own “Instant” he would have undoubtedly met his doom years ago.
 
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.
 
Cousin Leopold: Michael Allen Rose
Music:
Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina used by permission
Circus Clowns Lighter Edit by Zev Weinstein (Pond5.com)
Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 002 by Sascha Ende®Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5789-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-002License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Lurking Sloth by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4785-lurking-slothLicense: 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
Summer In Love by Frank SchröterLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/7872-summer-in-loveLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Long Note Two Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Sad Dramatic March by MusicLFilesLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6240-sad-dramatic-marchLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Outro:HauntedSqueezeBox by Lilo SoundLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5552-hauntedsqueezeboxLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

We finally made 100! To celebrate, we're going all the way back to the first story we aired, the original air kraken story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sound quality is not quite up to the current quality as the original 2010 master file for the story was not in a recoverable condition. 
Music:
Tick Tock Tick Tock Quarantine Time by WinnieTheMoog
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6145-tick-tock-tick-tock-quarantine-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Faster Does It by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3741-faster-does-it
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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? Sarah Golding performs. #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 work has appeared in F&SF and Asimov’s among other venues. For more about her work, please see edda-earth.com/bibliography.
Narrator 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 runs script writing competitions with her company, Quirky Voices, producing and performing new writing at podcast events. For more information, visit SarahGoldingVoiceActorAndMore@weebly.com
 
Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina used by permission
Circus Clowns Lighter Edit by Zev Weinstein (Pond5.com)
Long Note Two by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
A Singular Perversion by Kevin Macleod(incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
 
Take care of each other
 
 

The Pinch by M.A. Smith

 
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 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.
music:
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina, used by permission
Tick Tock Tick Tock Quarantine Time by WinnieTheMoogLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6145-tick-tock-tick-tock-quarantine-timeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Bass Walker by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3423-bass-walkerLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3558-covert-affairLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Hard Boiled Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
 
 

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 Travelers Lounge. She can be found on Twitter @ajbwrites.
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.
 
Music:
Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina, used by permission
Circus Clowns Lighter Edit by Zev Weinstein (Pond5.com)
Trio for Piano, Cello, and Clarinet Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Lost Frontier Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 002 by Sascha EndeLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5789-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-002License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Meine Oma Fährt Im Hühnerstall Motorrad by Sascha EndeLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/6177-meine-oma-fahrt-im-huhnerstall-motorrad-orchestral-versionLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/