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When 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 Harry

Marie-Claire Wood as Agnes

David Monteith as Gerald

and Sarah Golding as Samantha Gregory

Whispers and other voices by the cast and Thomas Wrightson

The Angry House was produced and directed by Chris Gregory

Casting was by Chris Gregory and Thomas Wrightson

The original score for The Angry House was arranged and performed by Chris Gregory
Sound design, mixing and editing are by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories

Thomas 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.

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Welcome 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/website

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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.

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In 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.social

https://x.com/madeleinefwhite

https://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 here

Write 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=3c9f3ebcfd9d4be3

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