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Randy Foster

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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 three 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 4.67 avg rating — 15 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
	Shadows Across Continents: Ten True Crime Stories That Shocked the World: A Global Journey Through History's Most Notorious Criminals 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 really liked it Star Trek - A Chilling Journey Through Worlds Beyond Imagination by James Adapted By Blish	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
Rapidly paced summary stories of several early Star Trek TOS episodes. The stories are mostly dialog and, frankly, not the best crafted literature. They are certainly imaginative stories (like the shows they are based on) but had this not been the ve ...more
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Randy Foster rated a book really liked it Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking by Alice Vernon	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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Another great read, but this one did feel a bit dry at times due to the extensive exploration of the politics and histories of several different species. Also, the novel seemed a little disjointed, possibly due to having four authors, but it may have ...more
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Randy Foster rated a book liked it A Call to Darkness (Star Trek: The Next Generation #9) by Michael Jan Friedman (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
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Randy Foster rated a book really liked it The Captains' Honor (Star Trek: The Next Generation #8) by David Dvorkin (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
Really liked this one, but it took a while to get going. It tried to weave an alternate history of Rome into the story, which took great suspension of disbelief, but even so, once I accepted it for what it was, I liked the plotting and scheming. The ...more
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Randy Foster rated a book it was amazing Masks (Star Trek: The Next Generation #7) by John Vornholt	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
Really a great Star Trek TNG Adventure, with all characters involved and vital to the story. Also, Picard gets frisky with a local Lorcan. You GO, Captain!
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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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