At first glance, the premise sounds like a punchline. Phil Phantom (no relation to the opera ghost, as he dryly notes in "The Case of the Whispering Wardrobe") isn't a brooding occultist or a ragged ex-priest. He is a semi-retired audio engineer with a bad back, a fondness for lukewarm black coffee, and a van full of malfunctioning recording equipment. He doesn't exorcise spirits; he documents them.
: Many of his original works were archived on sites like the Amateur Sex Story Archive (ASSTR) . phil phantom story collection