Abnormal psychology. See also Insanity, Schizophrenia, Schizotypal personality disorder, Sociopathy 239, 242–243, 251, 390
Ace Books 109, 126, 153, 170, 174
Ackerman, Forrest J. 131
Adult Children of Alcoholics xii, 328, 360
Advanced species 126, 171, 174, 192
After the Last Race 26, 55, 105, 192–195, 206, 214, 478
Again, Dangerous Visions 134, 143, 175
Alcoholism 12 – 13, 20 – 21, 327
Aliens 35, 36, 46, 98, 147, 172, 173, 174, 176, 190, 201, 291, 294, 295, 296, 316, 323, 377, 380, 407, 453, 459
All Other Men 148
“Always an Open Door for the Paperback Category Novel” 169, 469
Ambush at Ruby Ridge (Bock, Alan) 415, 424, 471
Anderson, Paul Dale 300
Anjikuni 268
Anasazi 46
Animal Farm 107
Appalachian Poverty Program 95
Aquinas, St. Thomas 77
Ashmead, Larry 148
Asimov, Isaac 98–99, 124, 143, 190
Asset-forfeiture laws 414, 415, 419, 421, 424
Augustine, St. 77
Awards xix, 38, 85–87, 224, 301–304
Bram Stoker 302
Hugo 152
World Fantasy 297
Bad Place, The 367–372, 452, 481
Bad Place, The (script) 373
Ballantine Books ix, 190, 202, 217, 407, 425, 441, 452
Bantam Books 171, 190, 218, 442–443, 451, 457
Barkman, Marcella 2
Barty, Billy 233
Beahm, George 144
Beastchild 146, 147, 151–152, 167, 400, 477, 481
Bedford, Pennsylvania 2–3, 6, 11, 32, 40, 46, 70, 88, 117, 154–155, 156, 362, 380, 383, 426–427, 440
Bedford Memorial Park 118
Benford, Gregory 275, 332, 386
Berkley Books 199, 224, 237, 238, 244, 245, 246, 268, 269, 272, 274, 298, 311, 321–322, 338, 344, 357, 365, 395, 409, 425, 439, 441, 451
Berkowitz, David 221
Biblical allegory 173, 174, 367
Big Money 137
Bizarre disappearances 45–46, 267
Blackburn, Vera (Houck) 33
Blue Devils 7
Bode, Vaughn 126, 139, 143–145
Book of Counted Sorrows, The 262, 269, 308, 378, 396, 401, 407, 410, 454
Borden, Roy 15, 36, 41, 253–254
Bradbury, Ray 39, 59, 108, 121, 279
Bradley, David 54, 65, 215, 251
Brainwashing 109, 228, 229, 293, 294, 295
Bram Stoker Awards 302
Brando, Marlon 217
Burton, Tim 341
Cameo Press 176
Canine Companions for Independence 303, 355–356
Carberry, Helen (Morgart) 38
Carmel, California 240
Carnivals 44–45, 124, 164, 211, 237–238, 279–280, 281, 284, 285, 287, 288
Carpenter, Joe 28, 30, 444–450
Catcher in the Rye, The 81, 108
Catholicism 54–55, 66, 76–77, 93, 104, 111, 324, 428
Ceddia, Anthony 361–362, 363–364
Centralia, Pennsylvania 427–428
Cerra, Dorothy 68
Cerra, Gerda Ann 66–70, 71, 72–73, 79, 163
Cerra, Ross Jr. 68
Cerra, Vito 68
Chandler, Raymond 135
Chaos 13, 22, 46, 127, 161, 190, 254, 267, 284, 309, 310, 324, 328, 368, 369, 371, 378, 383, 444, 449, 454, 458, 459, 460
Chardin, Teilhard de 313
Children of the Storm 164, 478
Chizmar, Richard 457
Christman, Barbara 430, 446, 448, 450
Clegg, Doug 304
“Cloistered Walls” 473
Codependence 20, 21, 56, 328, 361, 387
Coffey, Brian 183, 215, 221, 232, 252
Cold Fire 19, 59, 147, 282, 351, 371, 374, 376, 577, 378–381, 481
Cold Fire (screenplay) 282, 381–382
Cold Terror (Munster) 345
Cold War 32, 34, 54, 232, 265, 331, 439
