Dog Days: A Cosmic Horror Noire in Four Parts

Told in a first person noire narrative that bleeds black and white, Benjamin Silas Foster's Dog Days is a four part short novella that examines the thin lines between romance and obsession, free will and fate, and how a fragile human race interacts with the unfathomable; colossal and hostile creatures that subjugate their will into our lives and onto the universe. A cerebral horror mystery at it's core, Dog Days finely interweaves Lovecraftian villains, classic jazz and hip-hop references, and a romance between a tortured investigator and a red headed bombshell on which the entire cosmic conspiracy hinges. Silas blurs the line of his well honed prose with a flourish for poetic nuance that echo inspirations like Poppy Z. Brite, Paul Auster, and Neil Gaimen, while breaking fresh ground into something that is truly and uniquely his own. In Benjamin Silas Foster's Dog Days, the stagnant summer sits heavy with the smell of death, and the monsters that walk these wastelands may only be the ones that our hero has conjured herself.

About the Author

Benjamin Silas Foster is, among many other things, an ink slinger from Russell Springs, Kentucky. Silas' writing pays homage and takes inspiration from a variety of sources from the locked rooms and shady characters of authors like Poppy Z. Brite and Joe Lansdale to the vinyl hisses and cigarette burns of classic pop music and cinema. Benjamin manages to incorporate his wide variety of muses flawlessly into his work all while crafting detailed story arcs and uncompromising characters in his own merciless prose.

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