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Whats New & Updated December 31, 2019

December 31, 2019

A day late and not much. But hey, I warned you last week. Happy new year everyone!

H.P. Lovecraft Against the World, Against Life by Michel Houellebecq to Appendix G
Jeffrey Jones: The Definitive Reference update info on the Dark of the Woods page
One Door Away From Heaven, statement from Dean on previous film option
Science Fiction Collector #1 to the Star Quest page

Whats New & Updated December 23, 2019

December 23, 2019

This week looks to have been Appendix week with a whole bunch of added ephemera content and additional images. Not sure how much I’ll get done over the next two weeks with the holidays, but I am taking some time off from the day job around New Year so let’s see what happens.

Children’s Hospital Seasons 6 & 7 cover image to Appendix G
Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials by Reza Negarestani to Appendix B
Dean Koontz a Writer’s Biography UK TPBK cover to Appendix A
Dean Koontz’s Terror Tales to Appendix F
Family Guy Volume One cover image to Appendix B
Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 15 cover image to Appendix F
Robot Chicken Season 4 cover image to Appendix B
Transformations and Science Fiction Rebels by Mike Ashley to Appendix G
Who’s Who in Science Fiction by Brian Ash cover images to Appendix G
Wondercon 2013 Program cover image to Appendix G
World Horror Convention 2013 Souvenir Book cover image to Appendix G

Whats New & Updated December 16, 2019

December 16, 2019

A whole bunch of randomness this week. Enjoy.

Dean’s latest statement on a possible third Chris Snow book on the Seize the Night page.
1973: Rock at the Crossroads by Andrew Grant Jackson to Ephemera
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow to Ephemera
Additional image and citation for Piers Anthony’s statements in Dream Makers on the “Regarding Certain Fanzines and Piers Anthony” blog post
Jeffrey Jones: The Definitive Reference to Dark of the Woods

Dean’s High School Yearbooks

December 8, 2019

Once you know what to look for, they weren’t actually all that hard to find online. (Now, why hadn’t I thought to look before is a question I can’t answer.) I’ve also put my hands on an original physical copy of the 1962 yearbook from Bedford (PA) High School, which should be in my hands in a week or so. Of course, a photo will be posted. I’ll also be adding all of these to Appendix A shortly.

Whats New & Updated December 2, 2019

December 2, 2019

I’ve finished reading Devoted and I’ve got to say I enjoyed it. I’ve also figured out that I much prefer Dean’s novels where the POV changes from character to character with each new chapter as opposed to those that are mostly one POV. Devoted is one of the former so that helped in my opinion.

As for updates, this week is mostly (again) focused on Nameless and Devoted along with images of the Charnel House editions of The Night Window.

Corrected release date for Devoted
Nameless stories “renamed” with season and episode numbers based on what Dean said in his Just One More Chapter Podcast interview
Nameless online, print, and video promotional content added
The Night Window limited edition photos and updated details

P.S. The winner of the Devoted ARC has been emailed. Once I receive their confirmation I’ll follow-up in a separate post.

What’s New & Updated November 18, 2019

November 18, 2019

Last week the six Nameless stories were released so I’ve been able to update all of those entries with full details. The covers for Devoted was also released so that’s been added too.

Devoted cover image (static & animated)
Nameless 1: In the Heart of the Fire
Nameless 2: Photographing the Dead
Nameless 3: The Praying Mantis Bride
Nameless 4: Red Rain
Nameless 5: The Mercy of Snakes
Nameless 6: Memories of Tomorrow

What’s New & Updated November 4, 2019

November 4, 2019

I’ve got nothing new for you this week. No excuses or reasons, just didn’t feel like it this week. Luckily this doesn’t happen all that often. (There were a few blog posts though, so be sure to check those out if you haven’t already.

What’s New & Updated October 28, 2019

October 28, 2019

The big news this past week is that Devoted is available for pre-order in various formats from your favorite bookseller.

