Alternative Stories
@storiesalt.bsky.social
An award winning #audiodrama and #audiofiction production company making podcasts and radio programmes featuring the work of writers, dramatists and poets https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories
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Enjoy the dark political sci-fi world of The Dex Legacy in 3 epic seasons
Race in zero-g through a cyberpunk thriller in Burnout
Enjoy new stories every week in Spec Fic Radio Theatre
Learn from top writers in Writing Worlds
Enjoy the dark political sci-fi world of The Dex Legacy in 3 epic seasons
Race in zero-g through a cyberpunk thriller in Burnout
Enjoy new stories every week in Spec Fic Radio Theatre
Learn from top writers in Writing Worlds
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I’m just going to leave this here for all those BSFA members who might see it!
Please go and nominate in all categories, not just audio. But also please nominate us for audio!
♥️🙏♥️
Please go and nominate in all categories, not just audio. But also please nominate us for audio!
♥️🙏♥️
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’m just going to leave this here for all those BSFA members who might see it!
Please go and nominate in all categories, not just audio. But also please nominate us for audio!
♥️🙏♥️
Please go and nominate in all categories, not just audio. But also please nominate us for audio!
♥️🙏♥️
Amazing fan art from our drama series Wasteland from the hugely talented and very generous @tamkinnearswift.bsky.social Thank you so much. This has made our day!
When you receive fan art… and it’s a scale model 😍😭 I can’t even. Thank you so much @tamkinnearswift.bsky.social
(the gun came off in transit - gluing will happen)
(If you haven’t listened to the audio drama yet, go to thedexlegacy.com and follow the link)
I can’t stop smiling right now!!!
(the gun came off in transit - gluing will happen)
(If you haven’t listened to the audio drama yet, go to thedexlegacy.com and follow the link)
I can’t stop smiling right now!!!
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Amazing fan art from our drama series Wasteland from the hugely talented and very generous @tamkinnearswift.bsky.social Thank you so much. This has made our day!
I've been sound designing a new horror anthology podcast called Terror Tapes! For Halloween night we have a drop of 6 short episodes, each a self contained horrific story heard from a found cassette tape.
You can listen to all the episodes from 6PM GMT here👇
open.spotify.com/show/2T4BqpW...
You can listen to all the episodes from 6PM GMT here👇
open.spotify.com/show/2T4BqpW...
October 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I've been sound designing a new horror anthology podcast called Terror Tapes! For Halloween night we have a drop of 6 short episodes, each a self contained horrific story heard from a found cassette tape.
You can listen to all the episodes from 6PM GMT here👇
open.spotify.com/show/2T4BqpW...
You can listen to all the episodes from 6PM GMT here👇
open.spotify.com/show/2T4BqpW...
Our first season 3 bonus episode features actor and voice-of-the-Daleks Nicholas Briggs. Nick chats with Chris Gregory and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social about his work on #doctorwho on TV ,with @bigfinish.bsky.social
and in The Dex Legacy.
pod.link/1603811886
and in The Dex Legacy.
pod.link/1603811886
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Our first season 3 bonus episode features actor and voice-of-the-Daleks Nicholas Briggs. Nick chats with Chris Gregory and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social about his work on #doctorwho on TV ,with @bigfinish.bsky.social
and in The Dex Legacy.
pod.link/1603811886
and in The Dex Legacy.
pod.link/1603811886
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From @storiesalt.bsky.social - The Dex Legacy - Bonus Episode - An Interview with Nicholas Briggs (Pesha Thelis) - A joyful listen between Chris, Emily and Nicholas. Do give this a listen 💜
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Bonus Episode: An Interview With Nicholas Briggs (Pesha Thelis)
Podcast Episode · The Dex Legacy · S3 Bonus · 34m
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October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
From @storiesalt.bsky.social - The Dex Legacy - Bonus Episode - An Interview with Nicholas Briggs (Pesha Thelis) - A joyful listen between Chris, Emily and Nicholas. Do give this a listen 💜
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
I’m going to be running a workshop on auditioning at @audiodramahub.bsky.social HubFest 2025 next Saturday!
This is always a fantastic event for the UK #audiodrama community so whether you’re a creator or a fan, get there if you can!
This is always a fantastic event for the UK #audiodrama community so whether you’re a creator or a fan, get there if you can!
