Northeastern Folk Tales of the Supernatural: Volume One

Beyond the Pass, the black soil is rife with eerie tales.

From bustling streets and back alleys to villages and mountain ravines, countless strange folk stories circulate, things no one dares investigate too closely. Told in standalone episodes, this book collects supernatural stories passed down through generations in Northeast China, all true tales personally experienced and shared by local elders. Haunted old houses, apparitions on mountain roads, strange happenings in the countryside: each story is steeped in the distinctive rustic atmosphere and mystery of the Northeast. There is no deliberate embellishment of the horror, only a faithful retelling of the most original and uncanny folk legends. Each story stands on its own, ready to draw you in the moment you open the book, immersing you in the hidden strange events that the old-timers of the Northeast dare not speak of in detail.