Hi, Joseph Fink here, co-writer of this show you listen to.

I wanted to let you know I have a new novel out, called Alice Isn't Dead.

It's a horror thriller road trip about a truck driver searching for her long lost wife

across a very strange America.

If you're a fan of American gods or Stephen King or Night Vale, I think you'll like it.

I wanted to share with you two short things.

One is the first chapter of the novel performed by Night Vale's own Jessica Nicole.

And the other is a short letter to the reader I wrote a while back.

It's not in the final version of the book, so call this a little bonus thing, but I think

it talks there a little bit of the mentality behind the writing.

The novel is the most personal thing I've ever written, and I'm very proud of it.

I'll be doing an 18th city book tour all over the country.

In fact, by the time you hear this, I'm already doing it.

These events are conversations with some of my favorite writers, followed by a reading,

followed by an audience Q&A, and then finally assigning.

Most of these events are free or free with purchase of the book, so check out the schedule

at Alice Isn't Dead.com.

Okay, here's the chapter and then the letter to the reader.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Because the dead return.

Because light reverses.

Because the sky is a gap.

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