NOCTURNAL

NOCTURNAL teasing time. This will be a key set in the novel NOCTURNAL. That's all I'm going to say, you Damn Dirty Junkies.

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #1

It has been far too long since I screwed with you, you Damn Dirty Junkie. Welcome to San Francisco, done up all Sigler style. There are things here that lurk far below the streets, and far above them. Things that think you look damn tasty. These things have been watching, waiting, and it's almost time for them to come out into the light ...

Call the GORE line, Bitches: 206-666-4673

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Click on the Google Map above to check out the NOCTURNAL locations.

 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #2

Bryan's dreams continue, but this time they go beyond merely stalking the boys and move towards murder. Bryan's drawing (shown above) is the only thing that lets him escape the terror of his dreams.

Aggie James awakens to find himself in some kind of a white-painted dungeon. There are others with him, a family of three that looks Chinese but sounds American ...

Rex realizes that there are bullies worse than Alex Panos, namely, his foster mother Roberta.

PODCAST NOVEL PROMOS IN THIS EPISODE:

- Playing for Keeps
- Black Shadow
- Crescent
- Serve it Cold

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Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #3

Bryan and Pookie investigate a new murder scene that paints Bryan in a very bad light. Sammy and Jimmy deliver a body to the San Francisco morgue, where they hand it off to Bryan's ex-girlfriend Robin Hudson.

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Email Our Military
• Seth Harwood

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Call-In #1

No story content in this one, no urinating murderers, just a whole bunch of happy Junkies calling in to sing the praises of NOCTURNAL and to give me the usual ration of shit.

LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE.

• JC Hutchins - 7th Son
• Buffy Between the Lines
• The Big Damn Sequel
• Digital Grafitti

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Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #4

Bryan and Pookie have a sit-down with San Francisco Chief of Police Amy Zou and Deputy Chief Sean Robertson. Pookie does analysis on the symbols recovered from the Alex Panos murder site, with help from John "The Black Mr. Burns" Smith. Bryan just doesn't know for sure if he killed that kid or not ...

PODCAST FICTION MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Buffy Between the Lines
• Murder at Avedon Hill
• Failed Cities Monologues by that Rat Bastard™ Matt Wallace

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Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #5

Rex learns of the death of his hated bully Alex Panos, and his reaction is not what you might expect. Robin Hudson runs genetic fingerprinting on the saliva of Alex's murderer, and what she finds seems quite strange. Bryan dreams of stalking yet again - will there be another body when he wakes up? And as for Pookie? Well, he's just Pookie.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• SUNDERED podcast novel promo
• Podcast Junky

At left is the second symbol Bryan found at the Alex Panos murder scene.

EPISODE ERROR: Yes, I screwed up the XX & XY thing. I'm not sure how much crack I had to smoke to not notice this verbal switch -- I'm guessing it was the third rock, maybe the fourth.

THIS EPISODE:
Pookie plays cleanup at the Paul Fischer murder site. The mysterious symbols appear yet again, and Pookie decides it's time to go see Mr. Biz-Nass, hack fortune teller and expert on the San Francisco occult scene. Robin Hudson finishes her karotype analysis of Alex Panos' murderer, only to find a genetic combination that's never been seen before.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
QUARTER SHARE podcast novel

 

INFECTED READY TO ORDER! Release the Junkies!

IN THIS EPISODE:
I made two mistakes, which I correct here. Mention this to anyone and you're dead!

Houston is in the lead for the INFECTED book tour, but it's far from over. Vote now!

Pusher Pulsar stepped up to help out Robbie T with this site's server problems. Link to the thread is at the bottom of this post if you want to thank him.

 

JAPAN: The latest nation to fall to the Sigler Ascension assault. Here are the flags of nations crushed under my bootheel thus far:

 

EPISODE LINKS:

• NOCTURNAL Google Map
• Pulsar's server move page
• NOCTURNAL Wiki Page (check it!)

Order away! INFECTED available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of this blog (it's black with a big eye on it, ya TechTard!).

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #7

Shorter episode because I have to start recording the INFECTED audiobook this week. Call-in episode is recorded thanks to Jamie Jordan of the Gaming Uncensored podcast.

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan and Pookie enlist the services of sketch artist Chooch Rodriguez to draw pictures of the people in Bryan's dreams -- the people that have not been murdered ... yet. The first drawing reveals someone that Pookie already knows. Will Bryan and Pookie reach this person in time?

AFTER THE EPISODE:
An update on the Sigler Stank™ INFECTED book tour contest (hint: Houston, you do not have a problem).

