https://www.lukedumas.com/selected-work daily 0.75 2026-06-06 https://www.lukedumas.com/ahistoryoffear daily 0.75 2024-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/f36f7591-efc3-48b1-916a-191af6d06167/89466_history-of-fear_assets_300x300-4.jpg A History of Fear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/33090ae3-e998-4507-8b0b-1e32969e2aa6/89466_history-of-fear_assets_300x300_revised-2.jpg A History of Fear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/a22e48b7-d79a-4e3f-851c-bb99bfba8bb5/89466_history-of-fear_assets_300x300-1.jpg A History of Fear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/daa09a6c-d313-4dd0-ae6b-77aaca89f615/89466_history-of-fear_assets_300x300_revised-3.jpg A History of Fear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/8c39d626-2d16-40b4-b1cf-8960308d0f61/89466_history-of-fear_assets_300x300_revised-1.jpg A History of Fear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/9692e2df-7f98-48c3-9d79-7aff4dff56e8/89466_history-of-fear_assets_300x300-3.jpg A History of Fear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/61c90998-6624-4b6b-8c4c-aaadfd12b758/90704+A+History+of+Fear_1080x1080_02.jpg A History of Fear - A HISTORY OF FEAR New York Times Editors’ Pick | Amazon Editors’ Pick | POPSUGAR Best Thriller & Mystery Books of 2022 AVAILABLE IN HARDCOVER, PAPERBACK, E-BOOK & AUDIO An eerie literary suspense debut following the harrowing downfall of a tortured graduate student who’s been nicknamed the Devil’s Advocate for his sensational crime: murdering a classmate, then claiming the Devil made him do it. The Devil is in Scotland. Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devil’s Advocate. The twenty-five-year-old American grad student rose to instant notoriety when he confessed to the slaughter of his classmate Liam Stewart, claiming the Devil made him do it. When Hale is found hanged in his prison cell, officers uncover a handwritten manuscript that promises to answer the question that’s haunted the nation for years: was Hale a lunatic, or had he been telling the truth all along? Unnervingly, Hale doesn’t fit the bill of a killer. The first-person narrative that centers this novel reveals an acerbic young atheist, newly enrolled at the University of Edinburgh to carry on the legacy of his recently deceased father. In need of cash, he takes a job ghostwriting a mysterious book for a dark stranger, but has misgivings when the project begins to reawaken his satanophobia, a rare condition that causes him to live in terror that the Devil is after him. As he struggles to disentangle fact from fear, Grayson’s world is turned upside-down after events force him to confront his growing suspicion that he’s working for the one he has feared all this time—and that the book is only the beginning of their partnership. A History of Fear is a propulsive foray into the darkness of the human psyche, marrying dread-inducing atmosphere and heart-palpitating storytelling. https://www.lukedumas.com/thepaleontologist daily 0.75 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/c1c7a8bc-e44c-44e3-9fd4-cdd8965e284a/94537+The+Paleontologist+1080x1080_05.jpg The Paleontologist - THE PALEONTOLOGIST USA Today Bestseller | 2024 ITW Thriller Award Winner Esquire Best Horror Books of 2023 Pick | Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick | Amazon Editor’s Pick | 2024 Silver Falchion Award Finalist for Best Supernatural NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK, EBOOK & AUDIO A haunted paleontologist returns to the museum where his sister was abducted years earlier and is faced with a terrifying and murderous spirit in this chilling novel—perfect for fans of Simone St. James and Katy Hays. Curator of paleontology Dr. Simon Nealy never expected to return to his Pennsylvania hometown, let alone the Hawthorne Museum of Natural History. He was just a boy when his six-year-old sister, Morgan, was abducted from the museum under his watch, and the guilt has haunted Simon ever since. After a recent break-up and the death of the aunt who raised him, Simon feels drawn back to the place where Morgan vanished, in search of the bones they never found. But from the moment he arrives, things aren’t what he expected. The Hawthorne is a crumbling ruin, still closed amid the ongoing pandemic, and plummeting toward financial catastrophe. Worse, Simon begins seeing and hearing things he can’t explain. Strange animal sounds. Bloody footprints that no living creature could have left. A prehistoric killer looming in the shadows of the museum. Terrified he’s losing his grasp on reality, Simon turns to the handwritten research diaries of his predecessor and uncovers a blood-soaked mystery 150 million years in the making that could be the answer to everything. Are these the ravings of a madman? Or is there something supernatural at play? And what does this have to do with Morgan’s disappearance? Another atmospheric mystery from Luke Dumas, The Paleontologist is a ghost story unlike any other that will haunt you long after you turn the final page. 