Katherine Luck

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About Katherine Luck
Katherine Luck is a writer based in Seattle. She is the author of "False Memoir," "The Cure for Summer Boredom" and "In Retrospect." Her articles and short stories have been featured in Reuters, The Amistad, Seattle Woman Magazine, Oregon Literary Review, and Crosscut.com. You can read more of her work, including the “Dead Writers and Candy” series, at KatherineLuck.com.
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Blog postWhen the world shut down in early 2020, we were all supposed to become exceptionally productive. For my part, I idled away the year engaging in two time-wasting activities: obsessively tracking the movements of the Great Roving Pathogen and searching for lost media.
Lost media can take any number of forms, but it generally consists of movies, TV shows, video games, music, cartoons, photos and books that have vanished, leaving behind only a few traces or some hazy memories to prove the1 year ago Read more -
Blog postThe other (obscenely late) night, I watched the prequel to a modestly successful movie franchise. I’d never watched any other movies in the series, and I was surprised by how puzzled I was by the experience. For weeks afterward, a question nagged at me.
Are movie prequels ever any good?
Before we dive headlong into this probably controversial topic (Star Wars, mes amis!), let’s consider two relevant lists on the subject:
Screenrant’s worst prequels of all time
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Blog postAs the months of 2020 have darted from improbable crisis to even more improbable crisis, it’s become clear that we’re all trapped in some kind of ludicrous fictional universe. It’s the only explanation for the absurd plot twists each day brings.
I have plenty of time to spare, so I took it upon myself to determine exactly which fictional universe we’ve had the misfortune to fall into. It took some work, but I finally found the answer.
The fictional universe we’re trapped in is1 year ago Read more -
Blog postGrief, they say, has five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Since “they” is Wikipedia, and since I just watched a lineup of five Christmas movies that managed to mirror that psychological construct, I would like to take you on a journey. A journey through five lighter-than-Hallmark holiday films (which you must watch in order or it won’t work!) that will induce a state of festive despondency and then completely eradicate it, leaving you gleeful and giddy.
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Blog postStorytelling is a universal human impulse. Nowadays, novels are written in just about every corner of the planet. But that wasn’t always the case.
Just how old is the novel? Is a novel’s basic essence influenced by when and where it was written? Or is there something that all novels have in common, regardless of the culture that produced them?
Let’s find out!
Google “what’s the world’s first novel?” and the answer you’ll see over and over is The Tale of Genji. Written2 years ago Read more -
Blog postIn the middle of October, days before Halloween and months into a plague slash political horror show straight out of a Stephen King novel, I was sitting in my car, minding my own business and eating takeout pastries, as one does In These Uncertain Times.
To amuse myself as I roosted in my vehicle shoving stale and frankly uninspired macrons from the local donut hut into my gob, I had two options: I could read the news, which was reliably appalling, or I could read “The Candy Country”2 years ago Read more -
Blog postOne slow and sunny summer day, I spent a blissfully pandemic-free afternoon scouring the internet for a recipe for golden rod cake. As I clicked on cooking blog after cooking blog, scrolling through recipe after recipe in a fruitless search for this most obscure of all archaic cakes, a question suddenly occurred to me: Why are recipe posts on food blogs so obscenely long?
Golden rod cake, fresh from the oven Why not find out? I wondered. After all, I was only looking for a golden rod2 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt’s been called one of the most inept movies ever made, hilariously demented, and pure unintentional camp. It’s on list after list of the worst movies ever made. It’s The Room.
A close watch of this 2003 film lays bare a veritable buffet of stilted acting, baffling continuity issues, illogical editing, and a plot that boggles the mind. And yet, somehow, it’s an intensely fascinating piece of cinematography.
The Room has been mocked, memed and memorized by fans. It’s been snar2 years ago Read more -
Blog postThere’s clearly a difference between a short story and a chapter of a novel. But what, exactly, is it?
Novels are built from smaller pieces: words that come together to form sentences, sentences that are joined into paragraphs, and paragraphs that pile up until they become chapters.
We all know what words, sentences and paragraphs are. But what are chapters?
Are chapters really nothing more than short stories?
Writing experts will tell you—and so will this seri2 years ago Read more -
Blog postHere we are again, friends. Another Flowers in the Attic book has arrived to grace us with its presence, this time at the outset of a global pandemic. Released in the infelicitous month of February 2020, the timing of Out of the Attic was bad. The book itself is worse.
Much, much worse.
Out of the Attic is the follow-up to Beneath the Attic. Both books are set before the events of Garden of Shadows, which itself is set before the events of the very first book of the series, Fl2 years ago Read more
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The Deadfall and the Deep
Jan 18, 2021
$4.99
Growing up in the tiny town of Mortales Harbor, Oregon, you have two choices: you can log or you can fish. For best friends Frank and Carre, working the most dangerous jobs in America takes reckless courage.
But even the highest waves and the toughest wilderness pale in comparison to the deadly secrets that wait at home. Nothing can crush Carre’s dreams of becoming an artist. But his hard-drinking, hard-hitting father just might kill him before the woods can. And Frank’s natural optimism is no match for the grinding poverty that nourishes only one part of him: a lethal temper.
