CONTAGIOUS Episode #26 - FINAL EPISODE!


IN THIS EPISODE:
It all comes down to the final episode. What happens to Perry? To Dew? To Cheslea and her Mommy? How about General Ogden? Margaret and Clarence? And what, pray tell, happens to the great city of Detroit? Are you ready for the final episode of CONTAGIOUS? Click and listen, bitches, click and listen ...

EPISODE SPONSORS: EASTBAY.COM and PERSONAL EFFECTS by JC Hutchins
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THANKS!

Jesus Christ, i got so into your book, i read these last pages and had to hear them from someone else. I cant believe Perry went through this whole 700 page pain service to get hit by the big one, especially without the comfort of Dew, i mean if he would've shot him after i would've been ecstatic. But he died alone, suffering, the way he'd been his WHOLE life. I loved Perry and Dew so much, i spotted the trick before they got hit with the spores, and i almost got in trouble for talking to myself telling them to avoid it. Jesus, what a rush, cant wait to read all your other stuff; and remember what i said about movie rights Respect

Totally justified

Pavlina's picture

Come on, Perry was such a young man it would have been criminal to have him live his life with all that messes up stuff in his head plus no biys down below? Too cruel.

 

Great novel and even though I'm what, two eeks late lsitening to the final episode, I loved it no less.

 

I'm just off to dump acid on my face. I don't want to be in the first wave that has to go. Really, I don't.

 

Luv Ya.


Blowen Away!

Rhinoman's picture

OK, so when do we get the movie? This was awesome. Really enjoyed the whole story, from start to finish. And what a finish! Oh mighty FDO, you have out done yourself. You are certainly destin to rule the world!

Rhinoman


Thanks

Oh Mighty FDO, thanks very much for a fantastic story, I enjoyed every minute of it! Great ending!!! I am, as always, your obedient servant.

YW

scottsigler's picture
Glad to provide the entertainment for all y'all!

Great story!

NedKelly's picture
Cheers mate!

One word:

JP's picture
WOW! A few more words: Infected was great, but Contagious blew it out of the water. Or, uh, the sky. Well, technically space. OK, you get the point. WOW! 

- "When I get a little money I buy books. If any is left over, I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus


Great Story

Chuck75's picture
Even though I bought the book I still had to listen, thanks for  another great story and I look forward to getting my copy of The Rookie.

are those cow footie pjs?

Finaldrive's picture

Is that what you are wearing in your profile pic? If so, HUGE props from me!  Those things are awesome.

If they are not and I've just accidently made fun of something that means a lot to you:  Sorry. But seriously: Ancestor PJs are sweet! 

Undead Champion and Pusher. No power in the Verse can stop me.


Sure...

Sure, Contagious was flippin great entertainment and once again, you proved yourself worthy, but just what have you done for me lately? Seriously Scott, it's been two whole days since the final episode of Contagious was posted and it appears you've retired.  

Honestly though, let me just say thank you! I was thoroughly entertained.

Next, I want you to know that I paid for the audio -- twice, in fact (burned a copy to send to my brother who is now also singing your praises.)  I also dropped a 5 star review on Amazon (and have asked my brother to do likewise). That's my part. Now get back to work! I'm running low on entertainment.

As Wimpy used to say, I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a podcast today.Money mouth


Where's my fuckin' hamburger?

scottsigler's picture
That's the Wimpy for the next millenium. "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a podcast today." Well, I made it just over 24 hours before someone started bitching about the next story hitting the feed, so since that's a new record, I'll call it a win!

Thanks

RudeBwoy's picture

Thanks Sigler! I'm sad Contagious is over, but now I can't wait for the next one!

Cheers!


I feel like.....

BloodStainedTwilight's picture

There is a "ridden hard and put away wet" joke here somewhere.  I'm just not witty enough right now.  But it was AWESOME! 

 

The Sun ALWAYS sets on death when I'm here.


"About 15 seconds."

FriedGeek's picture

*Spoilers* (What the hell? Why would you even be reading these if you were afraid of spoilers?)

