Sinophagia
A Celebration of Chinese Horror 2024

Sinophagia is a well curated celebration of Chinese Horror. While not every story landed for me, the project as a whole is intriguing, and Xueting Christine Ni put some absolutely fantastic work into the editing of this collection. Ni's editor introduction really sets the tone for how she approached......more

This is so incredibly underrated, please consider this for your Halloween plans! I am now incredibly jealous of people who have access to and can read Chinese books. The way I am devastated that I cannot read more works from most of the authors featured here without learning to read a whole langu......more

my link text Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror is a well-rounded horror anthology compiled and translated by Xueting C. Ni, published by Solaris Books. A book that feels as a labour of love, introduced by the own editor, which helps us to understand better why horror in Chinese is negle......more

(ARC for review via Netgalley. Thank you, for providing me with a free copy of this book!) This was a very enjoyable collection of horror short-stories by contemporary Chinese authors. Naturally, some stories caught my attention more than others, but given the diverse amount of stories included that......more

Averaging out my ratings for each individual story came out at 4 stars but the history and contextualization provided by the translator's notes bumps this collection as a whole to 5 stars. I enjoyed this immensely and I'm glad I took my time reading it, only focusing on a couple of stories a day. Xu......more