Collings, Michael 202, 345, 346, 372, 429
Colonial Park, Pennsylvania 108, 186
“Coming Blaylockian Age, The” 470
Cooper, Roger 245
Corman, Roger 316, 342–343, 411
Costello, Matthew 304
“Counterfeit” 232
Creative Artists Agency 357
Creativity 33, 38, 43, 317, 318, 327, 458–459
“Crimson Witch, The” 147, 158, 474
Cross-genre style 204, 215, 240, 297, 334, 412
Cuppett, Norma (Ickes) 66
Curtis Books 158
Czikszentmihalyi, Mihaly 318, 319
Dahmer, Jeffrey 389
Dance with the Devil 162–163, 478
Darkfall (screenplay) 358
Dark Harvest Press 272, 322, 323, 338, 343–344
“Darkness in My Soul, A” 113, 473
Darkness in My Soul, A 170–171, 478
Dark of Summer, The 165–166, 478
Dark of the Woods 153–154, 477
Dark Rivers of the Heart 211, 255, 324, 363, 389, 400, 414–424, 430, 438, 452, 471, 481
Dark Rivers of the Heart (screenplay) 424–425
Daw Books 170
Dean Koontz Companion, The 345, 365, 409, 471
Degenerative alcohol syndrome 220, 329, 350
DeGrange, Dorothy 9
Demolished Man, The (Bester, Alfred) 229
Demon Seed 190, 217, 357, 443, 451, 455–457, 478, 482
Demon Seed (film) 191, 217, 218, 220
Deny the Devil 204
Destiny 223, 231, 286, 313, 333, 334–335, 380, 416, 420, 454, 460
Dick, Philip K. 274
Dickens, Charles 72, 187, 240, 264, 266, 283, 321, 332
Dickinson, Emily 76
“Diligently Corrupting Young Minds” 144, 469
Dogs 11, 25–26, 49–50, 315, 316, 355, 396, 397, 408, 416, 432, 448, 452
Door to December, The 276–278, 480, 482
Door to Nowhere, The 204
“Down on the Darkness” 305, 475
“Dragon in the Land, A” 123, 176, 474
Dragon Tears 147, 383, 392, 395–397, 452, 481
Dreaming Jewels, The (Sturgeon) 40
Dreams 15, 199, 369, 384–385, 412, 427
“Dreamlet of the Hawk, The” 124
Drew, Lisa 252
Dunn, Dawn 394
Dwyer, Deanna 160
Eckard, Nancy (Mock) 5, 27, 28, 49, 154, 327, 440
Eclipse Graphic Comics 382
Edgeway Crisis, The 215
Edwards, Frank 46
Einstein 314–315, 316, 317, 318
Elliott, T. S. 76
Ellison, Harlan 106, 121, 133–134, 175–176, 301
Elwood, Roger 175, 176–177, 191
Emphyrio 171
Entropy 130, 147, 271, 284, 396–397, 407, 458, 459
Everett, Pennsylvania 2
Evil xi, 149, 164, 177, 213, 222, 230, 240, 241, 243, 251, 262, 266, 269–270, 271, 286–287, 296, 305, 309, 315, 322, 339, 340, 341, 354, 368, 369, 370, 372, 386, 387, 388, 403, 420, 421, 429, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 449
Exorcist, The 338
Eyes of Darkness, The 211, 231, 259, 260–261, 321, 357, 439, 471, 479, 482
Eyed of Darkness, The (screenplay) 358
“Face in His Belly, The” 122, 473
Face of Fear, The 165, 202, 221–222, 256, 479
Face of Fear, The (film) 358, 373, 375, 381
Faith 26, 104, 291, 297, 414–415, 430, 444, 448, 450
Fall of the Dream Machine, The 125, 175, 477
Family 32, 59, 61–62, 70, 76–77, 91, 106, 110, 122, 147, 178, 242, 250, 290, 291, 295, 304, 309, 315, 325, 403, 405, 407, 408, 412, 420, 439, 453–454, 457, 458, 459, 460
Famous Monsters of Filmland 38, 131
Fascism. See also Totalitarian mind 213, 276, 278, 403
Fate. See Destiny.
