Author Description

UNPLEASANTNESS: GHOST STORIES FOR THE DEPRESSED challenges the notion of the ghost story itself. Two deceased workers haunt an office until turnover and management decisions erase all memory of them. A woman is driven into a life she never wanted by a vision of her future self. A man sees a ghost, but just for a second, and it ruptures his already distorted worldview. A convict acquires second sight and uses it for profane purposes. A desperate young man is compelled to steal by ghosts that are altogether absent. In his brilliant debut collection, Nathaniel A. Giles retrofits the ghost story for the twenty-first century and in doing so pushes the boundaries of the genre and questions whether this century isn't already bad enough without ghosts. NATHANIEL A. GILES is a wannabe mystic and writer from New Castle, Delaware. He taught writing and literature at a big state school for five years before he gave up and got a real job. In his spare time, he likes to stare at the walls and regret the past. He lives alone in the woods of Pennsylvania and cannot coherently explain why he moved there from a beautiful midwestern city. You can contact him at NathanielAGiles at gmail.com or on Twitter @NathanielAGiles