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Adventures in SciFi Publishing
• View From the Quad
• KnitWitch SciFi Fantasy Zone
• Cup Car Update

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Click here to download
NOCTURNAL Bonus Episode #3

We've got Junkie call-ins from the Gore Line, plus:

PUBCRAWL:
Friday, December 14 in San Jose at the Brittania House, 8 pm. Click here for a link.

BLOODCAST SEASON #1 :
The first installment of my short story collection is now posted to Podiobooks.com.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Obscure 80's Podcast

PRODUCED BY:
Jamie Jordan of the Gaming Uncensored podcast.

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NOCTURNAL Episode #1 PDFClick here to download
NOCTURNAL Episode #1 PDF

Junkies, use this to spread the Gospel of Siglerism. This PDF will let you get non-techies hooked on the story. They can read it on their computer and use the big-honkin' play button to hear my wonderful voice, or you can print it and hand it to them. Either way, it gives me a chance to hook them with the beginning of the story.

Also, there is an AWESOME explanation of Podcasting on the last two pages. Hell, even the King of the TechTards™ (a.k.a. "Scott Sigler") could understand podcasting after reading this puppy.

Order away! INFECTED available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of this blog (it's black with a big eye on it, ya TechTard!).

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #8

IN THIS EPISODE:
Frank Lanza and Firstborn meet, giving us insight into Lanza's plan for San Francisco. Robin Hudson and Stone Mason delve further into the mysterious Zed chromosome. Homicide detective Bryan Clauser visits his opinionated father before joining his parther Pookie Chang as the two question Marco Gastineau, the sole witness to Kyle Souller's murder.

LATEST JUNKIE VICTIM:
Robert Wicks is the lucky Junkie to be immortalized in the pages of NOCTURNAL. Listen for his name in this episode.

AFTER THE EPISODE:
Deadline announced for the Sigler Stank™ book tour contest. Get your votes in now by clicking on the blue WANTED picture at top right.

BONUS STUFF:
The guys over at Variant Frequencies are pimping their Christmas present to podiobook fans everywhere. Click on the picture at left to get a free PDF with stories from the Failed Cities Monologues, written by this gigantic award-winning douchebag named Matt Wallace. Seriously, if you haven't heard this podiobook, you're only cheating yourself. This PDF is extra content after the main story, but if it's written by Wallace, it's worth your time. Oh and please read everything the man has now, because I'm going to have to have him killed soon, and when he's gone, so is his fiction.

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Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #9

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang just saw their only witness assassinated, a bow-and-arrow hit fired by a guy five stories up and eighty feet away. Bryan gives chase as Pookie deals with the victim. Word has come down from Frank Lanza that it's time for Johnny Yee to go -- when the Little Men come for Johnny, will he find a way to escape and seek revenge for his wife and son?

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Metamor City Podcast: stories & novels
• AudioMetrix interview with David Kanter

LAST CHANCE TO VOTE:
December 31 is your last chance to get Sigs to your town as part of the INFECTED book tour. Get your votes in now by clicking here.

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Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #9.5

IN THIS EPISODE:
Pookie and Bryan go to the San Francisco morgue to examine the arrowhead that killed Marco Gastineau.

FUTURE DARK OVERLORD MESSES UP!
Bit of a screw-up here, Junkies - I left this chapter out of Episode #10. Therefore, sandwhiching between #9 and #10 as "Episode #9.5." Let's just call it a "bonus episode" and you can shower me with thanks. That works for me ...

 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #10

Eye Dagger: The symbol found on the shaft of the arrow that killed Marco Gastineau.

IN THIS EPISODE: Bryan and Pookie grab the arrowhead that killed Marco Gastineau and take it to Bryan's favorite person, Mr. Biz-Nass. The tourette's-afflicted, larnyx-cancer-surviving fortune teller has seen these symbols before, and it seems there is more to fear than just Marie's Children. Robin Hudson, the San Fran medical examiner, tracks down more clues about the strange murder weapon -- she not only discovers who made the arrowhead, but where that person lives ... right in San Francisco's uber-wealthy Pacific Heights neighborhood. JUNKIES KILLED IN THIS EPISODE (well, at least NAMED in this episode) Martyn Casserly, a.k.a "martyndarkly" Jane Kohner, a.k.a. "s13Cybergal" PODCAST/BLOGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Mark Nemcoff's Transistor Rodeo podcast novel The Blog of Helljack

V-Cross Symbol:: The symol of the Saviors

 

 

 

Click Here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #11

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan set about stalking Savior, hunting a hunter. Pookie does the leg work running down leads - Marco Gastineau's landlord, Jebidiah Erickson's background, and teaming with Black Mister Burns analyzing the arrowhead symbols. Robin Hudson finally gets to go home, where she sees her dog Emma and her neighbor, Big Gay Max.

