What’s New & Updated January 15, 2023

January 15, 2023

Well, I feel like I’ve started making progress again this week between these updates and other blog posts. Let’s see if I can keep this going week to week.

• “Blowout in Little Man Flats” by Stuart M. Kaminsky to Appendix G1
• The House at the End of the World Amazon Publishing Facebook ad
• Sole Survivor, corrected editions order and added UK/AU Large Print hardcover

Dean on About the Authors TV

January 15, 2023

In other forthcoming news, it looks like Dean will be interviewed on About the Authors TV sometime soon.

02-2023 TUBI TV @andyweirauthor @deankoontz @MeganLMiranda @JoyceCarolOates @JefferyDeaver @LoisLowryWriter @HomerHickamm @joelansdale @mysherrilyn @jamesrollins @barryeisler @VictoriaAveyard @ucrosspop25 @SaraParetsky @JAJance @HankPRyan @mkayandrews @RealCharlaine, 68 in all! pic.twitter.com/IVLuOcEIou

— About the Authors TV (@aboutauthorstv) January 13, 2023

Midnight Pals 3

January 15, 2023

Just stumbled over this. Found the now-closed Indigogo campaign and hoping there will be another way to purchase a copy when it comes out.

We're hard at work putting together the third Midnight Pals book right now, but wanted to share some of the incredible illustrations it's gonna have from @Bowsnonk ! Check out her takes on Mary Shelley, Dean Koontz, Angela Carter, and HP Lovecraft! pic.twitter.com/QHniZ2re1y

— The Midnight Society (@midnight_pals) January 13, 2023

Throwback Thursday: 77 Shadow Street keychain

January 12, 2023

What’s New & Updated January 8, 2023

January 8, 2023

Welcome back! I can’t say I’m fully back up to speed when it comes to getting things done on the site, but as you can see, it wasn’t a total shutdown the past few weeks. The day job continues to be chaotic but hopefully, things will if not settle down, at least become more regular, allowing me to plan non-day-job tings accordingly.

• 77 Shadow Street promotional keychain
• From the Desk of Dean Koontz: The best way to express love and good cheer
• From the Desk of Dean Koontz: New year, new book. Pre-order today!
• The House at the End of the World banner ad
• The House of Thunder POD HCcover & additional details
• Midnight Special Value Price Trade Paperback
• “Afterword” to Midnight Special Value Price Trade Paperback
• Shadowfires US/UK Large Print Hardcover

Throwback Thursday: Frankenstein Prodigal Son proof

January 5, 2023

Koontz, family of 5…

December 13, 2022

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Time for a short break

December 4, 2022

Turns out that last week’s “flu” was actually COVID. I’m feeling much better but still feeling a bit fatigued much earlier in the day than usual. On top of that, my day job’s schedule, which has been Tuesday-Saturday for the past seven years, has been super-irregular for the past month and will continue to be for the rest of December. Come January I’m hoping I’ll be moved to a regular Monday-Friday schedule but that hasn’t been finalized yet.

As a result of all of this, I’m going to take a bit of a hiatus from the site. That doesn’t mean I won’t be working on the project overall, just that I won’t be posting any update posts until January. If something big happens I’ll let everyone know, but the day-to-day of the site needs a vacation.

See you all in 2024!

Throwback Thursday: Firsts

December 1, 2022

What’s New & Updated November 27, 2022

November 27, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. I had planned on having a lot more this week, but I’ve been laid up with a nasty cold since Thursday.

• The House of Thunder POD HC entry (details to follow)

Throwback Thursday: Mr. Annual

November 24, 2022

What’s New & Updated November 20, 2022

November 20, 2022

Not that it allows me to update anything on the site, but I’m not the proud owner of copies 137 & 133 (respectively) of the Charnel House editions of The Silent Corner and The Night Window. I wasn’t financially able to purchase these when they came out, so they’re nice additions to my collection. (And I paid significantly less than the list price!) As for actual site updates…

• “Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Ayn Rand… and Dean Koontz?: A look back at Koontz’s ‘Dark Rivers of the Heart‘”
• From the Desk of Dean: The Other Emily: Prime members read for free, for a limited time
• The Moonlit Mind LP

Throwback Thursday: Mr. Magazine

November 17, 2022

What’s New & Updated November 14, 2022

November 14, 2022

Thanks to John Davis for noticing that the Useless News page was missing the August 2018 issue. Luckily, I wasn’t missing the issue, I’d just somehow skipped entering it. That error has been corrected. Oh, and I just got my hands on an ARC of The House at the End of the World.

• The House at the End of the World updated ARC cover image
• Humanize Podcast s02e01 to Appendix B
• Useless News August 2018 issue

Throwback Thursday: The Writer’s Digest Handbook of Novel Writing

November 10, 2022

Throwback Thursday: Green Moon Lanes Bowling Shirt

November 3, 2022

What’s New & Updated October 31, 2022

October 31, 2022

Happy Halloween! Unfortunately, my day job’s schedule has continued to be abnormal and non-standard through this past week (this week, too) so I’ve got nothing new for you. In the meantime enjoy watching The Face of Fear TV movie from 1990.

Throwback Thursday: Watchers Japanese Laserdisc

October 27, 2022

What’s New & Updated October 23, 2022

October 23, 2022

My work week is a bit different coming up so this one’s a day early. As to the new edition of Strange Highways on audio, the basic entries have been created but they are lacking detail right now. Once those are complete, I’ll need to create and cross-reference all the entries for the included stories.

• From the Desk of Dean: Eight Chilling Classic Revamped
• Strange Highways and Other Stories
• If She Wakes by Michael Koryta to Appendix D

Throwback Thursday: Breathless MP3-CD

October 20, 2022