04 Apr 2021 Rooster Drops on July 20!
Grey Matter Press will publish my crime novel ROOSTER on July 20, 2021. I'll have updates soon on pre-orders, podcasts and more! Until then...
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09 Feb 2021 February Doings
Winter has finally found us with a series of snow storms and it's been wonderful for creativity. The Hard Six is out to beta readers and I hope to have it polished and ready for (REDACTED) in March. Meanwhile, the long simmering idea for SPITE...
17 Jan 2021 What to look for in 2021
We made it to 2021! The general slow-down in 2020 means that I have a number of projects on deck. In the months ahead be on the lookout for updates on: Rooster: my first crime novel. All the Teeth in the World: a horror novel. Archibald Leech, the Many...
25 Dec 2020 NY Ghost Story Festival – Christmas Eve Reading
If you missed it, you can watch the NY Ghost Story Festival's final night of readings here -- I read from Ambrose Bierce and a Gorey/Updike collaboration, Nick Kaufmann read from Dickens and Dan Braum read from Tanith Lee. What a wonderful way to spend...
15 Dec 2020 “I can’t recall a novel provoking such a physical reaction…” a Review of The Isle
An excerpt from author Matt Moore's review of THE ISLE: "Foster's descriptions of wind-whipped sea water, rain, mud and wet sand will chill you. I can't recall a novel provoking such a physical reaction. And the commentary on human nature's cruelty is equally chilling, with the...
13 Dec 2020 Dec 24th–NY Ghost Story Festival! (Online)
I'm thrilled to be reading on Christmas Eve as part of the month long NY GHOST STORY FESTIVAL (Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 7 PM EST – 9 PM EST). I'll be reading from a short collaboration between Edward Gorey and John Updike followed by...
11 Dec 2020 Top Secret New Collection Continues Apace
The stories are popping and I'm several stories in to my collection of horror tales about a strange place the locals call Razor Town--the story pictured here will be a novella. More updates as I make progress. ...
27 Nov 2020 RAZOR TOWN
A long simmering idea has exploded across my mindscape this November: a collection of stories about the northern NH town of Ville de Rasoir - Razor Town. I'm trying to capture enough of it now (writing the third story) so I can focus on revising...
23 Nov 2020 Where is Rooster?
One change brought about by 2020 is that my first crime novel, ROOSTER, was not published this fall--which you may already have noticed. I'll have more to share as things are sorted but hope to unleash it in the wild in 2021. (Publishing being what...
23 Nov 2020 A few Updates in a Delightful Year
2020 being 2020 has slowed down production a bit and presented a few changes. On the good news front, I'm revising a third draft of THE HARD SIX (formerly Mister Madame) and it's coming along well. In a fit of autumn energy I've also written...