The UK Ghost Story Festival
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Thank you for listening to the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast.  Our guest in this edition is Alex Davis of the UK Ghost Story Festival   You can find out more about the festival, book tickets and read more about the participants by visiting the festival website here  https://www.ukghoststoryfestival.co.uk/ Follow the festival on twitter here https://twitter.com/GhostStoryFest And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/ghoststoryfestival/ And follow Alex Davis on twitter here https://twitter.com/AlexDavis1981  Our podcast was recorded at the Museum of Making in Derby.  https://www.derbymuseums.org/museum-of-making/ Follow the museum on twitter here https://twitter.com/MuseumofMaking And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/derbymuseums/  We share excerpts from the following audio books in this podcast  The Ghost Woods by C.J. Cooke (Harper Collins) Read by Paula Masterton https://carolynjesscooke.com/ Follow C J on twitter here https://twitter.com/CJessCooke  The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell. (Raven)  Read by Sheila Atim https://www.laurapurcell.com/ Follow Laura on twitter here https://twitter.com/spookypurcell  The Witch in the Well by Camilla Bruce (Penguin) The audiobook of The Witch in the Well is narrated by Christina Cole, Emily Barber and Charlotte Davey https://camillabruce.com/ Follow Camilla Bruce on twitter here https://twitter.com/millacream  The House of Footsteps by Mathew West (Harper North)  read by Joshua Manning https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-house-of-footsteps-mathew-west Follow Mathew West on twitter here https://twitter.com/mathewoneT  Thank you to Alex Davis for being our guest in this edition and The Museum of Making in Derby for hosting our interview.  We’d also like to thank the authors and publishers whose work is featured in this podcast.  If you’ve enjoyed this podcast and would like to hear more ghostly fiction please check out our 2 part Ghostlore anthology  Part one https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/10264614-ghostlore-an-audio-fiction-anthology-part-one-wilderness Part two https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/10353265-ghostlore-an-audio-fiction-anthology-part-two-hauntings Please also check out our ghostly audio drama The Gathering by Lewis Carter here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/11594709-the-gathering-an-audio-drama  If this is your first time listening to our podcast please subscribe to have all future editions delivered to your podcast feed the moment they are released.  You can find us by searching “alternative stories” in your favourite podcast app Support the show
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