Future Release - "The Book of Counted Sorrows"

In many of Koontz's novels, at the beginning of the book, or one of the part divisions, there are verses that underline a theme in the story. These verses are extrodinary pieces, dark and poetic. These pieces are each credited to "The Book of Counted sorrows", and many people, this writer included, have searched for the illusive book, not knowing that it is actually a nonexistent volume. Koontz claims that when he started writing these pieces, as he needed them, he never realized that so many people would like the poetry enough to seek out "The Book of Counted Sorrows". Now he and his publishers receive thousands of letters a year from people who have looked for it without results. So large is the demand, that Koontz promises to publish this book of poetry as soon as he has enough verses compiled. The tenative date for such a release is late in 1998.
** Never Released**

Here, used with permission of Random House are the pieces that comprise the forthcoming collection.
The Book of Counted Sorrows
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Kittens, Readers & Writers, 1966.

Soft Come the Dragons, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction, August 1967.

To Behold the Sun, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science

A Darkness in My Soul, Fantastic Stories, January 1968.

The Twelfth Bed, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
August 1968.

Dreambird,If, September 1968.

The Psychedelic Children, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction, July 1968.

A Dragon in the Land, Venture Science Fiction, August 1969.

Where the Beast Runs, If, July 1969.

In the Shield, If, January 1969.

Killerbot, Galaxy, May 1969.

Temple of Sorrow, Amazing Stories, January 1969.

Muse, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September
1969.

The Mystery of His Flesh, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction, July 1970.

Shambolain, If November-December 1970.

Beastchild, Venture Science Fiction, August 1970.

The Good Ship Lookoutworld, Fantastic Stories, February
1970.

A Third Hand, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
January 1970.

Unseen Warriors, Worlds of Tomorrow, Winter 1970.

The Crimson Witch, Fantastic Stories, October 1970.

Nightmare Gang, in Infinity One, edited by Robert Hoskins. New
York: Lancer, 1970.

Bruno, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1971.

Cosmic Sin, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
February 1972.

Altarboy, in Infinity Three, edited by Robert Hoskins. New York:
Lancer, 1972.

Ollie's Hands, in Infinity Four, edited by Robert Hoskins. New
York: Lancer 1972. Revised for The Horror

A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village, in Again Dangerous
Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison. New York: Doubleday, 1972.

The Undercity, in Future City, edited by Roger Elwood. New
York: Trident Press, 1973.

Wake Up to Thunder, in Children of Infinity, edited by Roger
Elwood. New York: Franklin Watts, 1973.

Grayworld, in Infinity Five, edited by Robert Hoskins. New York:
Lancer, 1973.

Terra Phobia, in Androids, Time Machines and Blue Giraffes,
edited by Roger Elwood and Vic Ghidalia. Follett, 1973.

We Three, in Final Stage, edited by Roger Elwood and Barry N.
Malzberg. New York: Charterhouse, 1974.

Night of the Storm, in Continuum 1, edited by Roger Elwood.
New York: Putnam, 1974.

Down in the Darkness, The Horror Show, Summer 1986.

The Black Pumpkin, Twilight Zone, December 1986.

Weird World, The Horror Show, Summer 1986.

The Sinless Child, Flame Tree Planet, edited by Roger Elwood,
1986.

Snatcher, Night Cry, Fall 1986.

Miss Attila the Hun, in Night Visions 4, Arlington Heights, IL:
Dark Harvest, 1987.

Show, Summer 1987.

Hardshell, in Night Visions 4, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark
Harvest, 1987.

The Interrogation, The Horror Show, Summer 1987.

Twilight of the Dawn, in Night Visions 4, Arlington Heights, IL:
Dark Harvest, 1987.

Graveyard Highway, in Tropical Chips, edited by Tim Sullivan.
New York: Avon, 1988.

Trapped, in Stalkers, edited by Ed Gorman and Martin H.
Greenberg. Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest Press, 1989.

Non-Fiction Books

How to Write Best-Selling Fiction
Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1981

The Pig Society and the Underground Lifestyles Handbook
Los Angeles: Aware Press, 1970

Writing Popular Fiction
Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1972
(Written when author was in his twenties.
When he felt that it had become outdated, he took it off the market
and replaced it with "How to Write Best-Selling Fiction".)