Friday, February 25, 2022

Keep your eyes on what's ahead!

The horizon can be unpredictable. In this ever-changing, tumultuous world of ours, it pays to face it together. Take a stand for your right to read, and read everything you want to! Beware of imitations; some people who claim to just want your safety, really just want your captivity and obedience. In the meantime, stay calm by meeting casts of characters whose troubles make yours look waaaaaaay minor by comparison. Explore, browse, take a chance. All Rob's works are a blast to read, whether you prefer intrigue, suspense, horror, laughs, even superheroes and pro wrestlers are represented. You non-fiction buffs have choices too in the Fosterical Library O' Modern Classics. And everything is priced to move! Enjoyable. Affordable. Get them while the World still offers freedom at the crack of dawn! Click above, with 'View All Titles' to see the whole collection. In the meantime... may we pique your interest with...



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. It only gnawed at him more, that they got gigs despite being awful. Gig after gig after gig – they are so under-talented and over-rewarded, they'd p.o. the Pope. Even worse, Oliver suddenly finds himself on a relentless loop crossing their path! On a multi-state road trip 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.

And the original novel you'll never unread:


Ethan West just wants what everybody wants who struggles to succeed in Hollywood: a breakthrough, a hit – even a small one – that might change the trajectory of his years of frustration and heartbreak in the entertainment rat-race. To be in the loop! Like most, one too many bad breaks has him on the verge of throwing in the towel for good, 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 as crew on a movie-making "project" they'll never forget – if they can survive it – trapped in a jungle nightmare; armed only with video cameras and their theater brat wits; led by a fading, deranged, megalomaniac Hollywood director without a script or a grip on reality; in the path of lethal animals, rogue mercenaries and rampaging cannibals; and ordered to get it all in high-def!

As the production drifts further into surreal chaos, bloodlust and contrived 'reality,' Ethan realizes he 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!
Rob Foster's insanely funny novel 'JUST WRONG' will have you cringing on the floor with laughter, at a bizarre breed who will throw away friendships, morals, sense and dignity for an allusive, fleeting prize called fame.

Read in cozy pleasure and giddiness! And from all of us here at Fosterical Laboratories, Happy New Year!

Saturday, February 19, 2022

A Toast... to US!

They (whomever you perceive "they" to be, whether overly political hotheads, gestapo-like bureaucratic busybodies, or legitimately evil goosesteppers) are really getting annoying in the mid/post pandemic scheme of things. It's enough to drive one to drink. Isn't it interesting that drunkeness in public is the least of offenses anymore? What gets on most dastardly bureaucratic nerves, if you wish to show solidarity with those standing firm on behalf of freedom? BOOKS! Books represent independent thought and self-reliant search for knowledge and understanding. People who think and act for their own rights as people and refuse to be bullied. Put down the bottle, after one last defiant swig, and display your intelligence, your courage, your resolve. Live in freedom! Nothing scares "them" more than that! (Why do you think they want to burn them all the time?) Be the heroic rebel that you were born to be — help lead society back to freedom!

RETURN TO DUNWICH



Evil is reborn. Henry Armitage, grandson of the man who vanquished the cosmic anti-deity Yog Sothoth a century ago, finds himself at Miskatonic University, in search of the mysterious Necronomicon... after surveillance cameras at his own Boston College reveal their copy being stolen – by someone bearing an unnerving resemblance to historical descriptions of Wilbur Whateley, thought to be long dead. Armitage’s fears double, when he discovers a neo-satanic faction of the U.S. Military exists in an underground annex below Miskatonic. They have located the Sleeper of R’lyeh – Cthulhu – and plan to waken, and weaponize him, to pull mankind back to the dark age of ethereal galactic rule upon the Earth! Henry Armitage must prevent the redawning of an evil from beyond the cosmic veil, aided by a monster his grandfather battled, and a rogue group of Miskatonic faculty! Rob Foster creates a modern-day Lovecraftian nightmare – soaked in future technology and ancient blood. The rational and the incredible collide in unholy battle; a tale that will keep you awake, with the lights on – to the last word, which may not be the last.