SIGLER ASCENSION MISSION #1 - AMAZON REVENGE:
Do you use Amazon.com? Do you have 10 minutes to help your Future Dark Overlord? Then CLICK HERE.

JUNKIE'S NOCTURNAL PHOTO TOUR OF SAN FRANCISCO:
Click here to see this. Junkie Snafu visited San Francisco and used Google Maps to visit all the settings in NOCTURNAL. You gotta check this out, Junkies, this is a lot of fun -- you can see the "sets" of NOCTURNAL as they really look.

NOCTURNAL GOOGLE MAP UPDATED:
Click here to see the map with Jebidiah Erickson's house added, as is the spot where Marco Gastineau bought it.

HOUSTON WINS!
Houston, TX is the fifth city on the Sigler Stank™ book tour, probably to run April-May 2008. Houston kicked ass with 76 votes

JUNKIES IN THIS EPISODE:

• Kees Marjis, aka Junkie Flummox
• Earl Dyer (sorry, Earl, can't find your damn profile page ...)

PODCASTS MENTIONED:

• Black Shadow podcast novel

I've got a lot of visually impaired listeners who've been asking for a Braille version of INFECTED. Well, there will not be a Braille version on April 1, nor is there one planned. Crown Publishing doesn't print the Braille versions, they license out the titles to Braille publishers. So far, they haven't been approached.

So my friends, listen in to the free podcast version (which launches in March), buy the CD and/or audiobook download (with the 50 pages of extra story), or start emailing Braille publishers, tell them you think this Sigler cat is the hottest shit on the burner and tell them to contact crownbiz@randomhouse.com. 

Click here to play NOCTURNAL Episode #12

IN THIS EPISODE:
Robin demands a late-night meeting with Bryan and Pookie - she's found the connection between the murders of Alex Panos, Kyle Souller and Marco Gastineau. Pookie also continues his research, examining the police records of the Golden Gate Park Slasher case. 

SIGLER ASCENSION NEWS:
Two more countries fall to Siglerism as we roll through the former Soviet Bloc. Good times roll easier on tank treads, my friends. 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #13

Scott covered in DeathRay Magazine: Scott and JC Hutchins get some coverage in this kick-ass UK scifi horror magazine. Click to see the PDF of the article, or get thine ass to a bookstore and pick up a copy.IN THIS EPISODE:

• Maggie O'Donnell deals with the aftermath of Pookie's examination of the Golden Gate Park Slasher case.
• Bryan and Pookie have a strange showdown with Chief Zou.
• Rex is realizing his newfound place in the high school social ladder.
• Aggie James is doomed ... or is he? Is there a way out of this nightmare?

JUNKIES BECOME CHARACTERS IN THIS EPISODE:

• CJ "Gmork" Wellman
• Donald "Wallerdad" Martin
• Jesse "Qeldroma" Sharrow
• Geordon "medic" Van Tassle
• Thomas "Treed" Reed
• Chuck "HwyHzrd" Baker

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Buffy Between the Lines
• Seth Harwood's Jack Wakes up
• Jovian Gate Chonricles
• Into The Dark/Computer King
• J.C. Hutchins

Click here to download the NOCTURNAL promo

Got a podcast? Throw this promo in for your Future Dark Overlord™, then email me the link at scott@scottsigler.net, and you may ... I stress, MAY ... be kept of the list of the Pogrom's first round. Really, it's your best shot at survival. I suggest you take it. Yep, that's the golden voice of Ranger Bob, who has voiced my promos for over two years now.

Oh yea, there's a wee little plot teaser in here as well ... 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #14

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang rush to have a conversation with retired homicide detective Francis Parkmeyer. Parkmeyer was the lead investigator on the Golden Gate Park Slasher case decades ago. He's retired and senile most of the time, so when he has his "good days," Bryan and Pookie need to get as much out of him as they can before he slips back into senility. As soon as they finish with Parkmeyer, they are off to question Rex Deprovdechuk a 13-year-old boy who is now a main suspect in four murders and three disappearances.

BOYCO:
Whatever happened to Jay Parlar and Issac Moses of BoyCo? We get part of the answer in this episode.

Monsters?
Are they, or are they not monsters? Sly and Pierre are back, as is something new ...

 

Sigs and J.C. Hutchins snagged the cover of Blogger & Podcaster magazine - click on the cover above to launch an online version of the mag.Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #15

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang pay a visit to 13-year-old murder suspect Rex Deprovdechuk.

MEDIA COVERAGE:
Some bitchin' cover love from reporter Dan Klass for Blogger & Podcaster magazine. Yeah, bitches, you heard me, the cover. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Somehow my nemsis J.C. Hutchins hacked his way into the article ... that guy is not a TechTard, unfortunately.

