NOCTURNAL

If you've seen me on tour, odds are you heard someone ask "is there a NOCTURNAL sequel?" and you probably heard my answer -- there are two sequels planned. I also said that the first sequel takes place in San Francisco, and the second in New York City. Please to peep this oh-so-convenient-for-me story from NYC, Junkies. Sound familiar?

(Associated Press): Workers excavating the World Trade Centre site have unearthed the 10-metre hull of a ship believed to have been buried in the 18th century.

The vessel was probably used along with other debris to fill in land to extend lower Manhattan into the Hudson river, archaeologists have said.

It was hoped the artefact could be retrieved by the end of today, said archaeologist Molly McDonald. A boat specialist was going to the Ground Zero site to examine the find.

McDonald said she wanted to at least salvage some timbers; it was unclear if any large portions could be lifted intact.

"We're mostly clearing it by hand because it's fragile," she said. Construction equipment may be used later in the process.

McDonald and Michael Pappalardo, an archaeologist, were at the site of the 11 September 2001 attacks when the hull was discovered on Tuesday morning.

"We noticed curved timbers that a back hoe brought up," McDonald said. "We quickly found the rib of a vessel and continued to clear it away and expose the hull.

"We're going to send timber samples to a laboratory to do dendrochronology to help us get a sense of when the boat was constructed." Dendrochronology is the science that uses tree rings to determine dates and chronological order.

A 45kg (100lb) anchor was found a few yards from the hull on Wednesday but the experts are not sure if it belongs to the ship. The anchor was about a metre across, McDonald said.

The archaeologists are racing to record and analyse the vessel before exposure to air makes the delicate wood deteriorate.

"I kept thinking of how closely it came to being destroyed," Pappalardo said.

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!

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?

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 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 #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 #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 #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 #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!