A New Compendium of Chinese Folk Ghosts and Monsters

In this age of speeding bullet trains and flashing neon, the spirits and ghosts forgotten in old books and rural legends have not vanished. They have simply taken on new forms, lurking in the cracks and shadows of modern life as they pass by you and me. Chinese Folk Tales of New Ghosts and Monsters is no simple collection of supernatural oddities. It is an “urban record of the netherworld” that draws on the past to illuminate the present. Using more than 150 classic creatures from Chinese folklore as its inspiration, the book reimagines them for the modern age, weaving a series of stories that stand alone while quietly connecting to one another. Every chapter brings classical lore into collision with reality and probes deeply into human nature and society.