Koontz News
Champion
May 4, 2019
Dean Laymon & Richard Koontz
May 2, 2019
It seems that Gary Brandner’s novel Floater contains two seemingly familiar characters; Dean Laymon and Richard Koontz.
Thanks to Paul Evans for finding this one!
The Night Window sneak peek
April 29, 2019
New reprint of “Kittens” arriving on May 21, 2019
April 25, 2019
Order your copy from Amazon.
Two interviews from 2017
April 15, 2019
Just dug these up. Thought you’d be interested.
- Dean Koontz: A rogue FBI agent against the machine, BookPage interview by Hilli Levin
- Goodreads Interview with Dean Koontz
What’s New & Updated April 8, 2019
April 8, 2019
It’s not much, but updates and additions they nonetheless are…
- The Forbidden Door PPBK
- “Amazing by Moonlight” by Joseph Wrzos, Weird Fiction Review #9 to Ephemera
- Santa Clarita Diet s03e04: More of a Cat Person to Ephemera
- A bunch of image alignment clean up on the Ephemera page too.
Dean gets a shout out on Russell Brand’s show
April 8, 2019
You can view the full December 15, 2018 episode on YouTube. (This post does not imply any endorsement of anything said by anyone in this or the linked video.)
What’s New & Updated April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019
As mentioned last week, this week was focusing on non-Koontz issues. So, there are no updates this week. You can however, look forward to The Forbidden Door Premium Paperback being released tomorrow.
Also, for those interested, here’s some updates site statistics:
- Guide entries: 636
- Edition entries: 1,674
- Images: 2,096
2019 Best Male Narrator
March 22, 2019
Buster’s Book Reviews volume 33: Dark Rivers of the Heart
March 16, 2019
Nevermore promo sketch
March 16, 2019
The Night Window: Chapters 1-4
February 20, 2019
Chapter 1
The triple-pane floor-to-ceiling windows of Hollister’s study frame the rising plain to the west, the foothills, and the distant Rocky Mountains that were long-ago born from the earth in cataclysm, now dark and majestic against a sullen sky. It is a view to match the man who stands at this wall of glass. The word cataclysm is a synonym for disaster or upheaval but also for revolution, and he is the leader of the greatest revolution in history. The greatest and the last. The end of history is near, after which his vision of a pacified world will endure forever.
Meanwhile, there are mundane tasks to perform, obligations to address. For one thing, there is someone who needs to be killed.
In a few hours, when a late-season storm descends on these high plains east of Denver, the hunt will begin, and one of two men will die at the hand of the other, a fact Wainwright Warwick Hollister finds neither exhilarating nor frightening. Of profound importance to Hollister is that he avoid the character weaknesses of his father, Orenthal Hollister, and at all times comport himself in a more formidable and responsible manner than had his old man. Among other things, this means that when someone needs to be eliminated, the killing can’t always be done by a hireling. If a man is too finicky to get blood on his hands once in a while, or if he lacks the courage to put himself at physical risk, then he can’t claim to be a leader in this world of wolves, nor even a member of the pack, but is instead only a sheep in wolf’s clothing.
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What’s New & Updated February 18, 2019
February 18, 2019
Simply put, nothing. Why? Well, last week I was on vacation, some of which I was home and sick. The rest I was relatively healthy and spending three bucket list-worthy days in The Big Apple. (Tolkien, Birdland, Louis Armstrong, Jim Henson, Jazz at Lincoln Center.) So, today is all about recovery and digging out from the six inches of snow that came down while I was gone and the larger virtual pile of emails.
See you next Monday.
Science Digest, November 1969
January 31, 2019
You’re going to have to dig deep to figure out the Koontz connection on this one… Or just wait until Monday’s site update.
Two chances to read The Night Window early
January 24, 2019
Goodreads has 30 ARCs they’re giving away and NetGalley now has eARCs available.
Dean blurbs Andrew Klaven
January 22, 2019
The mighty @deankoontz on Another Kingdom: “I turned the pages faster, faster, with growing delight. Scary, suspenseful, funny, wonderfully imaginative, ANOTHER KINGDOM is pure, unadulterated fun.” Pre-order now! https://t.co/3ryqHWgfmk— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) January 22, 2019
No confirmation yet on whether the blurb will appear on/in the book at this time. (Though I assume it will.)
Ever so slight Frankenstein/Odd Thomas crossover
December 31, 2018
St. Bartholomew’s School and Abbey aren’t the same location but one can assume they’re run by the same folks.
What’s New & Updated 24 December 2018
December 24, 2018
Happy holidays!
- Children of Infinity trade hardcover image
- Dean Koontz Collection: Darkfall & Winter Moon
- Secret Forest to Appendix C
- The Silent Corner alternate autographed sticker
Now Available, The Cemetery Dance Magazine Index (Issues 1-75)
December 21, 2018
My latest book is available for ordering now.
Cemetery Dance Magazine Index: Issues 1-75 by Michael Sauers is your ultimate guide to quickly finding anything and everything in the first 75 issues of Cemetery Dance magazine, published between 1998 and 2018 by Cemetery Dance Publications!
Our hope is that through this index you’ll find what you’re looking for, rediscover a story you haven’t thought of in years, or better yet, discover something you didn’t even know existed and then have the joy of hunting down that one rare early issue.
Featuring more than 250 pages packed full of information, this is the ultimate guide to finding anything and everything that has ever appeared in Cemetery Dance magazine!
What’s New & Updated December 17, 2018
December 17, 2018
Again, other life things are taking precedence over this project hence the small number of updates this week. That being said, I do accomplish at least one thing per day, nearly every day. In many cases that may not reflect in updates listed here. Sometimes it’s just logging and filing articles. Other times it’s researching a thread I left hanging. But I’ve committed myself to at least posting an update update like this every week so here it is.