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The bestselling author of The Paleontologist and A History of Fear returns with a spine-tingling new thriller about a weight loss treatment with potentially murderous side effects. Retail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California mold of six-pack, suntanned masculinity. Over three hundred pounds, he carries the weight of his childhood trauma and millennial ennui around his waist and in his soul. After trying every diet under the sun, he remains stuck—in his dead-end job, in love, and in his body. Desperate for help, he enrolls in a clinical trial for a new weight loss product called Obexity. The treatment is as horrifying as the results are miraculous and as Emmett sheds pounds at superhuman speed, every part of his life improves overnight. Unfortunately, Obexity comes with some killer side effects, including lost stretches of time and overwhelming cravings. Worse, people who were cruel to him have started disappearing and when the police warn of a cannibalistic killer on the loose, he fears that Obexity is turning him into a monster. But how can he give it up now that people are finally starting to treat him like he’s human? Nerve-racking, sinister, and at times surreal, Nothing Tastes as Good is an unputdownable thriller that combines The Substance with the best of Stephen King and keeps you guessing until the final page. Get the UK edition https://www.lukedumas.com/events daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://www.lukedumas.com/cages daily 0.75 2026-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/50cae357-e158-40d9-a7e2-6bb636dce999/WDCTC+Website+Tile+%281%29.png We Don't Call Them Cages - WE DON’T CALL THEM CAGES Coming March 16, 2027, in hardcover, eBook, and audio—now available to pre-order. Revenge comes with a bite when a group of jaded zookeepers unleashes the animals on unsuspecting patrons in this high-octane thriller from the nationally bestselling author of The Paleontologist and Nothing Tastes as Good—perfect for fans of T. J. Newman’s Falling and Daniel Kraus’s Whalefall. Something is wrong at the world-famous ZOO USA. Animals keep escaping. Others are found dead in their enclosures. It’s a public relations nightmare for Ashlee Beauchamp, the communications executive responsible for convincing the public that nothing is amiss. Worse, she suspects the incidents are no accident—and fears someone on the inside is responsible. Bright-eyed, young conservationist Megan Taylor is thrilled to be in town for North America’s largest conference for zoo professionals. The conference has been eye-opening, but at least she has Zoo Day to look forward to: a full day to explore ZOO USA with her sister, Sierra, if only she can convince Sierra (and herself) that zoos aren’t exploitative animal prisons. Brandon McCabe is counting down the days too. Twisted by hate and hell-bent on revenge, the disgruntled zookeeper and his coworkers are planning something big to get back at the institution that has wronged them. Much like the animals he cares for, Brandon has grown tired of his cage—and when Zoo Day comes, everyone best run. Told in real time over a single day, We Don’t Call Them Cages is an action-packed, multi-POV thriller that will leave readers breathless and thinking twice before their next day at the zoo. https://www.lukedumas.com/anthologies daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/afc0dde9-83f7-4fbf-ab03-84f9956f5035/Big+Bad+Book+of+Kaiju.png Anthologies - THE BIG BAD BOOK OF KAIJU edited by Jonathan Maberry and Henry Herz Coming September 22, 2026, in hardcover, eBook, and audio—now available to pre-order. A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors. An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of creatures the size of skyscrapers, including a new environmental sci-fi thriller story from Luke Dumas, “These Oceans Once Composed Symphonies,” about a whale-watching tour under attack from a mega-sized, whale-like horror. See cities shattered and worlds ended, as great beasts rise from the deep. Featuring work from:, Linda D. Addison, Kevin J. Anderson, Kelley Armstrong, Maurice Broaddus, Tananarive Due, Luke Dumas, Taiyo Fuji, Kane Gilmour, Maxwell I. Gold, Christopher Golden & Daniel Golden, Henry Herz, Jamal Hodge, Ai Jiang, Alma Katsu, Tim Lebbon, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Lee Murray, Tobi Ogundiran, Cynthia Pelayo, Jeremy Robinson, Scott Sigler, Benjamin Spada, and Anne Walsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60dbeb2181070520f58d0fa9/951909c3-6122-4228-9009-57d59b6a8b97/Dread+Coast+Now+Available+%281%29.png Anthologies - DREAD COAST: SoCAL HORROR TALES edited by Dennis K. Crosby and KC Grifant Now available in paperback and eBook. Audio coming soon! California is more than beaches, sunshine, and vineyards. Two dozen horror authors are about to drag you into their nightmares, taking you on a wild tour behind the sun-soaked glamour, promising chills and thrills that linger long after the last page. With stories ranging from cosmic to body horror, to the comedic and the strange, Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales is a descent into the darkest corners of Southern California. These pages carry the whispers of sinister secrets in the Hollywood Hills, ancient evils stirring beneath the sands, and twisted tales behind San Diego's sun-soaked streets, making this anthology the perfect read for lovers of the macabre. Twenty-four writers, including New York Times bestselling authors Peter Clines, Jonathan Maberry, and Scott Sigler, and USA Today bestselling author Luke Dumas, will be your guides . . . to the shadowy side of the Golden State. And the best part? Your terror helps others. Proceeds from sales go to support the vital work of recovering from the Palisades and Eaton fires. Includes an itchy new creature-horror story from Luke Dumas, “Beachcomber’s Ear,” about a man who falls asleep on the beach and fears something has crawled inside his ear and is living in his head. Contributing authors include: David Agranoff, Kevin David Anderson, Brian Asman, Peter Clines, Jon Cohn, Ronald Coleman, Dennis K. Crosby, Luke Dumas, S. Faxon, KC Grifant, Indigo Halverson, Theresa Halvorsen, Henry Herz, Elle Jauffret, J.A. Jensen, TJ Kang, Lisa Kastner, Jonathan Maberry, Greg Mollin, C.D. Oakes, Scott Sigler, Benjamin Spadam, Chad Stroup, and Rose Winters.