Welcome to AirNManky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

The smell of fresh ink on paper, the crack of the spine, the sight of one's book on

a bookstore shelf.

These are the things that make publishing so alluring.

However, the chances of getting represented by a literary agent, then having one's

manuscript accepted by a publisher, are pretty slim.

There seems to be gatekeepers every step of the way.

Chuck Ross met those gatekeepers before.

During the 1970s, Ross had been an aspiring mystery novelist, making ends meet by selling

cable TV subscriptions door to door.

When the day was done and his feet were sore from walking all over Santa Monica, California,

Ross sat down at his tie-priter to put words on the page.

He spent nights and weekends plotting out a mystery novel he was sure would become a hit.

Ross knew he would be one of a hundred other authors mailing in their books to perspective

publishing houses that month, so he did something to stand out.

He fixed a seal over the last few pages to hide the big reveal.

If an editor had gotten to the point and wanted to see how it ended, they could break the

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