“What Do Editors Mean When They Say, ‘Sorry, but the motivation is missing.’?” Writer’s Digest, March.
“Diligently Corrupting Young Minds.” Science Fiction Review, June.
“A Veritable Cornucopia,” Tomorrow and … Seven.
“Always an Open Door for the Paperback ‘Category’ Novel.” Writer’s Digest, January.
Author’s Introduction to Night Chilis, Atheneum.
“When Should You Put Yourself in an Agent’s Hands?” The Basics of Writing and Selling Fiction, Writer’s Digest Press.
“Situation Critical.” Writer’s Yearbook ‘85, Writer’s Digest Press.
“Tater Baron.” Foreword to The Nightrunners, by Joe Lansdale, Dark Harvest Press.
“The Coming Blaylockian Age.” Foreword to Two Views of a Cave Painting, by Jim Blaylock, Axolotl Press.
“Keeping the Reader on the Edge of His Seat.” How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction, edited by J. N. Williamson, Writer’s Digest Press.
“Why Novels of Fear Must Do More than Frighten.” How To Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction, edited by J. N. Williamson, Writer’s Digest Press.
“The Truth About Christmas.” Chapbook by Charles de Lint.
“A Genre in Crisis.” Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest Press. Revised for Proteus, Shippensburg University, 1989.
“The Man Who Knows All About Hippodurkees.” Foreword to The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers, Charnel House.
“Ghost Stories.” Afterword for Post Mortem, edited by Dave Silva and Paul Olson, St. Martin’s Press.
Guest Editorial. Afraid, June.
“Oh, To Be in Cedar Rapids When the Hog Blood Flows.” Afterword to Prisoners, by Ed Gorman, Forge.
“Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe.” Introduction to Where There’s a Will (reissue), Bantam.
“Why We Love Horror.” TV Guide, October.
“Mr. Bizarro.” Foreword to Blood Test, by Jonathan Kellerman, Dark Harvest.
“My First Short Story.” The Dean Koontz Companion, edited by Martin Greenberg, Ed Gorman, and Bill Munster, Berkley.
“Koontz, Would You Just Shut Up Already?” The Dean Koontz Companion, edited by Martin Greenberg, Ed Gorman, and Bill Munster, Berkley.
“You’ll Either Love It or Hate It — Or Just be Indifferent to It.” The Dean Koontz Companion, edited by Martin Greenberg, Ed Gorman, and Bill Munster, Berkley.
“How To.” The Dean Koontz Companion, edited by Martin Greenberg, Ed Gorman, and Bill Munster, Berkley.
“Koontzramble.” The Dean Koontz Companion, edited by Martin Greenberg, Ed Gorman, and Bill Munster, Berkley.
Afterword to The Funhouse (reissue), Berkley.
Afterword to Dark Rivers of the Heart (hardcover only), Alfred A. Knopf.
“Godzilla vs. Megadeth.” Rock biography for “Youthanasia” CD, by Megadeth.
“Illusion, Truth, and the Whole Damn Thing.” Introduction to David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible, edited by David Copperfield and Janet Berliner, HarperCollins.
“A Note To The Reader,” Icebound, Ballantine.
Afterword to The Key to Midnight (reissue), Berkley.
Afterword to The Eyes of Darkness (reissue), Berkley.
Foreword to Ambush at Ruby Ridge, by Alan W. Bock, Berkley.
Preface to Intensity, Franklin Mint Edition.
“Beautiful Death.” Beautiful Death: Art of the Cemetery, by David Robinson, Penguin Studio.
“A Note to the Reader.” Ticktock, Ballantine.
Introduction to Hell House (reissue), by Richard Christian Matheson, Buccanneer Books.
“The Fox in the Chicken Suit,” Introduction to Fiends, by Richard Laymon, Headline Books.
“Great Art and Muppet Hatred.” Screamplays, edited by Richard Chizmar, Ballantine.