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Randy Foster is a sixth-generation Mississippian, where he lives with his wife, children, and dog. He holds a Masters of Counseling Psychology and has worked in the field of mental health for over two decades.

His first novel, The Delphi Eddies, was published in 2021.

Although he has traveled far and wide, Mississippi will always be his home, and he will always be a child of the South.

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	The Delphi Eddies: a southern-fried tale of seduction, secrets, and sin 4.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2021 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Men and Vermin: A Short Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How To Survive a Sinking City (A Kindle Vella Serialized Novel) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Place At the Table: Struggles for Equality in America 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mastering the Mission: A Task Manual for Michael Vey 10 Created by Randy Foster, Designed to Enhance Your Understanding of the Epic Journey, Inspired ... Vision of the Ultimate Adventure and Teamwork 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Randy Foster rated a book liked it Rogue Ship by A.E. van Vogt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Great, classic sci-fi, jam-packed with theoretical concepts about light speed travel and it's effect on space time. Van Vogt gives a sweeping overlook of generations aboard a spaceship, launched for Earth intended to save humanity by traveling close ...more
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Randy Foster rated a book it was amazing The Couple in Cabin 14 by Nancy Savage (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I'm gonna say this was my favorite read of 2024. It's everything you expect and want from a book with this title. I never hit a dull spot, and there were just enough twists to keep me surprised all the way to the end. Highly recommend this excellent ...more
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Randy Foster rated a book liked it Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (From the Memoirs of John H. Watson) by Nicholas Meyer (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Expertly researched, but feels a bit off from the traditional Sherlock Holmes experience. Reads more like a Ken Follett spy novel than a Holmes detective story. Holmes and Watson travel across the ocean and across the US and Mexico in this one. WWI b ...more
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Randy Foster rated a book liked it Relentless by Dean R. Koontz	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Well that was ... interesting. This book had the easy flowing narrative that I have come to expect from Koontz, but the plot seemed a bit forced. The whole thing builds to a rather uneventful climax with a twist that was made possible by one of those ...more
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I'm a huge Blair Witch fan, so I love all things related to the film. That being said, this is a dissertation, well researched, and sources referenced, but it does read very dry. Had I not been in love with the movie, this would have been a chore to ...more
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“But each encounter always left him spinning, caught between the emotions of his youth and the perspective of his years, and although the unfinished portraits of their lives seemed so very different, he knew they were all painted by the same brush.”
― Randy Foster, The Delphi Eddies: a southern-fried tale of seduction, secrets, and sin

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“Denial serves a very real, very necessary purpose. It allows addicts to revel in the ecstatic joy of their vices, free of guilt; free of worry. It lets the sweet customer service rep at Belk -- the one with the frequent black eyes that makeup just doesn’t quite seem to hide -- continue on in her marriage, hoping her husband’s tantrums are just a phase. It helped split the nation, bloodying battlefields from Vicksburg to Gettysburg as both sides denied the reality of brother killing brother.”
― Randy Foster, The Delphi Eddies: a southern-fried tale of seduction, secrets, and sin

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“All humans are slaves to love. It commands them and guides their every action. They can deny it, resist it, or try to make it not exist; but they are only pawns in the game. Everyone loves either someone or something, and that love has fueled every step and misstep since the beginning of time. In a marriage there is no end result, no finish line that makes it all worthwhile. Rather, it is the steps between the start and finish lines that determine the quality of the bond.”
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“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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“Hieroglyphics had covered the walls and pillars, and from some undetermined point below had come a voice that was not a voice; a chaotic sensation which only fancy could transmute into sound, but which he attempted to render by the almost unpronounceable jumble of letters, “Cthulhu fhtagn”.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Complete Collection of H.P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks with 100+ Audio Books Included

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“but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Complete Collection of H.P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks with 100+ Audio Books Included

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“I should not have ventured out that night; for the taint of thunder was in the clouds,”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Complete Collection of H.P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks with 100+ Audio Books Included

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“When age fell upon the world, and wonder went out of the minds of men; when grey cities reared to smoky skies tall towers grim and ugly, in whose shadow none might dream of the sun or of Spring’s flowering meads; when learning stripped the Earth of her mantle of beauty, and poets sang no more save of twisted phantoms seen with bleared and inward looking eyes; when these things had come to pass, and childish hopes had gone forever, there was a man who travelled out of life on a quest into the spaces whither the world’s dreams had fled.”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Complete Collection of H.P. Lovecraft - 150 eBooks with 100+ Audio Books Included

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