10 Nov 2019 Ink Heist
Oh yes, this is vaguebooking, but I'll soon be announcing an exciting new project with Ink Heist. #mystery ...
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10 Nov 2019 Audiobook Giveaway
THE ISLE audiobook giveaway on Twitter has been gong well, with lots of retweets. I'll be drawing three winners at random on November 11th! There's still time to join in - look for the posts to retweet at @johnfosterfic ...
14 Oct 2019 Teeth is finished! all hail the Teeth! (And other updates)
All the Teeth in the World is finished and I'm delighted with the result, I believe readers will be as well. I will share updates as this novel continues on its journey. Archibald Leech, the Many Story Man has officially become a novel. I'm adding one...
14 Oct 2019 Gordon White
I was thrilled to write the introduction to Gordon White's excellent first collection of short fiction, titled As Summer’s Mask Slips and Other Disruptions, releases from Trepidatio Publishing in Jan. 2020. Gordon is an excellent writer with a veteran's confident voice and I suspect that readers will...
12 Sep 2019 The Fiction of Forking Paths: Weird Horror and Spec-Lit from Latin-, Afro-, and other non-Anglo Traditions
The Outer Dark Symposium 2019 was a wonderful experience all around and I was fortunate enough to sit on a panel discussing "The Fiction of Forking Paths: Weird Horror and Spec-Lit from Latin-, Afro-, and other non-Anglo Traditions." In a beautiful moment of synchronicity, I...
10 Sep 2019 Updates and a video
Summer is finished and so is my novella, Archibald Leech, the Many Storied Man. It will go over to a publisher this week and I'll have updates after that. For now, it's back to what I expect will be my final draft of All the Teeth...
27 Aug 2019 Scares that Care
Last night, exhausted from the road, I expressed my happiness in a future schedule clear of travel. Toady I've thrown that out the window and locked in my hotel room and table for Scares that Care 2020. Glutton for punishment? Hell yes....
22 Aug 2019 “THE ISLE is like a water-color painting by Lovecraft, signed by Clive Barker”
Sometimes when it rains, it pours. Dale Ester shared this wonderful review of The Isle: Fans of gothic horror are in for a treat with THE ISLE. Set on the New England coast, John C. Foster's novel is full of heavy accents, stormy skies and the salty...
21 Aug 2019 All Aboard Leviathan
A wonderful Amazon review of The Isle by Marissa Smith! "From the children to the corpses, I thoroughly enjoyed being immersed in Foster's dark world again with little regard for modern time. I often get distracted and don't finish books but that was definitely not the case...
21 Aug 2019 My Necronomicon Schedule
Here is my Necronomicon schedule: I’m arriving on Friday around lunch. Saturday – 3:00-4:15pm THE UNNAMABLE DOWN EAST: THE INFLUENCE OF LOVECRAFT ON THE WORKS OF STEPHEN KING – Biltmore Ballroom, Graduate 17th Floor What elements of Lovecraftian fiction have been incorporated by King into his narratives? Which stories...