Gallery of Curiosities

The Evil Eye by Brandon Daubs

Happy Halloween! We're going toshing in the drains of Victorian London. Daren Callow performs.   
Author Brandon Daub’s stories have appeared in Grimdark Magazine, Dark Fire and Three Crows, and the anthologies All Hail our Robot Conquerors! and Knee Deep in Grit. His short story “A Vague Inclination to Please” was a finalist for WSFA’s Small Press Award for 2018.  
Voice Actor 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.  
Osgoode: Kris Law.  
Music:
Theremin by Deepsound(Pond5)
Dance of Shadows  by Tralfamadore(Pond5)
Mina’s Theme by Tralfamadore(Pond5)
Creature Feature by Tralfamadore(Pond5)
Soundscapes by Tabletop Audio

Hit the Bottle by M. Regan

Grab your fedora and a finger of scotch for a whole lotta weird. #Noire #Existentialism
 
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 on Amazon and Timber Ghost Press’s website, while they can be found on X and Facebook at @MReganFiction.
 
Reader 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.
 
 
00:20 Welcome
02:05 Hit the Bottle by M. Regan
16:10 On your way
 
Theme song:
Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapora Machina
 
“Silken Notes” by Sasche Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/12285-silken-notes
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
“Self-portrait in Three Shades of Blue” by Justin Allan Arnold - https://www.ifnessfreemusic.com Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
 
“Midnight Rendezvous” by Sasche Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/12281-midnight-rendezvous
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licen

Men Against the Current by Louis Evans

A student of the occult scours Venice for a lost beloved. David Ault reads. #DarkFantasy #Venice #LGBT #Romantic #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 is married to artist.
Voice Actor David Ault (he/him) is 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: 
"Deep Terror" by Darkness Prevails Podcast (soundcloud.com)
"Dark Pad ", "Relent", "Canon in D Major" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A Woman of Good Manners by Nikki Lynn Blakely

A courtship in a series of fatal picnics. Laura Lee Bahr performs. #SouthernFried #humor #horror #JaneAustin
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, Uncharted, Luna Station Quarterly, and Little Old Lady Comedy.  nikkiblakely.com
Voice Actor Laura Lee Bahr is the author of the novels Haunt, Long-Form Religious Porn, and the short story collection, Angel Meat. Her short stories have been featured in over a dozen literary magazines and anthologies. She's also a life-long performer, filmmaker, and literal tree-hugger. More at lauraleebahr.com
 
Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
 
"Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
 
"Valse Gymnopedie" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Coward's Corsage by Julia LaFond

Is it cheating to use a love charm? Jasmine Arch reads. #GaslampFantasy #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 enjoys reading and gaming. jklafondwriter.wordpress.com
Voice Actor 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:
Ashes Ashes by DEVM
"Magic Escape Room" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
 
Music (CC BY 4.0): Sheltered Swan by Sascha Ende
 
Music (CC BY 4.0): Feel The Feels by Sascha Ende

Thread in the Mouth by Ryan Cole

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It's time to get witchy. Sarah Golding reads. #witches #folk
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 YA Journal, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology Mother: Tales of Love and Terror. Find out more at www.ryancolewrites.com. Voice Actor 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 the Indie AF podcast and runs script writing comps with her company Quirky Voices, producing and performing new writing at podcast events. quirkyvoices.weebly.com
Music:
Shaman's Hollow, Village of the Damned, Nordic Noir by TableTop Audio 
Shovel Dirt by andersmmg(freesound) 
Sad Cinematic Background by MusicLFiles
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9230-sad-cinematic-background
Soaring by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4386-soaring
Suspenseful Calm Piano And Cello by MusicLFiles
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8826-suspenseful-calm-piano-and-cello
Lost In The Dark by Steven OBrien
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10010-lost-in-the-dark
Thunder Dreams by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4526-thunder-dreams
Spooky Dance Party by Bryce Kline
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11072-spooky-dance-party
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Season Trailer

Announcing the 2023-24 authors! New exhibits coming soon!

The Ghost Extinguishers by Gelett Burgess

Got Ghosts? We are ready to believe you. Wulf Moon reads. #Ghosts #vintageSciFi  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 nonsense verse, such as “The Purple Cow,” and for introducing French modern art to the United States in an essay titled The Wild Men of Paris. He was also the author of the popular Goops children’s books, and coined the term blurb.Voice Actor 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
Music:
 
Music: No Good Layabout by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4140-no-good-layabout
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Music: Soaring by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4386-soaring
Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Spooky Halloween Night by Adi Goldstein (Pond5)
 
Road to Dark Tower Rafael Krux (filmmusic.io)
 
Nothing Left 0 Dave Deville (filmmusic.io)
 
Blockbuster atmosphere 4 tension by Sasha Ende (filmmusic.io)
 
Ominous Forces, Guerrilla Tactics Rafael Krux (filmmusic.io)
 
Symmetry Kevin MacLeod (filmmusic.io)
 

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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. #weird #Christmas #vintageHorror
Author John Buchan (1875-1940) 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish novelist, historian, and politician, and served as the Governor General of Canada. His most famous work is The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Reader Vic Mullin is a 40something Scotsman who is usually surrounded in a cloud of vapour from constant e-cig usage.  He is generally found editing youtube videos for his channel ‘Vaping with Vic’ or, as Vic Mornington, rebuilding his famous hotel in New Babbage.
 
00:01 Tuning the Interocitor
00:32 Welcome to Brunel Hall
02:19 Opening Epigraph
02:55 The cattle market of Inverforth
05:05 Duncan Stewart begins his tale
 
Music:
Black Waves by Darkness Prevails Podcast
https://soundcloud.com/darknessprevailspodcast
 
Medieval Town by Table Top Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com/
 
Elegant Dinner Party by Table Top Audio
https://tabletopaudio.com/
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: A Solemn Meadow by Tim Kulig
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10170-a-solemn-meadow
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
Ballad for Classical Strings (envatoElements)
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Patience by Tim Kulig
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10168-patience
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: InMyHead by Lilo Sound
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6448-inmyhead
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
 
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: We Wish you a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4612-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license