Reading Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio | Alexandria
Read Strange Tales From a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling. Blending supernatural horrors with biting social critique, Pu Songling's ghost stories expose how mundane corruption—not demons—poses the gravest threat to civilization. His genius? Showing that humans rationalize evil far more readily than they confront real monsters. These tales reveal an unsettling truth: our greatest fears should be of ordinary people, not paranormal forces.