Father Blood 204
Faust, Jack 7
Fear That Man 126, 127, 149, 477
Feminist movement 161
Ferraro, Claire 425
Fertility experiments 326
“Flesh” 473
Flesh in the Furnace, The 133, 171–172, 443, 478
Florida 49, 50, 51, 118, 281, 443
“For a Breath I Tarry” 473
Forsythe, O. Richard 80–81, 86, 190, 363, 365, 367–368
“Fox in the Chicken Suit, The” 472
Fox network 438
Francis, Dick 136
Frankenstein 36
Freaks 45, 124, 238, 279–280, 285, 287, 288
Freudian theory x, xi, 82, 110, 153, 158, 170, 172, 214, 223, 241, 243, 245, 263–264, 310, 414, 434–435, 436
Funhouse, The 37, 45, 238–239, 261, 279, 408, 471, 482
Funhouse, The (film) 237
Garbrick, Winona 63–64, 65, 216, 323
Genetic disorders 22–24, 162, 223, 231, 251, 254, 285, 369–370, 388, 403, 436
Genetic engineering 170, 213, 286, 309, 366, 403, 446–447, 450
Genre fiction xix, 159–160, 161, 166–167, 182, 204, 223, 290, 338–339
“Ghost Stories” 470
Gleason, Harold 363
Glueckman, Alan 358
Goblins 281–282, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 322–323
God 19, 77, 81, 85, 104, 111, 122, 125, 126, 127–128, 147, 149, 171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 179–180, 200, 221, 291, 296, 297, 316, 324, 325–326, 334, 355, 377, 379, 415, 444, 445, 447, 448, 449, 460
Godzilla 36
“Godzilla vs. Megadeth” 411–412, 471
Goldblum, Jeff 391
Goodness 128, 149, 177, 230, 240, 251, 288, 297, 332, 340, 341, 354, 370, 387, 420, 421, 426, 429, 433, 435, 438, 439, 444, 460
“Good Ship Lookoutworld, The” 147, 474
Gorman, Ed 334, 345, 365, 366, 382, 395, 409–410
Gothic romance 159–160, 161, 164, 165–166
Gottlieb, Robert 393–394, 423, 441
Government 1–2, 26, 101, 109, 145, 179–180, 241, 259–260, 277–278, 287, 290, 294, 309, 315, 400, 414, 418, 421, 422, 423, 424, 427–428
Goya, Francisco de 396
G. P. Putnam’s Sons 224, 235, 237, 246, 251, 266, 311, 316, 331, 334, 335, 336, 337, 352, 371, 372, 374, 381, 392, 393–394, 395, 400, 401, 426, 442
Grann, Phyllis 224, 243, 244, 245, 263, 266, 268, 279, 291–293, 312, 314, 321, 333, 337’, 339, 352, 353, 372, 374, 390, 392, 394
“Graveyard Highway” 337 – 338, 475
“Great Art and Muppet Hatred” 457, 472
Great Expectations 264
Greenberg, Martin 345, 366, 409–110
Greene, Graham 187
Griffith, Melanie 373
Guardians 152, 323, 332, 404, 430, 450, 459, 460
Guardian 311
Haggard, David 215
Hall, Melissa Mia 300
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 2, 154, 156, 193, 204, 205, 263
Hartzell, Susan 394
Haunted Earth, The 189–190, 478
Headline Book Publishing 320–321, 358, 410, 450
Heinlein, Robert 39, 54, 109, 112, 175
Heroism 37, 159, 216–217, 323, 432, 434, 435, 437
Hideaway 30, 371, 383, 386–391, 392, 481