NEWS:
- Third Anniversary podcasting present for all y'all (you have to listen in to know what it is)
- SiglerStank book tour announced!

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- DarkAge podcast novel
- Mur Lafferty
- Tee Morris
- Mark Jeffrey

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #16

IN THIS EPISODE:
Rex Deprovdechuk made his first entry into the subterranean realms of Marie's Children, and beneath the streets of San Francisco, he sees the home he never had. While Bryan Clauser kept watch on Jebediah Erickson's house, Pookie Chang made the call to Judge Rodriguez to get a late-night warrant. Warrant approved, Pookie is on his way to pick up that warrant, then meet up with Bryan to finally go after the evidence to nail Erickson on murder charges. Episode #16 also marks the first appearance of Tard, another of Marie's Children.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Fitness Attack
• The Under Development Podcast
• Silverwolf

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #17

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Bryan and Pookie cross the line as they break into Jebediah Erickson's house. Inside, they find the door to the basement -- a place Bryan has seen in his nightmares.
• Robin Hudson and Stone Mason analyze urine from the mob hit murder scenes, as well as the semen of Rex Deprovdechuk. What will this new genetic information tell them about the mysterious Zed chromosomes?
• Frank Lanza's grip on the city tightens, but the Russian mob isn't done with him yet
• Aggie James may finally get his chance to live -- but only if he goes with Hillary

HELP PROMOTE INFECTED: MISSIONS #2 and #3

• Mission #2: Let Scott soil your cell phone with INFECTED ringtones and wall papers
• Mission #3: Got a podcast? Then fire up the promo for INFECTED, ya Damn Dirty New Media Junkie

GENERAL SIGLERISIMO IS EVERYWHERE ...

• Scott is guest blogging at AMCTV.com

PRINT FICTION PROMOS IN THIS EPISODE

• Matt Wallace's THE NEXT FIX
• Seth Harwood's JACK WAKES UP

 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #18

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan and Pookie's ordeal in Erickson's basement continues, as Rex learns more about his new "family." Aggie James has a chance to live, but what what price? What will Hillary ask of him, and how does it involve the mysterious "Mommy?"

LAST CHANCE TO BE ORIGINAL JUNKIE:
Sign up now on this very site! If you have a profile already, you are an original Junkie. If not, March 16 is the deadline. After that, you can be a Junkie of many flavors and stripes, but you can't be an Original Junkie. What's that get you? An icon on your profile. Yep, I am just that kind of big-spender.

NOCTURNAL Google Map is rawkin!SHOW NOTES & LINKS:

• NOCTURNAL Map updates - see the locations of the buried ships Click to see that shiz
• Scott's guest blog over at AMCTV.com - the Michael Myers Makeover Click to see that shiz
• Pictures of the INFECTED hardcover are posted Click to see that shiz
• INFECTED's starred review in Publishers Weekly (what kind of crack are they smoking and where can I get some?) Click to see that shiz, and you'll have to scroll down a bit.

 

Junkies, Pulsar and I made a change today to move the original feed source from scottsigler.podshow.com to scottsigler.com - this means nothing to most of you, because we use FeedBurner to create the main feed, which is feeds.feedburner.com/scottsigler (that's what's in your iTunes subscription).

Howeve, being the TechTard that I am, shiz might go wrong. If it does, we blame J.C. Hutchins for messing up the site. He's an ass, alwasy screwing up my data!

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #19

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan, Pookie, Black Mister Burns, Big Tonda Murphy and Wee Chee Yen deal with the aftermath of the Jebediah Erickson fight. Erickson is passed out on the sidewalk after Bryan threw a big-ass silver knife into the man's belly, so deep that the point came out Erickson's back. Meanwhile, Aggie James faces the horror that is ... Mommy.

SHOW NOTE LINKS:
Click here to promote Siglerism with free stuff at Infectednovel.com. Get free postcards, stickers, printable flyers and do-it-yourself CDs to infect those poor suckers around you who have not yet received the Word of Siglerism.

Click here if you've got a site and you want to run some INFECTED banner ads.

Click here to pimp out your Instant Messengers or your Twitter icon with the April 1 INFECTED icon.

Click here for Passenger Part Three, link fixed, episode re-posted - intergalactic canibalism, at your service.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
The Astral Audio Experience
The Adventures of Indiana Jim

 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #20

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang take refuge with Robin Hudson. They have gone against the wishes of Chief of Police Amy Zou, and they know consequences can't be far behind.

