Ghost Eaters: A Novel

Clay McLeod Chapman

Sep 2022 · Sold by Quirk Books

About this ebook

“A Gothic-punk graveyard tale about what haunts history and what haunts the human soul. An addicting read that draws you into its descent from the first page.”—Chuck Wendig, New York Times best-selling author of The Book of Accidents

One of Vulture's Best Horror Novels of 2022, this terrifying supernatural page-turner will make you think twice about opening doors to the unknown.

Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns up dead of an overdose in their hometown of Richmond, Virginia, and Erin’s world falls apart.
 
Then a friend tells her about Ghost, a new drug that allows users to see the dead. Wanna get haunted? he asks. Grieving and desperate for closure with Silas, Erin agrees to a pill-popping “séance.” But the drug has unfathomable side effects—and once you take it, you can never go back.

Ratings and reviews

This book is definitely very different. I've not read anything quite like it. People Taking drugs to see, speak with, and hear the dead? The book tends to jump from one scene, to an entirely different scene without warning. So you'll have to pay very close attention to when it happens, or else it wont make any sense after a certain moment. Also, this book is written in a way that feels very.....reccent? The terms, words used, and all the settings make it feel very 2022/2023. Noticing the publishing date now, makes complete sense for that. This book doesn't feel dated, or vintage in anyway. I'm running out of room here, so I'll say this. This book deals with major drug use, grief, trauma, etc. If you're triggered very easily, then this may not be the book for you. But I think this was definitely worth the read, I've not seen, read anything quite like it.

Phenomenal! CMC once again brings an infectious, human horror. A dreadful dance with addiction to people and substances. An in depth and horrifying experience in codependency and being dependent on a psychotropic, psychedelic entity of a shroom like none other. Writing that is both heartfelt and harrowing, quite addictive I'm it's own sense. I couldn't put it down once I'd started and that's what readers want in a good book! So how about it? Want to get Haunted?

The writing isn't bad, but the main character gets annoying really fast.

About the author

Clay McLeod Chapman writes novels, comic books, and children's books, as well as for film and TV. He is the author of the horror novels The Remaking, Whisper Down the Lane, and Ghost Eaters. He also co-wrote Quiet Part Loud, a horror podcast produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw for Spotify. Visit him at claymcleodchapman.com.