—A literary work rooted in earthy Taiwan tales of the weird and strange, and presented in gripping, lively prose.

This novel, the author’s first, mingles childhood memories with local legend, goddess faith, and the 288 massacre to create a literary work rooted in earthy Taiwan tales of the weird and strange, and presented in gripping, lively prose. These stories are written in remembrance of Tiunn’s hometown of Changxing in Pingtung County and for the numberless encumbered ghosts there and their corporeal counterparts still eking out a living in this remote community. Tiunn mingles Mandarin and Taiwanese music and words both so that all trapped spirits may be comforted and can join in and so that the living may ponder more deeply upon life’s realities.