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A ghostly figure appears in the house at night.
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Its ghostly guitar melodies float as its basslines thud along, growing both more menacing and dejected as Katz’s depression becomes impossible to outrun.
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Grace Robins-Somerville, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026
Before she was known as Lady Van Tassel and terrorized the town in New York with her ghostly avenger, Mary went by the name Sarah Archer, a young girl trying to survive her witch of a mother.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Just outside Rhyolite is the Goldwell Open Air Museum, where life-sized ghostly figures and colorful sculptures create a surreal and eerie contrast against the desert backdrop.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
Trilogy is disturbing and alluring, with its ghostly production and chillingly misanthropic undercurrent.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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Grace Robins-Somerville, Pitchfork, 23 Jan. 2026
Before she was known as Lady Van Tassel and terrorized the town in New York with her ghostly avenger, Mary went by the name Sarah Archer, a young girl trying to survive her witch of a mother.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Just outside Rhyolite is the Goldwell Open Air Museum, where life-sized ghostly figures and colorful sculptures create a surreal and eerie contrast against the desert backdrop.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2026
Trilogy is disturbing and alluring, with its ghostly production and chillingly misanthropic undercurrent.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Ghostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghostly. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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ghostly
adjective
ghost·ly
ˈgōst-lē 
ghostlier; ghostliest
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a ghost
ghostliness
noun
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