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Tom Lucas was born and raised in Detroit, and although currently enjoying the lack of snow and ice in Florida, remains a son of the post-industrial apocalypse.

He is a college professor, author, blogger, poet, book reviewer, and spoken word performer.

Tom has been published in Writer's Digest, The Writer's Monthly Review, The Orlando Weekly, The South End, The Oakland Press, The Macomb Daily, Orbit, Anthropomorphic, and U. Magazine. He has also been featured in literary journals such as The Write Place at the Write Time, Graffiti Rag, F*cked Up Fairy Tales, and Dark Fire Fiction.
When not writing, Tom likes to drive fast and take chances.

For more information visit: https://room1331.home.blog/
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	Pax Titanus 4.26 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Leather to the Corinthians 3.98 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Research Randy and The Mystery of Grandma's Half-Eaten Pie of Despair 4.21 avg rating — 19 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
	Chunks: A Barfzarro Anthology by Alex S. Johnson (Goodreads Author), Tom Lucas (Goodreads Author), Colleen Wanglund (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Southern Haunts: Magick Beneath the Moonlight by Alexander S. Brown (Editor), Louise Myers (Editor), Courtney Vice (Illustrations) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Classics Never Die!: An Anthology of Old School Movie Monsters by Matthew Vaughn (Goodreads Author), Jodie Manning-Bares, Donald Armfield (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Mondo Bizarro: An Anthology by M.P. Johnson (Goodreads Author), G. Arthur Brown (Goodreads Author), Sybil Lamb (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2016	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 Junk Merchants: A Literary Salute to William S. Burroughs by Dean M. Drinkel (Editor), Anthony Servante, Travis Gates 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Fucked Up Fairy Tales (Volume 7) by Berti Walker (Goodreads Author), Alex S. Johnson (Goodreads Author), Tom Lucas (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Potter's Field 5 by Robert Krog (Editor), Tom Lucas (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 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

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Loose Lips is a monthly spoken word series in Orlando and every so often, I get invited out to be one of the featured readers. There is something about doing a reading that always pumps my adrenaline levels to the max, even though I have done hundreds of spoken word performances over the years. It’s a kind of vulnerable feeling that overtakes me. My heart pounds in my chest the moment I know I’m g

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Beat for beat novelization. It's challenging to transcribe the psychedelic elements of the film, but being that the film maker is also the author, Boorman does get us into Zed's head nicely, providing some neat insights into what Zed experiences in t ...more
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It's all the things that people have talked about since its publication. Was a bit of a slog in the middle, but an action-packed ending made it a satisfying, if incredibly odd read. For all the Farmer I have read over the years, I still remain somewh ...more
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