There's a new horror author on the block and his name is James W. Foster. A name that fans of the genre will want to remember.
The fictional town of Vollmer's Hollow where most of his dark tales take place is modelled after his real home town, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
The intertwining novels and short stories that James has created appeals to anyone with a taste for the macabre. He likes to keep his tales believable, in most cases leaving readers thinking that what they have just read could quite possibly happen in the real world. This is the same type of fiction that he likes to read. James also likes to keep a steady mix of humor in with the horror.
"Let's face it," says James. "When people are frightened they quite often react in the most hilarious ways. Humans have always like to scare one another for that very reason."
When asked where he gets his ideas, James says, "I keep a legal pad on my night stand and eat something spicy right before bed. Works like a charm. My characters are composites made up of bits and pieces of real people," he says. "Whenever I talk to someone I watch them closely. So far as I can tell they aren't even aware that I'm doing it."
James says that once he has a vague story line, and the main characters of the tale in his mind he turns it all over to his muse.
"It's almost like one of those out of body experiences you hear about," he says. "I feel like all I'm doing is hanging back and watching someone else write. I haven't had the opportunity to talk to many other writers, but most of the few I have described it the same way."
Rain Publishing released four titles by James W. Foster. They are as follows:
Dianne Hollander
A psychotic woman with an all consuming desire to work in medicine. The odds of her achieving her goal are against her, but through devious methods she winds up in charge of a make shift nursing home. The results are drastic.
Tales of Vollmer's Hollow Book 1
A fresh approach to horror. Intertwining short stories. Some humorous, some not so much so. Many of the characters will have readers putting their own familiar faces to.
Tales of Vollmer's Hollow Book 2
More eerie tales. Not for the faint of heart. Readers will find returning characters from the first collection living through new horrific experiences.
Canyon
A group from a boy's club found evidence of a gold mine during a hiking trip. Years later some of the boys return in hopes of finding untold riches only to discover that some things are better left alone.
Readers of James W. Foster's work keep coming back for more. The question he hears most often is, how much longer until the next one?
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