October 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m going to be running a workshop on auditioning at @audiodramahub.bsky.social HubFest 2025 next Saturday!
This is always a fantastic event for the UK #audiodrama community so whether you’re a creator or a fan, get there if you can!
This is always a fantastic event for the UK #audiodrama community so whether you’re a creator or a fan, get there if you can!
A fantastic blog from our writer @thomaswrightson.bsky.social on the recording of his award-winning #audiodrama The Angry House at Orpheus Studio this week.
Thanks again to our wonderful cast Sarah Golding, David Monteith, Charlie Richards and @marieclairewood.bsky.social
Thanks again to our wonderful cast Sarah Golding, David Monteith, Charlie Richards and @marieclairewood.bsky.social
It's here, it's come! The behind-the-scenes glimpse of a radio drama in the making. Thanks to @storiesalt.bsky.social for some of the images.
#update #amwriting #radio #alternativestories #BookSky💙📚
thomaswrightson.co.uk/2025/10/26/t...
#update #amwriting #radio #alternativestories #BookSky💙📚
thomaswrightson.co.uk/2025/10/26/t...
The Angry House — Its Author’s Behind the Scenes
At the invitation of Alternative Stories’s Chris Gregory, I’ve created this behind-the-scenes article-come-production diary for ‘The Angry House’, an audio play in the horro…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A fantastic blog from our writer @thomaswrightson.bsky.social on the recording of his award-winning #audiodrama The Angry House at Orpheus Studio this week.
Thanks again to our wonderful cast Sarah Golding, David Monteith, Charlie Richards and @marieclairewood.bsky.social
Thanks again to our wonderful cast Sarah Golding, David Monteith, Charlie Richards and @marieclairewood.bsky.social
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As the final episode of season 3 launches, I find myself in a strange emotional spot…
18 months of drafting, planning, Kickstarting, planning, directing, producing and releasing has concluded. All those episodes I’ve been looking forward to sharing… all those moments… are out there… 🧵👇
18 months of drafting, planning, Kickstarting, planning, directing, producing and releasing has concluded. All those episodes I’ve been looking forward to sharing… all those moments… are out there… 🧵👇
October 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As the final episode of season 3 launches, I find myself in a strange emotional spot…
18 months of drafting, planning, Kickstarting, planning, directing, producing and releasing has concluded. All those episodes I’ve been looking forward to sharing… all those moments… are out there… 🧵👇
18 months of drafting, planning, Kickstarting, planning, directing, producing and releasing has concluded. All those episodes I’ve been looking forward to sharing… all those moments… are out there… 🧵👇
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Another milestone for our brave miniseries that just keeps on getting the downloads!
If you've not listened yet, search "Wasteland a Dex Legacy Story" in your favourite podcast app ("wasteland Dex" also works 😄)
If you've not listened yet, search "Wasteland a Dex Legacy Story" in your favourite podcast app ("wasteland Dex" also works 😄)
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Another milestone for our brave miniseries that just keeps on getting the downloads!
If you've not listened yet, search "Wasteland a Dex Legacy Story" in your favourite podcast app ("wasteland Dex" also works 😄)
If you've not listened yet, search "Wasteland a Dex Legacy Story" in your favourite podcast app ("wasteland Dex" also works 😄)
Thanks to everyone who has listened to season 3 of The Dex Legacy. It's been a huge pleasure to work on this immersive story once again and I want to thank all our cast and crew but especially our wonderful creator and writer @emilyinkpen.bsky.social without whom none of this could happen.
October 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Thanks to everyone who has listened to season 3 of The Dex Legacy. It's been a huge pleasure to work on this immersive story once again and I want to thank all our cast and crew but especially our wonderful creator and writer @emilyinkpen.bsky.social without whom none of this could happen.
The final episode of Season Three is out today!
It's been a huge pleasure to share this fantastic world with you once again. Congratulations to our brilliant writer @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and our amazing cast and crew.
You can binge the full season here
pod.link/1603811886
It's been a huge pleasure to share this fantastic world with you once again. Congratulations to our brilliant writer @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and our amazing cast and crew.
You can binge the full season here
pod.link/1603811886
October 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The final episode of Season Three is out today!
It's been a huge pleasure to share this fantastic world with you once again. Congratulations to our brilliant writer @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and our amazing cast and crew.
