Synopsis
Taking us from the mundane to the magical, this collection of short stories will entertain and delight.
Drawing inspiration from East Asian and Malaysian myth and folklore, Zen Cho guides the reader through enchanted realms inhabited by dragons, vampires and incorrigible grandmothers.
We’ll meet an elderly ex-member of parliament, who recalls her youthful romance with an orang bunian. This was forbidden. Not...
Details
17 August 2023352 pages
9781035015658Imprint: Tor
Reviews
Spirits Abroad is a fantastic and fun exploration of the borders between human and spirit and life and death, by one of the best fantasy writers working today Martha Wells, author of The Murderbot Diaries
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking - and always sharply smartAliette de Bodard, author of The Red Scholar’s Wake
Spirits Abroad is speculative fiction at its best! Zen Cho has created a collection of modern-day classics . . . Charming, warm and heartbreakingly relatable, Spirits Abroad is pure magic! Vanessa Len, author of Only a Monster
Spirits Abroad is deliciously fun, dazzlingly clever, and my favourite-ever short story collection, bar none. Read it now!’Stephanie Burgis, author of Snowspelled
