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Important Announcement re: Facebook
February 12, 2023
I have been completely locked out of my Facebook account due to the inability to transfer 2FA tokens from an old phone that died to a new one. Sadly, I’m not alone and Facebook does not offer any solution to this problem. (Other than lots of sketchy “hackers” offering to help as long as I had over all my account information. That’s not gonna happen.)
Personally, I’d love to never use Facebook again, but losing access to the Facebook Page for this site is quite a loss. I’m still investigating and am holding out a tiny bit of hope, but who knows if/when I’ll get back in.
In the meantime, I’m still on the dumpster fire that is Twitter (@collectkoontz) so feel free to follow me over there.
Throwback Thursday: The Bad Place promotional poster
February 9, 2023
What’s New & Updated February 5, 2023
February 5, 2023
Dean’s on his virtual promotional tour for The House at the End of the World, and the interviews are coming in daily, so I’m going to hold off a week and see if I can get all of them into one update. In the meantime, I was finally able to get all the stories in Strange Highways and Other Stories into the site.
- Details and table of contents for Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “The Black Pumpkin” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Bruno” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Chase” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Down in the Darkness” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Hardshell” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Kittens” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Miss Attila the Hun” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “The Night of the Storm” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Ollie’s Hands” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Snatcher” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Strange Highways” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Trapped” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “Twilight of the Dawn” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
- “We Three” appearance in Strange Highways and Other Stories
Throwback Thursday: Intensity Uncorrected Proof
February 2, 2023
What’s New & Updated January 29, 2023
January 29, 2023
It’s new release week again, so obviously that was my main focus. There are a bunch of related interviews and reviews in the queue too, so watch for those in the coming weeks.
- The House at the End of the World Trade Hardcover & audiobook details and the official trailer
- The Big Dark Sky trade paperback cover & details
- Christmas Is Good!: Trixie’s Guide to a Happy Holiday updated cover image
Throwback Thursday: Whispers laserdisc
January 26, 2023
What’s New & Updated January 22, 2023
January 22, 2023
Two interviews & a foreign VCD this week. Upcoming: The House at the End of the World.
- “Dean Koontz on His Latest Novel, His Favorite Villians and What’s Coming Up Next” to Appendix B
- Turkish VCD of Whispers
- “Writing Advice: Where You Write Makes a Difference” to Appendix B
Throwback Thursday: The Door to December by Richard Paige
January 19, 2023
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.
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.
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
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