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A new collection of stories from submissions and classic literature offering the best and most incredible ghost stories from East, South and Southeast Asia, combining new and classic authors across the region.

Another deluxe edition of new writing and neglected perspectives. Asian ghosts and supernatural beings -- from India to Sri Lanka, China to Korea, Japan to the Philippines -- can be both terrifying and comforting. Underpinned by strong cultural beliefs in the cycles of life and ancestor worship, the nature of Asian spirits differs from that of their counterparts in other areas of the world. The possibility is more instinctually accepted that ghosts remain with us, as part of the world, whether we can see them or not.

Featured here are all kinds of stories from across East, South and Southeast Asia: classic weird tales by the likes of Pu Songling, Rabindranath Tagore, S Mukerji, Im Bang and Yi Ruk, Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, are complemented by stories by Asian writers of today. An egui (the Chinese version of a 'hungry ghost') is exorcised, a vicious jiangshi (Chinese zombie-like revenant) is encountered in the night, a Bengali shakchunni (the ghost of an unsatisfied bride) poignantly seeks love with devastating effect, a family is haunted by vengeful Korean gwishin, and the iconic Japanese tragedies of Oiwa and O-Kiku are revisited.

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Contents:

• 12 - Foreword (Asian Ghost Short Stories) - essay by K. Hari Kumar
• 14 - Introduction (Asian Ghost Short Stories) - essay by Dr. Luo Hui
• 24 - Juramentado - short fiction by Joshua Bartolome
• 32 - The Pious Woman - (1909) - short story by Cecil Henry Bompas
• 33 - Kikinasai - (2016) - short fiction by Eliza Chan
• 41 - Kyuzaemon's Ghostly Visitor - (1912) - short story by F. Hadland Davis
• 42 - The Ghost-Brahman - (1883) - short story by Lal Behari Day
• 44 - A Ghostly Wife - (1883) - short story by Lal Behari Day
• 46 - The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Being Bagged - (1883) - short story by Lal Behari Day
• 48 - The Story of Brahmadaitya - short story by Lal Behari Day (variant of The Story of a Brahmadaitya 1883)
• 51 - The Bunniah's Ghost - (1906) - short story by Alice Elizabeth Dracott
• 52 - A Legend of Sardana - (1906) - short story by Alice Elizabeth Dracott
• 54 - The Manglalabas - (1921) - short story by Dean Fansler
• 55 - Mabait and the Duende - (1921) - short story by Dean Fansler
• 57 - The Wicked Woman's Reward - (1921) - short story by Dean Fansler
• 59 - Returning My Sister's Face - (2005) - novelette by Eugie Foster
• 68 - Furisodé - (1899) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 70 - A Passional Karma - (1899) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 79 - Ingwa-banashi - (1899) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 81 - Jiu-Roku-Zakura - (1904) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 82 - Yuki-Onna - (1904) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 85 - Hoichi the Earless (Mimi-nashi Hoichi no Hanashi) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn (variant of The Story of Mimi-Nashi-Hoïchi 1903)
• 90 - In a Cup of Tea - (1902) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 92 - The Ghost of O-kiku from "The Bancho Sarayashiki" or "The Lady of the Plates" - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 93 - Of Ghosts and Goblins - (1894) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 101 - The Reconciliation - (1900) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 103 - The Corpse-Rider - (1900) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 105 - Nightmare-Touch - (1900) - essay by Lafcadio Hearn
• 109 - Notes on a Haunted Patient - short fiction by T. M. Hurree
• 116 - Picture of a Dying World - short fiction by Nur Nasreen Ibrahim
• 124 - The Story of Chang To-Ryong - (1913) - short story by Im Bang
• 127 - The Grateful Ghost - (1913) - short story by Im Bang
• 128 - An Encounter with a Hobgoblin - (1913) - short story by Im Bang
• 130 - A Visit from the Shades - (1913) - short story by Im Bang
• 131 - Hong's Experience in Hades - (1913) - short story by Im Bang
• 133 - Haunted Houses - (1913) - short story by Im Bang
• 135 - Qian Xian - short fiction by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito
• 142 - The Strange Story of the Golden Comb - (1910) - short story by Grace James
• 147 - On the Jiangshi and Other Returns - (2021) - short fiction by Ji Yun
• 151 - One Extra at a Wedding - (2021) - short fiction by Ji Yun
• 154 - The Phantom 'Rickshaw - (1885) - novelette by Rudyard Kipling
• 171 - The Pavilion of Far-Reaching Fragrance - short fiction by K. P. Kulski
• 177 - Little Bone Collector - short fiction by Monte Lin
• 184 - The Fortune of Sparrows - (2017) - short story by Usman T. Malik
• 193 - Devil on the Night Train - (2019) - short story by Samuel Marzioli
• 202 - Jaded Winds - (2015) - short story by Rena Mason
• 211 - How an Evil Spirit was Exorcised - (1908) - short story by Thomas Lambert Barlow and Major J. F. A. McNair
