A Ghost Chases the Horizon

What part of ourselves do we send into the future? A Ghost Chases the Horizon explores the relationship between time and spirit through the lens of the community surrounding the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The hospital went by many names during its operation, and its troubled history is retold from the memory held by its thick, limestone walls.Weston Hospital, 1999, After a paranormal encounter, an urban spelunker blackmails a disgraced local law enforcement officer into allowing her to continue investigating the shuttered facility. What the young adult finds is a kinship that transcends time.West Virginia Hospital for the Insane, 1905, A falsely-committed widow births a child sired by her doctor. As the doctor's hostility grows when his paternity becomes apparent, the widow plots her freedom with help from a patient with dubious intent.Weston State Hospital, 1935, A cantankerous farmer self-commits after an incident in a funeral parlor. While awaiting evaluation in the overcrowded facility, he develops delusions that the hospital must be razed on order of the U.S. President.Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, 2019 and beyond, An adrift divorcee works to uncover the truth behind a nineteenth-century serial killer for a friend's manuscript. The more he puzzles together the hospital's mysteries, the more his sanity is consumed by the task.