Updates are on hiatus

March 16, 2020

Good morning everyone. My day job is at a public-service non-profit. While we’ve close our building, we’re keeping our staff employed by moving as much of our services as possible online. As a result, I’m completely focusing on this for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. This site’s not going anywhere, but please don’t expect any updates with any regularity.

Stay safe everyone!
Michael

What’s New & Updated March 9, 2020

March 9, 2020

This week has been nothing but Eyes of Darkness prediction work. From my extensive blog post debunking the whole thing, to just trying to archive all of the articles mentioning it. So,while there’s no official content updates from this past week, if you’d like to dive into the conspiracy theory, feel free to check out the several pages of bookmarks I’ve already archived.

What’s New & Updated March 2, 2020

March 2, 2020

In general I don’t list eBook editions unless there’s something unique about it such as it’s the first release. (The Book of Counted Sorrows anyone?) So since Devoted will be released only on the Kindle platform, will be an “in motion” title, and I figured out how to animate the cover on the site, it’s getting an entry.

• Devoted Kindle entry
• The Night Window PPBK

On another note, I’m sort of obsessing over the utter stupidity that is the “Dean predicted the coronavirus in 1981” conspiracy theory. I’m thinking about writing the ultimate blog post about it which would out do Snopes by several levels of detail. Should I so ya’all have something to point to, or should I just try to ignore it. Leave your thoughts here if you have an opinion.

What’s New & Updated February 24, 2020

February 24, 2020

You would think a four-day weekend would allow me to focus on this project a bit. Mix in babysitting a toddler for most of that weekend then no so much. So here’s what I could do this week. On the brighter site, The PPBK edition of The Night Window will be out on Tuesday so look for those details soon.

• Snopes article to The Eyes of Darkness – Revised DK
• TV Guide September 9-15, 2000 to Sole Survivor (TV)

What’s New & Updated February 17, 2020

February 17, 2020

Was hoping for a few more items this week but since there’s no mail today, we get just these two.

• “Great Art and Muppet Hatred,” Screamplays Limited Edition
• TV Guide June 30-July 6, 2001 to Black River (TV)

What’s New & Updated February 10, 2020

February 10, 2020

I want to start with another big shout out to Deena Warner of Deena Warner Design for all of the bug squashing she’s done over the past week. We think we’ve found them all, but if you see one, please report it ASAP and we’ll get it taken care of. (Be sure to check out her other amazing sites. Chances are you’ll recognize a site or two.)

As for content, I got my hands on a copy of Cursed! this week so updated its page along with a few more TV guides that arrived in the mail over that past few weeks. (Just two more of those to go.) This pretty much catches me up on a pile of odds & ends, so back to the Fanzines and Letters I go.

• Beyond the Cover with Special Guest #1 NYT Bestselling Author Dean Koontz to Appendix A
• Cursed! updated cover image and note regarding the publisher’s “comment”
• Firsts, October 2003 to The Key to Midnight (LN)
• Insanity by Dean Koontz to Appendix F
• John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch to Watchers (DK)
• Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines to Beastchild and “Temple of Sorrow”
• “Ten Years Ago: Dean Koontz” in Firsts, October 2003 to Appendix B
• TV Guide April 24-30, 1999 to Mr. Murder
• TV Guide October 3-9, 2004 to Ephemera
• TV Guide October 3-9, 2004 to Frankenstein

What’s New & Updated January 27, 2020

January 27, 2020

Well this has been a week. Short version, as some of you may have read on Facebook and Twitter, is that I had to change hosts for this site and there were some major issues as a result basically taking the site completely down.

But, thanks to the wonderful folks @ Deena Warner Design, the site’s mostly back up. There’s a few errors on the back end, but you shouldn’t notice those and I should be back to adding information in the next few days.

Thanks for your continued support!

Whats New & Updated January 6, 2020

January 6, 2020

Those Facebook memes about not knowing what day it was for the past two weeks due to the holidays… Yeah, that was totally me this past week.

• “Dean Koontz is Anything but ‘Nameless'” to Appendix B
• Cleaned up some image alignment issues on Appendix G

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?

• Nameless 1: In the Heart of the Fire
• Nameless 2: Photographing the Dead
• Nameless 3: The Praying Mantis Bride
• Nameless 4: The Mercy of Snakes
• Nameless 5: The Mercy of Snakes
• Nameless 6: Memories of Tomorrow

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