Alternative Stories and Fake Realities
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities is the anthology podcast of the spoken-word audio production company Alternative Stories.
Working with poets, novelists and dramatists we tell stories and share the work of writers including radio plays, short fiction, book excerpts and writer interviews. We also explore the things that inspire writers including folklore and mythology as well as sharing content from other podcasts produced by Alternative Stories.
With almost 150 podcasts to choose from we hope there'll be something here to enjoy if you're into literature, books and the spoken arts.
Please check out our website https://alternativestories.com/
Alternative Stories and Fake Realities
Joshua Gillingham : Writing Inspired by Norse Mythology
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Joshua Gillingham is a fantasy writer whose work is heavily inspired by Norse Mythology and the Icelandic sagas. In this edition of the podcast we have an interview with Josh and we hear his short story "An Empty Thing" Read by Alex C Stewart
The presenter in this edition is Sally Walker-Taylor
Sound design and music are by Chris Gregory
The interview with Josh Gillingham was recorded over zoom and we apologise for the sound variations in the recording.
The interviewer is Chris Gregory
You can find out more about Joshua Gillingham by visiting his website
https://www.joshuagillingham.ca
and following him on twitter where he posts as https://twitter.com/JoshMGillingham
You can buy Josh’s book The Gatewatch directly from Crows Nest Books here
https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/product/the-gatewatch/
In this episode we featured a trailer for the new audio drama "Darkstead" by Lucy Gibb Smith.
You can subscribe to Darkstead via the podcast’s website here https://www.darkstead.com/
And follow Darkstead on twitter here https://twitter.com/DarksteadPod
You can book onto the Alternative Stories audio drama workshop with London Lit Lab on 6th November here https://www.londonlitlab.co.uk/course/live-online-audio-drama-writing-for-sound/
And book for the Introduction to Audio Drama for Science Fiction Writers with Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories and Sci Fi writer Emily Inkpen on 8th November here