Have you ever heard whispers from beyond this world outside your window in the dead of night? Do you believe that beneath the everyday life we take for granted, another strange and fantastical dimension lies hidden?
The Midnight Hour Is Silent is no work of fiction. The author traveled through villages and towns, compiling this contemporary record of supernatural tales from the scattered words of elderly people, fragments of yellowed ancient texts, and forbidden legends "not fit for outsiders to hear."
Some stories come from generations of hunters passing down tales in remote mountains and forests, recounting the perilous rules for living alongside mountain spirits and monsters. Others are strange nocturnal tales from old houses in ancient towns, describing the eerie dances of red wedding gowns and paper dolls beneath the moon. There are also inexplicable urban legends from the corners of the city, like the mysterious thirteenth floor that appears in an elevator during a midnight shift.
These stories may be absurd, terrifying, or heartbreaking. They challenge our understanding of what is real, yet between the lines reveal the truest parts of human nature: greed, fear, devotion, kindness, and an eternal awe of the unknown.
The midnight hour is the deepest part of night, when yin energy is strongest. It is also when yin and yang meet, and ghosts and spirits "clock in." An old saying goes: "At midnight, speak not of the strange, the powerful, the disorderly, or the divine." Staying silent at that hour may be the best way to respect the unknown, and the most effective way to protect yourself.
Open this book, and you will enter forbidden territory. Remember: You may listen, but don't believe everything. You may believe, but don't speak recklessly. And if you do speak recklessly, whatever you do, don't look back at midnight.