Hillegass, Virginia 4, 11, 13, 15, 28, 48, 52, 154, 259, 362
Hillside Stranglers 221
“Holes” 473
Holtry, Linda Farner 74
Hooper, Tobe 237
Horror 36, 59, 266, 269, 288, 296, 299, 333, 336, 338, 406, 439
Horror Show, The 175, 305, 323
Horror Writer’s of America 298, 300–304
Hoskins, Robert 120, 138, 147, 150, 159, 161, 175, 181, 189, 193–194
Hour of Courage, The 251
House of Thunder, The 265–266, 344, 357, 479, 481
H. O. W. L. 299
How To Write Best-selling Fiction 80, 228, 258–259, 479
How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction 321
Hudson, Corey 356
Hugo award 152
Hutchinson, Tim Hely 320–321, 450–451
Iambic pentameter 283
Icebound 65, 425, 454, 471, 482
Ickes, Gary xv
“Illusion, Truth, and the Whole Damn Thing” 471
Insanity 148, 162, 164, 170–171, 172, 174, 179, 196, 197, 241, 267, 403, 432, 449, 458–459, 460
Intensity 29, 243, 430–434, 435, 437, 438, 451, 452, 471, 482
Intensity (miniseries) 438–39 454
International suspense 33, 182, 183–184, 198
Intruders, The (film) 181
Invaders from Mars 35
Invasion 137, 200–202, 407, 478
Invasion of the Body Snatchers 35
Ironheart, Jim 19, 59, 351, 379–380
Island of Shadows 204
“I’ve Met One” 473
Jacobs, Colin 25, 36, 37, 38, 41, 69, 252–255
Jesse S. Heiges Distinguished Alumnus Award 265
Johnson, Don 373
Johnson, Larry 61, 62, 92, 362
Jove Books 237
Jung, Carl G. x, 312, 377, 435
Juvenile science fiction series 38 – 39
Kale, Fletcher 22
“Keeping the Reader on the Edge of His Seat” 321, 470
Kemper, Edmund, III 433
Kennedy, John F. 54, 75, 83, 198, 282
Kennedy, Robert 107
Kennedy, Ted 118
Key to Midnight, The 212, 224, 227, 232, 308, 357, 425, 471, 479, 482
King, Martin Luther, Jr. 74, 94, 107
King, Stephen 201, 279, 292, 336, 344, 345, 381, 423
Kirk, Stephen 301
“Kittens” xix, 85–86, 87, 426, 473
Knight, Damon 131
Knopf, Alfred A. 192
Knopf Publishing Group 394, 413, 426, 437–438, 441, 442, 451
Koontz, Dean ix-x, xiii, 3–4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13–14, 17, 28, 34–35, 36–37, 40–42, 65, 91–94, 173, 178, 180, 184–185, 193–195, 196, 216–217, 223, 228, 231, 232–233, 234, 237, 243–244, 247–249, 251–252, 255–256, 258–259, 263–265, 266, 268–269, 282, 283–284, 285, 288, 290–291, 300, 302, 303–304, 312–314, 319–320, 325–326, 335–336, 337, 339–340, 342, 343, 347, 362, 364–365, 368–369, 373–374, 377–378, 379, 381–382, 386, 388, 391, 395, 407, 411–412, 413, 414–415, 416–417, 420, 421, 422, 423, 427–430, 434–436, 437, 439, 442, 443, 445, 452, 454, 461 and father ix, 15, 17–18, 21, 24, 43–44, 50, 51–53, 56–57, 58–59, 77, 84, 110, 124, 150–151, 156–158, 189, 219–220, 224–227, 231, 254–255, 267, 285, 287–288, 323, 324, 325, 328–330, 347–352, 360–361, 366, 382–384, 387, 389–390, 403, 405, 416, 421–422, 430, 436, 440, 456, 458, 460, 461
