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Seize the Night Lettered Edition
May 12, 2018
I received this lovely in the mail today. Picked it up for the original cover price too. Full details in the Seize the Night guide entry.
Intensity v. High Tension
May 12, 2018
I’m just gonna leave this here and step away quietly…
Source: Aullidos.com
New and updated Material, 10 May 2018
May 10, 2018
I took a day off today and spend the majority of the day plugging my way through the Fs. Here’s what’s been added or updated today.
- False Memory
- Fear Nothing
- Fear Nothing: Volume One
- “Fifteen Reasons Why INNOCENCE Is The Book You Should Give for Christmas“
- Final Hour
- “Flesh”
- “For A Breath I Tarry (aggravated by a John Birch Society slogan)”
- Foreword to Ambush at Ruby Ridge
- Foreword to Darkfall
- Foreword to Love Heels
- Foreword to Phantoms
- Foreword to A Rat is a Pig is a Dog is a Boy
- Foreword to Watchers
- Foreword to Whispers
- “The Fox in the Chicken Suit”
- From the Corner of His Eye
- The Funhouse
- The Funhouse – Revised
- The Funhouse Film
- Foreign editions added to The Good Guy
- Images added to Appendix E: Plagiarism & Copyright Infringement
Current stats
- Guide entries: 463
- Individual editions: 1.118
- Unique images: 1,357
Winter Moon Spanish promotional bookmark
May 8, 2018
One other item that arrived in today’s mail that deserved a mention…
The Crooked Staircase release day
May 8, 2018
My trade HC and MP3-CD editions arrived today with more on the way. Reviews are coming in fast & furious and I’ll post some link soon.
When Should You Put Yourself in an Agent’s Hands?
May 7, 2018
I’ve been looking for the original publication of this essay for quite a while now. Well, thanks to the Lincoln City Libraries and Ball State University, I was able to get my hands on a copy of The Basics of Writing & Selling Fiction, vol. 2 from 1984. Sadly, I do need to return it, but at least I now have a good scan in my files and a cover image in the guide.
Deep Orbit Space Lab Koontz
May 7, 2018
I don’t know if the writers were referring to Dean or not but in Iron Man #237 Tony Stark heads off to “The Koontz, a Deep Orbit Space Lab.”
The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz is now online!
May 7, 2018
Welcome to the brand new online version of The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz!
What makes this version different than the previous two?
- This isn’t just a blog. The blog continues as part of this site, but there is SO MUCH MORE.
- This site contains the content of what was going to be in the many-years-late print book from Cemetery Dance Publications. There still may be a book someday, not for now, it’s all available to you, for free, here on this site.
Though today is the official launch date, there’s still a lot of content that’s not on the site yet. As of today, I’ve entered everything from G-Z with some exceptions.
For those of you that like stats, at the time of this post there are 445 guide entries containing 1,044 individual editions and the site as a whole has 1,270 images. By my estimates, only about 50% of the content is in the site right now.
Feel free to comment, submit new content, I just ask that you first read Noah Mitchell’s Foreword, my Introduction, the About the Guide page, and the FAQ, before asking too many questions. There are a lot of answers already on those pages.
In the weeks and months to come I’ll continue to enter more content slowly but surely. Be sure to keep an eye here, or on Facebook or Twitter for continuing news and new content announcements.
ABA’s Red and White Boxes Explained
May 5, 2018
I’ve noticed on the back of recent Jane Hawk ARCs that part of the promotional efforts are participation in the ABA White Box. I had no idea what that was so I looked it up:
Each month, the American Booksellers Association sends Red and White Box mailings to member booksellers who have opted into the IndieBound movement, but who gets what depends on a bookstore’s level of participation.
The Red Box, containing Indie Next List fliers and publisher-supplied items such as shelf-talkers, posters, easelbacks, catalogs, special offers, and other time-sensitive marketing materials, typically lands at stores by the middle of the month.
However, to receive the White Box, containing ARCs, galleys, and finished books supplied by ABA publisher partners, by the end of each month, stores must participate in the IndieBound movement in at least two of the following ways:
- Regularly report to the Indie Bestseller List (at least three out of four weeks monthly)
- Nominate titles for the Indie Next List (at least one nomination per quarter)
- Maintain membership in the ABC Children’s Group at ABA
- Use the ABA IndieCommerce product
- Create an Indie Next List store display and send a photo that ABA can both share with Publisher Partners and post on the IndieBound.org website (at least twice yearly)
The greater the level of participation by a bookstore, the more robust their White Box mailing will be each month.
You can find more details on BookWeb.org.
Watchers Reborn VCD
May 3, 2018
Nestled somewhere between the laserdisc and the DVD, and never popular in the US, was the Video CD (VCD). And, yes, Watchers Reborn was released in this format.
SNL Fashion Panel
April 30, 2018
Rochelle Koontz (Cecily Strong), Dean Swizz (Sam Rockwell), Angelo Dolphintuna (Kenan Thompson), Silvia Nunez (Melissa Villaseñor) and Frances McDormand (Kate McKinnon) discuss Golden Globes fashion.
Broadcast on Jan 13, 2018
Rochelle Koontz. Dean Swizz. Intentional?
UK The Crooked Staircase on NetGalley
April 30, 2018
For my friends in the UK, via @KillerReads
We’d love to see your reviews for The Crooked Staircase , the exciting new thriller by Dean Koontz on @NetGalley #TheCrookedStaircase
Available on: https://t.co/pfRC8sUCAt pic.twitter.com/oyPX3thca6— Killer Reads (@KillerReads) April 30, 2018
Request The Crooked Staircase , the gripping new thriller by Dean Koontz on @NetGalley today! #TheCrookedStaircase
Available on: https://t.co/pfRC8sUCAt pic.twitter.com/eL4rlLbhC3— Killer Reads (@KillerReads) April 30, 2018
The Hennessey VelociRaptor 6X6
April 30, 2018
This truck, featured in The Crooked Staircase, is actually something you can buy… for a measly $349,000!
More details @ HennesseyPerformance.com
Deucalion
April 30, 2018
YouTube user Rachel Sarah arts does speed painting videos. Here’s one of Deucalion from the Frankenstein series.
The Crooked Staircase trailer
April 27, 2018
The Bone Farm: A Jane Hawk Case File now available
April 27, 2018
Surprise, surprise! Two days ago on April 25, 2018 Audible released a new Jane Hawk audio novella titled The Bone Farm. You can currently purchase it as a digital download via Amazon or, more interestingly, for free listening via an Amazon Echo.
Watchers makes PBS' Great American Read
April 23, 2018
Now if we can get them to remove the “The” from the title…
Jane Hawk and Darkest Desires news from Charnel House
April 23, 2018
The Whispering Room has been shipped and The Collected Stories of Tim Powers is next. The blast for The Crooked Staircase is going out and the fourth Jane Hawk novel, The Forbidden Door by Dean Koontz, is set for October. Darkest Desires, an original novel by Dean Koontz will be pushed to next year.
Source: CharnelHouse.com
Animated House of Thunder
April 21, 2018
@deankoontz before and after animation ❤️? pic.twitter.com/ILFGMkSdMz
— JoeStalksBeck (@JoeStalksBeck) April 19, 2018
Jane Hawk #5 title announced
April 16, 2018
According to the Spring 2018 issue of Useless News the title of the fifth Jane Hawk book is The Night Window.