It’s an unforgiving world and there’s no place in it for Joseph, Frank’s sickly younger brother who’s been dying since the day he was born. Or for Marie-Camille, the sister forced to take care of him who sparks a bitter rivalry for her love. It’s a rivalry that can’t be stopped—except by a dead body sprawled at the edge of the tide. In a world where every day on the job carries a death sentence, anything can be a killer: the storm-swept sea, a widowmaker branch falling from a tree...or someone you love.
But even the highest waves and the toughest wilderness pale in comparison to the deadly secrets that wait at home. Nothing can crush Carre’s dreams of becoming an artist. But his hard-drinking, hard-hitting father just might kill him before the woods can. And Frank’s natural optimism is no match for the grinding poverty that nourishes only one part of him: a lethal temper.
It’s an unforgiving world and there’s no place in it for Joseph, Frank’s sickly younger brother who’s been dying since the day he was born. Or for Marie-Camille, the sister forced to take care of him who sparks a bitter rivalry for her love. It’s a rivalry that can’t be stopped—except by a dead body sprawled at the edge of the tide. In a world where every day on the job carries a death sentence, anything can be a killer: the storm-swept sea, a widowmaker branch falling from a tree...or someone you love.
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The Drowned Town
Apr 24, 2019
$0.99
Blasting along a deserted stretch of highway in a battered car rattling with empty vodka bottles, a young woman is apprehended by the police. With her, she carries a stack of books written in long-dead languages, a fantastically expensive fur coat, and a loaded gun. And what everyone—including the woman herself—wants to know is what she’s doing in middle-of-nowhere Texas, long after midnight, hundreds of miles from home.
Surging from an insular religious community hidden in the heart of New York City to a vast estate overrun by a powerful family of criminals to a lost town buried under a lake, this mini novella is flooded with suspense, unexpected twists, and dark humor.
Surging from an insular religious community hidden in the heart of New York City to a vast estate overrun by a powerful family of criminals to a lost town buried under a lake, this mini novella is flooded with suspense, unexpected twists, and dark humor.
False Memoir: Based on an Untrue Story
Feb 22, 2019
$2.99
Journalist Katherine Luck was writing a book about a serial killer. She never expected to get caught up in a terrifying mystery.
Veteran crime reporter Jack O’Lies became notorious for his disturbingly perceptive articles about an unidentified murderer who was terrorizing Seattle…one who eventually murdered Jack’s wife. Twelve years later, another killer is stalking the city. Jack, an alcoholic with a violent temper who’s one drink away from being fired, is obsessed with finding out who he is. But this time, Jack is the one in danger.
To save himself, Jack must share his darkest secrets with someone. And the person he chooses is Katherine. But that might be the worst mistake he’s ever made. And writing this book might be the worst mistake she’s ever made.
Veteran crime reporter Jack O’Lies became notorious for his disturbingly perceptive articles about an unidentified murderer who was terrorizing Seattle…one who eventually murdered Jack’s wife. Twelve years later, another killer is stalking the city. Jack, an alcoholic with a violent temper who’s one drink away from being fired, is obsessed with finding out who he is. But this time, Jack is the one in danger.
To save himself, Jack must share his darkest secrets with someone. And the person he chooses is Katherine. But that might be the worst mistake he’s ever made. And writing this book might be the worst mistake she’s ever made.
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The Cure for Summer Boredom
Jun 1, 2018
$3.99
It’s summer in the little town of Somwärin, Texas, where the most anticipated event is a wrestling match between a man in a bear-suit and a bear in a man-suit. To Ruby Bejou, it looks like just another boring summer. And when Ruby’s bored, she makes trouble.
But this year, things are different. Her daddy accidentally starts a cult for long-haul truckers. Her big sister is on a mission to win a cutthroat beauty pageant and won’t let anything get in her way—except maybe her enormous boobs. Her little sister is out to destroy the town bully, even if it sparks an international diplomatic incident with the entire nation of Sweden.
And Ruby? She’s determined to stay out of trouble. With the help of a psychic newspaper editor, a tooth witch who transforms coins into teeth, and a forbidden library guarded by the entire town, she just might cure her summer boredom for good.
But this year, things are different. Her daddy accidentally starts a cult for long-haul truckers. Her big sister is on a mission to win a cutthroat beauty pageant and won’t let anything get in her way—except maybe her enormous boobs. Her little sister is out to destroy the town bully, even if it sparks an international diplomatic incident with the entire nation of Sweden.
And Ruby? She’s determined to stay out of trouble. With the help of a psychic newspaper editor, a tooth witch who transforms coins into teeth, and a forbidden library guarded by the entire town, she just might cure her summer boredom for good.
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In Retrospect
Jan 25, 2010
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A young woman is found bleeding to death after her husband learns of her secret affair with his brother. Is it attempted suicide? Or attempted murder?
Flynn is a former army intelligence operative, dishonorably discharged for revealing forbidden secrets. Hired to protect this vulnerable young woman, Flynn is driven to delve into her past. But exposing her carefully guarded secrets might destroy both a powerful family and an unimaginably damaged woman.
And Flynn might get caught in the crossfire.
Flynn is a former army intelligence operative, dishonorably discharged for revealing forbidden secrets. Hired to protect this vulnerable young woman, Flynn is driven to delve into her past. But exposing her carefully guarded secrets might destroy both a powerful family and an unimaginably damaged woman.
And Flynn might get caught in the crossfire.
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