Yin-Yang Ghost Eyes

[Supernatural] + [Horror] + [Lighthearted] + [Cursecraft]

The messengers of the underworld, Ox-Head and Horse-Face: They say an ox’s eyes are crystal clear and can see things human eyes cannot. After millions of years of evolution, humans have lost the yin eye, once an innate part of their ability to perceive yin and yang. Oxen, however, have not.

The Hour of the Ox is when oxen dutifully till the fields. Those with yin eyes will see strange people or things during this hour.

Zheng Qian, an urbanite whose ghost eye was opened by a lightning strike, brings unexpected trouble to his friend Yang Yan, a reclusive mystic living in the city. He also narrowly escapes death several times.

The Eye of the Ox Hour, the eerie breathing behind one’s back, the red-sailed boats of Jiangnan, the Rat Day wedding procession, ghost operas on the Ghost Festival, and all sorts of baffling supernatural tales are found within...