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Ghost Eaters
by Clay McLeod Chapman
Ghost Eaters follows Erin, whose ex-boyfriend Silas dies of an overdose. Grieving after his death, she and two other friends begin using the drug Ghost to attempt to contact him in the afterlife. As everyone whose ever read a ghost story knows, this is a very bad idea. Things quickly take a turn for the worse, and Erin struggles to break her addiction to the drug and to make it out alive.
Ghost Eaters is a wicked and disturbing novel, a clever take on the haunted house story. Like the best of horror, it uses the genre as a lens to examine contemporary issues, tackling addiction, grief, and weight of Southern history. In its treatment of the latter, it reminded me of Candyman, which also grapples frankly with ghosts and the sins of the past. I recommend it, and hope someone options it soon because I think it would make a great film or TV show.
Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for an early copy of this book.
Ghost Eaters is a wicked and disturbing novel, a clever take on the haunted house story. Like the best of horror, it uses the genre as a lens to examine contemporary issues, tackling addiction, grief, and weight of Southern history. In its treatment of the latter, it reminded me of Candyman, which also grapples frankly with ghosts and the sins of the past. I recommend it, and hope someone options it soon because I think it would make a great film or TV show.
Thanks to the publisher and to NetGalley for an early copy of this book.