Title: To Be a GhostAuthor: Chad Lutzke
Series: Rapture Publishing Chapbooks #6
First Published: July 29, 2025
Publisher: Rapture Publishing
Pages: 31
Genre: Horror, Short Stories
Format: Chapbooks and Zines
Source: Purchased
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Synopsis:
After secretly living in its attic, a runaway teen watches a new family move into an empty murder house. As he observes their life from above, the abuse he thought he’d fled returns to claim more victims.
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A runaway teen living in the attic of a newly purchased home bears witness to a family tragedy. While physical harm can leave bruises, it’s the psychological scars that cut deepest. What happens in the house was far more malicious than I could’ve ever expected. To Be a Ghost is another solid coming of age story from Chad Lutzke, one of my favorite writers of interpersonal horror.
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“They will walk the earth as ghostly versions of who they could have been.”
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About Chad Lutzke
Chad lives in Battle Creek, MI. with his wife and children. For over two decades, he has been a contributor to several different outlets in the independent music and film scene, offering articles, reviews, and artwork. He has written for Famous Monsters of Filmland, Rue Morgue, Cemetery Dance, and Scream magazine. He’s had a few dozen short stories published. He is known for his heartfelt approach to the dark side of humanity with books such as OF FOSTER HOMES & FLIES, WALLFLOWER, STIRRING THE SHEETS, SKULLFACE BOY, THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU, THE PALE WHITE, and THE NEON OWL. Lutzke’s work has been praised by Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, Stephen Graham Jones, James Newman, Elizabeth Massie, Tim Waggoner, Richard Chizmar and his own mother.
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