Throwback Thursday: A Darkness in My Soul

July 24, 2025

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

Throwback Thursday: Science Fiction Quotations

July 17, 2025

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)

Throwback Thursday: The Shaman by Frank Coffey

July 10, 2025

Happy Birthday Dean!

July 9, 2025

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”

Throwback Thursday: Mefisto in Onyx by Harlan Ellison

July 3, 2025

Throwback Thursday: Useless News – Spring 2018

June 26, 2025

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

Joshua Graham interviews Dean Koontz, 15 January 2014

June 22, 2025

Throwback Thursday: Continuum 1

June 19, 2025

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

Throwback Thursday: Mr. Murder French paperback

June 12, 2025

Throwback Thursday: Blood Risk UK paperback

June 5, 2025

New cover art from Audible

June 4, 2025

I don’t generally include info on Audible editions unless they’re exclusive. But I did notice recently that they’ve created new cover art for a bunch of Dean’s titles so I figured I share those here.

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!

Throwback Thursday: Parade Magazine

May 29, 2025

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

Throwback Thursday: Brother Odd Korean edition

May 22, 2025