Kutsenko's Cage by William Burton McCormick

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.

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