Folktales: Strange Happenings

Folktales: Strange and Sinister

The one tapping on your window at midnight might not be human. The figure asking for directions in the wilderness could be a wandering ghost.

If you meet a child in a red padded jacket while walking at night, don't look back. Don't disturb the cobwebs on the beams of an old house. If the wine cup on a grave moves, a “neighbor” has come to visit. Do you really think these eerie rules the old folks gossip about are just meant to scare you?

This collection of choose-your-own-path folktales is full of down-to-earth supernatural tales about the immortal spirits of Northeast China, as well as forbidden lore from remote villages. Will you encounter a ghost king seeking recognition, or trade your life with a demon king? Will you pick up ghost money left behind by a wandering spirit, or cross the boundary of a graveyard? Every choice leads down a road you can never return from.

There are no dazzling cultivation formations, only half-finished stories from an old smoker by the kang. There are no tangled romances between handsome men and beautiful women, only a sigh in the pitch darkness.

Open the book and choose a path.

Remember: don't answer “Yeah” carelessly, don't pick things up on a whim, and don't respond to strangers without thinking.

After all, the strangest things are hidden in everyday life.