Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

Send us Fan Mail In this short bonus edition we preview our forthcoming audio drama Selkie by Signe Maene.  We talk to Signe herself and to Sophie Macnair who plays the selkie in our story. We also hear from John Spiers, the folk musician who performs the theme music for the drama.  In this edition you heard the voices of Signe Maene Sophie Macnair John Spiers Simone Low Lewie Watson Kelsey Griffi...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition, the second in our series featuring women poets from Cornwall in the South West of England, we feature the work of Mary J Oliver.  We also look at Cornwall itself and its enduring influence on artists, writers and poets with presenter Hollye Sangster. The poems featured in this podcast are "To the uninhabited Island of Cara" read by Tiffany Clare with mus...

Send us Fan Mail A Memory of Robin is an audio drama from writer David Green.  It tells the story of Gem, the daughter of a woman called Robin whose last few days of life we follow through extracts from her voice diary as she seeks to escape the confines of an increasingly oppressive and totalitarian government. In A Memory of Robin by David Green characters were played as follows: Robin - Jackie...

Send us Fan Mail In the first of a series of short podcasts featuring female poets from the county of Cornwall in the extreme south west of England we feature Sarah Cave and her poem cycle The Eidolon Triptych. Poems are read by Jade Matthew with music and soundscapes by Chris Gregory The Eidolon Triptych is written by Sarah Cave and performed here with her full permission and cooperation.   The s...

Send us Fan Mail In this special edition presented by Amy Forrest we look at the techniques, equipment and training you'll need to make a career as a voice actor by talking to a number of actors who have made the switch successfully.  Our actors come from a variety of backgrounds ranging from stage and screen to podcasts and commercial voiceover work and each provides insight and advice for p...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition we explore podcasts producing historical audio drama.  In a medium dominated by Sci Fi we look at some podcasters telling stories from the past and their inspiration and methods for doing this. We feature Jill Korn from L'Histoire Audio,  Christopher Knighton and Debbi Christophers from Lottie's Diary and Jackie Jorgenson of Shared Manifest Entertainment,...

Send us Fan Mail Very Short Stories : A Microfiction Special With Charlotte O'Farrell Very short stories and microfiction are terms for tiny pieces of writing that can tell an entire tale in a small number of words.  On twitter the hashtag #VSS365 is used to signify these stories told in a single tweet.  A skilled proponent of VSS is British writer Charlotte O'Farrell who joins us on the...

Send us Fan Mail This week we bring you comedy sketches and conversation from Phoebe and Miztli of the acclaimed sketch comedy duo Ladylikes.  Recording separately in lockdown they talk cats, shopping, growing vegetables, working from home, daytime TV  and the best and worst aspects of lockdown. Ladylikes in Lockdown is written and performed by Phoebe Batteson Brown and Miztli Rose The presenter i...

Send us Fan Mail In this special edition we look at the techniques, processes and practicalities of creating audio drama with the creators of some of the best and most exciting drama podcasts out there.  We discuss writing, casting, working with actors, directing and recording as well as the touchy subject of monetising your show. Our guests are David S. Dear of A Ninth World Journal Karin Heimdah...

Send us Fan Mail The Witch Bag is a poetry collection by Sarah Corbett.  Originally published in 2002, 18 years on we review and reimagine the collection assessing its impact as art and on the life and career of Sarah as a poet. The narration is by Sarah Corbett herself and readings are by Jade Matthew, Tiffany Clare and Amy Forrest The Witch Bag read by Jade Matthew Green Rose read by Tiffany Cla...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Lightfoot is a comedian, poet and blogger from Sheffield, South Yorkshire and in this short episode she shares her thoughts, fears, observations and ideas about isolation alongside a couple of her poems.  Script written and performed by Rachel Lightfoot Poems "Too Much Girl" and "The Fanatic" by Rachel Lightfoot with soundscapes by Chris Gregory Sound de...

Send us Fan Mail "The End of The Beginning ", Part 4 of the Angel's Calling by Victoria J.Price, a fantasy audio drama miniseries from the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast. Earth's parallel world, Ohinyan is home to angels, witches and magical creatures but an impending disaster in the world means that some of these beings are visiting Earth to seek help.  Narrato...

Send us Fan Mail In this short extra edition of the podcast we bring you two poems from British poet Sarra Culleno. The pomes featured are Green Man and Clearing up After Children Our presenter and reader in this edition is Annabelle Broad Poems are by Sarra Culleno Sound design, editing and original music by Chris Gregory Sound effects (birdsong) is from Freesound.org London born and Manchester b...

