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Throwback Thursday: Cavalier magazine
July 27, 2023
New Novel Announced
July 26, 2023
Dean announced the title of the next book after The Bad Weather Friend on the This is Horror podcast last night. It is Going Home in the Dark. Continue listening through about the 10 minute mark for a synopsis. I’ve got to admit, it sounds a bit too much like Stephen King’s IT.
Invaders of the Body Snatchers?
July 25, 2023
From the print version of After Death, pages 338-9:
“Throughout their childhood and adolescence, TV series such as The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, as well as scores of movies like Invaders from Mars and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, pretty much programmed them to believe wholeheartedly in extraterrestrials.”
Here’s that sentence in the audiobook version:
Whoops.
What’s New & Updated July 23, 2023
July 23, 2023
It’s release week again. After Death is now out. Let the reviews and interviews commence.
- After Death trade hardcover & audiobooks
- The House at the End of the World TPBK
- “NOTE” updates
- Mystery & Suspense interviews from January 2022 & July 2023 to Appendix B
Throwback Thursday: Frankenstein t-shirt
July 20, 2023
After Death #BlogTour
July 17, 2023
I’ll post the links here as I find each one.
- Book Reviews and Tours by Rachel Read it
- Cheryl M-M’s Book Blog
- Reader Dad
- MrsBookBurnee
- Bionic Sarah’s Book Blog
- Two Heads Are Better Than One
- The First Eleven Minutes
- Melanie’s reads
- JoJo’s Over The Rainbow Blog
- Lost in the Land of Books
- Miranda’s Book Scape
- Nordic Lighthouse
What’s New & Updated July 16, 2023
July 16, 2023
Just one new short interview this week.
- “Author Dean Koontz probably had three more ideas for thrillers while you read this headline” by Chris Hewitt to Appendix B
Throwback Thursday: Horrorstruck
July 13, 2023
Happy Birthday, Dean!
July 9, 2023
What’s New & Updated July 9, 2023
July 9, 2023
Got my hands on an ARC of After Death This week. Not sure what this says about the current state of the Dean collecting market, but it was the lowest amount I’ve ever paid for an ARC of a forthcoming novel and the closest to release they’ve ever (seem to have) come available online.
- After Death ARC
- The Early Thrillers of Dean Koontz (additional details) in Appendix A
(Appendix A has also been resorted into the proper order.) - “NOTE”
xkcd: Frankenstein Claim Permutations
July 8, 2023
Throwback Thursday: Guideposts (Large Print)
July 6, 2023
What’s New & Updated July 2, 2023
July 2, 2023
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel with the day job, so here are a few tiny updates to get me back into the wing of things. (Yes, I’m an HWA member, for those wondering.)
- “THIS JUSTIN: The Horror And The Humanity of Dean Koontz” to Appendix B
- “HWA the Karen Lansdale Silver Hammer Award” to Appendix G(2)
Throwback Thursday: The City UK ARC
June 29, 2023
Books Needed as of 25 June 2023
June 25, 2023
A reader recently noticed that my most recent want list was from 2019. So, here’s an updated one. If my description isn’t descriptive enough, leave a comment, and I’ll be more specific. Thanks!
- Again, Dangerous Visions (UK HC 1st)
- Be Mine by Rick Mofina (2004 PBK blurb )
- Breathless (LP HC NOT BCE)
- By the Light of the Moon (LP HC [NOT BCE])
- Chase (1985 UK HC Allen, have 1988 reprint)
- Chase (UK/AUS LP HC & TBPK)
- Chase (UK PBK Headline 1st)
- Children of Infinity (HC [Have BCE])
- Children of the Storm (Dwyer / Magnum)
- Complete Masters of Darkness (LTD)
- Continuum 3 (UK HC 1st)
- Continuum 4 (UK HC 1st)
- Criminal Justice Through Science Fiction (HC, not ex-lib)
- Crooked Staircase (Charnel House numbered)
- The Dark of the Summer (Dwyer / Magnum) [prob doesn’t exist]
- Dangerous Visions (HC 1st)
- Darkfall (BCE O44 & P07 gutter codes on p280)
- Darkness Comes (Star UK PBK)
- Demon Child (Dwyer / Magnum)
- Face (LP HC non-BCE)
- Forbidden Door (Charnel House numbered)
- Frankenstein: Dead and Alive (2009 CD 0-7393-1717-2)
- From the Corner of His Eye (UK TPBK upgrade 0-7472-7074-0)
- Funhouse (VHS w/ red square)
- House of Thunder by Leigh Nichols (UK HC)
- Key to Midnight by Leigh Nichols (UK HC)
- Key to Midnight (Dark Harvest Trade HC)
- Key to Midnight (LP, not ex-lib)
- The Mask (PBK 1st) (Does this exist? The number line always starts with “2”)
- Moonlit Mind (UK LP TPBK Shortlist)
- Night Visions 3 (Trade, not DK)
- Night Visions 4 (Trade)
- Nightrunners (Lansdale Lettered)
- Powers: Secret Histories 3 vol set (1 of 26)
- Prison of Ice (UK HC)
- Richard Matheson Companion (TRADE HC)
- Richard Matheson Companion (LETTERED)
- Servants of Twilight (CD)
- Shadowfires (LP HC [upgrade])
- Sole Survivor (HC unsigned 1st upgrade)
- Through Shattered Glass by David B. Silva (LETTERED)
- Twilight Eyes (DRK BCE)
- Voice of the Night (Coffee ARC)
- Wall of Masks (UK HC) if it exists
- Watchers (UK LP 0-75050-296-7)
- Watchers (LP TPBK 1-56054-958-0)
- Whispering Room (Charnel House numbered)
Throwback Thursday: Blood Risk UK Hardcover
June 22, 2023
Throwback Thursday: In Lumine Tuo (In Thy Light): Why Believe in God by Abalo Kossi
June 15, 2023
What’s New & Updated June 11, 2023
June 11, 2023
This coming week will be the day job’s busiest of the month as we’re physically moving locations. I’ll continue to squeak out what I can here. Thanks for your continued support.
- After Death banner ad
- From the Desk of Dean: The most disturbing villain I’ve written in a while
- Meaning – origin and history of the name Dean to Appendix G(2)
Throwback Thursday: The Green Devotional: Active Prayers for a Healthy Planet by Karen Speerstra
June 8, 2023
What’s New & Updated June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023
Heads up: Big changes are happening in June at my day job so I’ll do my best, but no promises.
- “Shadows, Sadists, and Sandkings: The Modern Tale of Terror, 1967-1997” by Boyd White to Appendix A