Be Resolved.

We have arrived on the other side, without a safe word.

But here at Fosterical Laboratories, we have a lot of words. Intriguing words, funny words, words that will make you put the remote down and start turning pages!

And when you get to the last page, you won't want it to be.

Woeful over the lack of thoughtful reading matter? We're here to whip that mess into shape. Click the main link just below the main heading and catch the curves.

Lace it up, buttercup. Read one and you'll beg for more.

All titles are available in paperback and e-reader. Purchase through AmazonSmile and part of your total can be a donation to your pet charity!

If you can make a woman laugh...

... We'll let you fill in the rest.

More women have laughed at Rob Foster's stuff than...

OK, it seems to be Foot-In-Mouth Week here at MMCD. But we've something for (nearly) every taste this holiday. Here we are with another pitch for you to add the Gift of Reading Pleasure to your list.

The Fosterical Library wishes to make you a member of the Literary Mile-High Club!

• Comedy appreciation.
• Historical stage stories.
• Soda-Through-Nostrils hilarious novels.
• Science Fiction.
• Super-do-gooders with outside the box tales of adventuring.

Gift 'em, or read 'em yourself and gift 'em... or read 'em and keep 'em (scroo(ge) the gifting).

Click the Author's link up above, just below the main heading! Order via AmazonSmile and make a portion of your purchase total a donation to a great charity. It's all good this season!

Gift The Thoughtful Gift Of A Book For A Gift.

Seriously, what you gift someone with, when that gift is a book, is something they can keep on their shelf and show all their visitors how erudite, stylish and yes, cool, they are. You don't even have to know how to pronounce Dostoyevsky, or what gender O. Henry was – it's all about presentation.

When someone asks about any given author on your shelf, all you need is strategy in the absence of whichever CliffsNotes you forgot to buy. "Ballard? Ahhhhh yes, Ballard… … … please try the dip, my chef is so proud of his creations. Chips – plain or barbecue?"

It's just a bonus when you've actually read something in addition to having it as tre chic den enhancement.

That's where Foster's books have the edge – they're books you'll buy to read, and read even if you bought them to gift!

Don't just think, "how can I smart-up this culture room with some badass bookspine optics?" Buy books for enjoyment. We've got some suggestions.

Click Rob's Author Page link up there, just above the heading. You'll be on your way! Browse, buy, enjoy, gift! Use AmazonSmile and a potion of your purchase total can be a donation to your pet charity. Happy Booking!

It's Not That Big A Stretch.

But the fun might make your sides hurt!

All of Rob Foster's books are priced to move, easy to buy or gift, and fun to read!

Click the "View All Titles" bar, just below the main heading up there. We're not pulling your leg – there's something for almost everybody. Your comfort zone has never been challenged this gently, or your budget this softly.

All titles are available in paperback and e-reader format. Order through AmazonSmile and make a portion of your purchase a donation to a favorite charity!

Discover Your Wild Side!

It's literally a jungle out there, when it comes to the hunt for reading matter! You want something satisfying, not the literary equivalent of fishsticks!

All of Rob Foster's books are priced to move, easy to buy or gift, and fun to read!

Click the "View All Titles" bar, just below the main heading up there. You'll find the right tool for any booktime survival skill. Shopping need not be a safari – cast your net, there are no poor catches.

All titles are available in paperback and e-reader format. Order through AmazonSmile and make a portion of your purchase a donation to a favorite charity!

Put Your Hands On Both Of 'Em!

Both epic adventures of Rob Foster's league of super-do-gooders are now available, priced to sell, fun to read, and/or great to gift!