Send us Fan Mail "The Witches' Secret", Part 3 of the Angel's Calling by Victoria J.Price, a fantasy audio drama miniseries from the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast. Part 4  https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3299698-the-angel-s-calling-part-4 Earth's parallel world, Ohinyan is home to angels, witches and magical creatures but an impending disaster in the wor...

Send us Fan Mail Artists in Isolation is a special edition of the podcast looking at the ways in which artists can adapt their working lives and creative processes to cope with the isolation caused by the Covid 19 crisis.  It features actor Jade Matthew, folk musician John Spiers and writer, blogger and podcaster Christina Castaneda. We would like to thank Jade, John and Christina for their time i...

Send us Fan Mail "Alexander's Mission", Part 2 of the Angel's Calling by Victoria J.Price, a fantasy audio drama miniseries from the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast. Part 3  https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3214291-the-angel-s-calling-part-3 Earth's parallel world, Ohinyan is home to angels, witches and magical creatures but an impending disaster in the wor...

Send us Fan Mail "The Girl and the Angel", Part 1 of the Angel's Calling by Victoria J.Price, a fantasy audio drama miniseries from the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast. Part 2 https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3133174-the-angel-s-calling-part-2 Earth's parallel world, Ohinyan is home to angels, witches and magical creatures but an impending disaster in the world...

Send us Fan Mail "This Rough Magic I Abjure" by Ruthanne Reid plus a preview of our new fantasy miniseries "The Angel's Callling" by Victoria J Price and news of the UK International Radio Drama Festival at which our drama "No Words" will be featured. "This Rough Magic I Abjure" by Ruthanne Reid features her character Grey who also appears in her novell...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we feature flash fiction from 4 British Writers.  All 4 stories have as a theme parents or parenthood. "The Bear" by Mark Anthony Smith is read by Tanya O'Sullivan "Sorry" by Della McEwen is read by Afia Yale "She's my Mum" by Lena Stone is read by Joy Hayward "Father, Son" by Siobhian R.Hodges is read by Dafydd Mor...

Send us Fan Mail This edition we feature poetry from Peter Finch.  His new collection, "The Machineries of Joy" is published by Seren Books on 17th February.  We feature 9 poems from the collection in the podcast  The Road West  The RoadWest #2  Hendrix Island Clarksdale Ty Draw  First Hearing Bob Dylan "Baby Let Me Follow You Down"  Boots  The Machineries of Joy  ABC of Birds ...

Send us Fan Mail In "Into the Glasshouse" by Nicole Matta a young woman embarks on a journey of self discovery and finds herself becoming involved with a group of artists, musicians and poets in New York's East Village This is an excerpt from the forthcoming novel of the same name by Nicole Matta.  Babydoll :  Abigail Reno The Musician : Miguel Antonio Joel : Chris Gregory Eva : Kel...

Send us Fan Mail Like Tying a Shoelace by Sonia Rosa Ciocca is a short drama looking at the options we have in our lives and how our futures could be different based on the choices we make. Like Tying a Shoelace is based on a short story by Sonia Rosa Ciocca The woman is played by Abby Hilden, the man by Miguel Antonio The presenter is Kelli Winkler Original music and soundscapes are by Chris Greg...

Send us Fan Mail Wayfaring Stranger by Caroline Mincks contemplates the end of everything through a simple folk tune passed down through the generations of one family.  Part reminiscence, part warning, this is a story brilliantly written and told. Wayfaring Stranger is Number 5 in our series of Farewell Monologues Written and performed by Caroline Mincks Original music score and soundscapes by Chr...

Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of the year we look back at our the content from our first season and preview some of the new stories we'll be producing in 2020.   We also offer an invitation to new writers, poets and dramatists to submit their work for consideration for being included in the podcast.  Submissions should be sent to office@alternativestories.com  In this episode you can...

Send us Fan Mail It's not all fun and parties when you have to spend Christmas away from your friends and family.  For our Christmas edition we meet some of the members of the Out of Towners Club as they plan for Christmas in New York City.   Dan - Miguel Antonio Jack - Charlie Richards Jessica - Tiffany Clare  Allison - Mary McDonald Jenny - Jackie Jorgenson Adam - Josh Winkler  Kylie - Caro...