• 213 - His Dead Wife's Photograph - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 216 - The Major's Lease - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 222 - What Uncle Saw - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 226 - The Bridal Party - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 232 - What the Professor Saw - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 234 - The Boy Who Was Caught - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 240 - A Strange Incident - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 246 - The Boy Possessed - (1917) - short story by S. Mukerji
• 250 - The Barber and the Ghost - (1904) - short story by Ram Satya Mukharji
• 252 - Last Train Onwards - short fiction by Lena Ng
• 255 - The Spirit of the Lantern - (1919) - short story by Yei Theodora Ozaki
• 260 - The Badger-Haunted Temple - (1919) - short story by Yei Theodora Ozaki
• 265 - The Frightened Yaka? - (1914) - short story by H. Parker
• 267 - The Faithless Widow - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 269 - The Cloth Merchant - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 270 - The Fisherman and His Friend - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling, original from 1740
• 273 - The Wei-Ch'i Devil - [Strange Tales from Liaozhai] - (1880) - short story P'u Sung-Ling, original from 1740
• 274 - The Clay Image - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 275 - Dishonesty Punished - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 276 - The Picture Horse - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 277 - The Marriage of the Fox's Daughter - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling (trans. of The Golden Goblet unknown)
• 280 - Little Chu - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 284 - Miss Quarta Hu - [Strange Tales from Liaozhai] - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling, original story 1740
• 286 - Miss Lien-hsiang - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 292 - The Young Gentleman Who Couldn't Spell - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 294 - The Man Who Was Thrown Down a Well - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 297 - Chou K'o-ch'ang and His Ghost - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 298 - Courage Tested - [Strange Tales from Liaozhai] - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling, original story 1740
• 299 - The Shui-mang Plant - [Strange Tales from Liaozhai] - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling, original story 1740
• 302 - The Painted Skin - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling, orignal story 1766
• 305 - The Magic Sword - [Strange Tales from Liaozhai] - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling, original story 1740
• 310 - The Magnanimous Girl - [Strange Tales from Liaozhai] - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling, orignal story 1740
• 312 - Miss Chiao-no - [Strange Tales from Liaozhai] - (1880) - short story by P'u Sung-Ling
• 317 - The Ghost in Love - (1913) - short story by uncredited (trans. of The Ghost in Love 1766)
• 320 - Love's-Slave - (1913) - short story by uncredited (trans. of Love's-Slave 1766)
• 322 - The Man and the Ghost - (1925) - short story by A. L. Shelton
• 323 - Stories Our Parents Told Us - short fiction by Ayida Shonibar
• 331 - The Procession of Ghosts - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 333 - Ghost Story of the Flute's Tomb - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 337 - The Spirit of Yenoki - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 340 - The Spirit of the Lotus Lily - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 343 - The Spirit of the Willow Tree Saves Family Honour - short story by Richard Gordon Smith (variant of The Spirit of a Willow Tree Saves Family Honour 1908)
• 345 - The Dragon-Shaped Plum Tree - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 348 - The Chessboard Cherry Tree - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 350 - The Memorial Cherry Tree - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 352 - A Haunted Temple in Inaba Province - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 355 - Great Fire Caused by a Lady's Dress - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 358 - Cape of the Woman's Sword - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 361 - Sagami Bay - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 364 - The Secret of Iidamachi Pond - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 367 - The Temple of the Awabi - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 370 - The 'Jirohei' Cherry Tree, Kyoto - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 372 - The Snow Tomb - (1908) - short story by Richard Gordon Smith
• 375 - The Skeleton - (unknown) - short story by by Rabindranath Tagore
• 379 - The Lost Jewels - (1917) - short story by Rabindranath Tagore, original story 1898
• 386 - The Hungry Stones - (1916) - short story by Rabindranath Tagore, orignal story 1895
• 393 - Ghost - short fiction by Karen Tay
• 401 - Ghost Fire - short fiction by Emily Teng
• 408 - The Silence of Farewells - short fiction by Yilin Wang
• 412 - Faithful Mo - (1913) - short story by Yi Ryuk
• 413 - Strangely Stricken Dead - (1913) - short story by Yi Ryuk
• 414 - The Mysterious Hoi Tree - (1913) - short story by Yi Ryuk
• 415 - Purple Wildflowers - short fiction by Alda Yuan

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