OUTSUPERED: OR, I SAVED THE WORLD AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS CAPE

A WORLD GONE MAD! A World Imploding With War! The future’s only hope is a group of super-powered “heroes,” all outlawed as a threat to security long ago by a paranoid government. When the new President calls them back to action, can they shake the dust off of their costumes and get their game back on in time to turn the tide? Especially with a new breed of superheroes emerging whose loyalties are in question... the enemy forces having possibly enlisted the aid of malevolent extraterrestrials... and the most powerful super-being on the planet turned rogue? Can a free world survive the evil brought against it by a mysterious elite cabal bent on enslaving the world through a “forced peace?” The answer awaits you in "OUTSUPERED." A superhero novel for grown-up kids.

OUTSUPERED II: ARRIVAL OF THE OMNITERRESTRIALS

Just when you thought the world was saved from hostile takeover, comes an even greater threat from beyond reality itself – ancient gods seeking to reclaim their long-ago ownership of Earth, all its rich natural bounty, and rulership over humankind! Can mere "superheroes" hope to stop them? Back are the embattled champions who survived the original super heroic tale; The Red Wraith, Eagle X, Mother Superior, Mechatrix, Jihad, Skullduggery, and Tarantula. Plus, sorcerer sublime Doctor Hexen and his vampiress protégé Lazarra bring their macabre powers to the fight to save humanity's freedom! Angela Michaels, with her new agent-partner Matt Jade, finds herself caught up in the eye of another epic struggle between Earth's metahuman defenders and an evil that only they can hope to prevail against, if fate permits – if the human race's survival is, literally, in the stars.

Both titles are available in paperback, or e-reader. Order through AmazonSmile and make a portion of your purchase total a donation to your favorite charity.

Do 'Em All!

Put Your Reading List To Bed!

All of Rob Foster's books are priced to move, easy to buy or gift, and fun to read!

Click the "View All Titles" bar, just below the main heading up there. You'll find something for every season. No need to browse undercover – dive right in.

All titles are available in paperback and e-reader format. Order through AmazonSmile and make a portion of your purchase a donation to a favorite charity!

Cuddle Up With A Superhero!

You know you want it.

Stop denying, you need to throw off those inhibitions and dive into a superhero genre novel. They're uplifting, loaded with fun and escapism, and yeah… they can be every bit as epic as Shakespeare.

"Superheroes are the pop generation's Shakespeare." – Rob Foster

When it comes to those, we have just the thing. In fact, we have two. The one we're plugging here is the latest: OUTSUPERED II: ARRIVAL OF THE OMNITERRESTRIALS!

As Stuart West, author of such tomes as Secret Society and Demon With A Comb-Over says…

Rob Foster's Outsupered is a terrific, rollicking superhero epic tale. The characters are great. And if you've ever been a comic book fan, it's fun trying to pick out who some of the characters are based on. Foster also excels at action writing; his fight scenes are played out on a wide-scale, literally out of this world at times. At times Foster's writing is brilliant. The good news? He's only get better. Even better? I understand there'll be a sequel.

IT'S HERE...

Outsupered II finds the few who survived that prior outing, in need to once again place their differences on hold, and unite against a common foe! Can a team of mere superheroes defeat a rogue "god" and his minions returned from an eon's exile to reclaim their "ownership" of Earth? Back are Mother Superior, Eagle X, Red Wraith, Mechatrix, Skullduggery, along with non-super, but badass, Agent Angela Michaels and her new partner, manly Matt Jade! You'll also meet Landon Hexen, sorcerer sublime, and his vampiress protégé Lazarra – bringing their macabre powers to aid the battle against humanity's enslavement! Plus… some surprises I just can't divulge here!

See how imperative it is that you get caught up with the story? That's your mission, should you decide to accept it. No, this message will not self-destruct but be right here, nagging you to help Rob with his hospital bills!

Get the original, Outsupered, Or I Saved The World And All I Got Was This Cape

and

Outsupered II: Arrival of the Omniterrestrials

Here's a quick LINK... or find them at your preferred online bookseller's page. Both are available in paperback and e-reader format. Order through AmazonSmile and make a portion of your purchase a donation to a favorite charity!

Guess What's Here!!

You have a choice this year, and unlike the upcoming election, both are great!

