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Keith returns with a double length entry that we'll count as two episodes.  To celebrate, he reads his entry in the recently released anthology, Liar, Liar. You can purchase your copy of the anthology through our Amazon store.  In doing so, you not only support Keith and his cabal of writers, but The Rift as well.  Thank you for your support.   Lying is essential to good story-telling. Daily, we writers sit at their computers--or Underwoods or legal pads--and write down a bunch of untruths, piling one on top of another, page after page. We compound them, massage them, edit them, spin them, until we're satisfied that, despite how outlandish or other-worldly these lies are, you the reader will swallow them. (From Sandra Brown's introduction to LIAR LIAR) This gripping new anthology offers a baker's dozen tales of deceit by some of the finest liars in the business. The stories vary in setting, genre, style and tone, but they share a common theme: Each is based on a lie. Even b

Keith takes us on a journey through the return and eventual cancellation of Farscape in comic book form from Boom! Studios.   You can purchase any of the collected Farscape comics through our Amazon store.  In doing so, you support The Chronic Rift Network.  Thank you.    

Author Keith R.A. DeCandido reads from his contribution to the Tales of the Scattered Earth series published by Crossroad Press.Any thoughts on this episode can be left in our forums, or by writing keith@decandido.net, or by calling us toll free 888-866-9010. You can purchase stories from The Scattered Earth series directly from the publisher.     Once, long ago, there was one Earth. It was said that many deities gazed down upon it protectively, and there was balance between them all. Then something went wrong. The balance shifted—toward darkness. Earth was shattered, her people destroyed, her remains scattered far and wide. But the gods survived the cataclysm. They scattered as well, each pursuing a fragment of their former domain. And, when they overtook those shards, the gods drew upon what power remained to them to restore their worshippers to life. These new followers rose from dust and imperfect memory, for the gods too had been injured. Each claimed a new home, and a new

Author Keith DeCandido presents the prologue to one of his latest novels, SCPD: The Case of the Claw.   You can purchase your copy of SCPD: The Case of the Claw through Amazon.com.       The great metropolis of Super City is the home of dozens of costumed heroes: Spectacular Man, the Terrific Trio, the Bruiser, the Superior Six, and more. This isn't their story... When the heroes are done punching out the villains, it's left to the stalwart men and women of the Super City Police Department to restrain them, arrest them, and hope that this time there's enough evidence to actually convict them. SUPER CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT THE CASE OF THE CLAW The mutated spree killer known as the Claw has returned, leaving bloody victims all over Super City. While Homicide detectives try to find out who the Claw really is, uniformed officers must deal with the Bolt's escape from the drunk tank, and the bumblings of aspiring hero Knight Dude. Meanwhile, the Superior Six claim they'll cooperate wit

Author Keith DeCandido presents a chapter from the forthcoming audio version of his latest novel, Unicorn Precinct. You can purchase your copy of Unicorn Precinct through the Rift's Amazon store.  In doing so, you not only support Keith, but you support the show as well. Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure-or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can. Arra Cynnis is the youngest child in one of the most powerful families in the wealthy district of Unicorn Precinct. When she's found murdered, with the culprit's identity hidden from the magical examiner's spells, the Captain of the Guard sends his best investigators. Ex-soldier Torin

Author Keith R.A. DeCandido presents the first in a series of podcasts where he'll be talking about, well, Keith.  In the first episode, Keith tells us about his latest novel, Dungeons & Dragons: Under the Crimson Sun.