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Chad Lutzke

Goodreads Author

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: 4.13 · 8,757 ratings · 2,416 reviews · 79 distinct works • Similar authors

	Of Foster Homes and Flies 4.36 avg rating — 997 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Stirring the Sheets 4.25 avg rating — 739 ratings — published 2018 — 6 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 4.09 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Wormwood by Chad Lutzke (Goodreads Author), Tim Meyer (Goodreads Author), Sadie Hartmann (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Wallflower 4.35 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Skullface Boy 4.51 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 2018 — 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 4.10 avg rating — 283 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 Him Deep Down: A Horror Novelette by Chad Lutzke (Goodreads Author), Terry M. West (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 169 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
	Slow Burn on Riverside 4.23 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Cannibal Creator 4.06 avg rating — 157 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

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Three-Smile Mile (a cat and mouse thriller)

My upcoming crime-thriller THREE-SMILE MILE is now up for preorder for only $0.99. Release day set for Jan. 27th, 2023.

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Bad Fruit

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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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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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“I didn’t want to shorten my stay. I wanted to live there, carve out a bed in the shelves and read my life away, wear the cologne of aging pages. The place made Hermosa Beach feel like a plan B.”
― Chad Lutzke, Skullface Boy

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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

tags: depression

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