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Saraaaaah of Golding, Voice Actor n stuff @saraaaaah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Utterly joyous time in studio wi team @storiesalt.bsky.social yesterday Some super fun actors Richard of #orpheusstudio groovy as ever And The wonderful Chris & Emily at the helm Fffunnn #Morepleaseworld If ya need a Sarah Voice Pls ping quirkyvoices@gmail.com🌞 squawkvoices.com/voice/sarah-...

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Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We now have AIs auditioning for AI parts in our audio dramas… and I feel a bit nauseous 😳😳😳

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thanks as always to the brilliant Sarah Golding for recommending The Dex Legacy today! So much love for the show lately.

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Well this is interesting! A whole panel dedicated to The Dex Legacy. Join the brilliant @voidcricket.bsky.social @jordanacosta.co @timhardieauthor.bsky.social and @cmdrventura.bsky.social along with a special guest appearance from our genius creator @emilyinkpen.bsky.social on sat 26th!

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Ren Hutchings @voidcricket.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dex Legacy fans let's gooo! SEPT 26th 📣 Come join me & @emilyinkpen.bsky.social in conversation with @timhardieauthor.bsky.social @drfionamoore.bsky.social @jordanacosta.co @cmdrventura.bsky.social to talk all things Dex: characters, worldbuilding, theories👀 & more! cc: @storiesalt.bsky.social

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Madeleine F White @madeleinefwhite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

MUST-LISTEN - The annual anthology of the winning entries from the Pen to Print awards across the four main categories. Prod by Chris Gregory of @storiesalt.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/25Ov... #writingcommunity #adventurewriting #TuesdayThoughts #podcast #PodernFamily #britpodscene

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It's been a busy but hugely pleasurable week including a couple of days recording for our new and upcoming #audiodrama production with this talented bunch. Thanks to our entire cast and crew led by writer / creator @jordanacosta.co for a highly creative session.

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today on Writing Worlds @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and I are chatting about the ethics of #worldbuilding with the wonderful Claire North! Listen/subscribe pod.link/1812994751

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Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Learn the joys and challenges of writing fantasy races, with prolific fantasy and crime novelist, Stephen Aryan. 🎧 search Writing Worlds Podcast in your favourite podcast app!

The Writing Worlds Podcast - Season 2 - Episode 11 - fantasy races with Stephen Aryan.

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Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A lovely milestone and a lovely comment to match! The novelisation is currently with a publisher 🤞, but the market for grimdark sci-fi is tough right now so if they don’t pick it up I’ll be self-pubbing. You heard it here first! 🔥

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Listen to Chris Gregory and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social of Alternative Stories talking about the making of our award-winning scifi #audiodrama The Dex Legacy on Chris Smith's Audio Alchemy podcast via the link below. open.spotify.com/episode/02tl...

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Audio Alchemy EP40- Emily Inkpen & Chris Gregory of Dex Legacy

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Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Milestone for Wasteland! This plucky little show keeps getting the downloads - and I’ll be showing it come writing love with a second season real soon ♥️

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

In the latest episode of Writing Worlds we chat with the brilliant Stephen Aryan about races in fantasy worlds. Diverse, nuanced and defined by much more than skin colour or geography is the key for writers. Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social alongside Stephen for our chat pod.link/1812994751

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Madeleine F White @madeleinefwhite.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

MUST LISTEN: Writers' Tips, recorded at @hayfestival.bsky.social by Write On! Audio favourites, Eithne Cullen and Mary Walsh. Prod by @storiesalt.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5oar... #writingcommunity #writerstips #tuesdaythoughts #podcast #PodernFamily #britpodscene #PodcastHQ #podcasters

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Season 2 of Writing Worlds, our podcast about #worldbuilding in fiction has had some great guests including @garethlpowell.bsky.social @stewarthotston.com @cjcookebooks.bsky.social @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social and @voidcricket.bsky.social You can listen here pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We’re chatting with the brilliant Ren Hutchings @voidcricket.bsky.social on Writing Worlds today! Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social for a chat with Ren about liminal spaces and liminality in #worldbuilding via the link below pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Alternative Stories weekly newsletter is available to read now over at our Patreon. This week we features Ren Hutching @voidcricket.bsky.social as our Writing Worlds guest and a new episode of Terror Tapes, our short horror anthology.

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Coming Up This Week: 21st June | Alternative Stories

Welcome to the latest edition of the Alternative Stories weekly newsletter and a special welcome to new members who have joined us this week

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The latest episode of Writing Worlds, our podcast about the art of #worldbuilding features the brilliant Peter F. Hamilton chatting about writing game worlds. You can listen here pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Season 2 of Writing Worlds has featured some of the finest #scifi and #fantasy writers including @garethlpowell.bsky.social @cjcookebooks.bsky.social @stewarthotston.com and more! If you're into #worldbuilding or interested in the settings for stories why not give us a listen? pod.link/1812994751

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Ashley Deane @ashcat1997.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Happy #audiodramasunday! I've been MIA these past Sundays - been busy working on my own AD, but I'd like to give a big shout out to "BURNOUT" by Lewis Carter @storiesalt.bsky.social. It's a wild ride of sci-fi goodness but it will not leave you burned out 😎

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

If you're into music and the stories behind it why not check out the excellent 'Access All Areas' blog by my mate, the music journalist and author par excellence @paulreesauthor.bsky.social .