CHOICE 1: Your summer reading list has one more big epic left, leading into fall.

CHOICE 2: It's just in time to make your fall reading list, and/or gift to that geek for the holidays. Or you can gift it to yourself – we won't tell!

It's a win-win. And either way, you're the hero!

Just when you thought the world was saved from hostile takeover, comes an even greater threat from beyond reality itself – ancient gods seeking to reclaim their long-ago ownership of Earth, all its rich natural bounty, and rulership over humankind! Can mere "superheroes" hope to stop them? Back are the embattled champions who survived the original super heroic epic Outsupered; The Red Wraith, Eagle X, Mother Superior, Mechatrix, Jihad, Skullduggery, and Tarantula. Plus, sorcerer sublime Doctor Hexen and his vampiress protégé Lazarra bring their macabre powers to the fight to save humanity's freedom! Angela Michaels, with her new agent-partner Matt Jade, finds herself caught up in the eye of another titanic struggle between Earth's metahuman defenders and an evil so huge and vile that only they can hope to prevail, if fate permits – if the human race's survival is, literally, in the stars. You'll only discover the answer in OUTSUPERED II: ARRIVAL OF THE OMNITERRESTRIALS!

Of course it comes in that usual great choice of paperback or e-reader version!

Don't forget – buy it on AmazonSmile and a portion of your purchase total can be a donation to your favorite charity. Your super-do-goodery for the day.

See? We got your back on this. Browse, buy, read, enjoy!

And Mr. Foster's medical bills thank you.

We're Letting A Page Slip!

While you patiently wait for Rob's next opuses, OUTSUPERED II and THE FUNNIEST GUY IN THE CASKET, we're of the notion that such diligence deserves a reward!

So Fosterical Laboratories has released from the vault, this rare gem from 1996 – in book form for the first time – Rob's disturbingly poignant stage comedy, HOW TO ASSEMBLE A WHALE!

It's newly available in e-reader format, and very soon, possibly as we write this, in paperback, under the banner of Spotlight Theater Classics, which seeks to bring new and regionally known original stageworks to the widest audience possible, in an accessible format to the layperson reader and professional producer alike.

How To Assemble A Whale is guaranteed to knock your funny bone out of joint and kick your brain into gear – as enlightening as it is hilarious.

Hart and Warner couldn’t be any more different than night and day, yet they have two things in common: they’re both in a mental ward, and have both “died ” and returned after seeing the other side. The facility’s Administrator, seeking her own answers to life’s questions, has paired the two to share the same living quarters, in the hope of what may be observed and gleaned from their curious and oddball interactions.

Amazon will carry it first, but check for its availability with other fine online booksellers if you prefer. Order your copy now!

As usual, you can order through AmazonSmile and a portion of your purchase total will become a donation to Elaine Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue.

What Happens Next Will Make You Faint With Wonder!

Are you ready for the Super, Batcrap-Crazy, Wondrous premier this weekend?

Well you don't have to wait a whole week to witness the amazing exploits of a band of superpowered do-gooders!

As Stuart West, author of such tomes as Secret Society and Demon With A Comb-Over says…

Rob Foster's Outsupered is a terrific, rollicking superhero epic tale. The characters are great. And if you've ever been a comic book fan, it's fun trying to pick out who some of the characters are based on. Foster also excels at action writing; his fight scenes are played out on a wide-scale, literally out of this world at times. At times Foster's writing is brilliant. The good news? He's only get better. Even better? I understand there'll be a sequel.

That's right.

OUTSUPERED II: ARRIVAL OF THE OMNITERRESTRIALS is on its way...

The sequel to 2012's Outsupered, Or I Saved The World And All I Got Was This Cape, finds the few who survived that prior outing in need to once again place their differences on hold, and unite against a common foe! Can a team of mere superheroes defeat a rogue "god" and his minions returned from an eon's exile to reclaim their "ownership" of Earth? Back are Mother Superior, Eagle X, Red Wraith, Mechatrix, Skullduggery, along with non-super, but badass, Agent Angela Michaels and her new partner, manly Matt Jade! You'll also meet Landon Hexen, sorcerer sublime, and his vampiress protégé Lazarra – bringing their macabre powers to aid the battle against humanity's enslavement! Plus… some surprises I just can't divulge here!

