Stories, Poems & Essays
College Days
1964-1967
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All of the following were published in "The Reflector", which was issued at Shippensburg State Teachers College, where he was a student. His short story "The Kittens" won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition, while he was attending that college.
1964 Dean Koontz appeared in the above photo, as a member of the Catholic Newman Club, in the '64 yearbook.
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1965 The Day an essay
Growing Pains short story
Kittens short story
Sing a Song of Sixpence a poem
This Fence short story1966 Cellars an essay
Cloistered Walls a poem
Flesh a poem
For a Breath I Tarry a poem
Hey, Good Christian a poem
Holes a poem
Ibsen's Dream an essay
It a poem
I've Met One a poem
A Miracle Is Anything short story
Mold in the Jungle a poem
Of Childhood an essay
Once a poem
The Rats Run a poem
Sam: The Adventurous, Exciting,
Well-Traveled Man a poem
Some Disputed Barricade short story
Something About This City a poem
The Standard Unusual a poem
A Trio of Possible Futures a poem
You Dirty Jap, Said the Jap an essay1967 Where No One Fell a poem
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