Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

Send us Fan Mail Camlann is the new audio drama from Tin Can Audio written by Ella Watts.  In this special edition we chat with Ella and sound designer / composer Amber Devereux of Tin Can Audio about the creation of the show.   Chris Gregory and Dex Legacy writer Emily Inkpen chatted with Ella and Amber via zoom so the sound quality isn't always perfect.  We hope this doesn't spoil your...

Send us Fan Mail Flood survival operations are underway aboard the Ark and Captain Noah has delegated command to his sons and their partners.  But as the voyage begins a spate of mysterious deaths prompt Parphia to turn detective and embark upon the world's first ever murder mystery.  She is determined to record every last clue and discovery as she tries to solve the crimes, but has she bitte...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest on this edition of Alternative Stories  is writer, writing coach and teacher Dr Rachel Knightley.  We chatted on zoom about Rachel’s short story cycle “Twisted Branches”   To buy a copy of Twisted Branches from the publisher Black Shuck Book please click the link below https://blackshuckbooks.co.uk/twisted-branches  And find out more about Rachel and her wider work you c...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition we look behind the scenes at the making of our science fiction drama The Dex Legacy This podcast originally went out as an episode of The Dex Legacy Podcast and was released before the current season started. You can find out more about The Dex Legacy, subscribe and listen by searching The Dex Legacy in your favourite podcast app or by clicking the link below. http...

Send us Fan Mail The second season of the Seren Poetry Podcast begins this week and in this preview edition we chat with Sarah Johnson from Seren who will be the interviewer in this series and hear poems from the featured poets.   Thank you to Sarah Johnson from Seren for being our guest in this edition Sound design and production are by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories    Subscribe to the Se...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening to this edition of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast in which we chat with poet Matthew Stewart about his new Happenstance collection “Whatever you do, just don’t”   You can order a copy of the collection via Happenstance here https://www.happenstancepress.com/index.php/shop/product/47818-whatever-you-do-just-don-t/category_pathway-64  And...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition we chat with author Lyndsey Croal about her novelette "Have You Decided on your Question?" her audio drama "Daughter of Fire and Water" and the kickstarter campaign for the forthcoming climate change edition of the "Shoreline of Infinity" magazine which she will be editing.  Find out more about Lyndsey Croal by visiting her website her...

Send us Fan Mail Performed by Carole Pluckrose  and Ria Knowles https://www.spotlight.com/1418-7861-2841 Produced in association with The Boathouse Barking CIC.    https://www.boathousebarkingstudios.com/ Instagram Facebook  ©Carole Pluckrose 2023 Dedicated to Edgar, Anne and Sheelagh   Script editors :Claire Steele,  Jill Glenn, Constellations Consultancy With thanks for their enduring support an...

Send us Fan Mail Spell sounds is an audiofiction soundscape series in which we combine poetry and prose with sound effects to evoke places, spaces and landscapes    In this edition you heard the voices of Tiffany Clare, Sally Walker Taylor, Cee Cee and Chris Gregory You heard writing by  Lyndsey Croal Ange Wilson Anna Chorlton Josh Holton Joana Varanda Cee Cee And Chris Gregory   Soundscapes, musi...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition we speak to science fiction writer Frasier Armitage about his novel New Yesterday which was published earlier this year.  Frasier is the author of our award winning audio drama Postcards from Another World and several pieces of short fiction.  Chris Gregory met Frasier over zoom to discuss the writing process and his influences.   The excerpts from New Yesterday we...

Send us Fan Mail Storying our Futures is a new podcast series looking at the climate crisis in east Africa and the ways in which storytelling can help to spread information to the local population. Through the eyes of two Kenyan storytellers, Mara and John, we travel with them through South Sudan and northern Kenya to see how the crisis is affecting local communities.  " Storying our Futures:...

Send us Fan Mail Marc Hughes, the larger-than-life presenter of the supernatural investigation TV show Paranormal Takedown, is in Shropshire visiting his friend Jack who claims that the Devil is active in the county.  Alongside co-host Emilie Daniels, Marc has decided to make a special edition about the weird goings-on but upon arrival in the county he starts to realise that the stories he is hear...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening to this edition of The Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast featuring the new novel "Spring Fever" by Thomas Legendre  Readings from Spring Fever were by Tiffany Clare with Thomas Legendre playing Craig Merleau in the interview excerpt The interviewer was Chris Gregory Editing sound design and original music were by Alternative Stories ...