You can binge the full season here
pod.link/1603811886
It's been a huge pleasure to share this fantastic world with you once again. Congratulations to our brilliant writer @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and our amazing cast and crew.
You can binge the full season here
pod.link/1603811886
The latest episode of our podcast about the art of #worldbuilding for sci fi + fantasy authors is out today! Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social for a chat about climate change and how authors can use it in their work with Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novelist Chris Beckett
pod.link/1812994751
pod.link/1812994751
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The latest episode of our podcast about the art of #worldbuilding for sci fi + fantasy authors is out today! Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social for a chat about climate change and how authors can use it in their work with Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novelist Chris Beckett
pod.link/1812994751
pod.link/1812994751
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Episode 7 - and I’ve been waiting to use this title!!! 😆
Can’t believe the S3 run ends next week!
Now’s the time to catch up, people! Search The Dex Legacy in your fav podcast app or follow the link in my profile 🎧
Can’t believe the S3 run ends next week!
Now’s the time to catch up, people! Search The Dex Legacy in your fav podcast app or follow the link in my profile 🎧
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Episode 7 - and I’ve been waiting to use this title!!! 😆
Can’t believe the S3 run ends next week!
Now’s the time to catch up, people! Search The Dex Legacy in your fav podcast app or follow the link in my profile 🎧
Can’t believe the S3 run ends next week!
Now’s the time to catch up, people! Search The Dex Legacy in your fav podcast app or follow the link in my profile 🎧
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Season 3 of our award-winning science fiction audio drama series The Dex Legacy launches today.
You can find it by searching "The Dex Legacy" wherever you listen to podcasts.
Here's the official trailer
youtu.be/Qx7RDHO_dn0?...
You can find it by searching "The Dex Legacy" wherever you listen to podcasts.
Here's the official trailer
youtu.be/Qx7RDHO_dn0?...
Dex Season 3 Official Trailer
YouTube video by The Dex Legacy
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July 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Season 3 of our award-winning science fiction audio drama series The Dex Legacy launches today.
You can find it by searching "The Dex Legacy" wherever you listen to podcasts.
Here's the official trailer
youtu.be/Qx7RDHO_dn0?...
You can find it by searching "The Dex Legacy" wherever you listen to podcasts.
Here's the official trailer
youtu.be/Qx7RDHO_dn0?...
The penultimate episode of season three is now in your podcast feeds! Join Varian, Isra, Ren...and Auto in another amazing script by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
pod.link/1603811886
pod.link/1603811886
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The penultimate episode of season three is now in your podcast feeds! Join Varian, Isra, Ren...and Auto in another amazing script by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social
pod.link/1603811886
pod.link/1603811886
Chris and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social from Alt Stories did a session on writing for audio drama as part of the @spotlightindie.bsky.social big weekend yesterday. You can watch the full session here 👇
youtu.be/Sqb8T_LQ__A?...
youtu.be/Sqb8T_LQ__A?...
WORKSHOP: Writing for Audio with Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen
YouTube video by SpotlightIndie
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Chris and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social from Alt Stories did a session on writing for audio drama as part of the @spotlightindie.bsky.social big weekend yesterday. You can watch the full session here 👇
youtu.be/Sqb8T_LQ__A?...
youtu.be/Sqb8T_LQ__A?...