Agggie James just watched The Mexican's rape at the hands of Mommy, and now will do anything to escape the catacombs. He will have to obey the wishes of Hillary, who has promised him a way out ... if, he performs a certain, as-yet unnamed task for her.

IN THE NEXT EPISODE:
Frank Lanza makes his move on Dimitri Vassiloff

 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #22

IN THIS EPISODE:
Rex is back in the mix, and starting to understand his role in the bigger picture. Or does he truly understand his role, or what Sly think his role should be? Firstborn finishes up with the Russians, and wonders why things were so easy. And ... the return of Tard!

FUTURE DARK OVERLORD™ ON TOUR:
Short episode this week because of kick-ass INFECTED tour stops in L.A., Seattle and San Francisco. Home for two days, then off to New York City on April 9, and Houston on April 11.

GET THEE TO AMAZON.COM AND REVIEW INFECTED!
Now is the time, my Junkies, to hit the INFECTED page at Amazon.com and leave a review if you haven't all ready. Click here to get that shiz!

POPE SIGLERICUS XXX, MEDIA DOUCHEBAG DARLING:
This flavor-of-the-month shit is fun! Check out the media assault that's going on now:

• San Francisco Chronicle feature with Seth Harwood Read it!
• Ultra Creatives interview on J.C. Hutchinssss new show Hear it!
• Fox TV in NYC did a little sumpin'-sumpin' on General Siglerissimo Watch it!
• Want to know the movie influences that went into INFECTED? Read it, and comment on it!
• The very science-ish This Week in Science (TWiS) hosted a very ill FDO™ Hear it!

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #23

What happens to Aggie?: Something bad happens to one of your favorite characters, in a spot that looks a lot like this ...

IN THIS EPISODE:
Twenty-seven minutes of pure story goodness! Aggie James finally makes it out of the lair of Marie's Children, but what is waiting for him on the outside? Sean Robertson is back to his underhanded tricks -- does he have Bryan Clauser's number? You can't keep Pookie Chang out of an episode, and Chief Amy Zou finds out she's got to deal with a huge mess after the Russians tried to take out Frank Lanza.

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #24

IN THIS EPISODE:
Firstborn returns home, but while he's been gone Rex Deprovdechuk has been a very busy young lad. Bryan Clauser and Pookie Chang get a chance to visit face-to-face with Jebediah Erickson, a.k.a. "The Savior." Sub-chief Sean Robertson is trying to get Bryan off the case, but Bryan's persistence could mean trouble. Big trouble, and not just the kind you'd find in Little China.

MAY 1: FUTURE DARK OVERLORD™ INVADES SAN MATEO:
Join the FDO™ for a live reading of INFECTED at the M is for Mystery Bookstore.

PODCAST NOVELS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• The Two Travellers by podiobook legend Mark Jeffery
• Sculpting God by J. Daniel Sawyer
• OBSIDIAN project by J.C. Hutchinsssssss
• FDO™ interviewed on Ultra Creatives
  

Junkies,

Back from a Vegas trip and Mrs. Future Dark Overlord™ (a.k.a., the "Evil Queen™") is a bit ill. I'm working on NOCTURNAL Episode #25, but I must sacrifice several chickens and a pomeranian to make a poultice necessary to nurse the Evil Queen™ back to full health. 

- FDO™ -

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #25

IN THIS EPISODE:
- Bryan and Pookie deal with the aftermath of Bryan's meltdown at San Francisco General Hospital.
- Frank Lanza goes into hiding after the Russian attack, but he won't hide for long
- Sub-Chief Sean Robertson needs to reach Lanza, because something must be done about Bryan & Pookie ...

FUTURE DARK OVERLORD™ LIVE!

- Book reading on May 1 in San Mateo, CA, at "M Is For Mystery" bookstore

COOL IMAGES FROM EPISODE #25

iPhone screenshotStep right up! Step right up! Get your Sigler content on iPhones right here!

That's right, Junkies, thanks to Pulsar, RobbieT and especially Drew Domkus of Dawn & Drew fame, we now have the most awesome tool to get your Sigler goodness right on your iPhone, smart phone or PlayStation Portable.

Just click on the picture at left, or go right to www.scottsigler.com/iphone.

It looks like poop in a browser window, but on your phone or PSP it looks like the gates of heaven themselves, swinging open to grant you 27 virgins (that comes straight from Pope Siglericus XXX, and he knows this shit!). 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #26

EARLY!
Yeah, this is the Sunday episode posted one day early. Next NOCTURNAL episode hits May 18.

IN THIS EPISODE:
Aggie got out of the tunnels, but what's up with his head? What's up with the baby? Bryan and Pookie finally meet Aggie, and discover a major clue in the story of Marie's Children. Meanwhile, the chickens are coming home to roost for Sean Robertson, who has to have a sit-down with a very pissed-off Frank Lanza. But someone else will be in that meeting, someone who will change the lives of both men, forever.

