Tales of the Strange in Chenzhou

The whole country's bad debts, and Chenzhou's are the thickest. Architecture student Lin Shen does only one thing: write down every "off" thing in this city—windows that come up one short when counted twice, shadows half a beat slow, the character "demolish" growing shakier with each layer. But what he records is only the tip of the iceberg: someone settles the debts of the living world, and someone keeps the ledger of yin and yang; and beneath this city is sealed a "nameless thing" that is waking up. Those souls who refuse to leave the stage want very little, really—a face, a name, a span of days to be remembered. The person who records strange happenings will sooner or later become an entry in the ledger. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Tales of the Strange in Chenzhou — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