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
The Ark : An Audio Drama
In the aftermath of her husband's death Martha and her teenage children Emmy and Henry are struggling to adapt to life without him. Strange things are happening in their lives and whilst things may be starting to look up no one is quite sure what is causing these coincidences. Please note : some strong language in this audio drama.
The Ark is written by Madeleine F White. It is adapted from her novel Mother of Floods which is published by Crowsnest Books
In The Ark you heard
Sarah Golding as Martha
Holly Skinner as Emmy
Harri Rees Jones as Henry
Chris Gregory as Dave
Other voices were by Madeleine F White and members of the cast.
Sound effects were from freesound.org
Music, soundscape, direction and production were by Chris Gregory
The presenter in this edition is Kelli Winkler.
The Ark is adapted from the novel Mother of Floods by Madeleine F White. “Mother of Floods” is published by Crows Nest Books and we would like to thank them for their kind permission to adapt the novel in this drama. You can visit their website and purchase Mother of Floods here
https://www.crowsnestbooks.com/
And follow them on Twitter here
https://twitter.com/crowsnestbooks
You can find out more about Madeleine F White by visiting her Good reads page here
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50646333-mother-of-floods
And follow her on twitter here
https://twitter.com/madeleinefwhite
Madeleine is also involved in the excellent writer's magazine Pen to Print which you can check out here
https://pentoprint.org/