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Chad Lutzke

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Born

in Battle Creek, The United States

Website

http://www.chadlutzke.com

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Genre

Thriller, Suspense, Fiction

Influences

Lansdale, Ketchum, King, Poe, Carver, Rash, Pollack.

Member Since

April 2012

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Chad has written for Famous Monsters of Filmland, Rue Morgue, Cemetery Dance, and Scream magazine. He's had dozens of short stories published, and some of his books include: OF FOSTER HOMES & FLIES, STIRRING THE SHEETS, SKULLFACE BOY, THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU, THE PALE WHITE, THE NEON OWL and OUT BEHIND THE BARN co-written with John Boden. Lutzke's work has been praised by authors Jack Ketchum, Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Stephen Graham Jones, Tim Waggoner and his own mother.

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Average rating: 4.09 · 12,235 ratings · 3,065 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	Of Foster Homes and Flies 4.30 avg rating — 1,485 ratings — published 2016 — 7 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
	Stirring the Sheets 4.20 avg rating — 877 ratings — published 2018 — 8 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 Pale White 4.07 avg rating — 750 ratings — published 2019 — 7 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
	Wormwood by Chad Lutzke (Goodreads Author), Tim Meyer (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 2020 — 9 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
	Wallflower 4.21 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Skullface Boy 4.46 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Bruises on a Butterfly 4.21 avg rating — 342 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
	The Same Deep Water as You 4.08 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Bedmakers by Chad Lutzke (Goodreads Author), John Boden (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Him Deep Down: A Horror Novelette by Chad Lutzke (Goodreads Author), Terry M. West (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2015 — 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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How the Skin Sheds release day!

Today, May 30th, is release day for my splatter western, HOW THE SKIN SHEDS.

When Garrett Walkinshaw pays a visit to his sister, he finds her murdered— throat sliced and nipples missing, his albino niece left emotionally scarred on her bed.

Determined on getting revenge, the two set out after the killer, following a bloody trail of skin-lacking bodies. After Garrett's best friend— a recently freed Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 30, 2023 06:52 • Tags: lansdale, splatterwestern, weird-western

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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Cathedral

by Raymond Carver

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This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)

by Frank E. Peretti

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Quotes by Chad Lutzke (?)

“Denny, I know it is, and I’ve seen much more of it than I’ve probably let on. But that’s no way to live your life, on guard like that. I can’t let the potential of something bad happening strip me of my freedom. No one should have to do that.”
― Chad Lutzke, Of Foster Homes and Flies

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“This is about hating yourself enough to go to extremes. It's about surviving, when all you want to do is wake up dead.”
― Chad Lutzke, Stirring the Sheets

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“Dirt is the closest thing to a womb a person can hope for.”
― Chad Lutzke, Out Behind the Barn

tags: birth, death, mother, motherhood, womb

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