From hungry ghosts, vampiric babies, and shapeshifting fox spirits to the avenging White Lady of urban legend, for generations, Asian women’s roles have been shaped and defined through myth and story. In Unquiet Spirits, Asian writers of horror reflect on the impact of superstition, spirits, and the supernatural in this unique collection of 21 personal essays exploring themes of otherness, identity, expectation, duty, and loss, and leading, ultimately, to understanding and empowerment.
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“i’m a hungry ghost, still roaming all these years later, greedy and angry and only vaguely aware of why. instead of devouring flesh and blood, my tiny mouth screams for the page. not too loud, though.”
“unquiet spirits” is a solid collection of essays talking about those who often go unnamed, unseen, haunting the pages of history and the nightmares of the restless – women. dead women, killed women, hurt women,...
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Jan 5, 2025