INFECTED

Junkie N8man broke the story here, so I talked to Crown Publishing and we are forced to reveal the SMOD™.

That's right, Junkies, Perry Dawsey is back when CONTAGIOUS hits bookstore shelves on December 30. The Secret Mission of Death™ has been me busting ass on the manuscript, because Crown pushed up the publishing date from May, 2009 to December, 2008 to take advantage of the momentum you all generated for INFECTED. That cut five months off my writing time, hence the need for the SMOD™ to meet an aggressive deadline. I'm not done yet, but it's going well.

Oy, I'm so under the gun I can't even figure out my own viral marketing sites. I was never that good a puzzles, anyway. The publishing company Hodder & Stoughton put together some fun stuff for the July 10 release of INFECTED in the UK. Want to help promote the book? Post this link to your site with a typical "what da heck is this all about?" approach.

http://www.epidemiologyconference2008.com/

We've crushed the United States and Canada, and now we invade the UK!

PS: If you can figure out the damn puzzle, let the other Junkies know with a comment, just don't give away the solution in the blog comments so other people can have fun.

Click here to download INFECTED Chapters 39-40

IN THIS EPISODE:
Margaret, Amos and Otto have a run-in with a new infected victim, and for this one, playtime is no joke. Perry continues his intellectual debate with the Starting Five.

NEWS:
Junkies, I'm back from the SMOD™ retreat. Did it go well? How about 260 pages of new stuff for your asses? What's the project? I can't say. When will you have it in your hot little hands? I can't say. But in the mean time, the in-between time, take a gander at the cover of the German-language version of INFECTED. Pretty bad-ass, I'd say.

And if you Sprechen Sie Deutsch (that is, if you speaks the German), you can pre-order a copy by clicking here. The book will be out in November, and I'm working on hitting the UK and Germany at that time to promote. It's a self-funded trip, so yeah, I'll be crashing at your place.

WHERE THE HELL IS NOCTURNAL EPISODE #29:
Where is it? It's right on time, as always! I expect to post NOCTURNAL Episode #29 on Monday, June 23.

Click here to download INFECTED Chapters 35-38

IN THIS EPISODE:
Perry's infection gets a mind, and a voice, of its own, while Dew finds the remains of Kiet Nguyen and his victims.

WRITING RETREAT:
Junkies, I'm off for 10 days to bang out 50,000 words on the SMOD™. Still can't talk about it! I hope all is well with this episode, I'm scrambling to get things done.

Click here to download INFECTED Chapters 31-34

IN THIS EPISODE:
Perry heads for the hospital while Margaret has a showdown with the CDC. In the end, Perry is finally slated for surgery. In a manner of speaking, anyway.

SMOD™ UPDATE:
The Secret Mission of Death continues. It's big. Big like a pickle. And no, I still can't talk about it. I'll give you a big fat hint -- it involves a book.

Click here to download INFECTED Chapters 28-30

IN THIS EPISODE:
Perry deals with the aftermath of his first home surgery. Dew reaches out to his daughter, trying to reconnect with the motivation for doing what needs to be done. Margaret and Amos brace themselves for a sit-down with the big man himself, CIA Deputy Director Murray Longworth.

RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE OF INFECTED:
• Huffington Post covers INFECTED's "give away the book for free" strategy
• NPR Commentator Tom Dodge reviews INFECTED for the Dallas Morning News

Yes yes, the download link was broken. Again. No reason to daub "Give our next fix, or [bleep] [BLEEP] [!#$%]" with blood on Scott's house front! GIVE IT UP ALREADY! Here it is, OK?

Click here to download INFECTED Chapters 23-27

Click here to download INFECTED Chapters 23-27

IN THIS EPISODE:
Margaret and Amos finish up with the dissolving remains of Martin Brewbaker. They also discover a phenomenon with symptoms quite similar to what killed Brewbaker, a condition known a Morgellons Disease. As Perry Dawsey lies passed out on his bathroom floor, the parasites spread farther into his body. The adventure is over for one character, as Dew Phillips deals with the loss of his partner.

INFECTED TRAILER ON YOU TUBE:
Want to share the INFECTED story with friends? 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 emails of friends you think would dig it. Hit "send," and that's it.

Click here to download INFECTED Chapters 20-22

IN THIS EPISODE:
Dew Phillips thinks back to the meeting that drew him into the hunt for the infected. The meeting takes place with Murray Stapleton, the Deputy Director of CIA, and a man Dew fought with in Viet Nam. While Dew remains on the hunt for a live victim, the very much alive Perry Dawsey goes to war with his own body -- and the results prove to be disastrous.

NO NOCTURNAL THIS WEEK:
I've mapped out NOCTURNAL through the final episode which will be Episode #30. Getting all the plot threads to properly connect takes a little bit of work, so no episode this week.

18 YEARS AND COUNTING:
Yes, you Dirty Junkies, posting Chapters 20-22 of INFECTED keeps my string going!