and Gerda 66–70, 71, 72–73, 76, 79, 90, 103–104, 108, 113, 156, 186, 187, 193, 195, 205–212, 219, 250, 274, 275, 306–307, 310, 323, 326, 327, 328, 332, 337, 347, 353, 355–356, 362, 366, 368, 376, 383–384, 393, 398–400, 405, 408–409, 412
and mother 17–18, 19, 28–29, 56, 57, 76, 91–92, 115–118, 225, 323, 347, 351–352, 363, 366, 421, 430, 440, 458, 459
art 64, 75–76
awards 37–38, 85–136, 152
birth 1
college 70, 71, 72–82, 90
dogs 11, 25–26, 49–50, 355–356
employment 56, 60, 70, 71, 72, 88–89, 90, 95–96, 100–103, 105, 107, 108–209, 111–113
first stories xix, 78, 85, 119–120
honorary doctorate 79, 361
humor 62–63, 64, 82, 102, 302, 452
illness 79, 359–361
marriage 89, 90, 91, 92–94, 306, 460
music 60–61, 75, 84, 150
poetry 76, 87, 90, 262, 283, 401, 407, 430, 454
repurchasing rights 143, 214, 256, 321–322
teaching 84, 94–97, 100–103, 105, 107, 108–109, 111–113, 114–11
vision 189, 246, 334, 391, 394, 451, 459, 460
writing style 80, 168, 175–176, 182, 222–223, 248–249, 263–265, 282–284, 317, 405, 410, 414, 431, 438, 447
Koontz, Florence 1, 2, 4–7, 8–9, 11–12, 13, 14, 15–16, 17–20, 21, 25, 28–30, 42, 47–51, 55, 56, 57, 71, 72, 76, 79, 91–92, 100, 108, 115–118, 326–327
Koontz, Gerda xiii, 66–70, 71, 72–73, 79, 96, 99–100, 113–115, 131, 134, 135, 138–139, 151, 158, 163–164, 170, 178, 185, 205, 211, 213, 218, 220, 246, 247, 259, 275, 276, 293, 300, 306, 310, 312, 315, 337, 347, 382, 398–400, 402, 412, 452, 459
employment 67, 91, 97, 105–106, 113
marriage 90, 92–94, 306
partnership 115, 119–121, 188, 205
Koontz Komfy Kot 189
Koontz, Ray 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16–19, 23–25, 42–44, 58–59, 68, 70, 79, 92, 100, 110, 117, 150–151, 156–158, 162, 189, 219–220, 224–227, 254–255, 261, 277, 287, 310, 327, 328–330, 347–352, 380, 382–385
alcoholism 8, 13, 16–17, 59, 84, 156, 225, 226, 328, 350
antisocial personality 18, 23, 42, 267
death 383–384
mental illness 21–22, 24, 171, 219, 225–226, 328
Kornbluth, Cyril 132
Lake Tahoe, Nevada 205–206, 271
Lahti, Christine 391
Lancer 121, 143, 150, 151, 152, 159, 163, 171, 189, 193, 256
Land of Enchantment 279, 305, 322, 339
Lansdale, Joe 299, 300, 304, 311, 344, 345
Laser Books 200
Las Vegas, Nevada 206, 211, 217, 259, 309, 417
Laymon, Richard 239, 308, 345 Legacy of Terror 161–162, 167, 477
Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 105, 108
Leopold and Loeb 221
Libertarian (civil) 213, 278, 414–415
Lightning 275, 311, 312, 331–337, 352, 358, 371, 410, 481
Little, Bentley 304
Logue, Nancy 8
London, Jack 60
Loneliness 46, 171, 173, 174, 175, 191, 310, 412