MISSION: EMAIL THE INFECTED TRAILER FROM YOUTUBE:
This is a simple mission that helps you, help me. Click here to see the INFECTED movie trailer on YouTube. Go to that link, click the "SHARE" button below the video, then click the "EMAIL" button, then type a personal message and paste in 10, 20, even 30 emails of friends you think would dig that hot INFECTED action. Hit "send," and the General may spare you life in the Ascension. At the very least, Pope Siglericus XXX will give your soul a blessing (in case General Siglerisimo kills you anyway, which, to be honest, is likely to happen).

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #27

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan Clauser visits Robin Hudson, and delivers the blanket that was wrapped around Aggie's "baby." Bryan also delivers two other samples, and needs Robyn to test all of them for the Zed chromosome.

Russian gangster Pavil "Fat Boy" Rockmanov was wounded in the gunfight between Dmitri Vasillof and Frank Lanza. Pavil needs medical attention, but will that lead to trouble for Gennady Ivanovich, Vassilof's right-hand man?

John "Black Mister Burns" Smith finishes his report on the historical murder rate of San Francisco, and delivers that report to Pookie Chang -- hint, the news is not good.

JUNKIE-CHARACTERS IN THIS EPISODE:
Yvone Escajeda a.k.a. Vegidragon	Bryce Hidysmith a.k.a. Someone	Dr. Derek Sheldon a.k.a. Space_Mouse

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
• Classic Tales Podcast by B.J. Harrison: the hit free classic literature
• Singularity podcast novel by Bill DeSmedt: a hard-science thriller
• UC Radio - Mike Yusi's podsafe rawk music show

First of all, wishing the best on this Memorial Day to any of you who have lost a loved one in the service.

A big triple-whammy hit home this week to delay the episode. First, I was the Toastmaster at the BayCon scifi convention in Santa Clara, CA. Good times! I introduced myself as "the toastiest thing this side of a Denny's breakfast bar," and the good times just rolled from there. I can say with a straight face that I had a few beverages at a Klingon party, then stood in the hall I designated as "the tough part of the hotel" and screamed "just keep on walkin'!" to the people in bad fairy costumes, then finished the night with a live performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show by "Barely Legal." Two in the morning comes with a price tag, my friends.

BayCon occupied me through Monday night. Second part of the double-whammy? NOCTURNAL Episode #28 looks like it will be over an hour of pure story. I've been recording and editing all friggin' day. Seven hours straight.

The third wammy? I have a tight deadine for the first draft of CONTAGIOUS and have to write that at night, no exceptions. When I don't have a NOCTURNAL episode due, I'll be writing CONTAGIOUS all day.  

So, NOCTURNAL Episode #28 will post on Wednesday, May 28.  

Madsen boogie: Check out this movie clip which is part of a scene in Episode #28Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #28

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #29

Punnett Diagram for Marie's ChildrenIN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan goes for a ride with the Jessups. Chief Zou lays down the law, but wihtout all that pesky legal code. Doctor Stone Mason and Robin finally nail down the genome of Marie's Children. 

NEXT EPISODE:
Still dealing with the SMOD™ and the Future Dark Dog is in bad days. So don't expect the next episode of NOCTURNAL for 2-3 weeks. Quit yer bitchin', I'm going as quick as the speed of light will allow.

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #30

SFGH Showdown: This is where Bryan & Rex throw down.IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan and the Jessups race to San Francisco General Hospital to rescue Savior from Rex, Sly, Pierre and Sucka.

DESIGN THE CRYPT:
Click here to learn how you can design the warship in Scott's new scifi/horror novel.

 Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #31

It's back! No more delays, Junkies, let's get this party started!

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan's fight to rescue Savior heats up as he goes toe-to-toe with Pierre. The Russians and the Mob put their pieces in place for the end game, and Robyn's next on Rex's hit parade

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
The incomparable Mur Lafferty and her Playing for Keeps free audiobook.

OTHER STUFF:
- I address where I've been and why NOCTURNAL #31 is so, freakin', LATE!
- An update on CONTAGIOUS
- A big rant explaining my last big rant, that pissed off some Junkies

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #32

IN THIS EPISODE:
Robin and Big Gay Max deal with the people that are lurking about in her apartment. Bryan, Adam Jessup, and Alder Jessup flee San Francisco General Hospital with the Savior and a wounded cop in tow. Pookie Chang contemplates a career change ... Chang Bang, anyone? (apparently, the first time I posted this episode, Hutchinssss snuck in and removed the audio from the Black Mister Burns phone conversation. The error has been corrected. Hutchinnsss has been targeted for elimination, but he's crafty...)

