The Garage Ghost

By Philip Stengel

Book Overview

He was Portland's underground king. Now he's just a ghost livestreaming from a piss-stained garage.

Matt Wade, once a rising rap star known as Grinchmobb, ruled the city's stages with dope-fueled swagger and raw lyricism. But fame curdled fast. Scandal, addiction, and a sex crime conviction turned him into Portland's most hated figure-erased from the scene, mocked online, and abandoned by everyone who once rode his wave.

Now 44 and squatting in his father's garage, Matt clings to delusion, streaming broken freestyles to trolls and obsessing over a comeback that will never come. As the ridicule intensifies and reality decays, Matt spirals into psychosis, filth, and self-destruction-until even the trolls start to wonder if they're watching a man die in real time.

Gritty, brutal, and unflinchingly honest, The Garage Ghost is a psychological story about fame, filth, and failure-perfect for fans of Requiem for a Dream, The Dirt, or Permanent Midnight.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5QCP5MS
• ISBN13: 9798280684928
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"