A conversation with author Lyndsey Croal

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.

If you would like to find out more about the project to make season 2 of The Best of Men and to pledge your support to the project via our kickstarter campaign you can do so here. Remember the campaign runs until 23rd May so please back it by then to enjoy our rewards and support our project.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cgregory/the-best-of-men-a-folk-horror-audio-drama

To listen to the first two episodes of the drama via this podcast’s archive please go to

Part one https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/12499890-the-best-of-men-an-audio-drama-part-one

Part two https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/12600423-the-best-of-men-an-audio-drama-part-two

And to find out more about writer Amy Boucher and the folklore of Shropshire please follow her on X formerly twitter here https://twitter.com/g0blinegg

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Margo's Story : An Audio Drama

Following the loss of her father, Margo is trying to come to terms with bereavement and the unkindness of her classmates at school when she begins to experience some strange encounters. In this moving drama by Gemma Johnson, performed by members of the Creative Youth Company we explore Margo's journey towards recovery and the individuals and communities that help her.

In Margo’s story by Gemma Johnson you can hear

Margo: Sophia Horton

Aggie: Aubrey Johnson

Mum: Gemma Johnson

Bev the Librarian/TV Narrator: Jade Taylor

Kelly: Millie Millington

Kelly's Friend: Millie Dyson

Daz: Charlie Woodhouse

Daz's Mate 1: John Paul Harrison

Daz's Mate 2: Shaye Williams

Mr Bradley: Chris Gregory

Simon: Michael Johnson

Auntie Pat: Sehra Hussain-Choudhry

The sound effects for Toby were provided by Poppy Sue the labrador

Margo’s story was Recorded on location at St Martin's Church, Castleton. Greater Manchester.

The cast of young actors are members of the non profit group The Creative Youth Company: [email protected]

Margo's story is based on an original script by Gemma Johnson

The audio drama was directed by Chris Gregory and Gemma Johnson

Production, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories

Gemma Johnson is co-founder of a non profit organisation that supports children and young people with paranormal education. To find out more please visit the website: www.juniorparanormalevents.co.uk or email [email protected]

We would like to thank everyone who generously backed and supported this project via our fundraising campaign or through offering their time and expertise.

The script for Margo’s Story is copyright Gemma Johnson and may not be copied or reproduced in whole or part except with the permission of the author.

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Camlann: An audio drama: An interview with creators Ella Watts and Amber Devereux

Camlann is the new audio drama from Tin Can Audio written by Ella Watts. In this special edition we chat with Ella and sound designer / composer Amber Devereux of Tin Can Audio about the creation of the show.

Chris Gregory and Dex Legacy writer Emily Inkpen chatted with Ella and Amber via zoom so the sound quality isn't always perfect. We hope this doesn't spoil your enjoyment of the conversation.

Camlann is a post-apocalyptic drama based on folklore and Arthurian legend
You can listen and subscribe by searching "Camlann" in your favourite podcast app or....

To listen via Apple please click here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/camlann-an-audio-drama/id1714630550

And Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/show/1sXRFAqZoVduDQ0NgcD8Fl?si=f585aedabd2f40ba

Follow the Camlann team on X here https://twitter.com/camlannpod

As always for new audio drama productions, if you enjoy episode one (which is out on Monday 15th January) please subscribe, leave a rating or review. These small acts of kindness go a long way to raising the profile of the show

Find out more about Amber Devereux and their Tin Can Audio production company here https://www.tincanaudio.co.uk/

Follow Tin Can Audio on Twitter here https://twitter.com/TinCanAudio

And visit Ella's website here https://www.ella-watts.com/

And follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/GejWatts

Emily Inkpen is the writer of The Dex Legacy audio drama (which you can find out more about here https://www.thedexlegacy.com/ ) books and short fiction.

You can follow Emily on twitter here https://twitter.com/emilyinkpen

and instagram here https://www.instagram.com/emilyinkpen/

Ark : An Audio Drama

Flood survival operations are underway aboard the Ark and Captain Noah has delegated command to his sons and their partners. But as the voyage begins a spate of mysterious deaths prompt Parphia to turn detective and embark upon the world's first ever murder mystery. She is determined to record every last clue and discovery as she tries to solve the crimes, but has she bitten off more than she can chew and can she survive the mysterious Ark killer?

In Ark by Stephanie Weston you heard

Tiffany Clare as Parphia

Charlie Richards as Japhet

Emily Inkpen as Olla

Stephanie Weston as Leah

And Chris Gregory as Ham

Ark was directed by Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen

Sound design, music and editing were by Chris Gregory

Ark was recorded at Orpheus Studio in London and by Richard Campbell

Ark by Stephanie Weston was the winner of the 2023 Pen to Print Audio Play competition. If you would like to enter the 2024 competition which is aimed at new and first time writers you'll need to be a resident of the UK and submit a script of approximately half an hour. You'll find a full set of regulations and more details about the competition on the pen to print website
https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions-2023/

You can find out more about Stephanie Weston by visiting her website https://tabb.cc/stephanie-weston

And you can follow Stephanie on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/stephanie__weston/

This will be our final podcast of 2023 but we'll resume our seventh season early in 2024

Ark is an alternative stories 2023 production for the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast.

"Twisted Branches": A conversation with author Dr Rachel Knightley

Our guest on this edition of Alternative Stories is writer, writing coach and teacher Dr Rachel Knightley. We chatted on zoom about Rachel’s short story cycle “Twisted Branches”

To buy a copy of Twisted Branches from the publisher Black Shuck Book please click the link below https://blackshuckbooks.co.uk/twisted-branches

And find out more about Rachel and her wider work you can visit her website here https://www.rachelknightley.com/

You can follow Rachel Knightley on X, formerly twitter, here https://twitter.com/DrRKnightley

And on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/drrachelknightley/

Read Rachel’s work on Substack here https://substack.com/@drrachelknightley

To find out more about Alternative Stories and our work please visit our website https://alternativestories.com/
You can follow us on X (formerly twitter) https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt
On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/
And on Threads https://www.threads.net/@stories.alt

Thank you for listening to this edition of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast. The interviewer was Chris Gregory who also did the sound design, music and editing.