Tom Lucas's Blog

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 detective stories like Encyclopedia Brown, 5 Minute Mysteries, and the like — as well as my deep appr...

I’m proud to be a part of this project. I’m sharing the TOC with so many great writers, and I have to admit I think my story kicks ass. Help a great cause and pick up a copy!

Now live on Amazon and Wide ebook distribution to be released on Godless September 22, 2024

From the publisher who brought you Nature Triumphs: A Charity Anthology of Dark Speculative Literature, Dark Moon Rising presents Symptom of the Universe: A Horror Tribute to Black Sabbath

A worldwide gathering of award ...

I’m pleased to announce that my story “After Birth,” inspired by the Black Sabbath song “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” is included in this new anthology Symptom of the Universe, coming out in September. That’s next month! Whoa.

All proceeds go to the Dio Cancer Fund. It was an honor to be able to contribute to what will be an outstanding collection of stories and authors.

From the publisher:

Available for Pre-order

Releasing September 18, 2024

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Last month, I shared a table at Scares That Care: AuthorCon III with my good friend and fab author, Sidney Williams. Scares That Care is a horror author convention that I have wanted to attend for some time, but I was waiting until I had something new out to promote…and that something needed to be horror. So, thanks to Research Randy, I had a good excuse to make it happen.

I don’t do a lot of events. Not because I’m something special, but in my eyes, it’s quite the opposite. What do I have to...

How is that for some joyful alliteration? It was highly unexpected, but to my surprise the esteemed Rain Taxi Review of Books allowed me through the doors. All I ever want is to create work that is entertaining, intelligent, and quite simply, fun.

Rain Taxi Review of Books is not normally a publication that would cover my work, and I am excited by the prospect of reaching an audience that would not discover my books otherwise.

The quarterly is quite inexpensive and I’m sure they would lov...

I recently appeared on a brand new YouTube show talking about what else — world building. If you want a refresher on the Lucas Method (Pat. Pending), check it out

I’ve never tried the book newsletter promotions before, so here goes. I’m promoting the book on all the discount ebook sites. Let’s see if it moves the needle…Starting today and through Sunday, 2/25 — the ebook version of Research Randy and the Mystery of Grandma’s Half-eaten Pie of Despair is marked down from $3.99 to only $.99. If you have been thinking about picking it up, this is a better price than you can even get at a dollar store.

It’s a steal and you can find it on any bookseller sit...

Recently, I had the opportunity to stop by Book Goodies and share some thoughts. Quick little interview, very fun to do.

Check it out HERE

The video from my recent author talk is now available!

Put together by the awesome John King (the Drunken Odyssey podcast), this evening at the Kerouac House (Orlando, FL) gave me the opportunity to revisit previous works and read a little from the new book, Research Randy and the Mystery of Grandma’s Half-eaten Pie of Despair.

(Which could use some reviews on Amazon or Goodreads, if you are so inclined)

Although no one sat in the front row, I assure you that there was a room full of people in fron...

Earlier this week, I was honored to be the guest for Episode 2 of a brand-new YouTube show about writing books. A Book is focused on helping new and aspiring writers to get started. Host Laura Wing and I talked Worldbuilding, Research Randy, and other cool writing-related topics. Check it out!