The Chronic Rift

Keith and John will be appearing at the Shore Leave convention the weekend of July 10th and recording an episode of the Rift with a live audience.  For more information, check out the covention's website - http://www.shore-leave.com.

While we always want to see you enjoying the forums and keeping up with the latest news here on our homepage, we're also making sure we're a presence on various networking sites.  We have set up the Rift's own page on Facebook and need 100 fans in order to reset the URL so that it's easier to access.  Please join us - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Chronic-Rift/125872935099?ref=share - and make the push to bring us to 100 fans.

The Chronic Rift proudly presents "Decisions" by Michael A. Burstein.  In this half hour drama, an astronaut returns to a different Earth and yet one that is strangely familiar to him.  In order to set things on the right path, he must make the right decision or risk facing the annihilation of the human race.  Based on Burstein's Hugo nominated short story of the same title and written by Burstein himself, it is the winner of last year's audio drama competition.  Please make sure you rate the episode at the bottom of this entry and comment on it here.

"Decisions"

Commander Elliason...Keith R.A. DeCandido

Gabby...Andrea K. Lipinski

George...Orenthal V. Hawkins

Gracie...Judith Furnari

Gabby's Assistant...Jay Smith

The Chronic Rift has been nominated for a 2009 Parsec Award for Best Infotainment Program!  To say I am stoked is an understatement.  The show is less than a year old and it's being recognized by its podcasting peers.  Sweet!  The winners will be announced at Dragon Con this September.  Looks like I have to book a flight. 

Whatever does happen, I want to thank Keith DeCandido, Orenthal Hawkins, Andrea Lipinski, Judy Furnari, David Finnerty, Jay Smith, David Alexander McDonald, Derrick Ferguson, Rhymephile, and Dan Persons for their time and effort in getting the show to this point.  We're going to be wrapping up our first year in August and we look forward to bringing the best in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic art for year two in September.

Want to tell us exactly how you're feeling about the show, but don't like the idea of an email because it's not personal enough?  How about calling us?  You can leave a message with your thoughts on anything we do on The Chronic Rift by dialing  - 1-206-338-0801 - and we may just use your comments on a future episode.

Summer means beaches, sunburns, and even more The Chronic Rift as we go weekly for the entire summer.  Take a look at what we have in the coming months as The Summer of the Rift kicks into gear.

July 6 - Spotlight: Rockne O'Bannon - The Farscape creator talks with us about the new comic series he writes.

July 13 - Roundtable: Star Trek - John and Keith host this special Roundtable from the Shore Leave convention.

July 20 - Spotlight: Match Game 09 - Some of our listeners will get a chance to win prizes as they play the classic Match Game against our Chronic Rift regulars.

July 27 - In Review episode.

August 3 - Spotlight: Mark Deniz - The owner/publisher of Morrigan Books discusses his latest releases.

August 10 - Roundtable - The Thrill of the Audio Drama - The internet and simpler to manage computers and software have made creating original audio dramas much easier.  John and Orenthal take a look at some of the offerings available to the listener, some for free and others for a low price.

August 17 - Spotlight: Fall TV Preview - What can you look forward to seeing on television as the dog days of summer begin to wind down and the leaves start to fall from the trees?  John and the crew take a look and comment on what looks promising and what looks like "Must Skip TV".

August 24 - In Review Episode