Los Angeles, California 217, 221, 374, 407
Love 153–154, 159, 170, 187, 214, 230, 277, 293, 295, 310, 311, 313, 323, 324, 332, 355, 367, 369, 380, 405, 429, 430
Lucky 26
MacDonald, John D. 136–137, 183, 241, 244, 247, 275, 290, 297, 369
MacKenzie, Slim 281–282, 284–289, 322–323
Maclay, John 300
MacLean, Alistair 215
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 98, 113, 123, 146, 176
Malzburg, Barry 122, 192, 193, 200
Mandalay Television Entertainment 438, 454
Mandarin 125
Manhattan 166, 196, 221, 269, 270, 374
“Man Who Knows All About Hippodurkees, The” 470
Mary Celeste 46
Masters of Fantasy 412
McCammon, Robert R. 299, 300, 302, 304, 344
McConnel, Father Edward 93
McLuhan, Marshall 123, 125, 142, 143, 176
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 105, 107, 364
Mechanicsburg School System 105, 107, 111–112, 114–115
Medium is the Message, The 123
Megadeth 411
Mehta, Sonny 394, 413, 414, 424, 441
Men on the Moon 121
Meredith, Scott (literary agency) 85, 125, 178, 181–182
M. Evans & Company 184, 185–186, 192
Midnight 152, 353–356, 358, 373, 481
Midnight Music 352
“Miracle is Anything, A” 473
“Miss Attila the Hun” 323, 475
Mock, Kate 4, 15, 26–27, 28, 47, 48–49, 91, 93, 117, 154–155, 327
Mock, Ray 26, 27, 28, 30, 46–47, 48, 91, 93, 154–155, 327, 440
“Mold in the Jungle” 473
Monitors of Providence 300
Moon landing 121
Morrison, Henry 181–182, 184, 192, 195, 198, 202–203, 222, 357
“Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village, A” 142, 176, 474
“Mr. Bizarro” 470
Mr. Murder 28, 298, 348, 376, 401–406, 439, 481
Mr. Murder (film) 406
“Mystery of His Flesh, The” 146, 147, 148–149, 474
NAL/Signet 276
Nazis. See also Totalitarian mind 139, 143, 150, 175, 332
Newport Beach, California 376, 398, 409, 430
New Wave (science fiction) 130, 134, 146
Nichols, Leigh 227, 231–232, 259, 261, 265, 270, 276, 308, 321, 323, 343, 365
Nietzsche, Friedrich 172, 221, 222, 433
Night Chills 202, 212, 213–214, 240, 469, 478
Night Chills (screenplay) 358
Nixon, Richard 107, 138, 139, 170, 199
Nonfiction 137–140, 166, 213, 258, 272, 278, 444
Obsessive-compulsive syndrome 232, 328
O’Callaghan, Maxine 302
Oddkins 340, 341, 357, 426, 481
“Oh, To Be in Cedar Rapids When the Hog Blood Flows” 365, 470
“Once” 473
Optimism 120, 162, 217, 247, 262, 296, 297, 317, 333, 336, 369, 402, 407, 420–421, 423, 429
Orange, California 204, 217, 250, 273, 314, 368, 376, 398, 409
Paige, Richard 276
Parks, Phil 272, 280–281, 288, 298, 339, 340, 344, 371, 381, 401, 439–440
Pelican Hill 409
Pennsylvania. See Bedford, Colonial Park, Everett, Harrisburg, Jerome, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Saxton, Schellsburg, Shippensburg.
