Join our Patreon for ad-free podcasts and bonus content ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AltStories⁠ Two sisters receive an unexpected ultimatum. In order to inherit their share of the family wealth from their dead mother they must agree to spend a night together in the abandoned family home.   In “The Gathering” by Lewis Carter you heard  Miztli Rose as Sasha  Phoebe Batteson Brown as Gemma  Alex White as Tom  Chris Gregory as Clark Sarah Golding as Mrs Harrington Marie-Claire Wood as Rosie  And Emily Inkpen as the nurse  Other voices were played by members of the cast.   Production,sound design, music and editing were by Chris Gregory   “TheGathering” represented the UK at the International Audio Drama Festival 2022. Since then, Lewis has written a full series for us called Burnout. Burnout is a cyberpunk-thriller about ex-zero gravity racer, Theo Bazerov, a rogue AI nano-bot swarm called IRIS, and a whole cast of delicious, morally grey characters. It’s a lot of fun and you can listen to all of it right now on all platforms or via this link https://pod.link/1798982875   Find out more about Burnout and writer Lewis Carter here https://www.burnoutpod.com/ You can follow Lewis Carter on social media here https://www.instagram.com/fictionist4hire/ https://x.com/fictionist4hire Find out more about Emily Inkpen and her many projects here  ⁠https://linktr.ee/emilyinkpen⁠ Find out more about Chris and Alternative Stories here ⁠https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories⁠ Subscribe to Spec Fic Radio Theatre wherever you listen to podcasts to receive a new speculative fiction drama each week. Support Spec Fic Radio Theatre here https://ko-fi.com/alternativestories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices