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Giving Up the Ghost

Learn more about Eric's new book

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Playlist

Hear a playlist of songs mentioned in Giving Up The Ghost

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Photo Gallery from the book

See The Mystery Poem and other images from Giving Up the Ghost

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Excerpt

Read the Prologue to Giving Up The Ghost

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Deleted scenes and bonus material

Taken from various drafts of Giving Up the Ghost

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My name is Eric Nuzum. I write a lot of stuff. Some people read it.

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Ryan Grossi

Ryan Grossi . .

No other deleted scene hurt more to put on the cutting room floor than this ...

Prologue

Prologue . .

There are many ghost stories. Here’s one. One night in June 1984, I took a ...

The prologue is past

The prologue is past . .

Every one of the seven drafts of Giving Up The Ghost had a completely different ...

Fables

Fables . .

Recently I wrote a story about running into Peter Buck of REM. The background ...

Carter 1979 – 2001

Carter 1979 – 2001 . .

Written for and included in a late draft, but ultimately discarded: I don’t ...

Demon’s Alley

Demon’s Alley . .

A micro-scene deleted from the Clinton Road story. I include it because it is ...

My Top Ten Albums of 2010

My Top Ten Albums of 2010 . .

Old habits die hard. I still listen to tons of music every year. I still keep ...

Remembering my Grandfather, Chester Sycks

Remembering my Grandfathe . .

Looking at this picture, the following statement might surprise you. My ...