The Fish Curse: and Other Hong Kong Stories

In this collection of interconnected stories set in Hong Kong, each home is furnished with its own unique demons. As generations phase through concrete halls, leaving behind echoes of memory, residents find hallucinations lurking just beyond the stress-induced cracks of daily life, blurring the boundaries between paranoia and paranormal. In this collection of interconnected stories set in Hong Kong where each home is furnished with its own demons, hallucinations lurk just beyond the stress-induced cracks of daily life. As generations phase through concrete halls, echoes of children’s fighting fish rivalries and games of demonic possession linger while their older selves fight to keep a roof over their heads and argue about preparing the dead for the afterlife. Some obsessively excavate old memories, while others attempt to rise above the claustrophobia – but when the elevator starts breeding new delusions, who can tell where the boundaries between paranoia and paranormal lie?