Luke Dumas was born and raised in San Diego, California, and received his master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh. His work has appeared in Hobart, Last Exit, and the queer anthology The Whole Alphabet: The Light and the Dark, among others.
A History of Fear is his debut novel.
Awards: ITW (2024)
Genres: Horror
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Novels
A History of Fear (2022)
The Paleontologist (2023)
Nothing Tastes as Good (2026)
We Don't Call Them Cages (2027)
The Paleontologist (2023)
Nothing Tastes as Good (2026)
We Don't Call Them Cages (2027)
Books containing stories by Luke Dumas
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Luke Dumas recommends

Scary Movie Night (2026)
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"Get the snacks ready and settle in for some nail-biting silver-screen nostalgia. Your new favourite summer popcorn thriller is here, and no, it's not another Scream sequel. It's Miranda Smith's Scary Movie Night, a lovingly blood-soaked homage to classic horror cinema. Relentlessly paced and chock-full of twists, it's sure to entertain even the most diehard lovers of murder on page and screen."

Keep This for Me (2025)
Jennifer Fawcett
"Keep This for Me is a suspenseful and hauntingly beautiful mystery about a woman's search for closure and the enduring ripple effects of violence. Like the lake at its center, this book's reflective surface hides fathoms below: churning currents of loss, trauma, and cold-blooded murder colliding to drag you down into its dark depths. It grabs you on page one and doesn't let go."

The Safari (2025)
Jaclyn Goldis
"Like a luxury safari, Jaclyn Goldis' enormously entertaining new novel takes readers on a thrilling ride through terrain as brutal as it is beautiful: an imperiled ecosystem of secrets, manipulation, and murder that will leave you breathless. With characters as richly realized as its sub-Saharan setting, THE SAFARI is a transporting page-turner with surprises around every corner. I couldn't put it down."
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