Perez, Jose 398
Perfection Custom Wood Designs 398–399
Petaja, Emil 109
Phantoms 22 46, 266–268, 279, 345, 395, 480
Physics 130, 275, 290, 296, 312, 387, 444
Pig Society, The 138, 145, 477
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 3, 4, 9, 29, 103, 116, 131, 133, 154–155
Plagiarism xiii, 166, 394–395, 410, 411
Pocket Books 212, 224, 227, 231, 237, 261, 265, 270, 308, 321
Poetry 60, 76, 87, 90, 401, 407, 430, 439, 454
Politics 85, 107–108, 109–110, 114, 138, 146, 170, 187, 239, 259, 275, 292, 414, 418, 419, 433
Popular Library 199
Pornography 106–107, 140–142, 176
Power. See also Totalitarian mind 230–231, 278, 355, 415, 428, 431, 432
Price, Barry 430
Prison of Ice 65, 140, 212, 216, 425, 479
“Psychedelic Children, The” 113, 473
Raines, Rya 100, 101, 285–287, 289, 322–323
Random House 178, 180, 198, 222, 223, 224, 407, 413, 441, 454
“Rats Run, The” 473
Readers and Writers 86
Reader’s Chair, The 371
Recard, Harold 73–74, 75, 93, 171
Redemption 197, 216, 287–288, 324, 326, 333, 380, 391, 429, 451, 460
Reincarnation 263
Religion 19, 22, 26, 85, 90, 104, 118, 110, 126, 131, 145, 150, 172, 278, 324, 386, 429
Reprint rights 185, 214, 223, 244, 245–246, 311
Resuscitation medicine 386, 387
“Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe” 470
Rich, Lee 373
Rocky (film) 213
Rosemary’s Baby 94
Rosenberg, Grant 373, 375, 376
“Sam: the Adventurous, Exciting, Well-traveled Man” 87, 473
Sane, Lenart 188
San Francisco, California 180, 186
Santa’s Twin 401, 404–405, 439, 482
Saxton, Pennsylvania 94, 100, 103, 285, 364
Savoy 406
Schellsburg, Pennsylvania 8
Schizophrenia xii, 21–22, 164–165, 173, 216, 217, 226
Schizotypal Personality 22, 127, 421
Science Fiction xix, 38, 54, 59, 62, 81, 90, 98, 106, 108–109, 119, 121, 125, 127, 130–135, 146, 151, 166, 182, 189, 204, 220, 229, 230, 267, 294, 296, 332, 333, 336, 353, 455
“Season for Freedom, A” 122, 474
Servants of Twilight, The 272, 282, 322, 344, 357, 365, 481
Servants of Twilight, The (film) 272
Shadowfires 41–42, 211, 231, 308, 309–311, 345, 480, 481
Shadow Run 352
Shattered 139, 178, 180, 478, 480
Shawnee State Park 88
Shepherd, Chyna 29, 431–432, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438–439
Shining, The 201
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania 70, 71, 91, 263, 362, 363, 364, 367
Shippensburg State College (Shippensburg University) 70, 72, 79, 86, 265, 361, 427
Silbersack, John 439
Silverberg, Robert 121, 131–132, 300
Smith, Claire 203, 215, 222, 223–224, 251, 252, 279, 336, 340, 353, 357, 392–393
Sociopathy 22, 40, 124, 128, 152, 214, 227, 286, 369, 387, 389, 416, 434, 435, 436, 455, 456
“Soft Come the Dragons” 98, 409, 473
Soft Come the Dragons (anthology) 99, 113, 153, 477
Sole Survivor 11, 28, 30, 155, 326, 430, 441, 443, 444–452, 454, 455, 482
“Some Disputed Barricade” 473
Some of Your Blood (Sturgeon) 40
“Something About This City” 87, 473
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury) 39, 279
Space opera 158
Speck, Richard 181
Stadalsky, Scott 344
“Standard Unusual, The” 473
Star Wars 220
Stevenson, Jeff 297
Stevenson, Robert Louis 167, 296
