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What’s New & Updated September 21, 2025
September 21, 2025
I’ll be out of town most of this week so here’s me making no promises once again.
- “Pawsitive Thoughts: Favorite dog books offer laughs, insights and occasional tears” by Katrena Mitchell to A Big Little Life
- Animal by Lisa Taddeo to Appendix G(2)
- Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You’ll Ever Need by Jessica Brody to Appendix G(2)
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone to Appendix G(2)
What’s New & Updated September 1, 2025
August 31, 2025
Despite this week’s concert I was able to add a handful of items.
- From the Desk of Dean: Quite the birthday gift & “bulldozing the fourth wall”
- Rapport, June-July 1993 to Appendix B
- Trapped magazine ad
- Good Guy & Odd Thomas magazine ad
- Life Expectancy & Odd Thomas magazine ad
What’s New & Updated August 24, 2025
August 24, 2025
Attended a Counting Crows show a few days ago which threw off my whole week sleep-wise. There’s another show coming up this week so no promises.
- The Crooked Staircase audiobook ad in Library Journal
What’s New & Updated August 17, 2025
August 17, 2025
Turs out that the entry for Phantoms’ “A Note to the Reader” needs a lot of work and some of those editions are still in boxes. Here’s hoping I can locate them soon.
- Phantoms POD TPBK
- A Note to the Reader Phantoms POD TPBK
- Afterword to Phantoms POD TPBK
What’s New & Updated August 10, 2025
August 10, 2025
Here I am, trying to get back into the swing of things. New editions like these print-on-demand trade paperbacks and the fact that I’ve missed a bunch of recent large print releases (forthcoming) are helping the situation.
- Darkfall POD TPBK
- The Door to December – Revised Edition POD TPBK
- Afterword to The Door to December – Revised Edition POD TPBK
- Cross references for From the Desk of Dean Koontz: Following other catastrophes, the entrepreneurial saga continues and Red Dog Bait and Me.
- Dean Koontz: 120 Novels Published. 500M Copies Sold by Appendix B
What’s New & Updated August 3, 2025
August 3, 2025
A new newsletter (with a forthcoming cross-reference) and a new appearance of Koontz Lizard. I’ve saved several new items on deck for next week in the hopes that I can get back to an item a day instead of scrambling on the weekends.
- From the Desk of Dean Koontz: Following other catastrophes, the entrepreneurial saga continues
- Vaughn Bodé’s Complete Deadbone Erotica to Appendix G(1)
What’s New & Updated July 20, 2025
July 20, 2025
Just one new item today as the large print edition of Going Home in the Dark finally came out. (Which made me remember to look for the LP of Forest. Look for that next week.)
- Going Home in the Dark Large Print Hardcover
What’s New & Updated July 13, 2025
July 13, 2025
A special thanks to two readers who posted comments pointing out some needed corrections to the site this past few weeks. I’m sure there are some others. Happy error hunting!
- Typo fixed on the Odd Hours BCE entry
- Source material note added to, and cross references updated for Fear That Man
- “With Murderous ‘Intensity'” by Cathy Lubenski to Intensity (TV)
What’s New & Updated July 6, 2025
July 6, 2025
I’m back from the American Library Association conference and cone again, Amazon’s book was a letdown on the Koontz front beyond a single image on a flyer and copies of The Forest of Lost Souls on display. But hey, the mail contained a gem waiting for me, and Dean wrote a new essay.
- From the Desk of Dean: The story of my first job. The important thing is… I lived.
- Amazon Publishing flyer to Going Home in the Dark
- September 2002 Mystery Scene appearance of “Oh, to Be in Cedar Rapids When the Hog Blood Flows”
What’s New & Updated June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025
I’m off to the American Library Association conference in Philadelphia this week so no update next weekend. Maybe the Thomas & Mercer booth will have something more interesting than a flyer mentioning Dean’s latest title this year.
- Beautiful Writer’s Podcast: Dean Koontz & Robert McKee: Masters of Suspense to Appendix B
What’s New & Updated June 15, 2025
June 15, 2025
Apologies for no update last week as I’m still adjusting to the new day job’s workload. (Ok, and I’m still unpacking from March’s move.)
- New York Times Boon Review (May 25, 2025) to Going Home in the Dark
- “Read This First or Live to Regret it Forever”
- Alternate font version of Hanging On
What’s New & Updated June 1, 2025
June 1, 2025
Yep, that whole “Dean predicted COVID” crap is still being published. Sigh.
- “COVID-19 and other book predictions that came true” to Appendix G2
- From the Desk of Dean: My new novel—now available!
What’s New & Updated May 25, 2025
May 26, 2025
Sorry for being a day late on this update. But hey, a new novel came out to that’s good news.
- Going Home in the Dark trade hardcover
- “My Three-Dog Life: What a Trio of Golden Retrievers Taught Me About Living”
- Youthanasia UK promo disk images
What’s New & Updated May 11, 2025
May 11, 2025
One new update this time. I’m off to our state conference this week so please don’t expect any updates next week.
- “Koontz Signs New Contract for 10.5 Million (Exclusive Mystery Scene Interview)” to Appendix B
What’s New & Updated May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025
An old ad, and a new newsletter this week.
- Mystery Scene #23 to “Trapped”
- From the Desk of Dean Koontz: My HIGHLY ENTERTAINING novel coming on May 20th
What’s New & Updated April 27, 2025
April 27, 2025
If you’re not already reading Weird Fiction Review from Centipede Press you should be. Even without the excellent article on Dark Harvest in the latest issue.
- Weird Fiction Review #13 added to Shadowfires, “Hardshell”, “Miss Attila the Hun”, “Twilight of the Dawn”, and “Introduction to Night Visions 6“
What’s New & Updated April 13, 2025
April 13, 2025
New forthcoming title! Amazon currently lists a Kindle version for January 2026 and a paperback in July 2026. I’m assuming there will be a trade hardcover and have listed it as such, but don’t know that for sure. I’ll update the entry accordingly as more information becomes available.
What’s New & Updated April 6, 2025
April 6, 2025
Just one new image this week, but check out the interesting tidbit regarding who the previous owner of the item was.
- Daily Variety April 4, 2006 (image) to The Husband
What’s New & Updated March 30, 2025
March 30, 2025
Important areas of the house like the kitchen are completely unpacked along with things like the TV, the network, and a new desk of my office. Things like the library will take months. I’ve completed my first full week of the day job and so far it’s going well. I’ll be somewhat slow to get back to this regularly, but when there’s something new, as there is this week, I’ll be sure to get it added ASAP.
- From the Desk of Dean: Am I having a belated mid-life crisis?
What’s New & Updated February 16, 2025
February 16, 2025
I was able to sneak this one through in between packing up my book collection.
- From the Desk of Dean: A man wearing antlers is screaming outside my window