MURDER SHE LAUGHED


This book will keep you up at night… unwilling to stop reading, desperately in need to find out who survives, who gets away with the vilest of acts, and who walks away without a whisper of suspicion. Or you’ll simply lie in bed, staring into the darkness… wondering, dreading, unable to find relief even in the privacy of your own thoughts. The terrors, manmade or otherwise, are relentless in a world where blood, and alliances no matter how loyal or grudging, are cheap. Whom can you trust when surrounded by strangers with unknown intentions? Or completely alone in a landscape of peril? How confident are you of your own resourcefulness amid a maze of killers? Long lost tales of the famous and infamous dubiously light the way to your escape, in this nerve-rattling anthology. Sherlock Holmes faces his own unending nightmare in 'The Sleeper Rises,' and the forever elusive Zodiac Killer resurfaces to solve, and keep hidden, his own identity in 'Mr. A, Alias Mr. Z'… plus other spine shivering tales of horrible revelation and mind-bending visions of mysteries past and future. Stay awake! Beware of what lurks just around that dark corner.

YOU CAN RUN


"They are beyond anything you can do... except run." – 'Henry' (last known words)

Who are they? What are they? The world of supernatural lore knows them only as "marchers." Ancient ethereal predators from beyond the veil. For centuries they have hunted humans, silently, relentlessly. With no concept of mercy, they cannot be pleaded with, and pursue their victims to the death – those whom by unholy mischief or betrayal, become marked. Once a marcher has latched on, the hunted have only one option – to run, for as long as possible, with a desperation to pass the mark onto some other unwitting soul, and hope the new victim can as well, lest the mark fall back to them after that person is caught and devoured.Troy Terrill, a young upstart in the game of paranormal investigation, finds himself the only hope of not one, but two cursed people with marchers on their trail. Can he rid them of their pursuing abominations? Can anyone? Don't dwell upon the answer too deeply, the act of pondering a marcher gives it your scent.

Plus, don't creep past Rob's latest — so funny it's scary:

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. It only gnawed at him more, that they got gigs despite being awful. Gig after gig after gig – they are so under-talented and over-rewarded, they'd p.o. the Pope. Even worse, Oliver suddenly finds himself on a relentless loop crossing their path! On a multi-state road trip 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.

Rob Foster is the author of other well-reviewed novels in the humorous, science fiction and superhero genres. He lives and writes somewhere in the mysterious mountains of central California, near Sequoia National Forest.

Friday, February 4, 2022

Oh, don't say you didn't see that coming...

Things are getting more and more complicated lately, and those we look to for leadership are taking Stupid-o-phan every morning. It sure seems that way. What are we, here at Fosterical Labs, doing about it? We're holding true to our original mission, to bring you Foster's amazing reads. Keeping the quality, and the affordable pricing, consistent, and keeping YOU informed.

What's coming next? Valentine's Day! And we have a few suggestions to get your romance on! Some are funny, some are scary. But you like to laugh, right? And you like horror... Have you seen what the economy is doing lately? That's scary, and our Stupid-o-phan addicted leaders are trying to put a positive spin on it, INSTEAD OF anything to actually fix it.

What's the answer? Dive into a Fosterical work, and enlighten, reset, your thinking!
YOU CAN RUN

"They are beyond anything you can do... except run." – 'Henry' (last known words)

Who are they? What are they? The world of supernatural lore knows them only as "marchers." Ancient ethereal predators from beyond the veil. For centuries they have hunted humans, silently, relentlessly. With no concept of mercy, they cannot be pleaded with, and pursue their victims to the death – those whom by unholy mischief or betrayal, become marked. Once a marcher has latched on, the hunted have only one option – to run, for as long as possible, with a desperation to pass the mark onto some other unwitting soul, and hope the new victim can as well, lest the mark fall back to them after that person is caught and devoured.Troy Terrill, a young upstart in the game of paranormal investigation, finds himself the only hope of not one, but two cursed people with marchers on their trail. Can he rid them of their pursuing abominations? Can anyone? Don't dwell upon the answer too deeply, the act of pondering a marcher gives it your scent.
JUST LOVELY

Love is psycho! If you don't think that already, you will after you've read Rob Foster's hilarious romantic comedy 'Just Lovely.' The singles-dot-com world is a breeding ground for wackos looking for soulmates, and here's the story of just such a couple! Meet Doug and Paige, two lovelorn souls so speed-date perfect, they can't get away from each other fast enough! But fate, and Paige's meddling surrogate mother of a boss steps in to right what was so... wrong, and puts them back on a collision course of courtship. Love has never been this looney, or dating this deranged! Cupid's aim just ain't what it used to be! Pull up a loveseat and laugh with the one you're with!

'Just Lovely' was first performed in 2006, to audience howls and raves. Included in this book is the entire text of the stage play, plus cast list and review articles.