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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.

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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 4.22 avg rating — 18 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) 3.75 avg rating — 8 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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Research Randy Anniversary Sale!

This time last year — my third book, Research Randy and the Mystery of Grandma’s Half-eaten Pie of Despair, was about to go out into the world. This has been both a very long year and strangely short at the same time. The days are long, the years are short? I don’t know, but it’s been very busy no matter how I slice it.

Research Randy came out of a pure love for the books of my childhood, kid detec

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The Director Should’ve Shot You: Memoirs of the Film Trade

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