The Neighborhood Ledger: Erasing the Living

There is a Neighborhood Ledger in this world. Only those whose names are written in it truly live among us. Once a name is crossed out, that person vanishes from everyone's memory—photos, traces, all wiped away, as if they had never existed. I am an archive clerk, tasked with guarding this eerie ledger and investigating a string of bizarre disappearances. Hidden rules lurk in the old alleys; unseen strange tales prowl beneath the everyday bustle. Some break secret taboos and are struck from the ledger; others deliberately exploit it, seeking to erase their enemies. I walk the border between reality and the uncanny, upholding the ledger's iron laws while searching for the truth behind the disappearances. Those who were erased—did they violate the strange tales, or become pawns in someone else's game? When the hand behind the scenes reaches for the Neighborhood Ledger, ordinary people across the entire city will face being completely struck from the record. Beneath the smoke and fire of the marketplace, the rules are silent; one stroke of the pen decides life and death. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Neighborhood Ledger: Erasing the Living — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