Devoted HC temporary cover, release date, and MP3-CD
Phantoms film score
Something About The Author volumes 92, 165, & 225 into Appendix A
Suspense Magazine Fall 2019 to Appendix G

What’s New & Updated October 21, 2019

October 21, 2019

Ok, inclusion of “The Magic Puppy” might be a stretch but I figured why not.

“The Magic Puppy”
The Marriage Pact by Michelle Richmond updated in Appendix D
Ruler of the Night by David Morrell to Appendix D

What’s New & Updated October 14, 2019

October 14, 2019

Recently a seller on ABE Books tried to leverage Dean’s name to get better prices on two erotic novels published by Cameo. Through research I was able to completely discredit one of the two and expressed my concern about the other. Sadly the seller won’t remove Dean’s name from either. I won’t specify the seller but one of the two titles is The Making of Veronica and I’ve linked to my information below along with the rest of this week’s updates & new entries.

Saint Odd Large Print BCE
Picnic of Sin by Jeff Michaels to Appendix F
Proyecto: Terror poster
Updated information on The Making of Veronica in Appendix F
Nameless titles added to Appendix H

What’s New & Updated October 7, 2019

October 7, 2019

Could have added a bit more this week but I figured I’d just leave the focus on the big announcement of the six Nameless titles from last week. You have of course per-ordered them, correct?

What’s New & Updated September 22, 2019

September 22, 2019

Still on my odd work schedule and then spent three days in bed with one hell of a cold so there’s not much this time around.

Landmark Audiobooks CD edition of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: City of Night
Six cover images to the “Various other pornographic titles” section of Appendix F: Collecting Errors

What’s New & Updated September 15, 2019

September 15, 2019

To be honest, nothing. Due to some scheduling issues with my day job I only get a one-day weekend this week so I’ve got two days worth of weekend things to do today. (I”ll get a three-day weekend in two weeks to make up for it.)

But in the interest of posting something, here are some photos I took for a Facebook group of my Koontz collection. They don’t show you everything but they’ll give you a sense of the size of the collection.

The Fiction, hardcovers & trade paperbacks

Non fiction, manuscripts, screenplays, reference, & misc.

The paperbacks. Yep, they’re all in boxes.

MP3CDs, DVD, Bluray, a betamax, and misc paperbacks

Cassettes, CDs, blurbs, oversized, & misc.

What’s New & Updated September 9, 2019

September 9, 2019

Here’s the rest of the pornographic content based on my research. I’ve been doing my best to cite all sources and cross reference as needed. Please let me know if you think I’ve missed something.

Always Hard! as by Gracie Amber (denied)
Anything for Joe as by Ann Griffin (denied)
Aphrodisiac Girl by Dean & Gerda Koontz
Updated notes on Bounce Girl
Cursed! as by Linda Mitchell (denied)
His Four Mistresses as by Bob Warner (denied)
A Real Comer as by Ann Griffin (denied)
Skin as by Jane Whitley (denied)
A Witch’s Mouth as by Linda Mitchell (denied)
Young Slut as by Alethea Rose (denied)
Young Slut as by Jack Proctor (denied)
Various other pornographic titles to Appendix F: Collecting Errors

What’s New & Updated September 3, 2019

September 3, 2019

Well, it’s been a about 18 months since this site launched and I can say that I’ve finally completed the move of all of the material in the printed manuscript to the site. This actually happened a few weeks ago, but wanted to be sure I hadn’t missed anything before I made this announcement.

So what’s next?

Well, there’s still new material to come out and old material to be found so that work continues. There’s also a bunch of items in two specific categories that were not to be included in the book: the erotica and the fanzines. Well, I’ll be including that material here starting this week.

But before I do, I highly encourage you to read the blog post titled Regarding the inclusion of certain pornographic titles and fanzine content on this site for important contextual information.

So, without further ado, here’s this week’s updates…