Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

"The Angry House": An Audio Drama by Thomas Wrightson

Send us a textWhen 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 House is an award-winning drama by novelist Thomas Wrightson.In 'The Angry House' by Thomas Wrightson you can hear:Charlie Richards as HarryMarie-Claire Wood as AgnesDavid Monteith as Geraldand Sarah Golding as Samantha GregoryWhispers and other voices by the cast and Thomas WrightsonThe Angry House was produced and directed by Chris GregoryCasting was by Chris Gregory and Thomas WrightsonThe original score for The Angry House was arranged and performed by Chris GregorySound design, mixing and editing are by Chris Gregory for Alternative StoriesThomas Wrightson is a novelist based in Anglesey in North Wales. You can find out more about Thomas and his work by visiting his website here:  https://thomaswrightson.co.uk/The Angry House was the winning script in the 2025 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition. The competition which is open to audio drama writers who have not previously had an audio drama produced runs annually and a number of the winning scripts can be heard on this podcast. To find out more about the competition and to enter the 2026 version please visit the Pen to Print website here  https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/Alternative Stories would like to thank Pen to Print for running the competition and Lucy Kaufman and Emily Inkpen for judging entries alongside Chris Gregory.If you have enjoyed this episode of Spec Fic Radio Theatre please subscribe and leave us a like, rating or review wherever you listen to podcasts. You may like to know that Alternative Stories now has a Patreon page where you can listen to all of our shows ad free and ahead of general release.  You can find out more and join here  https://www.patreon.com/AltStories.Support the show

'The Cavalry': A Short Story By Christopher Meredith

Send us a textWelcome 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 seasonal piece set in the early 1960s in south Wales.  It's  called 'The Cavalry' and it's from Chris's brilliant collection 'Brief Lives' which is published by Seren.You can order a copy of Brief Lives here https://www.serenbooks.com/book/brief-lives/ Christopher Meredith is the award-winning author of five novels and five collections of poetry and also tranlsates Welsh to English. Prizes include an Eric Gregory Award, the Arts Council of Wales Young Writer Prize and the Fiction Prize for his first novel, Shifts. His second novel, Griffri, was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award.  His collection of poems, The Meaning of Flight, was long-listed for The Book of the Year Award 2006.  He has given readings all over Britain and Europe as well as in Israel/Palestine and the USA.  Born and brought up in Tredegar, he was a steelworker and a schoolteacher before becoming a professor of creative writing at the University of Glamorgan. He lives in Brecon. A collection of six short fictions, titled Brief Lives, was released in 2018. Find out more about Christopher Meredith by visiting his website here https://christophermeredit9.wixsite.com/websiteAll content in audio, onscreen and in print is protected and may not be copied or used for any purposes including generative AI/AI training.Join us next week on the alternative stories and fake realities podcast for award winning audio drama.  The Angry House by Thomas Wrightson is a ghost story set in Cornwall in the late 1990s and it was the winner of the 2025 Pen to Print Audio play competition.  Production, sound design and editing in this episode were by Chris Gregory.If you'd like to support the work of Alternative Stories, gain early access to many of our podcasts and hear exclusive bonus episodes please consider joining our Patreon.  You can find a link here: https://www.patreon.com/AltStoriesSupport the show

An Interview with Poet and Novelist Madeleine F White

Send us a textIn 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 the verse memoir 'Maiden Mother Crone'  We have a full length interview with Madeleine and excerpts from the collections read by Madeleine.  We also hear a clip from Madeleine's audio drama 'The Ark' based on her debut novel 'Mother of Floods' and an excerpt from an episode of the 'Write On! Audio' Podcast.  You can follow Madeleine f White on social media here https://bsky.app/profile/madeleinefwhite.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/madeleinefwhitehttps://www.instagram.com/madeleinefwhite/ The Horse and The Girl and Maiden Mother Crone are both published by Sea Crow Press.  You can find out more and order copies here https://www.seacrowpress.com/ Find out more about the  Write On! suite of publications which Madeleine edits hereWrite on! https://pentoprint.org/write-on-features/ Listen to the Write On! Audio Podcast from Pen to Print here https://open.spotify.com/show/4IG6ODY67eJjTXFmC5nFP5?si=3c9f3ebcfd9d4be3If you have enjoyed this podcast you can listen to more from our production company Alternative Stories including our new science fiction drama 'Burnout' here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStoriesSupport the show

A Blue Plaque Mystery: An Audio Drama by Brian Hipkin

Send us a textThere 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 building at the same time.  Chiltern Court on Baker Street was home to novelists HG Wells and Arnold Bennett and composer Eric Coates in the early 1930s.  In this new audio drama by Brian Hipkin we imagine a pivotal meeting between the three in December 1930 and a modern day investigation into events from the 30s.  In A Blue Plaque Mystery by Brian Hipkin you heard  Ewan Bailey as Arnold BennettJon Glover as HG Wells Zephryn Taitte as Eric Coates Charlie Richards as The Concierge Grace Savage as CassieRia Knowles as Sunday Tom McEnery as Voice on the recording Maya Cohen Gregory as Phyllis CoatesAnd Samira Ahmed as herself  A Blue Plaque Mystery was directed by Chris Gregory It was produced by Brian Hipkin and Chris Gregory and recorded at Orpheus Studio in London by Richard “Orpheus” Campbell Production sound-design and editing were by Chris Gregory The studio assistants were Holly Hughes and Maya Cohen Gregory The music tracks in this production are Saint James Infirmary Blues by Cab CallowayBy a Sleepy Lagoon by Eric Coates  You can find out more about Brian Hipkin and his work by following him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/brianhipkin/ To find out more about Alternative Stories, listen to our other dramas and contact us you can find all our links here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStoriesSupport the show

Introducing New Alternative Stories Audio Dramas: Wasteland And Burnout

Send us a textIn 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. To listen to Wasteland you can search "Wasteland A Dex Legacy Story" wherever you listen to podcasts or you can click here to find it https://pod.link/1790863463If you would like to listen to Burnout you can find it by searching "Burnout Alternative Stories" in your favourite podcast app or click here to find it https://pod.link/1798982875To follow Alternative Stories on social media you can click the links below to find and follow us on your social platform of choice https://www.instagram.com/stories.althttps://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.socialhttps://x.com/StoriesAlthttps://www.threads.net/@stories.altFollow us to learn more about upcoming Alternative Stories productions including upcoming podcasts in our ninth series. Support the show