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WATCH NOW: The incredible @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and Chris Gregory of @storiesalt.bsky.social were kind enough to record this workshop on writing for audio for our big weekend, and it's chock full of great advice and insights to get you started! #writingcommunity #audiowriting
October 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
WATCH NOW: The incredible @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and Chris Gregory of @storiesalt.bsky.social were kind enough to record this workshop on writing for audio for our big weekend, and it's chock full of great advice and insights to get you started! #writingcommunity #audiowriting
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The latest episode of The Dex Legacy is out now on all platforms, and it’s an explosive one! If you want to hear a villain getting rightfully shouted at, tune in wherever you listen to podcasts 👇
October 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The latest episode of The Dex Legacy is out now on all platforms, and it’s an explosive one! If you want to hear a villain getting rightfully shouted at, tune in wherever you listen to podcasts 👇
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Day 2 of our Big Indie Weekend online event starts here! Here's today's lineup ⬇️
1pm: LIVE Indie Author Write-a-Long
3pm: PANEL: Fusion of Fiction & History
5pm: WORKSHOP: Writing for Audio
7pm: PANEL: Assembling the A-Team
9pm: PANEL: Building a Platform
1pm: LIVE Indie Author Write-a-Long
3pm: PANEL: Fusion of Fiction & History
5pm: WORKSHOP: Writing for Audio
7pm: PANEL: Assembling the A-Team
9pm: PANEL: Building a Platform
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Day 2 of our Big Indie Weekend online event starts here! Here's today's lineup ⬇️
1pm: LIVE Indie Author Write-a-Long
3pm: PANEL: Fusion of Fiction & History
5pm: WORKSHOP: Writing for Audio
7pm: PANEL: Assembling the A-Team
9pm: PANEL: Building a Platform
1pm: LIVE Indie Author Write-a-Long
3pm: PANEL: Fusion of Fiction & History
5pm: WORKSHOP: Writing for Audio
7pm: PANEL: Assembling the A-Team
9pm: PANEL: Building a Platform
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Phew! We are really treating you all with the giveaways this week! This one comes courtesy of the fab team at @storiesalt.bsky.social! To win, simply share any of our posts promoting this weekend's panels and comment below. Winner will be announced during our 'Building the A-Team' panel on Saturday.
October 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Phew! We are really treating you all with the giveaways this week! This one comes courtesy of the fab team at @storiesalt.bsky.social! To win, simply share any of our posts promoting this weekend's panels and comment below. Winner will be announced during our 'Building the A-Team' panel on Saturday.
Our final interlude of season 3 is out today! Threats And Promises is one of @emilyinkpen.bsky.social 's most dramatic scripts, really ratcheting up the tension as we get closer to the end of the series.
Listen free pod.link/1603811886
Listen free pod.link/1603811886
October 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our final interlude of season 3 is out today! Threats And Promises is one of @emilyinkpen.bsky.social 's most dramatic scripts, really ratcheting up the tension as we get closer to the end of the series.
Listen free pod.link/1603811886
Listen free pod.link/1603811886
Out today! In the latest episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast Chris Gregory and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social chat with #scifi author and podcaster @adrianmgibson.bsky.social about his novel "Mushroom Blues" and the role of fungus in #worldbuilding
pod.link/1812994751 🎧
pod.link/1812994751 🎧
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Out today! In the latest episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast Chris Gregory and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social chat with #scifi author and podcaster @adrianmgibson.bsky.social about his novel "Mushroom Blues" and the role of fungus in #worldbuilding
pod.link/1812994751 🎧
pod.link/1812994751 🎧
Coming up this week, we have a new episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast featuring author @adrianmgibson.bsky.social on Wednesday and more Dex Legacy by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social on Friday.
All our shows appear 2 days early and ad-free on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/AltStories
All our shows appear 2 days early and ad-free on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/AltStories
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Coming up this week, we have a new episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast featuring author @adrianmgibson.bsky.social on Wednesday and more Dex Legacy by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social on Friday.
All our shows appear 2 days early and ad-free on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/AltStories
All our shows appear 2 days early and ad-free on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/AltStories
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It's Sunday video time! Who wants a sneak preview of one of our prerecorded panels for Spotlight's upcoming Big Indie Weekend? The full video featuring @emilyinkpen.bsky.social @jcmberne.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social lands 3rd Oct at 1pm BST! youtu.be/_yuaPzMB1-Y
September 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's Sunday video time! Who wants a sneak preview of one of our prerecorded panels for Spotlight's upcoming Big Indie Weekend? The full video featuring @emilyinkpen.bsky.social @jcmberne.bsky.social @liamjhogan.bsky.social @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social lands 3rd Oct at 1pm BST! youtu.be/_yuaPzMB1-Y
Episode six of the third season of The Dex Legacy is out today.
A brilliant script by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and fantastic performances from Charlie Richards as Ren and the rest of our cast.
Listen / subscribe free here pod.link/1603811886
A brilliant script by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and fantastic performances from Charlie Richards as Ren and the rest of our cast.
Listen / subscribe free here pod.link/1603811886
September 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Episode six of the third season of The Dex Legacy is out today.
A brilliant script by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and fantastic performances from Charlie Richards as Ren and the rest of our cast.
Listen / subscribe free here pod.link/1603811886
A brilliant script by @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and fantastic performances from Charlie Richards as Ren and the rest of our cast.
Listen / subscribe free here pod.link/1603811886