Like a burn from a deep fryer, this story will stay with you forever. Especially if you've had the pleasure (or pain?) of working in the fast food industry.
The Ghost That Ate Us is an incredible work of fiction cleverly disguised as fact. Set within a unique backdrop for a horror story, the workers of Burger City #8, a fast food franchise in Iowa tell their torrid tale of murder, violence, and chillies (the slushy/thick shake-like beverages all the workers are addicted to) via series of found footage, survivor interviews, and social media posts chronicling their decent into madness.
This approach to storytelling works on so many levels, it's easy to forget you're reading a fictional story stylised as non-fiction. I've got to admit I spent way too much time googling Burger City #8, Game of Pricks, Lil' Beefy, and a slew of other references from the footnotes in the hopes of finding more information about the fast food poltergeist and the colourful characters it tormented.
I wish I read this when I was a pimply faced teen working at Hungry Jacks (Burger King for those reading from the USA), it would've made those graveyard shifts cleaning the broiler and serving the midnight ghouls through drive window all the more interesting.
Many thanks to Erin and the fine people at Raw Dog Screaming Press for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Check out more from the publishers website: https://rawdogscreaming.com/
If you want to read more novels by Daniel Kraus, check out the authors website: http://www.danielkraus.com/
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