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/
Episodes
165 episodes
'Theatre Workshop': An Audio Drama by Jane Walker
'Theatre Workshop or The Ballad of Ewan And Joan' tells the true story of Theatre Workshop, an innovative theatre and performance company and the individuals who founded and ran it from its formation in Manchester in the 1930s to its move to Lo...
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Season 9
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Episode 6
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43:27
"The Angry House": An Audio Drama by Thomas Wrightson
When Harry and Agnes Wells inherit an old house in Cornwall in the summer of 1999 they visit with the intention of renovating the building. But as days pass they discover the house has some unexpected secrets. The Angry...
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Season 9
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Episode 5
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47:18
'The Cavalry': A Short Story By Christopher Meredith
Welcome to a new mini series of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast This week we have short fiction from Welsh poet, novelist and short story writer Christopher Meredith. The story you're about to hear is a sea...
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Season 9
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Episode 4
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53:32
An Interview with Poet and Novelist Madeleine F White
In this episode of the Alternative Stories podcast we're chatting with poet, novelist and audio drama writer Madeleine F White about the two books she is publishing in the first part of 2025; the poetry collection 'The Horse and The Girl' and t...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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58:34
A Blue Plaque Mystery: An Audio Drama by Brian Hipkin
There are hundreds of Blue Plaques on buildings around London commemorating the famous people who lived there at some time in the building’s history . But only one building has three plaques for three different people who lived in the bui...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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1:01:14
Introducing New Alternative Stories Audio Dramas: Wasteland And Burnout
In this short episode Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen introduce two new Alternative Stories audio drama series. You can hear trailers for our two new shows Wasteland and Burnout which are both available on their own podcast platforms.&nbs...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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7:03
The Earth Serenades: An Audio Drama by Emma Griffiths
In orbit around our planet, an alien creature is listening in on Earth noise. One sound in particular seems to have a greater significance than others but what does it mean and how will Skim and Beta find out more about it? In our f...
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Season 8
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Episode 17
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51:48
Storytelling in Games with Oscar Clark and Emily Inkpen
In this episode we look at the world of gaming and discuss the many and varied storytelling styles and approaches within games. Our guests are games industry expert, actual-play podcaster and author Oscar Clark and novelist, audio drama a...
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Season 8
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Episode 16
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1:05:20
The Out-Of-Towners Club 2024
In this bonus episode of the podcast we are looking at the Script Club New York City production of "The Out-Of-Towners Club", an adapted version of an audio drama that originally ran on this podcast back in 2019. In our interview ...
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Season 8
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Episode 15
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31:40
Introducing The Writers' Gym Podcast
In this episode we are introducing another Alternative Stories podcast you may enjoy. The Writers' Gym features Chris Gregory, Dr Rachel Knightley and Emily Inkpen and each week we discuss a different writing topic. Whether you are ...
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Season 8
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Episode 14
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49:53
"The Bone Diver": An Interview with Novelist Angie Spoto
The Bone Diver is the latest novel from Chicago born novelist Angie Spoto who now lives in Edinburgh. Telling the story of Keir, an expert diver who is unable to kill, The Bone Diver is a gothic tale of family, the legend of the selkies a...
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Season 8
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Episode 13
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55:27
All About Blogging with Alanna Duffield
In this episode we chat with blogger, poet and freelance writer Alanna Duffield about her writing and the art of blogging. With advice and thoughts on topics, style, frequency of posts and titles this not only a guide to getting started ...
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Season 8
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Episode 12
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1:01:33
Alethea Lyons and The Seer of York Series
In this episode we chat with fantasy author Alethea Lyons about her series of novels and short stories called The Seer of York. We look at the influences on Thea's writing including the folklore of the British Isles and the inspiration th...
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Season 8
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Episode 11
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40:20
"Hair's Breadth" and "Dog Only Knows": Audio Drama by Robbie Laughton
In this episode we share two short audio dramas by Nottingham based playwright and short fiction author Robbie Laughton.These were two of four plays we recorded with Robbie and our cast in August. You can listen to our first podca...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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32:35
"Untethered": Short Fiction by Philippa Holloway
In this episode we chat with novelist, academic and short story writer Philippa Holloway about her new short fiction collection "Untethered" which was published last month by Parthian. Along the way we hear excerpts from the collection p...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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45:27
Monologues by Stella Klein
In this episodes we share a short series of monologues written by Stella Klein and performed by members of the Alternative Stories acting team. Stella Klein is a London-based writer of very short stories and occasional poems. Her f...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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23:31
Alexandra Beaumont: Dissonance of Birdsong
In this episode we chat with fantasy author Alexandra Beaumont about her new novel Dissonance of Birdsong (Brigids Gate Press 2024) Alexandra Beaumont is a fantasy author and folklorist whose debut novel "Testament of the Stars" was als...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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45:37
A Walk with Poet and Novelist Tim Relf
In this episode of the podcast, recorded on a walk in The Welland Valley in eastern Leicestershire Chris Gregory is in conversation with novelist, poet and journalist Tim Relf. Tim writes fiction under the name T.R. Richmond and his novel...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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51:26
"Hairy Fairy" and "Tormented": Audio Drama by Robbie Laughton
In this episode we share two short audio dramas by Nottingham based playwright and short fiction author Robbie Laughton.These were two of four plays we recorded with Robbie and our cast in August and we'll be sharing the other two and m...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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27:42
A Conversation with Novelist, Audio Drama Writer and Director Emily Inkpen
Today we’re sharing an interview with novelist, short story writer and award winning audio drama script writer, Emily Inkpen. You can back our kickstarter to make season 3 of The Dex Legacy Season here
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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1:13:06
"Limelight": Short Fiction by Lyndsey Croal
In this edition we chat with author Lyndsey Croal about her new and acclaimed short fiction collection “Limelight”, We are also joined by Limelight’s publisher Alan Lastufka from Shortwave Publishing for a conversation about the topics co...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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1:12:46
Winter Spring: An Interview with Writer Dr Rachel Knightley
In this bonus episode we have an interview with the writer of our audio drama Winter Spring, Dr Rachel Knightley. Rachel talks with co-director Emily Inkpen about the inspiration for her story and the joy of bringing it to life in the stu...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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20:48
Winter Spring: An Audio Drama
Welcome to Season 8 of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realites Podcast. Our new season begins with Winter Spring, an audio drama by Dr Rachel Knightley. Alice Winter, her brother Ash Winter and cousin Harris S...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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57:12
Plans for season 2 of our Audio Drama The Best of Men with writer Amy Boucher
In this edition of the podcast we're chatting with writer, folklorist and historian Amy Boucher about plans for more from the world of her folk horror audio drama The Best of Men which was originally broadcast on this podcast. &nbs...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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17:08