Ghosts like any other spiricons (spiritual consciousness/soul) are gender neutral. They are not living biological organisms.

Throughout this ordeal the reader sees flashbacks of Riley's early life, from his childhood and how he had to endure an abusive fiend of a father.

Is The Terror on Netflix? The Terror currently hasn't announced plans for its streaming home. Only Amazon is carrying the show with weekly drops on its video on demand service. You can find it through the AMC channel on Amazon but it's not part of the Prime subscription.