WOW. I was watching it come to a head and then, when the condom clad team abandoned the Margotmobile my preconceptions of how the story might play out were shredded. All these story threads then billowing in the wind like so many triangle tentacles... beautiful... lovely triangle... tentacles ...

*COUGH* What?

Oh. So... I was saying... Then the building with the hostages, I was thinking "Where's mommy?"  From then on, "No, he's not gonna do it."  "Oh shit, yes he is!"

My hat off to you sir for not disappointing or taking the easy way out with a nice, everyone high-fiving, hollywood ending.

FYI: (Oddly apt band name) http://www.margotandthenuclearsoandsos.com/


No easy way out

scottsigler's picture
That's the committment I make to the story and the Junkies. No easy way out. If there's a happy ending, it's because that's where the story went and it's the logical conclusion to the characters' actions. No way out for Dew and Perry, sadly ...

Awesome Finish!!

BloodStainedTwilight's picture
Wow oh wow. You did it man. Didn't think it could get better. It did.

The Sun ALWAYS sets on death when I'm here.


Great book Scott

MuchAdo's picture

Loved Contagious more than infected and that usually doesn't happen with sequels!

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." - Goethe


Which is worse? The Nuke or GM going Bankrupt?

Dude!   Only you would nuke Detroit the day before GM declares bankruptcy.   Awesome ending.

I'm probably setting myself up for a heaping helping of abuse, but I've got to confess:   I have not bought a copy of Contagious (yet).   Honestly,  Infected was my least favorite of your novels (even though I bought two copies the day it was available on Amazon).   BUT, Contagious may just have passed the Rookie as my all time favorite Sigler novel.   As the book went on I COULDN'T buy the book because I knew I wouldn't  be able to keep from reading it.

Here is the thing that kept me from doing it.  REGULAR, DEPENDABLE posts every Sunday.   I'm not trying to give you any shit, because beggars can't be choosers, but knowing those posts would come every Sunday, made listening to this book SO NICE.   When I think back to all the shit you were dealing with as you wrote this, it is just incredible that you are taking your game up to such a high level.   I've loved every podcast novel that you've done, but I really wanted to give you props on Contagious...awesome, awesome, awesome work.

Keep it up,  my man!

That's the breaks of the game

scottsigler's picture
My goal is to drop something every Sunday, and now every Wednesday as well (Laughing in the Face of Death columns). Consistency is the key, and once in awhile that will cost me a sale most of the time it will result in more sales. So, you have nothing to apologize for, the choice is always with the customer.

it's over?

n8man's picture
TIME FOR THE TANK

Nate Dogg... The only signature I need is my fist.


I knew you were sick... (spoilers)

...but GODDAMN!!! I was pissed when you killed Dew, but killing Perry makes me want to sharpen the chicken scissors and come find you, FDO or not. You think Annie Wilkes was bad? She's got nothing on a pissed off junkie. Great fuckin' story, Scott, I was on the edge of my seat until the end. Can't wait for Pandemic.

Goddamn, a powerful ending.

Goddamn, a powerful ending. The last chapter ends on such a down note, truly this is the Empire Strikes Back of disease thriller/horror. Oh Scott please release the teaser prologue for Pandemic.

If You've Loved Contagious

Finaldrive's picture

You should sign up to be an Offical Junkie on the site!

 

Its fun and Educational.  Just ask!  You would not believe the stuff I've learned about Sporks alone!!   

No power in the Verse can stop me.


WOW!!!!

I love it!  Sigler, you are one crazy dude!  I gotta go listen to it again!!!


And again

Finaldrive's picture

Starting from the begining and just mainlineing it for 3 days is  the way to go!!   

No power in the Verse can stop me.


The End? I'm glad it's not.

Walsfeo's picture
As testament to the power of Scott’s storytelling I keep thinking about the final episode. I know this is book two in a trilogy, but it was good enough it could have been an ending. And Scott took some amazing risks! Moving on will require a lot of new character development that is uncommon in a trilogy – at least on this scale.  

Book one in this series was good, but not as much my cup of tea as stories like Nocturnal, but book two was an amazing story that is amongst my favorites.


