My Summer Pastimes and Your Next Summer Read
Happy July, the month named for Julius Caesar, the Roman general and statesman who failed miserably in his pathetic attempts to…
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The killer finale: Nameless returns in six new short thrillers
According to an Old English saying dating back a thousand years, “A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm of bees in June is worth…
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Nameless: Read Them in Order, They’re Scarier That Way
In The Canterbury Tales, over 800 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote “For May wol hae no slogardie anyght.” We can see from these few words…
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Is April really the cruelest month?
According to the great poet, T.S. Eliot, April is the cruelest month, but that is not my experience. Every April begins the same way for me…
ContinueA New Moon on the 13th? How often does that happen?
March is here, and it’s a very exciting month for me. First of all, my calendar tells me there’s a new moon on the 13th. How often does that happen?
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With Love and Mystery from Dean Koontz
February is a special month. It’s the only one to begin with an F, and it’s the shortest of the twelve, so right there is a lot to celebrate with a few cases…
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Happy New Year from Dean Koontz
Happy New Year! I have resolved to take life more seriously in 2021 than I took it in 2020, though I took it so seriously in 2020 that…
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December News from Dean
Tis the season to be jolly. That’s better than a season to be angry and mean. However, I find something unsettling about too much jolliness, especially when…
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The Other Emily Coming Soon
Ah, November. The trees shed their leaves in a litter of colorful confetti. The air is crisp and bracing. Daylight savings time ends, and it’s heartening…
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Elsewhere Out October 6
My latest novel, Elsewhere, is available today in hardcover, eBook, and audio. We’re also developing a service that will send a troupe of mimes…
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September 2020
I heard it’s back-to-school time, so I hurried out to the store and bought 100 pens, a shirt-pocket protector, 50 spiralbound notebooks…
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March 2020
The day here in Koontzland began as it always does: Elsa, our golden retriever, gave me a morning cuddle, took me for a walk, and …
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