See how imperative it is that you get caught up with the story? That's your mission, should you decide to accept it. No, this message will not self-destruct but be right here, nagging you to help Rob with his hospital bills!

And give Lynda mouth-to-mouth...

Available in paperback and e-reader format! Buy it via AmazonSmile, and a portion of your purchase total will become a donation to Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue!

Look Up These!

Unwad your knickers, we mean the many books worthy of your browse in the Fosterical Library O' Modern Classics!

We think they're worth getting the step ladder to reach. Or you can get them digitally, and just start reading at the touch of a screen. Either way, if you're going to be distracted, you might as well have a good time of it.

Some things exact a heavy price to possess, but Rob's books are priced to move. Add one to your online purchase, even as an afterthought – like that candy bar tossed into your cart at the checkout line. But don't let their affordability fool you – these candies eat like a feast.

Want to see the whole spread? Eyes up, pal. The quick-link to Rob's Amazon Author Page is above, just under the main blog heading. It doesn't mean you have to buy from Amazon if you prefer a different online bookseller. They're likely available there too – copy/paste any of Rob's titles into your favorite search engine and shop away!

All are available in paperback and e-reader format. Buy via AmazonSmile and a portion of your purchase total becomes a donation to Elaine Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue. Now there's your good deed for the day, on top of helping Rob out with his medical bills!

Shop and smile at your own risk!

I'll Take The Leap..

We have whatever life is still ahead of us.

Having survived this far, my goals are few, but monumental. Paying larger than ever medical bills. Finishing the remaining book projects on my plate. Making them as available, and accessible, as possible.

Every day is a gift, and I'm paying it forward via literary anarchy. Here's what I have planned for your browsing – and hopefully buying and reading – pleasure in 2016:

OUTSUPERED II: ARRIVAL OF THE OMNITERRESTRIALS
The sequel to 2012's Outsupered, Or I Saved The World And All I Got Was This Cape, finds the few who survived that prior outing in need to once again place their differences on hold, and unite against a common foe! Can a team of mere superheroes defeat a rogue "god" and his minions returned from an eon's exile to reclaim their "ownership" of Earth? Back are Mother Superior, Eagle X, Red Wraith, Mechatrix, Skullduggery, along with non-super, but badass, Agent Angela Michaels and her new partner, manly Matt Jade! You'll also meet Landon Hexen, sorcerer sublime, and his vampiress protégé Lazarra – bringing their macabre powers to aid the battle against humanity's enslavement! Plus… some surprises I just can't divulge here!

THE FUNNIEST GUY IN THE CASKET
Oliver Akers thought he was the worst stand-up comic in Hollywood. That is, until he saw the act of a guy named Joey Lou Dillerbacher… along with the rest of the Dillerbacher showbiz clan. What's worse, they get gigs despite being awful. Gig after gig after gig – they are so under-talented and over-rewarded, they'd piss off the Pope. Worse, Oliver suddenly finds himself on a relentless loop crossing their path! On a multi-state roadtrip yet. With his own career going south fast, Oliver must somehow pull his funny out of freefall to survive, physically and emotionally – especially when he stumbles onto the secret side mission of these horrible, but well-connected, performers, and becomes one of their targets.

Both soon available in paperback or e-reader!

In the meantime, my most recent book is already on the shelf awaiting your good browse.

It may share its title with a number of better-known works, but if you enjoy science fiction mystery with a twist, you ought to give NO EXIT a look.

