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The Pilgrim Illustrated Limited Edition Kickstarter is launching in September 2024! Check it out here: https://t.ly/xsNeh

The limited edition includes 12 full-page illustrations by artist Tyrone Le Roux, 9 character illustrations by Filipe Pagliuso, full-colour book ends by Alicja Tereszczenko, an illustrated slipcase by Anthony Ventura, custom interior design, medieval chapter drop caps, metallic rose gold on the front, spine, and rear, gold-edged pages, and a ribbon bookmark.

Mitchell Lüthi is a writer and producer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has written a number of scripts, short stories, and radio plays. "Pilgrim" is his first full-length novel.

In addition to his writing, Lüthi produces and scores the Sentinel Creatives Podcast. ...more

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Aberrants – Short Stories (2025)

Well, it’s been a good four years since I posted here, but since I’ve just about wrapped up Aberrants, I thought I’d update this blog with some news, details about my short story collection, and some general Pilgrim updates.

Aberrants is a bit of a departure from the genre I spent over a year studying and writing in (the Middle Ages). It probably falls within the vaguely indefinable category of “w

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	His Black Tongue 3.29 avg rating — 4,122 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror 3.96 avg rating — 1,927 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Bone Fields 3.27 avg rating — 241 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Grimoire by Mitchell Lüthi (Goodreads Author), C.L. Werner, Madison Kilian 3.80 avg rating — 149 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Ritual (The Plagueborne Trilogy #1) 3.56 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	In the Name of the Worm 4.26 avg rating — 93 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Lovecraft in a Time of Madness (Write Like Hell #4) by Mitchell Lüthi (Goodreads Author), C.L. Werner (Goodreads Author), Thomas Parrot 4.06 avg rating — 85 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Write Like Hell: Dark Fantasy & Horror Anthology Vol. 1 by Mitchell Lüthi (Goodreads Author), Scott Miller (Goodreads Author), Justin Probyn 3.83 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	The Black Hussars 3.77 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Write Like Hell: Dark Fantasy & Sci-Fi Anthology Vol. 2 by Mitchell Lüthi (Goodreads Author), Scott Miller (Goodreads Author), Justin Fillmore (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 48 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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“enslave a man was to control his body, but to deceive a man, to convince him to act upon a falsehood, was to enslave his spirit and mind.”
― Mitchell Lüthi, Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror

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“Orpheus had found his wife waiting for him and bargained with Hades and Persephone for her release. But Dietmar had no sweet songs to soften the Devil's heart, only his love. Perhaps he would be forced to remain so that they might go free? He would take that bargain and be glad for it.”
― Mitchell Lüthi, Pilgrim: A Medieval Horror

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“What Razin had described was not unfamiliar to him. Old Tirus, Leviathan, Falak, the Norse Jormungandr—these were the serpents that would end the world. He’d sometimes wondered how so many tales could share so many characteristics if there were not some truth to them.”
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“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― H.L. Mencken, Prejudices First Series

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“One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one willl only in time come to hate. In this there is also a residue of belief that during the move the master will chance to come along the corridor, look at the prisoner and say: "This man is not to be locked up again, He is to come with me.”
― Franz Kafka, The Blue Octavo Notebooks

tags: belief, cell, crisis, death, prison, revelation, stuck-in-a-rut, suicide

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