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Luke was raised on a steady diet of stories. You can find him with a book constantly in his hand. He is the author of full-length fiction as well as a handful of published short stories. He lives with his wife in Oklahoma City.

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	13: An Anthology of Horror and Dark Fiction by Bradon Nave (Goodreads Author), Carissa Ann Lynch (Goodreads Author), D.A. Roach (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Carnival Of Strange Things by Amy Crandall (Goodreads Author), Aaron White (Goodreads Author), D.A. Roach (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 121 ratings — 2 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
	The Other Hamlet Brother 4.27 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Curtains on A Christmas Carol: A Cozy Mystery 4.36 avg rating — 58 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
	The Ten (Jason Flynn Series Book 1) 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Epicenter 4.29 avg rating — 34 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
	Spectators of War 4.68 avg rating — 22 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
	A Boo or Two for You 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 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
	Liberty and Justice For All 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012	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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Luke Swanson rated a book it was amazing Basic Pistol: Living and Dying by the Gun in America by Harel Shapira	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 written, well researched, well lived. Shapira conveys this story as a fly on the wall, but a fly with a heart and a brain. I highly recommend this book for everyone who lives under the cloud of American gun culture.
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Luke Swanson rated a book it was amazing Dark Ride by Lou Berney (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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80% world-building/description/talking in circles, 20% plot/action/everything else. It’s interesting stuff, and Tchaikovsky is a good writer, but man, the momentum in this thing is nonexistent. Every couple pages, brace yourself for a whole bunch of ...more
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Movie castings: Cham—Melissa Barrera Ruby—Quinta Brunson Nora—Jessy Schram Super fast-paced and enjoyable! Honestly, though, second half of the book barely had anything to do with the initial set-up. Again, I had a creepy good time reading it, but the ca ...more
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Luke Swanson rated a book liked it Billy Summers by Stephen King (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
5 or 6 story ideas stapled together, and only a few of them mesh. Plus, of course, an extra serving of that classic King style: weird prose, awful dialogue, and cringe-inducing character interactions. Geez louise, King needs an editor. (I’m very awar ...more
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A very entertaining plot! However (like all the other Grisham books I’ve read so far), it’s very repetitive and fairly slow-paced, and the characters are indistinguishable stick figures. I can't help but feel that the story would be better served ons ...more
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