the ghosts of ohio...: a novel.

By s.t. tuchin

What happens when a poet gets tired of hiding behind metaphors and decides to spill his entire backlog on the keyboard?

the ghosts of ohio is a novel based closely on real events - a coming-of-emotional-age story told by a man who has over-apologized to every woman he's ever loved, analyzed every breakup like it's his magnum opus, and still can't listen to Jason Mraz without spiraling.

Sam is earnest to a fault, self-aware to a dangerous degree, and trying (desperately) to stop romanticizing the people who left - or at least get a good poem out of them. Told with biting humor, deep sincerity, and the occasional intrusive thought that no one thought to edit out, this is a story about the people who shape us, the memories that haunt us, and the rare moments when someone sees you exactly as you are... and doesn't flinch.

Written by a poet stepping off the page and into the terrifying realm of full sentences, the ghosts of ohio is autofiction with a pulse, a playlist, and a whole lot of feelings he swore he already processed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQ398MTX
• ISBN13: 9798284230862
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"