Stay Awake

Stay Awake is a short story that was originally published as a chapbook in 2000. It clarifies the ambiguous romantic relationship between Ghost and Steve in Lost Souls. Taking place the following summer after the events of the novel, the pair have become lovers. Steve is haunted by guilt after the death of his ex-girlfriend, Ann, and Ghost is haunted by her ghost itself. Ann is stuck in limbo, feeling betrayed by her former friends, and torments Ghost. He protects Steve, already in a fragile psychological state, from this knowledge.

This was the last story written by Brite about Ghost and Steve.