ART CONTESTS: BE A PART OF THE SIGLER UNIVERSE
• Design the PUV James Keeling, the featured ship in THE CRYPT
• Design an insignia for a military unit featured in CONTAGIOUS, the sequel to INFECTED

PODCASTS PLUGGED IN THIS EPISODE
• Young Junius free podcast novel by Seth Harwood
• Second Floor Lounge music podcast
• CrimeWAV free crime-fiction podcast

2008 FDO™ PODCASTING SCHEDULE
Click here to read it and weep, bitches ... weep with joy, that is.

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Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #33

Pookie knows Bryan is wanted for the murder of Francis Parkmeyer, and the SFPD is en route to Robin Hudson's apartment. Will the cops find Robin in Bryan's arms? Police Chief Amy Zou has her own problems, trying to get Dimitri Vassiloff and Frank Lanza onboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien -- if she doesn't, her daughters Tabz and Mur won't make it through the night. Aggie James can't shake the threats of Hillary; he'll do whatever it takes to avoid the dreaded Groom's Walk. And yes, Junkies, it's the return of Mister Biz-Nass.

LINKS:

• Click here to see designs for THE CRYPT, or follow the same link to enter the contest and design the ship yourself
• Click here to see Unit Insignia designs for The Exterminators, a military unit featured in the upcoming hardcover novel CONTAGIOUS
• Click here for Google map of a "Nocturnalized" San Francisco, including the locations in Episode #33 (Robin's apartment, Pier 45, The Golden Gate Yacht Club and the office of Mister Biz-Nass).
• Click here to learn about the liberty ship The Jeremiah O'Brien

PROMOS IN THIS EPISODE
• James Melzer's free podcast novel THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES
• Free talk podcast The Legion of Lethargic Super Geeks

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #34

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bonehead is in some deep trouble as Bryan and Pookie take him back to the Jessup's house. Savior is rescued, but in bad shape, and so is Robin's dog Emma. Black Mister Burns and Mister Biz-Nass are on their way as well. Meanwhile, Frank Lanza had better get to the S.S. Jeremiah O' Brien, because Chief Amy Zou is waiting, she's got a nine, and that chick ain't playin' ...

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
• Astral Audio Experience
• Soccergirl (the Soccergirl podcast, RIP)

We're heading into the final show-down in NOCTURNAL, and most of it takes place on board the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, a retired WWII Liberty Ship that resides on Pier 45 in San Francisco. Your FDO™ is once again venturing into uncharted territory -- since this is an accessible "set," I'm going to show you what the set looks like before-hand so you can mentally follow the action (click the "read more" tag below to see the rest of this post). 

BoingBoingTV's tour of the O'Brien: Todd Lapin takes a tour of this classic ship Central Valley Reports footage on O'Brien: Some great history and archival photos of the O'Brien

A tour of the O'Brien is a bad-ass thing. Big-ol' honkin' machine guns and cannons (which, sadly, are not working and the FDO™ was not allowed to rain shells upon downtown San Francisco).  The tiny four-man rooms of the O'Brien give you much respect for the men that served on these ships for long, dangerous Atlantic crossings. So take a look around. You'll soon see some of these same "sets" in the finale of NOCTURNAL, as Rex, The Ninja, Pooks, Sly, Pierre, Chief Zou, Frank Lanza, Dimitri Vassiloff and some other interesting friends get together for what promises to be one hell of a party.  Here's a couple more vids: Short engine room tour (visual only) A look at the stern The O'Brien's view of Fisherman's wharf and the pier:

 

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #35

IN THIS EPISODE:
Bryan and Pookie race toward Pier 45 to take care of business and avenge Robin Hudson. Chief Amy Zou has to find a way to get the Jeremiah O'Brien out into the bay -- how far will she go? Rex's hold on the Nocturnals grows even stronger.

BONUS CONTENT (a.k.a., "Scott's Jibber Jabber")
• Winner announced in the "Design the Crypt" contest
• Winner announced in the "Design the Exterminators' Patch" contest
• FDO™ BFA (that's a Big Frickin' Announcement): Addictive Comics!
• The new promo for CONTAGIOUS
• A promo for Jeremy Robinson's new novel KRONOS

SHOW SPONSOR:
Episode #35 is sponsored by Eastbay.com. Shop for your athletic gear, get low prices, and then use the code "Sigler15" to take an additional 15 percent off your entire order!

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #36

We're almost done, Junkies -- this is the second-to-last episode in this sprawling tale of evolution gone wrong. San Francisco will never be the same. One more episode coming up next week, and then the story of Bryan, Pookie, Rex, Amy, Lanza and Vasiloff is over.

