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Hi! I'm here to answer all your questions about those oddball books you can't find. Looking for a title, but not sure if it exists? Wanting to know who the real author is on a book you're pretty sure was written under a nom de plume? Where the heck is that Stephen King story your favorite movie is based on? Ask away!
Today's question:
Book of Counted Sorrows
The Book of Counted Sorrows is, 'quoted' in many Dean Koontz books. The book does not exist, and never has. Koontz himself wrote the poems, attributed to a Stephen Crane. He has stated in a few magazine articles that the book does not exist, but you can find the collected poems at Veinotte.
Koontz himself has said, "I felt guilty about all the time that's been wasted in these fruitless searches. I do intend to have "The Book of Counted Sorrows" published, once I have composed enough verses. I imagine this will be sometime in 1995." 1

However, you can download an e-book version at BN.com, no printed one is in the works. The reviews it's gotten are quite glowing, though they seem suspiciously like astroturfing.

NEW INFO!
Well, sorry, it's already sold out (Your lovely Miss Shay just got a Mr Shay, so I've been out of the loop for a little while.)  but there was in fact a hardcover published by Charnel House,  you can find the info here. Much thanks to Phyllis E. for the information!

1 Source: "The Dean Koontz Companion" edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman and Bill Munster, New York: Berkeley Books, 1994
I love Dean Koontz, and in many of his books, he has this quirky poetry that he attributes to 'The Book of Counted Sorrows' by Stephen Crane. Why can't I find that?
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