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Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

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I'm a writer. I write about weird and strange things. I also write about my life, which is often weird and strange. I'm a grateful and thankful husband, and father of two wonderful children.

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Continued Reflections on Editing the Collection: Revering Our Heroes Too Much; Or, Trying to Be Not Me

I'm home sick with sinus-junk, so what better to do than blog? Especially as I'm applying another round of edits to the forthcoming collection, I've had some revelations concerning the development of my own voice and style, and how I'm guilty of, once again, trying too hard to imitate one of my favorite writers, trying to incorporate their style into my own, instead of letting my OWN voice fin... read more »

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Average rating: 4.49 · 114 ratings · 22 reviews · 16 distinct works · Similar authors

	Hiram Grange and the Chosen One by Kevin Lucia (Goodreads Author), Malcolm McClinton (Illustrator), Danny Evarts (Designer) 4.61 of 5 stars 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010	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
	Malpractice: an Anthology of Bedside Terror by Nathaniel Lambert (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lee Pederson, Bill West 4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	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
	Raw: Brutality as Art by Adam Huber (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Enck (Goodreads Author), James Roy Daley 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009	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
	Anthology: Year One (Volume 1) by Mark Wholley (Editor), Marianne Halbert (Goodreads Author), K. Allen Wood (Goodreads Author) 4.91 of 5 stars 4.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012	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
	Shroud 5: The Journal Of Dark Fiction And Art (Volume 1) by Timothy Deal (Goodreads Author), Jake Burrows (Contributor), Scott Christian Carr (Contributor) 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009	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
	Shroud 8 by Brian Keene (Goodreads Author), Kealan Patrick Burke (Goodreads Author), Kevin Lucia (Goodreads Author) 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010	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
	LampLight: a Horror Quarterly by William Meikle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nathan Yocum (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rahul Kanakia (Contributor) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	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
	Shroud 10 by Lisa Mannetti (Goodreads Author), Kevin Lucia (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Timothy Deal (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	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
	Shroud 9: The Quarterly Journal Of Dark Fiction And Art (Volume 3) by Brian Keene (Goodreads Author), Kevin Lucia (Goodreads Author), Scott Christian Carr 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	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
	Morpheus Tales: The Best Weird Fiction Volume 1 by Morpheus Tales (Editor), Lyn Cannaday (contributor), Todd Austin Hunt (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	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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House of Skin

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Kevin Lucia said: "Have the ARC - everyone's been talking about this, so time to check it out... "

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The Midnight Man

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Shivers VII

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Kevin Lucia marked as to-read: Complete Ghost Stories by M.R. James	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
Was going to cover this later for Tales to Terrify, but couldn't wait...
May 12, 2013 03:59am · see review
Kevin Lucia marked as to-read: The Complete Fiction by H.P. Lovecraft	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
Yes. I am crazy...
May 12, 2013 03:59am · see review
Kevin Lucia is currently reading: House of Skin by Jonathan Janz (Goodreads Author)	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
Have the ARC - everyone's been talking about this, so time to check it out...
May 11, 2013 04:39pm · see review
Kevin Lucia rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Curse by Charles L. Grant	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
Excellent, of course....with even MORE of a Charles Grant cliffhanger than I'm used to! Definitely as good as anything else he wrote, and an interesting, early exploration of Native American myth, a forerunner to "The Nestling." Should be read, absol...more
May 11, 2013 04:39pm · see review
Kevin Lucia entered a giveaway House of Skin by Jonathan Janz
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Kevin Lucia made a comment on his review of The Amityville Horror "PERFECT way of describing it. "
May 07, 2013 07:44am · see review
Kevin Lucia rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson	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
Okay, so the writing in this certainly isn't masterful, it's downright clumsy at times, and the discrepancies in the stories has long since been pointed out...but it GOT to me. I read it in two days. Looking forward to discussing it on Horror 101...
May 06, 2013 04:58pm · see review
Kevin Lucia is currently reading: The Midnight Man by Stephen Laws	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
Blurbed by Ramsey Campbell. That's good enough for me...
May 02, 2013 05:33am · see review

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