Hong Kong Ghost Stories: Left Eye Twitching Means Fortune, Right Eye Means Disaster

Some things are better left unspoken. Plenty of people believe what they know can’t possibly be true, dressing it up with the saying, “If your faith is sincere, your prayers will be answered.” Praying to the gods won’t save you when you’re panicking.

Born with yin-yang eyes, keeping watch over Wong Tai Sin, joining the Cheung Lok Society, learning from Uncle Qiu, a Maoshan master, calling Ma Xiaoling “Sis,” seeing zombies and fighting ghosts: a temple caretaker’s life is all about making it through alive...