Ink Heist partnered with Cutting Block Press to have each of the seven writers in THE SEVEN DEADLIEST write about their experience in writing about their particular sin. My sin was Avarice and my story "Gilda" appears first in the book, so Ink Heist ran...
The audiobook of The Isle is live! I will update with more thoughts and information shortly, but I'm excited to see that people are already grabbing copies. For now, here is the link to the audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Isle-Audiobook/B07QGCKR9J...
I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that THE SEVEN DEADLIEST will be released by Cutting Block Press on May 7. A collection of seven novelettes addressing the big baddies, the book includes stories by Brian Kirk, Bracken MacLeod, Richard Thomas, Rena Mason, Kasey Lansdale, John FD...
A wonderful review of The Isle on Amazon: "This book wasn't what I expected at all. It was far better. The depictions of the Island and the townsfolk were so entrancing and real that I have expected the likes of Boris Karloff and Peter Cushing to...
Just completed the first round of edits from the publisher for my novelette GILDA, which is my take on the sin of avarice. This story came about in an unusual way, with a last minute invite from a friend to turn around the story in...
Here's an excerpt from Part 2 of my interview with Rich Duncan and Shane Keen at Ink Heist: "I moved out to LA when I was 20 to become a screenwriter…though I’d never been to LA or seen a screenplay. Frankly, I was as enticed by...
A great review of THE ISLE to kick off the week: "I loved this book and the descriptive way that John C. Foster writes. I felt like I was there in every scene, seeing, feeling and smelling (ocean, lobsters, oysters even...
The Isle was included on this excellent Best of 2018 list - a list which included several of my own favorites from last year. To find The Isle included on a list with Laird Barron's Blood Standard or James A. McLaughlin's Bearskin blows my mind....
Frank Michaels Errington had this to say about The Isle at Horrible Reviews: "I enjoyed the way Foster would withhold secrets, reveling them at just the right moment. The story of the curse on The Isle was formidable. In some ways, this is a literary work. In others,...
"What a unique, scary story. The atmosphere in this book is so real, I felt as though I could smell the sea, and the tension at times was almost claustrophobic. It reminded me of watching those great old European horror movies at the all night...