Send us Fan Mail When Marc Hughes, the larger-than-life presenter of the TV show Paranormal Takedown, receives a series of increasingly desperate voice mail messages from his childhood friend Jack claiming that a great evil is loose in Shropshire, he is sceptical.  Realising that investigating the story might make for great television he sets off to debunk Jack's claims and finds himself at t...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening to the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast.  Our guest in this edition is Alex Davis of the UK Ghost Story Festival   You can find out more about the festival, book tickets and read more about the participants by visiting the festival website here  https://www.ukghoststoryfestival.co.uk/ Follow the festival on twitter here https://twitter.com/Gho...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast we look at working class writers, their work and experience with guest editor Amber Hall.  We look at the difficulties that working class writers overcome and the limitations and expectation placed upon them by the wider world of literature. We speak to guests 1990s Chris and Lisa McKenzie both of whom ae part of the Working Class Collective, A community of working...

Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening to this edition of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast.   In this edition we speak to Cailean Steed, the author of a new novel “Home” which is published by Raven Bloomsbury on 19th January.  The novel deals with Zoe, a young woman who has grown up as part of a repressive religious cult who returns to rescue her sister.  Excerpts from the audi...

Send us Fan Mail Making a life on a new world following a family tragedy, Lyra and Neeva reflect on their past lines as farmers on Epsilon while coming to terms with the realities of existence on their new home, Lunasetti.  Postcards From Another World by Frasier Armitage is the winner of the 2022 Pen to Print audio play competition.  In Postcards from Another World by Frasier Armitage you heard  ...

Send us Fan Mail When Sasha and Gemma’s mother dies they are contacted by the mysterious solicitor Clark, with news that the rambling and isolated family home, Harrington Hall has been left to the sisters as part of the will.  There’s a catch however: in order to gain their inheritance Sasha and Gemma must spend a night together in the abandoned house…  Content warning : This drama contains strong...

Send us Fan Mail The Sylvia Plath literary festival celebrates the life and work of one of the twentieth century’s most influential poets.  Taking place over the weekend of the 21st to 23rd of October in Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall in West Yorkshire, the festival will feature events led by and featuring contemporary poets.  In this podcast we hear from some of the poets appearing at the festival...

Send us Fan Mail For National Poetry Day 2022 we are sharing an anthology of poems recorded for the Seren Poetry Podcast which is launched on 6th October.  All of the poems in this selection broadly related to this year’s  National Poetry Day theme of the environment. The following poems are included - all are read by their authors.  Polly Atkin - Queen of the Woods.   Carolyn Jess Cooke - Confron...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition we speak to poets and poetry editors for Seren Books Rhian Edwards and Zoe Brigley and to poet and director of The Sylvia Plath Literary Festival, Sarah Corbett You can listen to preview editions and subscribe to the Seren Poetry Podcast by searching “The Seren Poetry Podcast” in your favourite podcast app or by clicking the link below and selecting the platform on...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition we talk to audio drama creators about their shows, their production processes and tips for other creators.  We speak to Christina Castaneda, creator of Venice Magic Shop, David Johnson and Jodie Jasmine Hicks of Death in Podville, Emily Inkpen of The Dex Legacy, Jackie Jorgenson of Tales from the Aether and Lucy Gibb-Smith of Darkstead.  Thank you to the creators w...

Send us Fan Mail In this midsummer edition we continue the theme of nature writing .  We feature  Walking on Skylark Ridge by artist and writer David Suff.  The book charts David’s daily walk along the same route for a year beginning at the start of the UK’s first national lockdown in which we were restricted to an hour of outdoor exercise per day.  It discovers the changes in the nature along the...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s podcast we speak to two writers for whom nature, landscape and horses are important in their work.  Catherine Munro is the author of “The Ponies At The Edge of The World” about her life in Shetland and Madeleine F White whose poetry collection “The Horse And The Girl” explores riding, the environment and the landscape of Kent.    Thank you to Catherine Munro and Madelei...