IN THIS EPISODE:
Rex's plan finally comes together as the SS Jeremiah O'Brien departs. Frank Lanza and Dimitri Vassiloff are on board, as are their lieutenants. Bryan and Pookie race to board the ship before it departs, but will they make it on time? 

THE VIDEO TOUR OF THE S.S. JEREMIAH O'BRIEN
Want to see what that ship looks like? >Click here.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Andy Remic's Spiral, a free podcast novel >Click here.

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #37

IN THIS EPISODE:
Fifty-seven full minutes of episode -- Bryan has a bad day, Pookie sacks up, Amy deals and Dimitri makes his move.

LONG-WIND WARNING:
Between Scott's rants and a long "story so far" by J.C. Hutchins (a noted enemy of Siglerism), there's about eight minutes of intro in this bad boy. Hey, you got 57 minutes of story, so as Richard Pryor once said, have a Coke and a smile and shut the fuck up.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
• The Podcasts of Mike Bennett
• 7th Son Trilogy
• 7th Son: Obsidian (including Scott's story EUSOCIAL NETWORKING)

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #38

IN THIS EPISODE: 38 MINUTES OF NEW STORY
The fight aboard the Jeremiah O'Brien continues. The explosion of Dragonbreath is the visual cue that ties our storylines together -- Bryan, Pookie, Dimitri, Lanza, Firstborn, Rex and Sly.  Bryan is badly wounded, but he fights on, hoping that if he can't kill Rex, at least he can distract the Nocturnals long enough for Pookie to find Chief Zou's daughters. But Pookie has his hands full down below, going face-to-face with the deadly, dog-faced Pierre. The Huey full of gunmen closes in, just as Nick Murray delivers his bag o' guns to Dimitri. It's party time ...

BONUS STUFF:
• Introducing Siglerisimo's Weekly Video Game Review, as sponsored by GameFly. This week: Dead Space
• A big pack of Junkie calls!
• A special announcement for the Washington, D.C. CONTAGIOUS tour stop
• General jibber-jabber from Scott

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #39

IN THIS EPISODE:
Guns, blood, guts (literally), knives, choke holds, arm bars, broken ribs, hyper-extended knees, third-degree burns, stab wounds, blunt-force trauma, brain damage, revenge, death -- in short, lots and lots of violence. This is the finale, people, and you get it just the way you like it.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
• Silver Wolf Podcast

SHOW SPONSOR:
• Addicitive Comics has launched! Go check out the first five pages of THE ROOKIE graphic novel. BOOM!

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Episode #40

IN THIS EPISODE:
The end of this wild-ass tale, that's what's in this episode. Who lives? Who dies? Only the FDO™ knows until you tune in.

PODCASTS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
• Snark Infested Waters

AWESOME NOCTURNAL ART:
Check out this drawing of the Groom's Walk from earlier in the story, done by Arturo Alamilla, the designer of the PUV James Keeling (yes, he's working away on the redesign now, and no, you can't see it, you snoopy little bastards!) Go ahead and click on the picture to see a big ol' 500 pixel version.

Click here to download NOCTURNAL Epilogue (Episode #41)

This is it, Junkies, the end of the NOCTURNAL ride. Thanks for tuning in, and I hope you had as much fun listening to it as I had making it for y'all. And yeah, this is Day Six of the 12 Days of Sigmas (we will catch up on all 12, and if I don't, you can cut the big right toe off of JC Hutchins).

On to new stories!

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IN THIS EPISODE:
We tie up some loose ends,including:
• What happened to Aggie James?
• What happened to Sub-Chief Sean Robinson?
• Bryan is still wanted for murder -- what happens to him?
• Amy Zou & The Twins -- what do they do now?
• More Pookie Chang? Oh, hell yeah.
• With Rex dead and Firstborn missing, what happens to Marie's Children?

Junkie Mae's Chop Shop is the Scott Sigler fan-fiction podcast, hosted by Junkie Mae. Click & Listen: NOCTURNAL: THRILL OF THE HUNT The Chop Shop is back from a long hiatus, and kicks things off in style with NOCTURNAL: THRILL OF THE HUNT by Bradley Richardson. This fan-fiction podcast gives you junkie-created stories based in the Siglerverse. It's not "cannon," it's not "official story," mind you, but it is awesome. I thought Bradley's story was great. If you've been missing your Ninja, here's a fresh dose. Visit the home page of Junkie Mae's Chop Shop! If you've got a hankering to write some Sigler fan fiction, and you want to hear it podcast in the dulcet tones of Junkie Mae, visit the site and give it a shot.