Journalist Michael Arc mysteriously disappeared in 2003. In the years following, all written and photographic evidence of his existence began to disappear as well. Before he vanished, he was working on the bizarre topic of time travel and certain nefarious forces who may be using it to alter the past and create a new future that favors their evil. Evil like the Allies’ loss of World War II, like a certain thwarted assassination attempt in Dallas, and other historical game-changing events!

The secret files of Michael Arc, once thought lost, have been discovered! Astonishing tales of chrono-chaos; there's historical chicanery, alien agendas, confused scientists, mysterious strangers… even a dinosaur! Read at your own risk…

This book is also available in paperback or e-reader! Buy it via AmazonSmile, and a portion of your purchase total will become a donation to Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue!

Wait 'Til You See What Comes Next!

The past year was a boring roller coaster – a ride with few high points. That is, up until I was rushed to the Emergency Room with a potentially fatal infection and two collapsed spinal disks. My first stay in a hospital since I was a 5-year-old having my tonsils out was not the crescendo I'd hoped for 2015.

Having survived, my goals in life are now paying new, larger than ever bills, and finishing the remaining book projects on my plate. Rest assured that neither task has been neglected during my recovery, and the second one may in fact serve as an element of healing.

Every day is a gift, and I'm paying it forward via literary anarchy. Here's what I have planned for your browsing – and hopefully buying and reading – pleasure in 2016:

OUTSUPERED II: ARRIVAL OF THE OMNITERRESTRIALS
The sequel to 2012's Outsupered, Or I Saved The World And All I Got Was This Cape, finds the few who survived that prior outing in need to once again place their differences on hold, and unite against a common foe! Can a team of mere superheroes defeat a rogue "god" and his minions returned from an eon's exile to reclaim their "ownership" of Earth? Back are Mother Superior, Eagle X, Red Wraith, Mechatrix, Skullduggery, along with non-super, but badass, Agent Angela Michaels and her new partner, manly Matt Jade! You'll also meet Landon Hexen, sorcerer sublime, and his vampiress protégé Lazarra – bringing their macabre powers to aid the battle against humanity's enslavement! Plus… some surprises I just can't divulge here!

THE FUNNIEST GUY IN THE CASKET
Oliver Akers thought he was the worst stand-up comic in Hollywood. That is, until he saw the act of a guy named Joey Lou Dillerbacher… along with the rest of the Dillerbacher showbiz clan. What's worse, they get gigs despite being awful. Gig after gig after gig – they are so under-talented and over-rewarded, they'd piss off the Pope. Worse, Oliver suddenly finds himself on a relentless loop crossing their path! On a multi-state roadtrip yet. With his own career going south fast, Oliver must somehow pull his funny out of freefall to survive, physically and emotionally – especially when he stumbles onto the secret side mission of these horrible, but well-connected, performers, and becomes one of their targets.

Both soon available in paperback or e-reader!

Click the link above, just below the main heading, to browse all the currently available titles in the Fosterical Library! Hospital bills are brutal, please help a writer out!

Buy any of my books via AmazonSmile, and a portion of your purchase total will become a donation to Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue!

There's No Debate!

Some call it conspiracy, but we prefer the phrase "substantiated hearsay."

What is it? Well, it's JUST WRONG. No, we're not evading the question, that's the thing's title!

It's defeating socialism where ever it's read. The only capitalism required is a meager cover price that will help an artist meet his medical bills. We're not ashamed, we'll accept donations under the table in exchange for outrageous favors of laughter.

Ethan West just wants what everybody wants who struggles to succeed in Hollywood: a breakthrough, a hit – even a small one – that might change his trajectory in the entertainment rat-race. To be in the loop! One too many bad breaks has him on the verge of throwing in the towel, but a chance encounter with a cult showbiz icon turns his world upside-down. Suddenly Ethan and his tiny, loyal cadre of fellow hopefuls are shanghaied on a movie-making "project" they'll never forget – if they can survive it! At the mercy of a fading, deranged, megalomaniac Hollywood director without a script or a grip on reality. As the production drifts further into surreal chaos, bloodlust and contrivance, Ethan must choose either to follow an insane celebrity to certain doom, or possibly sacrifice his own friends to make it back to civilization – with or without a finished product in the can! Of course, it's a comedy!

