Throwback Thursday: Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein – Storm Surge #2

August 1, 2024

What’s New & Updated July 28, 2024

July 28, 2024

Just a new essay from Dean this week.

• From the Desk of Dean: Writing an amusing monthly newsletter is like climbing Mount Everest

Throwback Thursday: Castle Rock, The Stephen King Newsletter

July 25, 2024

What’s New & Updated July 21, 2024

July 21, 2024

Just one update today, but from the perspective of my personal collection, it’s a big one.

• A Witch’s Mouth, updated cover image and details

Throwback Thursday: Watchers Reborn VHS

July 18, 2024

What’s New & Updated July 15, 2024

July 14, 2024

June one “new” item this week. it’s not a new entry but it’s something I previously did not have an original copy of, and now I do.

• Update image for the “Guest Editorial” in the June 1990 issue of Afraid

Throwback Thursday: Exit Wounds

July 11, 2024

Happy birthday Dean!

July 9, 2024

What’s New & Updated July 8, 2024

July 7, 2024

I’m back from the American Library Association conference. Amazon Publishing did have a booth and was promoting The Forest of Lost Souls, but unfortunately they didn’t bring any ARCs of that particular title.

• From the Desk of Dean: AI explorations with a side of caramel-chocolate pudding
• Phantoms (Film) VCD and updated details for the 4K edition
• The Forest of Lost Souls promotional material from The American Library Association 2024 annual meeting & ARC letter

Throwback Thursday: Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers

July 4, 2024

Throwback Thursday: Demon Seed on Beta

June 27, 2024

What’s New & Updated June 23, 2024

June 23, 2024

The last of the Make Bode material… for now. (And two other items.)

• Additional details regarding The Amorous Adventures of Puck
• “The Art of Vaughn Bode”
• The Bad Weather Friend Amazon banner
• “The Dean’s List” to Appendix B

P.S. I’ll be attending the American Library Association conference in San Diego next weekend so there definitely won’t be an update next Sunday.

Throwback Thursday: Studies in Weird Fiction 4

June 20, 2024

What’s New & Updated June 16, 2024

June 16, 2024

Sorry, I took last weekend off. I do have one more item from Mark Bode but I’ll share that next week. In the meantime here’s some updates, an oldie but previously not in my personal collection, and a new edition of an old SF short story.

• Additional details regarding Koontz Lizard to Appendix G(1)
• A cover image and updated details for “The Key to Writing Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Fiction”
• There’s a gorgeous new hardcover edition of Again, Dangers Visions that has bee released containing both “A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village” and “Afterword to A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village”

Throwback Thursday: Soylent Green OST

June 13, 2024

Throwback Thursday: Funhouse OST CD

June 6, 2024

What’s New & Updated June 2, 2024

June 2, 2024

Week two of content resulting from my conversations with Mark Bode. The extra-interesting part of this one is that it was sitting in my files the whole time. (See the reference to the Vaughn Bode Index which I’ve had for ages.)

• “Bean, Gerbel an Porn” to Appendix A

Throwback Thursday: Dog Appreciation Lessons

May 30, 2024

What’s New & Updated May 26, 2024

May 26, 2024

This has been one of those week’s that pops up out of nowhere and adds so much to the value of this site. I’ve recently bee in contact with Mark Bode, the son of artist, and friend of Dean’s, Vaughn Bode (pictured here.) Mark has sold me an original unpublished work of Dean’s along with answering a handful of question I had. This week I’ve added some of what mark has shared and will be adding more in the coming week. Enjoy!

• Updated color image and information about “Koontz Lizard” in Appendix G(1).
• A Brief Plot Synopsis for a Possible Cinematic DEADBONE EROTICA (Unpublished)

Throwback Thursday: David Benoit and Friends

May 23, 2024