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Skullface Boy Paperback – August 16, 2018

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"My name is Levi. I’m 16. I’ve got a skull for a face. And here's how shit went down." Having never been outside the walls of Gramm Jones Foster Care Facility, sixteen-year-old Levi leaves in the middle of the night with an empty backpack and a newfound lust for life. A journey that leads him into the arms of delusional newlyweds, drunkards, polygamists, the dangerous, and the batshit crazy. His destination? Hermosa Beach, California where he's told there is another like him, with the face of a skull. A coming-of-age road trip filled with surreal Lynch-ian encounters exploring the dark, the disturbing, and the lonely in a 1980s world—an epic venture for one disfigured boy struggling to find his place in the world."This is Huck lighting out for the territories, and kind of documenting an era for us on the way. Only--because it’s now not then--he’s got a skull face to deal with. As do we all." ~Stephen Graham Jones, author of Mongrels"I was captivated by the first sentence...The pages fly by. I was utterly absorbed into the world of this transient teenager and his endearing, poignant and often hilarious take on every situation." ~Cemetery Dance

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August 16, 2018
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 16, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 202 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1724864815
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1724864819
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.51 x 8 inches

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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, THE PALE WHITE, SKULLFACE BOY, 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 Lansdale, Stephen Graham Jones and his own mother.

He can be found lurking the internet at www.chadlutzke.com

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Eclectic Reader

“I Read When I Dream and I Dream When I Read”

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 14, 2018

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Abandoned at birth by his mother close to a dumpster at the Gramm Jones Foster Care Facility in Denver, Colorado, Levi knows by age sixteen he’s never going to be adopted—not with his face—the face of a bone-white skull. He knows there is “life being lived out there” – outside of Gramm Jones, but he isn’t sure about how many “heartless souls” there might be. Still, he is determined to leave his “prison” and find out—and write about it, too.

Skullface Boy (2018) is writer Chad Lutzke’s latest novel. From its title and cover, the book has all the makings of a horror novel, but it isn’t. It is a narrative of self-discovery and a coming-of-age novel of a unique kind. The novel is a modern day On the Road featuring an intelligent, well-read adolescent knowledgeable about movies, who loves the music of KISS, and who is looking to find someone like himself. The novel is also simply amazing.

Setting out on foot with only his backpack and very few possessions (foremost among them a copy of Jerzy Kosiński’s The Painted Bird), a hand-created KISS T-shirt, and no money Levi hopes to walk and hitchhike to Hermosa Beach in Southern California where he has heard a man was sighted with a skullface like his own. In his mind, Levi pictures the man as possibly his father.

During his journey, all narrated by Levi, the youth encounters a wide-cross section of Americans. Many are kind. A few are shining examples of what humanity can and should be. Many have their own personal burdens they are bearing. Some have learned how to survive against the odds. Some are privileged. Some find Levi’s appearance frightening. Some of the people he comes across are frightening and at least two, in particular, are just plain evil. Regardless of the type of people he meets, despite mental, emotional, and physical fatigue, Levi keeps his goal of reaching Hermosa Beach in the fore and to do so he knows he must do whatever it takes to persevere and survive.

Lutzke’s writing is vivid and convincing and his prose flows with a beauty and smoothness. His characters and the situations which Levi encounters are real to life. The conclusions Levi arrives at about the various locales he visits, from podunk nowhere to major cities are filled with concise, meaningful discernment.

Levi is a fascinating, modernized, Dickensian-like character and readers will not only find themselves filled with empathy for Levi but rooting for him from beginning to end. By the conclusion of Skullface Boy, readers will find themselves not just entertained by Lutzke’s marvelous writing and story, but very pleased to have been given the opportunity to accompany Levi on his unforgettable journey.

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Brad Proctor

A hitchhiking odyssey of self discovery brimming with heart.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 30, 2020

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This is my fourth experience reading Chad Lutzke, previously having read The Pale White, The Neon Owl, and his collaboration with John Boden Out Behind the Barn. I have loved everything he has written and I need to consume all of his work. There is something special about a Lutzke tale that’s hard to put into words. They all have this genuine and magical quality to them that whisks the reader away and has you falling in love with his characters.. Chad is a natural born storyteller and though I am sure he puts a lot of time and work into his writing it all seems so effortless.

We follow 16 year old Levi. He’s not like most kids. For one he has grown up in a foster facility. Two, he has a skull for a face. That’s right, a skull for a face. He gets odd looks to say the least and has felt like an outcast his entire life. One night packs his meager belongings and sets out on an adventure of a lifetime.

Levi’s journey takes him across the western United States heading towards California where he runs into numerous odd and colorful characters along the way. From a one armed man to an overweight woman with cancer. It seems that everyone he encounters has some sort of “societal blemish” is the best way to describe it. Something about either their physical appearance or their mental state that society at large would look down upon. Through these happenings Levi learns life lessons that he was never exposed to during his time in foster care. He learns that no one is perfect, everyone has flaws and who is anyone to judge someone else for their “imperfections”. Levi experiences the darker, more gruesome sides of humanity but also catches these warm, shining glimmers of hope that show that the world isn’t always a completely awful place.

A hitchhiking odyssey of self discovery brimming with heart. Chad Lutzke’s Skullface Boy is a feel good story about embracing our differences and learning that no matter what no one is truly ever alone.

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A modern literary masterpiece! An instant classic!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 25, 2018

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Dedicated to the bullied, the parentless and the unique. May the shallow *%#$&@&$* one day envy you.
---Chad Lutzke

I loved this book right from the beginning, and not just because the main character is named Levi. I love this book because it's beautiful. It's sad at times, but ultimately it's beautiful. It's beautiful because it's sad at times. It's life in all its ugly glory. I really, genuinely feel like it is a classic, and I thought of The Catcher in the Rye and others like The Neverending Story while I read this book. (Not in comparison, just the fact that it felt like something special that deserves to be seen and to be around for a long time)

Now, Chapter 32--One of the Good Ones. I will never forget it! A literary masterpiece. I thought of Holden Caulfield and his wanderings and Bastian Balthazar Bux and his discovery of the Neverending Story. Rainbow Rick is the new Carl Conrad Coreander, one for the real world. I can't say enough about this chapter and Levi and Rick. It touched this book-lovers heart.

I have never really been bullied or parentless, but I also have never really felt like I belonged in any one group. I've been called an old soul. I have always wanted to take care of people and do the right thing and protect those who need it. This book feels like it was written for us. It feels like it is a gift to all of us who aren't completely "normal." Thank you, Chad. I can't tell if you're smiling, but I know I am. 💀😀

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Shelly Campbell

Levi might be a skullface boy, but he’s got a lot of heart.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 3, 2021

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Skullface Boy was an easy read to fall into. Chad does such an incredible job of fleshing out the humanity and insanity of a strange coming of age road trip. Beautiful moments and off-kilter ugliness, sometimes mashed together in one person, makes for some unforgettable characters. Through it all, Levi heads west, trying to find the only person he’s ever heard of that looks like him, and he’s easy to fall in love with along the way. This reads like a love letter to anyone who’s ever felt like a freak growing up. To all the Levis out there, you’re not alone :)