Strange Beasts of China
by Yan Ge
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appears in About China.
In the fictional Chinese town of Yong?an, human beings live alongside spirits and monsters, some of which are almost indistinguishable from people. Told in the form of a bestiary, each chapter of Strange Beasts introduces us to a new creature ? from the Sacrificial Beasts, who can?t seem to stop dying, to the Besotted Beasts, an artificial breed en...
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