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The brilliant Peter F. Hamilton joins me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social to talk about writing game worlds and his new @panmacmillan.bsky.social novel on the Writing Worlds Podcast today pod.link/1812994751

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Madeleine F White @madeleinefwhite.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We’re delighted to share June’s Writers Tips interview with you. @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social Matt Trinetti and Parul Bavishi share why community is so important re staying inspired. Prod. by @storiesalt.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4LTx... #writingcommunity #writerstips #podcast

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This week on Writing Worlds we're chatting with the brilliant novelist and podcaster @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social about belief systems in #worldbuilding. Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social for serious chat, #writingtips and silly games here pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

On the Writing Worlds Podcast today we're chatting with novelist and podcaster @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social about belief systems in #worldbuilding Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social for an hour of nerdy, writing chat by searching "Writing Worlds" in your favourite podcast app or pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A bonus episode of Writing Worlds today. We're revisiting our conversation with @garethlpowell.bsky.social about spaceships as settings for novels and short fiction. Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social alongside Gareth for more #worldbuilding chat and advice pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The new episode of Writing Worlds, our podcast about the art of #worldbuilding features novelist @jeremyszal.bsky.social and a conversation about the species in our imagined worlds. Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social alongside Jeremy here pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A new episode of Writing Worlds today and this one features novelist @frasierarmitage.bsky.social with a chat about Dyson Spheres and the ways in which sci fi writers can use them as part of their #worldbuildng Join Chris @emilyinkpen.bsky.social and Frasier via the link below pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

On the latest episode of the brilliant Indie AF podcast you can hear Chris and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social from Alt Stories chatting with the wonderful Sarah Golding @saraaaaah.bsky.social about recording #audiodrama in the studio. Listen via the link below pod.link/1599320192/e...

Images show actors from the Alt Stories audio drama Wasteland in the recording studio. The banner also features the logos of the Indie AF podcast and Wasteland.

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The Alt Stories weekly newsletter is out now! Pop over to our Patreon to read it via the link below www.patreon.com/posts/coming...

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Coming Up This Week: 12th April | Alternative Stories

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Oooh - this is exciting. You can hear me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social chatting about the making of Wasteland on the next episode of the brilliant Indie AF podcast with the wonderful Sarah Golding @saraaaaah.bsky.social at the weekend (or now by joining their Patreon 👇

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We're delighted to announce that season 3 of The Dex Legacy has won the British Science Fiction Association Audio Fiction Award for 2026. The picture shows our writer and creator @emilyinkpen.bsky.social collecting the award at yesterday's ceremony.

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our guest on the latest episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast is the best-selling and award-winning writer of #gothic fiction @cjcookebooks.bsky.social . Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social for a chat about gothic #worldbuilding via the link below pod.link/1812994751

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

A wrap on this week's studio recording with a supremely talented cast working on one of the best scripts we've ever had the pleasure of producing. As always, it'll be a while before you hear this but it will be lots of fun when you do!

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our guest on The Writing Worlds Podcast today is the brilliang @cjcookebooks.bsky.social . Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social for a look at #gothic #worldbuilding by clicking the link below pod.link/1812994751

The art work for episode 4 in season 2 of The Writing Worlds Podcast featuring a black and white photograph of author and podcast guest C.J. Cooke. The text reads "Gothic world building with CJ Cooke"

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𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 26/03/2026

One of the big thrills about writing audio drama is doing the table read with all the actors and producers (@storiesalt.bsky.social & @emilyinkpen.bsky.social) — a productive and fun evening prior to recording Monday. 👑 The King in Yellow is coming your way before year’s end. Pax Carcosa Aeternum!

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The latest edition of the Alt Stories weekly newsletter is available to listen to now over on our Patreon page. You can read it here 👇

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Coming Up This Week: 22nd March | Alternative Stories

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Our latest episode of Writing Worlds, our podcast about the art of world building, features novelist and short fiction writer @stewarthotston.com Join Chris and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social of Alt Stories to listen and subscribe here. pod.link/1812994751

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Emily Inkpen @emilyinkpen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Well now - hello milestone! If you haven't listened yet, this tight little series keeps getting the downloads and the retention rates are h.i.g.h. ♥️🎧♥️ So get over to your fav podcast platform, search Wasteland Dex (it'll come up with just that - otherwise Wasteland A Dex Legacy Story) and enjoy!

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Today on Writing Worlds we chat about politics and governance in #worldbuilding with the brilliant novelist, short fiction writer and LARPer @stewarthotston.com Listen and subscribe for fortnightly adventures in world building pod.link/1812994751

The banner image for episode 3 in season 2 of The Writing Worlds Podcast featuring novelist Stewart Hotston. The banner has a picture of Stewart wearing a live action role playing game costume including blue face paint. The title reads "Politics and Governance with Stewart Hotston"

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

You can hear me chatting about #audiodrama and #voiceacting with Michael Ashtiany and Jen Lawton Hunt on the latest episode of The Off-Air Voiceover Podcast pod.link/1736934780

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The Alt Stories weekly newsletter is available to read now over on our Patreon This week we’re looking forward to our Writing Worlds #worldbuilding chat with novelist @stewarthotston.com

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Coming Up This Week: 15th March | Alternative Stories

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Alternative Stories @storiesalt.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

It's Friday 13th so of course, we have a new episode of our #horror anthology Terror Tapes for you! Listen and subscribe free pod.link/1849858270

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