Stillwater, Marty 28, 348, 401, 402–405, 439
St. John’s Reformed United Church of Christ 26
Stone, I. F. 121
Storytelling 135, 147, 338, 405, 407
Stout, Rex 135
St. Thomas Catholic Church 92
Strange Highways 14, 175, 196, 255, 426–430
Strange Highways (collection) 180, 306, 324, 341, 426, 482
Strange Highways (television series) 375
Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein) 54, 112
Strangers 137, 250, 269, 290, 292, 293–298, 308, 312, 317, 323, 331, 353, 480
Sturgeon, Theodore 39, 108–109
Subconscious x, 153, 173, 177, 214, 241, 261, 313–314
Subliminal manipulation 197, 213, 283, 431
Sudden Fear 345
Suspense xix, 106, 133, 135, 137, 159, 160, 166, 178, 181, 203, 204, 215, 220, 223, 237, 268, 274, 288, 331, 332, 333, 401, 407, 438, 444, 457
Synchronicity 377
Tale of Two Cities, A 187, 283
Tear Down the Night 280
“Terrible Weapon, The” 176, 474
Theseus 125
Tiny 25
Toxic intimacy x, 149, 222, 223, 242, 309, 386, 389, 439
Transubstantiation 428–429, 460
“Truth About Christmas, The” 470
Tucker, Michael 182, 183–184, 256
Tussey Mountain School District 94
Twilight Eyes 30, 45, 100, 127, 211, 279, 281–283, 284–289, 322, 323, 339, 345, 480
“Twilight of the Dawn” 128, 324–325, 443, 475
2001 130
UFOs 35
Uncanny, The 263, 325, 326, 347, 377, 437, 443
Underground Lifestyles Handbook, The 138, 477
Unprotected child 113, 151–152, 260, 450
Vaughn, Robert 217
“Veritable Cornucopia, A” 145–146, 469
Vess, Edgier Foreman 430–431, 432–433, 434, 435, 436, 438–439
Victims 21, 23, 414, 418, 424, 434, 435, 459, 461
Vietnam 54, 82–84, 94, 98, 123, 138, 151, 158, 170, 177–178, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 407, 452
Viewpoint 148, 258–259, 391, 432–433
Violence 22, 126, 151, 154, 171, 180, 207, 225–226, 243, 269, 284, 309, 311, 329, 347, 360, 378, 379, 388, 402, 415, 438, 456, 457
Vision, The 222, 235, 243, 479, 480
Voice of the Night, The 15, 25, 36, 38, 41, 69, 251, 252–255, 357, 479, 481
Wall of Masks, The 183–184, 478
Warner Books 337, 340, 341, 357, 426, 430
Warner Brothers 181, 341, 358, 372–373, 374
Warren Commission Reports 198
Watchers 311, 312, 314–317, 318, 319, 320, 327, 336, 345, 352, 366, 403, 410, 411, 436
Watchers II 343
West, Owen 237, 239, 261, 268, 269, 357
“What Do Editors Mean When They Say, ‘Sorry, the motivation is missing’?” 125, 469
“What it Means to Be an American” 38
“When Should You Put Yourself in an Agent’s Hands?” 272, 469
“Where the Beast Runs” 126, 474
Whispers 137, 235, 239, 240–246, 247, 250, 251, 263, 266, 279, 315, 345, 367, 435–436, 479
Whispers (film) 246
Whitman, Charles 181
“Why Novels of Fear Must do More Than Frighten” 321, 470
“Why We Love Horror” 406–407, 470
Williamsburg, Virginia 94
Willis, Bruce 406
Wilt, Mary Jeanne (Heit) 66, 68, 93
Wilson, F. Paul 304
Wind in the Willows, The (Grahame, Kenneth) 33, 199, 340
Winters, Doug 344
Wolfe, Aaron 200, 201–202, 407
Wolfe, Nero 135
Wollheim, Don 109, 113, 121, 127, 153, 170
Woodstock 119
World Fantasy Convention 202, 299, 300
Wright, Lee 178, 180, 198, 203, 222
Writer’s Digest 125, 166, 167, 169, 258
Writing Popular Fiction 141, 166–169, 204, 258, 478
Yeats, W B. 76