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I will be reading from NIGHT ROADS, the second novel in the Libros de Inferno trilogy (sequel to DEAD MEN), alongside New York's own J. Daniel Stone and Erik T. Johnson, and visiting from the midwestern wastes, John FD Taff! More details to follow closer...
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My thoughts following the con...
Posted at 3:04 pm
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From my recent trip to Atlanta, this is Part Two of The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird, Saturday March 25. In addition to the audio above, you can find more info by clicking here....
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It has surfaced. Audio footage of that most diabolical of events, Let the Dark Ones In, that transpired at KGB Bar just over one year ago. And now you can hear it too! In addition to the audio above, you can learn a bit more...
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A great way to spend a Saturday afternoon - Bill Shunn's Line Break reading series at QED in Astoria. The event featured Marleen S. Barr, Malcolm Chang, Richard Tyler Pearson, Dina Laura, and me, along with some wonderful 'editorial' work from Bill Shunn himself. It's...
Posted at 9:09 pm
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Having recovered from a wonderful experience in Atlanta at the Outer Dark Symposium of the Greater Weird, I'm recalling the highlights of speaking on a panel about The Weird Novel and reading from my story "Burial Suit," my first reading of material from BABY POWDER...
Posted at 3:50 pm
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T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas invited me back to What Are You Afraid Of? episode 40 to share a short story and kick off a semi-regular series of reports on "Haunted New York." (Bonus: Linda Jones recorded my story, "Talk to Leo"). Here's how...
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The Grim Reader begins his review of Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances like this: "Not since John F.D. Taff’s short story collection have I enjoyed a coming together of short tales such as this. Though I have read some of these before, I was...
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Unnerving Magazine gave glowing marks to my debut collection, Baby Powder and Other Terrifying Substances. Here's an excerpt: "Thanks to the limited sum of John C. Foster's stuff that I've read, I had a certain expectations going into this collection. I expected originality. I expected good...
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The SCHEDULE for THE OUTER DARK SYMPOSIUM in ATL this SATURDAY MARCH 25. COMPLETE LISTING of PANELS & READINGS BELOW!!!
9:30-10 AM
BADGE PICK-UP & BREAKFAST
10-10:15 AM
INTRODUCTION: Scott Nicolay
10:15-10:30 AM
READING: Kristi DeMeester
10:30-11:15 AM
PANEL: THE WEIRD NOVEL
Though there have always been great Weird novels such as Die Andere...