MCP SE21 – January Feedback Show

We’re back! Dan, Chris, and Jenivi Seven (voice of Abbey Preston in Whispers in the Wood) read emails and discuss the following topics:

  • Patronage system and the role of the nobility in Metamor
  • Mythopoetics, Reason, and Wonder
  • “Woo”, Bullshit, and THE SECRET
  • God as an explanatory apparatus
  • Qualia of experience vs. objective reality
  • Neo-Primitivism and Avatar
  • Political structure of the Empire of Metamor
  • Erotica a la Carte — “Tears Such As Angels Weep”
  • Chris is a tease
  • When story reflects the writing process
  • Troublesome accents
  • The Eternal Man-Love Shortage

Sound clips from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, That Mitchell & Webb Look, and Guild of the Cowry Catchers.

MCP SE19 – A Lightbringer Carol, Stave I: Father’s Ghost

On the night of the Winter Solstice, Janus Starson is haunted by the spirit of his father. Stave 1 of a 5-stave carol, in prose.

With affection and gratitude to Charles Dickens, whose classic Christmas ghost story has happily haunted my dreams for years.

Written and read by Chris Lester

Edited by Bill Bowman

Music by David Beard and Digital Juice

MCP SE17 – Michigan Cast Round-Table, Part 1

Last Christmas, Chris got together with four of Metamor City’s Michigan voice actors: Bill Bowman, Bryan Watson, Beq Vyper and Sara Lloyd. Wackiness ensued.

Many thanks to Sara Lloyd for doing the editing on this recording. This is a two-parter, the second half of which should drop sometime next week.

Promo:

The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine

Metamor City wins its second Parsec Award!

2010parsecwinnerHi folks!

I’m very proud to announce that The Metamor City Podcast has won the Parsec Award for the second year in a row. This year the honors go to “Whispers in the Wood” (MCP042 through MCP045) for Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form).

I want to give my deepest thanks to the cast and crew of Metamor City, without whom this would not have been possible:

Thanks also to all of the fans who have supported Metamor City over the years, whether through donations, iTunes reviews, sending in feedback, or telling a friend. Without you fine ladies and gents, I wouldn’t be doing this.

Lastly, thanks to Abigail Hilton, who accepted the Parsec Award on my behalf at Dragon*Con this past weekend. Abbie has become a dear friend of mine over the last year; she’s a great author, a fantastic collaborator and one of the finest human beings it has been my privilege to know. You can hear my voice on her podcast novel COWRY CATCHERS as the warrior-intellectual Gwain, and I look forward to continuing to work with her in the years to come, bringing you more awesome stories from both of our fertile brains.

That’s it for now, folks. THINGS UNSEEN is still in progress, and while it’s taking me longer than I had planned, it IS moving forward. Good things are in store for Metamor City, and while I can’t tell you exactly when you’ll see them, I can promise that they will be worth the wait.

Keep it on the bright side!

–Chris

MCP 049 – Dreams of Change, Part 4

Ben has found a refuge for the moment, but his troubles are far from over. The Grace family has secrets of its own, and things only get more complicated when Ben’s unpredictable power strikes again … and this time, he’s not the only target…

Story by Nobilis Reed
Performed by Chris Lester
Edited by Scott Roche and Paulette Jaxton

The Cast:

Chris Lester as Ben Stansfield
Mae Breakall as Female Ben and Natalie-as-Ben
Josh Knapp as Receptionist
Kimi Alexandre as Natalie Grace
Blaque Saber as Leo
Nathan Lowell as Harrison
Philippa Ballantine as Professor Swallowtail
Deirdre Reed as Miss Walters