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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/lukeoneil47">Luke O&#8217;Neil</a> is a journalist from Massachusetts who writes the first and only newsletter <a href="https://luke.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://luke.substack.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616543416428000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE5IKQmDrJuhrlJblb9S3AHVWTxRg">Welcome to Hell World</a>. He is the author of the acclaimed <a href="https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/welcome-to-hell-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/welcome-to-hell-world/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616543416428000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKr39gB76WY0VbfRhr_QVTfWmSCg">book of the same name</a> and the new, lesser-acclaimed book <a href="https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/lockdown-in-hell-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/lockdown-in-hell-world/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616543416428000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG72XE6k8YQIvhQiiAE2N3a0Gmdlg"><em>Lockdown in Hell World</em></a>. He doesn&#8217;t think Tatum and Brown will ever be enough unless they get a Garnett type in there to sort everyone out.</p>


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A house in South Carolina seen during historic flooding in 2018. Also Luke's book cover is on there.

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