Browse JUST WRONG and all the titles in the Fosterical Library. We'll keep your purchase out of the press. Trust us.

Available in paperback or e-reader!

Buy via AmazonSmile, and a portion of your purchase total will become a donation to Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue! Now that's something beyond debate!

It's None Of Our Business

We won't stay silent about what we vote for – your reading enjoyment!

It's your right to do whatever you want behind that voting booth curtain. But when you're tired of reading ballot measures, and want to read something to poll-survey your funny bone, try Rob Foster's EIGHT SHORT PLAYS That Scientifically Disprove The Existence of Love.

Your jaw tightening at the title? Well it is an election year – that jaw is going to get way tighter.

Don't let the book's title rile you too much – a treasure trove of lovely laughter awaits, whether you are a theatrical producer, actor, or just want to read and enjoy the ride. Decide for yourself herein what is proven or debunked about everyone's favorite subject, nude skydiving. Er, uh... no. We meant love.

This saucy collection of rowdy sketch comedy explores that mysterious valley between love, like... and mutual tolerance.

It's the most fun you'll ever have alone, aside from in that voting booth.

Do you belong to a theatre group in need of a quick season filler that's as much fun for the actors and crew as it is for the audience?

Available, of course, in paperback and e-reader format.

Order via AmazonSmile and a portion of your purchase total will be donated to Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue. Now there's something you shouldn't keep secret!

WANTED: More Readers Like...

STUART R. WEST
Author of The Secret Society of Like-Minded Individuals
and other books

OUTSUPERED – 4 Stars (out of 5)

Rob Foster's Outsupered is a terrific, rollicking superhero epic tale. The characters are great. And if you've ever been a comic book fan, it's fun trying to pick out who some of the characters are based on. Foster also excels at action writing; his fight scenes are played out on a wide-scale, literally out of this world at times. So, why the four stars? Foster's writing has a few issues, most of them technical and easily fixed (question marks not in dialogue parentheses, but in the tags; and dialogue tags that sometimes go one too long, telling way too much). Having said that, at times Foster's writing is brilliant. The good news? He's only getting better. Even better? I understand there'll be a sequel. Outsupered is highly recommended. I'm looking forward to the sequel!

Who are we to nitpick? Style issues are fixable. Fellow writers bat each other around.

Does that convince you to browse Outsupered for yourself or a geek on your gift list? And Watch for the referred-to sequel, due out soon – OUTSUPERED II: ARRIVAL OF THE OMNITERRESTRIALS.

Catch up on the story before then! Available in paperback or e-reader!

Buy it via AmazonSmile, and a portion of your purchase total will become a donation to Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue! Isn't that super!!

How Should We Couch This?

She knew great baseball players & authors when she saw them! She did marry one of each, after all.

It isn't quite like Marilyn, but Rob's newest book, released just last year, is well worth curling up with on the couch!

Yes, it shares its title with a number of better-known works, but if you enjoy science fiction mystery with a twist, you ought to give a browse to NO EXIT.

Journalist Michael Arc mysteriously disappeared in 2003. In the years following, all written and photographic evidence of his existence began to disappear as well. Before he vanished, he was working on the bizarre topic of time travel and certain nefarious forces who may be using it to alter the past and create a new future that favors their evil. Evil like the Allies’ loss of World War II, like a certain thwarted assassination attempt in Dallas, and other historical game-changing events!

The secret files of Michael Arc, once thought lost, have been discovered! Astonishing tales of chrono-chaos; there's historical chicanery, alien agendas, confused scientists, mysterious strangers… even a dinosaur! Read at your own risk…

Yes, this book too is available in paperback or e-reader! Buy it via AmazonSmile, and a portion of your purchase total will become a donation to Elayne Boosler's Tails of Joy animal rescue!