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Fixable by Sheliah Lindsey and Scent by Maria Haskins Mar 14, 2020

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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 Jitsu. 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. www.facebook.com/srslyjohns www.instagram.com/srslyalex Author Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and translator. She writes speculative fiction and poetry, and currently lives just outside Vancouver with a husband, two kids, and a very large black dog. Her work has appeared in Flash Fiction Online, Shimmer, Cast of Wonders, and elsewhere. Find out more on her website, mariahaskins.com, or follow her on Twitter, @mariahaskins. Narrator 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 or at GlitterShip. Learn more at mariarosedoeseverything.com Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Full show notes at gallerycurious.com Miss you mom. Wish you could have heard these shows.

This Particular Evening by Manuel Royal Feb 11, 2020

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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 writes, produces, and acts in Bad Gladiator, a full-cast audio comedy set in ancient Rome. http://badgladiator.com Music: Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod(Incompetech.com) Theme Song: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina Curiosisites #6 is out now in Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Trade Paperback. Visit the https://gallerycurious.com/store for links to Amazon.

Gentlemanly Horrors of Mine Alone by Donald J. Bingle Nov 20, 2019

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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 www.donaldjbingle.com. Narrator Matt Dovey is very tall, very British, and probably drinking a cup of tea right now. He has short science fiction and fantasy stories all over the place: find out more at mattdovey.com, or follow him on Twitter @mattdoveywriter. Recipe inspiration for Osgoode's mid-century dinner exhibit were sighted on Midcentury Menu, Cracked, Autostraddle, Vocal Media, and The Joys of Jello. Full show notes at GalleryCurious.com

Customer Service of the Priestood of Thikra, Destroyer of Worlds and Creator of Light by Yasmine Fahmy Nov 11, 2019

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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 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 www.elizabethchatsworth.com Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

All She Needs by Madeleine Swann Nov 05, 2019

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Oh, she's a horrible woman! But you will have to decide who the monster is. 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 Tribute to David Cronenberg. http://madeleineswann.com/ Narrator Sarah Golding has created a huge range of character types for indie audio drama, and been in such wondrous 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. www.sarahgoldingvoiceactorandmore.weebly.com Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Doc Borden's Hard-Luck Hoss by Julie Frost Nov 01, 2019

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A frontier doctor is befriended by a unicorn. Jim Hodgson narrates. You may need a hankie before this one is over. Julie Frost is an award-winning author who writes every shade of speculative fiction. Her short stories appear in Monster Hunter Files, Writers of the Future, Tales of Ruma, StoryHack, and many others. Her novel series, "Pack Dynamics," is published by WordFire Press. She whines about writing, a lot, at http://agilebrit.livejournal.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. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Only Gutter Girls and Ruined Things by Julia K. Patt Oct 27, 2019

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An frontier girl learns about life, larceny, and how to repair a clockwork cat. Sarah Heiner narrates. #YA #steampunkWestern Author Julia K. Patt is a writer, teacher, and editor living in Maryland. Her stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Escape Pod, and Luna Station Quarterly, among other places. Follow her on Twitter (@chidorme) or check out her website juliakpatt.com for more. 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. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

The Seven O'Clock Man by Kate Heartfield Oct 25, 2019

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Children will be in bed on time. Or else. A seasonably dark tale from colonial Quebec to turn the mood to winter. Wilson Fowlie narrates. Rated creepy clockpunk. Author Kate Heartfield is the author of the historical fantasy novel Armed in Her Fashion and the two Alice Payne time travel novellas. She also writes interactive fiction, including The Road to Canterbury, published by Choice of Games. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Nebula, Locus, Aurora, Sunburst and Crawford awards; "The Seven O'Clock Man" was longlisted for the Sunburst award. A former journalist, Kate lives in Ottawa, Canada. Her website is heartfieldfiction.com and she is on Twitter @kateheartfield. 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 has 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. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

Approximations That Gradually Approach the Truth by David M. Hoenig Oct 18, 2019

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There’s something strange about the trains. Buy a ticket to Brisbane, and it takes you to Berlin instead. Or maybe even Boston. A young student from MIT sets out to decode the mystery. Wulf Moon narrates. Rated Weird Steampunk. Author David M. Hoenig is an academic surgeon who lives to write, instead of writing to live. His wife believes that he rather than his stories belongs in a gallery of Curiosities. He has published with Grim Dark Magazine, Flame Tree Publishing, Cast of Wonders, and others. He has published a book of weird poetry and surreal art called Queen to His King with Oscillate Wildly. His first novel (Sci fi space opera) is in the editing phase. As a teen, narrator Wulf Moon won Scholastic Writing Awards--the same contest that discovered Stephen King, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates and many iconic names of the 20th Century. He won Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; and recently won the international talent search Writers of the Future. Moon is podcast director at Future Science Fiction Digest. Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

The Book Burning by JD Blackrose Oct 15, 2019

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A librarian in Nazi occupied Paris uses her special talents when faced with an order to burn her books. Gabrielle Riel narrates. Author JD Blackrose loves all things storytelling and celebrates great writing by posting about it on her website, www.slipperywords.com. She has published The Soul Wars series and the Monster Hunter Mom series, both through Falstaff Books, as well as numerous short stories. No one knows how many of her family were killed because there are none left. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Narrator Gabrielle Riel is the General Director of Radio Riel (http://radioriel.org), an Internet radio station with seven audio streams that has been bringing music and audio dramas to audiophiles, bibliophiles, history-lovers, Jazz babies, Classical music enthusiasts, Steampunks and other assorted geeks since June 2007. You can hear the many ways in which the Nightingale sings at https://www.mixcloud.com/gabrielleriel/ . Full show notes at http://gallerycurious.com

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