The Fish Curse : and Other Hong Kong Stories

Author: Wong Leung-wo

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 25 September 2026 by ACA Publishing Limited (Sinoist Books) in the United Kingdom

Hardback |
224 x 145 | 426g

In this collection of interconnected stories set in Hong Kong where each home is furnished with its own demons, hallucinations lurk just beyond the stress-induced cracks of daily life.

As generations phase through concrete halls, echoes of children’s fighting fish rivalries and games of demonic possession linger while their older selves fight to keep a roof over their heads and argue about preparing the dead for the afterlife.

Some obsessively excavate old memories, while others attempt to rise above the claustrophobia – but when the elevator starts breeding new delusions, who can tell where the boundaries between paranoia and paranormal lie?