The Fake Ghost

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Pub Date Aug 12 2025 | Archive Date Aug 12 2025

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Recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, a pioneer of the African horror literary genre, and hailed as the ‘ Queen of African Horror’ Nuzo Onoh offers her most fantastical tale yet. The Fake Ghost is a dark farce and a supernatural thriller of rebirth, betrayal, vengeance, occultic magic, mysterious invocations and creepy rituals. Set both in Africa and the USA, it follows the whacky and sinister travails of a powerful American leader that is reborn as a black child in a tiny African hut. With the help of the medicine-man, he must find a way to free his trapped soul and return to the United States to prevent a dastardly plot against him. But first, he must enter a diabolical blood pact, which might return to haunt him with devastating consequences.

Recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, a pioneer of the African horror literary genre, and hailed as the ‘ Queen of African Horror’ Nuzo Onoh offers her...


Advance Praise

"Nuzo Onoh’s story starts in a near future with a powerful leader, without scruples, willing to do anything to live. After this familiar character’s opening I was taken on an unexpected African magical realism adventure that wouldn’t let me go. It’s a wonder to be in the hands of a master storyteller who values every word/name they use, creating a mesmerizing journey I didn’t want to end. Onoh creates a compelling movie in the reader’s mind that is unforgettable!"
–Linda D. Addison, award-winning author, HWA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and SFPA Grand Master

"In The Fake Ghost, Nuzo Onoh has created a surreal, intriguing, and hard-hitting tale shining a light on the scourge of corruption in high places. Sometimes shocking, fantastical and hilarious, but also tinged with hope, this ghost will haunt you long after the final page."
–Tim Lebbon, The Last Storm

"Nuzo Onoh’s story starts in a near future with a powerful leader, without scruples, willing to do anything to live. After this familiar character’s opening I was taken on an unexpected African...


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ISBN 9781639512072
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 300

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