Book Three (PANDEMIC) is going to take some work

scottsigler's picture
You've got that right, Walsfeo. A lot of work ahead of me. The biology research alone is at least three months worth -- it's going to get ugly.

If it were easy...

It's the research and character development that make it worth reading/listening to.  BTW, if you haven't read it yet, The Swarm by Frank Schatzing is another great example of this genre.

Twowire

Twowire's picture
*Falls to his knee's, fist clenched, faced raised to the sky & screams* NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHY, OH WHY!!! *Hangs his head, throat raw & weeps for the loses*
Damn, you Scott! Damn you and me to hell!!! I feel I've actually lost old friends!
I can only hope retribution comes in the form of Pandemic.....
"What the hell is happening? I blew up the building. Why? Because you made a phone call."

Them bitches had to go ...

scottsigler's picture
Honestly? I did not want to kill Dew and Perry. But the way the story played out, it had to happen. Just remember, in a Sigler story, no one is sacred, everyone is expendable, and sooner or later the shit's going to hit the fan.

Well at least

Twowire's picture
We've still got Margo and Otto, for now. Really, really looking forward to Pandemic after the epic ending to Contagioius.
 
"What the hell is happening? I blew up the building. Why? Because you made a phone call."

And...!

JP's picture
We still have Pookie!

 

- "When I get a little money I buy books. If any is left over, I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus


Yes Pookie!

Twowire's picture
And that new swinging SFPD Chief!
"What the hell is happening? I blew up the building. Why? Because you made a phone call."

Yes!

JP's picture
Tell you what: that guy is soooo happy!

 

- "When I get a little money I buy books. If any is left over, I buy food and clothes." - Erasmus


They were dead the second they planed the fishing trip...

Walsfeo's picture

They just didn't know it yet. 

 

While it would have been possible to save 'em, it took balls (both yours and the ones Pery lost) to kill them off. Dew ended up being a great character, and I went from not giving a shit about Perry to really liking him as well. By ending it the way you did you stayed true to the way you built them up. Good job.

 

As an aside - I wonder what the triangles, or tri-angels, would do if the'd been locked onto a nocturnal.  


Nocturnals with triangles? Hmmmm ...

scottsigler's picture
Maybe there's a short story in there somewhere. How, exactly, do you make the Nocturnals even more psycho?

How about an Ancestor

Twowire's picture
 With triangles eating a Nocturnal?
 
"What the hell is happening? I blew up the building. Why? Because you made a phone call."

Make him hafta wait

Wolf's picture

for the next podcast to drop!!! That always makes me more psycho! 

 

cooltext417150340


More psycho?

Finaldrive's picture

Undead Champion and Pusher 

No power in the Verse can stop me.


Darn

Twowire's picture
I was so shaken I dropped an "s" in losses. Anybody see it anywhere?
 
 
"What the hell is happening? I blew up the building. Why? Because you made a phone call."

Sorry, bro....

Wolf's picture

I ain't seen your "s" anywhere. But then, I ain't been looking for your "s" either! 

 

cooltext417150340


I think I saw it

Finaldrive's picture

mixed in with your Crack Hits.   

No power in the Verse can stop me.


I hate it when

Finaldrive's picture

my profile pic gets cut off. It looks like I'm a little kid trying to see over the fence.  Or some creepy neighbor trying to watch you while your sunbathing.

That's probably more accurate.

No power in the Verse can stop me.


Zombie?

Finaldrive's picture

Radioactive Zombie Triangle?

I would vote yes.

No power in the Verse can stop me.


Listening now

Walsfeo's picture

Wow. Well done.

Some of those conversations were artful, the whole thing was seriously intense.


Tear in my eye...

flashman's picture

at the end, sniff

==================================
Neil laughed. "I'm a soldier, not a cop, ma'am."

MEH-TALLLLLLLL!!!

 


Its bitter sweet.

Finaldrive's picture

I've never felt so strongly about the fate of characters.  It was painful in some places.   

No power in the Verse can stop me.


Server Down!

Walsfeo's picture
I can't get it through iTunes, or from this site, even if I'm logged in.

Sweet Ending

DystopianDream's picture
Sweetness!

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  Server is down

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