Folklore Archive: Notes on Uncanny Objects

There is an unwritten rule at the Qingzhang County Folklore Museum—any red embroidered shoe with a line of characters written on its sole is never to be accepted. On Shen Que's first day taking over the Relics Appraisal Team, he ran into one. The reverse-stitch peony on the dead person's foot, and on the toe of the shoe was embroidered "Thirty-Seventh." He combed through the museum's old files and found that from 1998 to now, similar numbers had already reached thirty-seven—each one tied to an "accidental death." Who is the person sending the shoes? Why are the numbers increasing faster and faster? In the box of old belongings his grandmother left behind lies half a century's worth of answers. And the fourth shoe is already sitting on his desk. —— Folklore keeps silent, but uncanny objects make sound. One case, one ghost; one object, one pact. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Folklore Archive: Notes on Uncanny Objects — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