Modern Tales of the Strange: A Record of Urban Mysteries

Lin Yan was born with a pair of Yin-Yang Eyes, able to see the obsessions and wandering spirits invisible to ordinary people from an early age. He keeps an unremarkable general store in an old alley, witnessing one strange tale after another hidden beneath the neon lights of the city. People say ghosts and monsters are terrifying, but after journeying between the worlds of yin and yang, he has found that what he sees most often is the greed and callousness buried deep in people's hearts. He has no godlike powers or magic to save the world, only a pair of eyes that can see through illusion and reality. He listens to obsessions lament their regrets and observes the many sides of human nature. Amid the bustle of a city, he walks the divide between yin and yang for half a lifetime. This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.