The Crime Wave article for February is off to the gentlemen of Ink Heist. This time I used the wayback machine to examine my favorite Crime writer, Richard Stark. Here's a sample: When a fresh faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, Parker told...
Last night Linda Jones and I spent two hours talking with Rich Duncan, Laurel Hightower and Shane Keene - the Ink Heist crew. We covered all manner of subjects about writing and narrating and our favorite books but also went seriously off the rails and...
Quick updates: The horror novel-to-be Spite House is pushed back while I work on the crime novel, Mister Madame, about an ex-con (and former run away) tracking down a kind who ran away from home to the mean streets of New York. It's coming along swimmingly and I...
The good folks at "What Are You Afraid Of Podcast are including an audio sample of THE ISLE in Episode 134. Here's a description of the episode: We are back with episode 134: I MOVED ON TOP OF A FREAKING NATIVE BURIAL GROUND IN LANCASTER (True Story!) Author...
2020 is here and it's time for my brief and futile effort at organizing my office for the year's writing effort. Current project: a crime novel titled MISTER MADAME. (Why is the picture tilted? I have no idea). ...
I'm joining Errick Nunnally to sign books tomorrow in Westerly, RI at the Savoy bookshop! Click here for the link...
It was wonderful to return for a visit with my friends at the What Are You Afraid Of paranormal podcast to discuss "Yuletide Monsters" and an audio narration of my Christmas horror short story, "Yule Wine." You can listen here ...
The little story that keeps on going. First released as an audio story on the What Are You Afraid Of Podcast, "Te Worm of Poe" reappeared in print on Kendall Reviews in December 2018 and they've run it again in December of 2019. http://kendallreviews.com/christmas-feature-exclusive-fiction-the-worm-of-poe-john-c-foster/?fbclid=IwAR0i1zYCWMY36I3iNFy1Csg-Lw-VOU4hFhn_pJ3Ki1ST3za4-uh1IVYfGSE ...
I’m beyond thrilled to announce that my first crime novel will be published by Grey Matter Press in 2020. ROOSTER has a price on his head and every crime outfit in the country looking to collect. I'll share more details soon. ...